【正文】 hi ef ! 39。opened one of the basket s. When he began to pl ay a tune, we had our f i rst gl im pse of t he snake. I t rose out of t he basket and began t o f oll ow the m ovements of t he pipe. We wer e ver y m uch surpr ised when the snake charmer suddenl y began t o play j azz t unes and modern pop songs. The snake, however , conti nued t o 39。A thi ef , yes, 39。345 f or t he cost of the t ri p. The nor mal pr ice of a t icket i s amp。t know wher e it i s. 39。 39。t mat er ,39。 I answer ed. Lesson51 Reward f or vi rtue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My fr i end, Herbert , has al ways been fat , but t hi ngs got so bad recent ly that he decided t o go on a diet . He began his di et a week ago. Fir st of al , he wrot e out a l ong li st of al t he foods which wer e for bidden. The l ist included most of t he things Her ber t loves: butt er , potatoes, r ice, beer, milk, chocol at e, and sweets . Yest er day I pai d hi m a visi t. I rang t he bel l and was not sur pri sed t o see that Herbert was sti l as fat as ever . He led m e int o his r oom and hurr iedly hi d a l ar ge par cel under hi s desk. It was obvious that he was ver y embar ased. When I asked him what he was doi ng, he smi led guil ti ly and t hen put the par cel on t he desk. He expl ai ned that hi s diet was so st ri ct hat he had t o rewar d him self occasi onal y. Then he showed me t he cont ent s of the parcel. It contained f ive l ar ge bars of chocolat e and three bags of sweets! Leson52 A pret y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just m oved i nto a new house and I have been worki ng har d al m or ning. I have been tr ying t o get my new r oom i n order. This has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make mat er s wor se, the r oom i s rather smal , so I have tempor ar il y put my books on the f loor. At t he moment, they cover every inch of fl oor space and I actual y have t o wal k on them to get in or out of the r oom. A shor t whil e ago, my si st er hel ped me to car ry one of my old bookcases up the stair s. She went i nto my r oom and got a bi g surpr ise when she saw al l those books on the f loor . 39。cursed tr ee39。 As she walked away, I f oll owed her out of the f ai r. Leson61 Troubl e wi th the Hubbl e 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n fut ure, ast ronaut s wi l be requir ed to descend f rom a spaceshi p whil e i t i s sti l in space and to r eturn to i t. The abil it y to do this wi l l be necessary i n f ut ure f li ghts t o distant pla s. Scienti st s are now tr ying t o discover if t his i s possible. The spaceshi p Astr a which l eft t he ear th a short t ime ago, wil l be tr avel ling three hundred mi les i nto space. At a cer t ai n point, t he Astr a wil l st op for a short t ime and an astr onaut wi l at em pt t o leave the stat ionary spaceship and t hen r etur n to i t. W e shal l not know whether the experi ment has been successful unt il we have r eceived a r adio m essage. The fi rst message is expect ed to ar ri ve at 7 o39。 Lesson45 A clear conscience 問心無愧 The whol e vil lage soon lear nt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Bent on, t he local but cher , had l ost his wal let whil e taking hi s savi ngs t o the post off ice. Sam was sur e t hat the wal let must have been found by one of the vil lagers, but i t was not r eturned t o him. Thr e months pased, and t hen one mor ning, Sam f ound hi s wal et outside hi s fr ont door. I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t cont ai ned hal f the money he had lost, t ogether wi th a not e which said: 39。 leson46 Expensi ve and unf ortable 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney ai rport , workers began to unl oad a number of wooden boxes which contai ned cl ot hing. No one coul d account for the f act t hat one of the boxes was ext remely heavy. It suddenly occurr ed to one of the wor kers t o open up the box. He was ast oni shed at what he found. A man was l ying i n the box on t op of a pil e of wool len goods. He was so surpr ised at bei ng discovered t hat he di d not even tr y t o run away. Af ter he was ar ested, the m an admi t ed hiding in t he box bef ore t he plane lef t London. He had had a long and unf ort abl e tr ip, f or he had been conf ined to the wooden box for over ten hour s. The man was ordered t o pay amp。 but I don39。This i s as far as we go.39。I t doesn39。Wel , in t hat case, I pref er t o stay on t he bus,39。 has been i nvent ed and i t has been used t o detect gol d which has been bur ied i n the gr ound. The machine was used in a cave near t he se ashor e where it i s sai dpi rat es used to hi de gold. The pir at es woul d of ten bury gol d in the cave and t hen fail t o collect it . Armed wit h the new machi ne, a sear ch part y went he di d not like i t. She enjoyed her sel f making t he assistant br i ng al most everyt hi ng in the wi ndow before fi nal ly buying t he dress she had f ir st asked f or. Lesson58 A blesi ng in disgui se? 是因禍得福嗎？ The ti ny vil lage of Fri nley is said to possess a 39。You don39。l get of f here.39。Oh dear, 39。 answered t he conduct or. I sat i n the f ront of the bus to get a good view of the count ryside. Aft er some t im 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。t li ke losing my way. I went on an excur si on recent ly, but my t ri p took m e longer t han I expected. 39。 Only 25 per cent a t hief now! 39。 slowl y. I t obvi ously coul d not t el the di f er ence bet wen I ndian music and j az! Leson43 Over the Sout h Pole 飛越南極 I n 1929, thr ee year s af ter his fl ight over the Nor th Pol e, t he Amer ican expl orer, R. E. Byr d, successf ull y fl ew over the South Pol e for t he fi rst ti me. Though, at f ir st , Byrd and his men were able to t ake a great many phot ogr aphs of the mount ai ns that lay below, t hey soon ran i nto seri ous tr oubl e. At one point , i t seemed cert ai