【正文】 l oud explosi ons, t he r ace began. Many of t he cars broke down on t he cour se and som e dri ver s spent m or e tim e under thei r cars t han in t hem !A f ew cars, however, pleted the race. The winning car reached a speed of fort y miles an hour much f aster t han any of its r ival s. It sped downhil at he end of the race and its dri ver had a lot of t rouble t rying to stop it. The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure. I t was very di ferent f rom moder n car races but no l ess excit ng. Leson57 Can I help you, madam? 你要買什么，夫人？ A woman i n bl ue j eans stood at the window of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesit at ed f or a moment, she f inal ly went in and as ked to se a dres t hat was in t he wi ndow. The assi st ant who ser ved her did not li ke t he way she was dr essed. Glanci ng at her scor nfully, he t ol d her that t he dres was sold. The woman walked out of the shop angril y and decided to punish the assi st ant next day. She r et ur ned to t he shop the f ol lowing mor ni ng dr essed in a f ur coat, wit h a handbag i n one hand and a long umbr el la in t he other . After seeking out t he r ude assi st ant she asked f or the same dres. Not realizing who she was, t he asistant was eager to ser ve her t hi s t ime wit h great dif icul ty, he climbed into the shop window to get the dres. As soon as he saw it , t he woman said s many t ies.39。 slowly. I t obviously could not t el l t he di f er ence between I ndi an musi c and jazz! Lesson43 Over t he South Pole 飛越南極 In 1929, three years after hi s fli ght over the Nor th Pol e, the American expl or er, R. E. Byr d, succesfull y fl ew over t he Sout h Pole f or t he f irst time. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and his men were able to t ake agr eat many photographs of t he mount ai ns t hat lay below, they soon ran into serious troubl e. At one poi nt , i t seemed cert ai n that their plane woul d cr ash. I t coul d only get over the mountains if it r ose to 10, 000 feet. Byr d at once order ed his men to t hr ow out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able to r ise and it clear ed t he mount ai ns by 400 f et. Byr d now knew that he would be able t o reach the South Pole which was 300 mi les away, f or there were no mor e mountains in si ght. The ai rcraft was abl e to f ly over the endl ess whi te 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 taking when she r an thr ough a forest af ter two men. They had r ushed up to her whi l e she was having a pi ic at the edge of aforest wit h her chi ldren and tr ied to steal her handbag. In t he str uggle, t he str ap broke and, wi th the bag i n thei r possessi on, b。A man can never have too i nt o the cave hoping to fi nd buri ed t reasur e. The l eader of t he part y was exam ini ng t he soil near the entr ance to t he cave when t he machine showed t hat her e was gol d under t he ground. Ver y exci ted, t he par ty dug a hol e t wo f et deep. They fi nal y found a sm al gol d coi n whi ch was alm os t wort hl es. The part y then sear ched t he whole cave thor oughl y but di d not fi nd anyt hi ng except an em pt y t in t runk. In spi te of t hi s, many people are conf ident that 39。 I r emar ked suddenly. I r egret ed saying it almost at once. 39。Do you cal that a hat ?39。 Wi l you be st aying in Engl and?39。 I said. 39。Ol ympi c Ci ty39。 her mother a f ree dr ess once a week ! lesson33 Out of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a wek passed before t he gir l was abl e t o explain what had happened to her . One afternoon she set out f rom t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught in a storm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and the gir l j umped into the sea. Then she swam to t he shor e af ter spe ndi ng t he whole night in t he water. During t hat ime she covered a di st ance of eight mil es. Earl y next morni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because the li ght was high up on t he clif fs. On ar riving at he shor e, the gi rl struggl ed up the clif f towar ds the li ght she had sen. That was al she r emember ed. When she woke up a day l at er , she f ound her self i n hospi tal. Leson34 Quick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ied al l t he wek. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a let er fr om t he l ocal poli ce. I n the let er he was asked t o cal at t he st at ion. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he poli ce, but he went to t he stati on yesterday and now he is not worr ied any more. At t he st at ion, he was t ol d by a sm il ng poli cem an t hat hi s bi cycl e had be en f ound. Fi ve days ago, the poli ceman told him, the bi cycle was pi cked up i n a sm al l vil lage f our hundred m il es away. I t i s now being sent t o hi s hom e by t rain. Ted was m ost sur prised when he hear d the news. He was am used t oo, because he never expect ed t he bicycl e t o be f ound. It was st ol en t wenty year s ago when Ted was a boy of f ift een ! Lesson35 Stop t hief! 捉賊！ Rov Tr enton used t o dri ve ataxi . A short whi le ago, however, he became a bus dri ver and he was not r egret ed it . He i s fi nding hi s new wor k f ar mor e xcit ing. When he was dr ivi ng al ong Catf or d St reet r ecentl y, he saw t wo t hi eves rush out of a shop and run t owar ds a wait ing car. One of them was car yi ng a bag f ull of money. Roy act ed qui ckly and dr ove the bus str ai ght at the thieves. The one wit h the money got such a f ri ght that he dr opped t he bag. As the thieves wer e trying t o get away in their car, Roy dr ove his bus into t he back of it. Whil e the bat er ed car was moving away, Roy stopped hi s bus and telephoned t he pol ice. The t hi eves39。 slowly. I t obviously could not el l t he di f er ence between I ndi an musi c and jazz! Lesson43 Over t he South Pole 飛越南極 In 1929, three years after hi s fli ght over the Nor th Pol e, the American expl or er, R. E. Byr d, s