【正文】 er the m ount ai ns if i t rose to 10, 000 f eet . Byrd at once ordered his men to throw out t wo heavy food sacks. The pl ane was then able t o ri se and i t cleared t he mount ains by 400 feet. Byr d now knew t hat he would be abl e to reach the South Pol e which was 300 m iles away, for ther e were no m ore mount ai ns in sight . The a i rcraf t was abl e to fl y over t he endl ess whit e plai ns wi t hout dif fi cul ty. Lesson44 Through t he forest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Ster ling di d not think of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she ran t hr ough a for est aft er two m en. They had rushed up to her whi le she was havi ng a piic at the edge of a f or est wi th her chil dr en and tr ied t o steal her handbag. I n t he st ruggle, the str ap broke and, wi t h the bag i n their possessi on, both men start ed running t hrough the t rees. Mrs St erl ing got so angr y that she r an aft er t hem . She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued to r un. When she caught up wi th them, she saw that hey had sat down and were goi ng through t he cont ent s of t he bag, so she ran str aight at t hem . The m en got such a fr ight that they dr opped t he bag and r an awa y. 39。 Onl y 25 per cent a t hi ef now! 39。t l ike l osi ng my way. I went on an excursion recent ly, but my tr ip took me l onger t han I expect ed. 39。l l t el you where t o get of f ,39。 I asked. 39。l l get off here. 39。t need bookca ses at al . You can si t her e in your spar e ti me and r ead t he car pet !39。They wi l also be buil ding new r oads and a special r ai lway li ne. The Games wi l be held j ust outside t he capi tal and t he whole ar ea wil l be cal led 39。 A new play i s ing t o The Globe soon,39。 No,39。 if you at e more and t alked less, we woul d both enjoy our di nner !39。t buy thi ngs we don39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul, 39。dance39。 m ay reveal something of value f air ly soon. Lesson56 Faster t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace is held f or old cars. A l ot of cars ent er ed for t his r ace l ast year and t her e was a great deal of exci tement j ust befor e it began. One of t he most handsome cars was a Roll s Royce Si lver Ghost . The m ost unusual car was a Benz which had only t hree wheels. Built i n 1885, i t was the oldest car taking par t. Af ter a great many loud explosions, t he race began. Many of the cars br oke down on the course and some dr i ver s spent more t ime unde r t hei r car s than in them ! A f ew car s, however, pleted t he race. The wi nning car reached a speed of f ort y mi les an hourmuch f ast er than any of i ts r ival s. I t sped downhi l at the end of the r ace and i ts dr iver had a lot of tr oubl e tr ying t o stop i t. The race gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pleasur e. I t was very di f er ent f r om modern car r aces but no les excit ing. Lesson57 Can I hel p you, madam? 你要買什么，夫人？ A woman i n blue j eans stood at the wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesi tated f or a moment, she fi nal ly went i n and as ked to see a dr ess t hat was in the wi ndow. The assi stant who ser ved her did not l ike t he way she was dr essed. Gl anci ng at her scor nf ull y, he t old her that the dr ess was sold. The woman wal ked out of the shop angr il y and decide d t o punish the assi st ant next day. She ret ur ned to t he shop the f ol l owi ng mor ni ng dressed i n a f ur coat, wi th a handbag in one hand and a long umbr el a in t he other. Af ter seking out t he rude asist ant she asked for t he same dr es. Not reali zi ng who she was, t he assistant was eager to serve her thi s ti me wi th gr eat di f icult y, he cl imbed i nt o t he shop wi ndow to get t he dr es. As soon as she saw i t, the wom an said s many ti es. 39。t have said that, 39。You needn39。 No,39。 No, 39。 No,39。s f ather wil l set out wit h her in a smal l boat. Mr Hart has tr ai ned hi s daught er f or years. Tomorr ow he wi l l be wat chi ng her anxiously as s he swims the long di st ance t o England. Er na int ends t o take shor t rests every t wo hours. She wil l have somethi ng to dr ink but she wi l l not eat any soli d food. Most of Er na39。 I answered. Lesson51 Reward f or virtue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My f ri end, Herber t, has al ways been f at , but t hings got so bad r ecentl y that he deci ded t o go on a di et . He began hi s diet a week ago. Fir st of al l, he wr ot e out a long l ist of al l t he foods whi ch wer e f orbidden. The l ist included most of the thi ngs Her bert loves: but ter, potatoes, r ice, beer , mil k, c hocol ate, and sweets. Yest erday I pai d him a vi si t. I r ang t he bel l and was not surpr ised to see that Herbert was sti l as f at as ever . He l ed me int o his r oom and hurr iedly hi d a l arge parcel under his desk. I t was obvious t hat he was very embar rassed. When I asked him what he was doi ng, he smi led guil ti ly and t hen put t he par cel on t he desk. He expl ai ned that his diet was so str ict that he had t o r ewar d him sel f occasi onal ly. Then he showed me t he cont ent s of the parcel. I t contai ned f ive l arge bars of chocol at e and thr e bags of sweet s! Lesson52 A pret ty carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just moved into a new house and I have been wor king hard al l morni ng. I have been t ryi ng to get my new room i n or der . Thi s has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To make mat ters wor se, t he room is r at her smal l, so I have t em por ari ly put my books on the f loor . At the mom ent , t hey cover ever y inch of f loor space and I actual ly have to wal k on t hem to get i n or out of the r oom. A short whi le ago, my sister helped me t o car y one of my old bookcases up the st ai rs. She went i nto my room and got a bi g sur pri se when she saw al t hose books on the f loor. 39。 I t doesn39。 the conductor said. 39。 but I don39。 l eson46 Expensive and unf ort able 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane fr om London ar ived at Sydney air po