【正文】 ow out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able t o rise and it clear ed t he mount ai ns by 400 f et. Byr d now knew that he would be abl e t o reach the South Pole which was 300 miles away, f or there were no mor e mountains in sight . The ai rcraft was able to f ly over the endles white plains without dif ficulty. Lesson44 Through the forest 穿過森林 Mrs Anne Sterl ing di d not think of t he r isk she was t aking when she r an t hr ough a forest after two men. They had r ushed up to her whil e she was havi ng a pii c at the edge of a f or est with her children and t ried to steal her handbag. I n the st ruggl e, the st rap br oke and, with t he bag in their possesion, bot h men start ed r unning through t he t rees. Mrs Sterli ng got so angry t hat she ran af ter them. She was soon out of breat h, but she cont inued to r un. When she caught up wit h them, she saw t hat they had sat down and were goi ng t hr ough the content s of the bag, so she r an straight at them. The men got such a fr ight t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。 Lesson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whol e vi l l age soon l ear nt t hat a l ar ge sum of m oney had been l ost . Sam Bent on, t he l ocal but cher , had l ost hi s wal l et whi l e t aki ng hi s savi ngs t o t he post of f i ce. Sam was sur e t hat t he wal l et m ust have been f ound by one of t he vi l l ager s, but i t was not r et ur ned t o hi m . Thr ee m ont hs passed, and t hen one m or ni ng, Sam f ound hi s wal l et out si de hi s f r ont door . I t had been wr apped up wor k f ourt en hours a day. He saved money for years and i n 1938 he bought a smal l work shop of hi s own. Dur ing the war Frank used t o make spare par ts for aer oplanes. At that ime he had two hel pers. By the end of t he war, the smal workshop had bee a large fact or y whi ch employed seven hundr ed and t wentyeight people. Fr ank smiled when he remem bered hi s hard early year s and the long r oad t o succes. He was sti l smi li ng when t he door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She wanted hi m to r epair thei r son39。 car was badly dama ged and easy to r ecognize. Shor tly af ter war ds, the poli ce stopped the car and bot h men were ar ested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s going to swim across the Engli sh Channel t omorr ow. She i s going to set out f rom t he French coast at five o39。s mother, who swam the Channel hersel f when she was a gir l. Leson37 The Olympi c Gam es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ym pi c Games wi l be held i n our count ry in f our years39。. Wor ker s wi l have pleted the new roads by the end of this year. By the end of next year, they wil have fi ni shed wor k on t he new st adium. The fi ne moder n bui ldings have been designed by Kur t Gunter. Everybody wil l be wat ching anxiousl y as the new buil di ngs go up. We ar e al l very excit ed and ar e looking for war d to the Olympic Games because t hey have never been hel d befor e i n this country. Leson38 Everyt hing except the weat her 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr iend, Har rison, had l ived i n the Medi t er anean f or many year s before he returned to England. He had oft en dreamed of retir ing in Engl and and had pl anned to se ttl e down in t he countr y. He had no sooner returned t han he bought a fine house and went to li ve t her e. Almost immediately he began t o pl ai n about the weat her, for even though it was stil l summer , it rained cont inual y and it was oft en bit terl y cold. After so many year s of sunshi ne, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as if he had never li ved in Engl and bef or e. I n the end, i t was mor e than he could bear . He had hardly had t ime to setl e down when he sold t he house and left the country. The dream he had had for so many years ended t here. Har rison had thought of everything except the weather . Leson39 Am I all ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi le John Gilbert was i n hospit al , he asked his doct or to t el l hi m whether hi s oper at ion had been succesful, but the doctor refused to do so. The f ol lowing day, t he patient asked for a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he tel ephoned the hospi tal exchange and asked f or Doct or Mi li ngt on. When the doct or answer ed the phone, Mr Gil bert sai d he was inquir ing about a cer tain pat ient , a Mr John Gil bert . He asked if Mr Gil bert 39。 I am Mr John Gi lber t.39。Wi l you be seei ng i t ?39。Wil l you be spending your holidays abr oad t hi s year ?39。 Wi l you be st aying in England?39。 Young man,39。Do you cal l t hat a hat ?39。 my wi fe answer ed as she looked at her self i n the mir or . I sat down on one of those modern chai rs wit h holes in i t and wait ed. We had been in t he hat shop f or hal f an hour and my wif e was stil l in fr ont of t he mi r or . 39。 I r emarked suddenl y. I regreted saying it al most at once. 39。 I need not remind you of that ter ible t ie you bought yesterday. 39。A man can never have too into the cave hoping to f ind buri ed t reasure. The leader of the part y was examini ng t he soi l near the ent rance to t he cave when t he machine showed t hat ther e was gol d under t he ground. Ver y excited, t he par ty dug a hole two f et deep. They fi nal y found a smal l gold coi n whi ch was al most wor thles. The par ty t hen sear ched the whole cave thoroughly but did not f ind anything except an empt y ti n trunk. In spite of this, many peopl e ar e conf ident that 39。t have too many hats,39。The str ap needs mendi ng,39。s bi cycl e! Leson32 Shopping made easy 購物變得很方便 People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation to steal i s gr eater t han ever befor eespecial y in large shops. A det ecti ve r ecentl y wat ched a wel dresed woman who always went i nt o a large st or e on Monday mornings. One Monday, ther e wer e f ewer peopl e in the shop than usual when the woman came i n, so i t was easier f or t he detecti ve t o wat ch her. The woman f