【正文】 gol d under t he gr ound. Ver y excit ed, t he par t y dug a hol e t wo f et deep. They fi nal ly f ound a sm al gold coi n which was alm ost wort hless. The part y t hen sear ched t he whol e cave t hor oughl y but di d not f i nd anyt hi ng except an em pt y ti n t runk. In spit e of thi s, many peopl e are confi dent t hat 39。 I remar ked suddenl y. I r egr eted saying i t al most at once. 39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。Wil you be seei ng it ?39。 39。 I asked. 39。 I said t o my wif e. 39。You needn39。The Reveal er39。The st rap needs mending,39。 I n t ime, al Sam39。 I39。 answered t he conductor . I sat i n t he fr ont of t he bus t o get a good vi ew of the countr yside. Af ter som e ti me, the bus st opped. Looki ng round, I r ealized wi th a shock that I was the only passenger left on t he bus. 39。Oh dear ,39。 We ar e goi ng back now, 39。 Lesson53 Hot snake 觸電的蛇 At last f ir emen have put out a bi g f orest f ir e i n Cali for ni a. Si nce t hen, t hey have been t rying to f ind out how t he fi re began. Forest fi re ar e oft en caused by broken glas or by ci gar ete ends whi ch people carel essly t hrow away. Yesterday t he fi remen examined t he gr ound car efull y, but wer e not able t o f ind any broken glass. They wer e also quite sur e that a cigaret e end did not start t he fi re. This m or ning, however, a f ir eman aci dent al ly di scovered t he cause. He not iced the r emains of a snake whi ch was wound round the electr ic wir es of a 16, 000 vol t power l ine. In t his way, he was abl e t o sol ve the myster y. The explanation was si mple but very unusual . A bir d had snat ched up t he snake fr om the ground and then dr opped i t on to t he wir es. The snake t hen wound it self r ound the wi res. When it di d so, i t sent sparks down t o t he gr ound and these i mmediat el y start ed a f ir e. Lesson54 St icky fi ngers 粘糊的手指 Af t er br eakf ast, I sent t he chi ldr en to school and then I went to market. I t was st il l earl y when I r et urned home. The chi ldr en were at school, my husband was at wor k and the house was qui et . So I deci ded to m ake some t ar ts f or tea. In a short t im e I was busy m ixing butt er and f l our and m y hands wer e soon covered wi th st icky past ry. At exact ly t hat mom ent , t he tel ephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying. I pi cked up t he receiver bet ween two st icky f inger s and was dismayed when I recogni zed t he voi ce of Mr s Bates. I t took me ten mi nut es to per suade her t o r ing back later . At last I hung up t he recei ver . What a mess! There was pastr y on my fi nger s, on t he telephone, and on the door knobs. I had no sooner got back to t he kitchen than t he door bel r ang loud enough t o wake the dead. Thi s ti me i t was the post man and he wanted me to sign f or a r egi st er ed let ter ! Lesson55 Not a gold m ine 并非金礦 Dr eams of f inding l ost t reasur e almost cam e tr ue recent ly. A new machi ne cal led 39。Wil you be seei ng it ?39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。 I remar ked suddenl y. I r egr eted saying i t al most at once. 39。A man can never have t oo into the cave hopi ng to f ind bur ied t reasur e. The l eader of the part y was exami ning t he soi l near t he ent r ance t o t he cave when the m achi ne showed that there was gol d under t he gr ound. Ver y excit ed, t he par t y dug a hol e t wo f et deep. They fi nal ly f ound a sm al gold coi n which was alm ost wort hless. The pa rt y t hen sear ched t he whol e cave t hor oughl y but di d not f i nd anyt hi ng except an em pt y ti n t runk. In spit e of thi s, many peopl e are confi dent t hat 39。 slowl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not tel t he di f erence bet ween Indian m usi c and jazz! Lesson43 Over t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hree year s aft er hi s fl ight over t he Nort h Pole, the Am er ican explorer , R. E. Byr d, succe ssfull y f lew over the South Pol e f or t he fi rst ti me. Though, at f ir st, Byrd and hi s men wer e abl e to take a great many phot ogr aphs of t he mountains t hat lay below, t hey soon r an int o ser ious t r oubl e. At one poi nt , it semed cer tain t hat t hei r plane would cr ash. It could only get over the mountains i f it r ose t o 10,000 f et. Byr d at once or der ed his men t o t hr ow out two heavy f ood sacks. The plane was t hen abl e to r ise and i t cl ear ed the mountai ns by 400 f eet . Byrd now knew that he would be able t o r each t he Sout h Pole whi ch was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no mor e mountains i n sight. The air cr aft was able t o f ly over the endles white pl ains wi thout di f icult y. Lesson44 Through the f orest 穿過森林 Mrs Anne St erl ing di d not t hink of the r isk she was taki ng when she r an thr ough a forest af t er t wo men. They had rushed up t o her whil e she was having a pi i c at the edge of a for est wi th her chi ldr en and t ri ed to st eal her handbag. I n the st ruggle, the str ap broke and, wi th the bag in their possesion, both m en st ar ted r unning t hr ough the t rees. Mrs St er li ng got so angry that she r an af ter t hem. She was soon out of br eath, but she conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi th t hem, she saw t hat t hey had sat down and wer e going t hrough the contents of t he bag, so she r an str ai ght at them. The men got such a f r i ght t hat they dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。 Onl y 25 per cent a thi ef now! 39。t l ike l osi ng my way. I went on an excursi on recent ly, but my tr ip took me l onger t han I expect ed. 39。l l tel you where to get off ,39。 I asked. 39。l l get off here. 39。 said the conductor . 39。 sai d the conduct or suddenl y. 39。 You39。m going t o Woodf ord Gr een,39。s money was paid back i n thi s way. The l a st note said: 39。 said Mrs St er li ng l at er , 39。 may r eveal som et hi ng of val ue f ai rl y soon. Les