【正文】 machine cal ed 39。And a wom an can39。 slowly. I t obvi ously could not t el l the di f er ence between I ndian music and j azz! Leson43 Over the Sout h Pole 飛越南極 I n 1929, thr ee year s af ter his f li ght over the Nor th Pol e, t he Amer ican expl orer, R. E. Byr d, successf ull y fl ew over the South Pole for the f ir st time. Though, at f ir st , Byr d and his men were able to t ake a gr eat m any phot ographs of the mountains t hat l ay bel ow, they soon ran i nt o ser ious t rouble. At one poi nt, it seem ed cer tain that their plane would cr ash. I t could onl y get over the mountai ns if it r ose t o 10,000 f e t . Byr d at once or der ed his m en to t hrow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The pl ane was t hen abl e to ri se and i t cl ear ed the m ount ai ns by 400 feet. Byrd now knew that he would be abl e to r each t he Sout h Pole which was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no mor e mounta ins i n sight. The air craf t was able to f ly over the endless whit e plains wi thout dif fi cul ty. Lesson44 Through t he forest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Sterl ing di d not think of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she r an thr ough a for est aft er t wo m en. They had rushed up to her whil e she was havi ng a piic at the edge of a for est wi th her childr en and tr ied t o steal her handbag. I n t he st ruggle, the s tr ap broke and, wi th the bag in their possessi on, both men st art ed running t hrough the t rees. Mrs St erl ing got so angry that she r an aft er t hem . She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi th them, she saw t hat t hey had sat down and were going t hrough t he contents of t he bag, so she ran str ai ght at t hem. The men got such a f r ight that they dropped the bag and ran away. 39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whole vi l age soon learnt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Benton, the local but cher , had l ost his wal let whil e t aki ng his savi ngs t o t he post off ice. Sam was sure t hat t he walet must have been found by one of the vi l agers, but i t was not r etur ned t o him . Thr ee months pased, and t hen one m or ning, Sam f ound hi s wal et outsi de hi s fr ont door . I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and it cont ained hal f the m oney he had lost, t oget her wi th a not e which said: 39。 Only 25 per cent a t hief now!39。 lesson46 Expensi ve and un fortabl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney ai rpor t, worker s began to unl oad a number of wooden boxes whi ch contai ned cl othing. No one coul d account for t he fact hat one of the boxes was ext remel y heavy. It suddenly occurr ed to one of t he wor ker s to open up t he box. He was astonished at what he f ound. A man was lyi ng in t he box on top of a pi le of wooll en goods. He was so sur pri sed at being discover ed that he did not even t ry to r un away. Af t er he was ar rest ed, t he man admit ted hi di ng in the box befor e the plane l ef t London. He had had a l ong and un for table t ri p, for he had been confi ned t o t he wooden box f or over ten hour s. The man was or der ed to pay amp。t l ike l osi ng my way. I went on an excursion r ecentl y, but my tr ip t ook me l onger than I expect ed. 39。 but I don39。 answered t he conduct or. I sat i n the f r ont of the bus t o get a good view of the count ryside. Aft er some tim e, t he bus st opped. Looking round, I r eal ized wi th a shock that I was the only passenger l eft on t he bus. 39。This i s as far as we go.39。Oh dear, 39。t m at ter ,39。 We ar e going back now, 39。Thi s is t he pret iest car pet I have ever sen,39。 Lesson53 Hot snake 觸電的蛇 At last fi remen have put out a big f orest fi re i n Cali for nia. Since then, they have been tr ying t o f ind out how the f ir e began. Forest fi re ar e oft en caused by br oken gl as or by ci gar et te ends which people carel essly t hrow away. Yest erday t he fi remen exam ined the gr ound car ef ull y, but were not able t o f ind any broken glass. They were al so qui te sur e that a ci garet e end did not st art t he fi re. This mor ning, however, a f ir eman aci dental ly di scover ed the cause. He noti ced the r em ai ns of a snake which was wound r ound the electr ic wi r es of a 16,000 vol t power l ine. I n t his way, he was abl e to sol ve t he mystery. The explanat ion was sim ple but ver y unusual. A bir d had snatched up the snake fr om t he ground and then dropped it on t o the wi r es. The snake t hen wound i tself r ound t he wi res. When it did so, it sent sparks down t o the gr ound and t hese i mmediatel y start ed a fi re. Leson54 Sti cky fi ngers 粘糊的 手指 Af ter br eakfast, I sent t he chi ldr en t o school and then I went to m ar ket. It was sti l earl y when I r et urned home. The chi ldren wer e at school, my husband was at wor k and the house was qui et . So I decided t o make some tar ts f or tea. I n a short t ime I wa s busy mi xing butt er and f lour and my hands were soon cover ed wi t h sticky past r y. At exact ly t hat m oment , the t el ephone r ang. Nothi ng coul d have been mor e annoying. I picked up the r eceiver between two st icky f ingers and was dismayed when I recogni zed the voice of Mr s Bates. It took m e ten m inutes to per suade her to r ing back lat er . At last I hung up t he receiver. What a mess! Ther e was pastr y on my fi nger s, on t he tel ephone, and on t he door knobs. I had no sooner got back to the kit chen t han the door bel l rang loud enough to wake t he dead. This t ime i t was the postman and he wanted m e to si gn for a r egi st ered l et ter ! Leson55 Not a gold mine 并非金礦 Dr eam s of f indi ng lost reasur e alm ost cam e tr ue r ecently. A new machine cal led 39。目前， 當(dāng)?shù)?的養(yǎng)豬業(yè)面臨著三大困境，即環(huán)境、品質(zhì)與健康、效益提高問題。 項目建設(shè)的必要性 （ 1） 是減輕環(huán)境污染的需要。 39。dance39。but t hey di d not st eal anyt hi ng. 39。 Two months l at er , som e mor e m oney was sent to Sa