【正文】 39。t know wher e it i s. 39。 345 for the cost of t he tr ip. The normal pri ce of a ti cket is amp。A thi ef , yes, 39。t have too m any hats,39。 Leson53 H ot snake 觸電的蛇 At l ast fi remen have put out a bi g for est fi r e i n Cali f or nia. Since t hen, they have been tr yi ng t o f ind out how t he fi re bega n. For est fi re ar e oft en caused by broken gl ass or by ci gar et t e ends whi ch people car el essly t hrow away. Yest er day t he fi remen exam i ned t he gr ound car ef ull y, but wer e not able t o f ind any br oken gl ass. They wer e al so qui t e sur e that a ci garet e end did not st art t he fi re. This m or ning, however, a f ir em an acci dent al ly di scovered t he cause. He noti ced the r em ai ns of a snake which was wound r ound 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 m yst er y. The expl anati on was si mpl e but ver y unusual . A bir d had snat c hed up t he snake f r om t he gr ound and t hen dr opped i t on t o the wi r es. The snake t hen wound i tsel f r ound t he wir es. When it di d so, it sent sparks down t o t he gr ound and t hese im mediat el y start ed a fi r e. Lesson54 Sti cky fi ngers 粘糊的手指 Aft er br eakf ast, I sent t he chi l dr en t o school and t hen I went t o mar ket. I t was st il l ear ly when I r et ur ned hom e. The chil dr en wer e at school, m y husband was at wor k and t he house was quiet. So I deci ded t o make som e t ar ts f or t ea. I n a short ti m e I was busy mi xing butt er and f l our and my hands were soon cover ed wit h sti cky pastr y. At exactl y t hat m oment, t he t elephone r ang. Not hi ng coul d have been m ore annoyi ng. I pi cked up t he r ecei ver bet ween t wo st icky fi nger s and was dismayed when I recogni zed t he voi ce of Mr s Bates. I t t ook m e ten mi nutes t o per suade her t o r i ng back l at er . At l ast I hung up t he r eceiver. What a m es! Ther e was past r y on m y f i ngers, on t he t el ephone, and on t he door knobs. I had no sooner got back t o t he ki t chen t han t he one of t he wor kers t o open up t he box. He was ast oni shed at what he f ound. A m an was l ying i n t he box on t op of a pil e of wooll en goods. He was so sur pri sed at bei ng discover ed that he di d not even t ry t o r un away. Af t er he was ar est ed, t he m an adm it ted hi di ng i n the box befor e the pl ane l ef t London. He had had a l ong and un f or table t ri p, for he had been confi ned to t he wooden box f or over t en hour s. The m an was or dered t o pay amp。We are goi ng back now,39。 I f ot to put you off .39。l l have t o get of f her e, 39。 I sai d t o t he conduct or as I got on t he bus,39。 Only 25 per cent a t hief now!39。 slowl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el t he di f erence bet ween Indi an m usi c and j azz! Lesson43 O ver t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hree year s aft er hi s fl i ght over t he Nort h Pole, t he Am er i can explor er , R. E. Byr d, successfull y f lew over t he Sout h Pol e f or t he fi r st ti me. Though, at f ir st, Byr d and hi s men wer e abl e t o take a gr eat m any phot ogr aphs of t he m ount ains t hat l ay bel ow, t hey soon r an int o ser ious tr oubl e. At one poi nt , i t sem ed cert ai n t hat t hei r pl ane woul d cr ash. It coul d onl y get over t he mountai ns i f it r ose t o 10, 000 f et. Byr d at once or der ed hi s m en t o t hr ow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The pl ane was t hen abl e to r i se and it cl ear ed the m ount ai ns by 400 feet . Byr d now knew t hat he would be abl e to r each t he Sout h Pol e whi ch was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no m or e m ountai ns i n sight. The air craft was abl e to f l y over t he endl ess whit e plai ns wi t hout dif fi cul ty. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Sterl i ng di d not thi nk of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she ran t hr ough a f or est aft er t wo m en. They had r ushed up t o her whi le she was havi ng a pii c at t he edge of a f orest wi t h her chil dren and tr i ed t o steal her handbag. I n t he st r uggl e, t he st rap br oke and, wit h t he bag i n t hei r possessi on, bot h men st ar ted r unni ng thr ough t he tr ees. Mr s Sterl i ng got so angr y t hat she r an af ter t hem. She was soon out of breath, but she cont i nued t o r un. When she caught up wit h t hem, she saw t hat t hey had sat down and wer e goi ng t hr ough the cont ents of t he bag, so she r an st r ai ght at t hem. The men got such a f ri ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。 39。but t hey di d not st eal anyt hi ng. 39。 I am 100 per cent honest now!39。 39。 39。t mat er ,39。 I answer ed. Lesson51 Reward f or vi rt ue 對美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My f ri end, Her bert , has al ways been f at , but t hi ngs got so bad r ecent l y that he deci ded t o go on a di et . He began hi s di et a week ago. Fir st of al , he wr ot e out a long li st of al t he f oods whi ch wer e f or bi dden. The l ist i ncl uded m ost of t he t hi ngs Her bert l oves: butt er, potat oes, r i ce, beer , m il k, chocol at e, and sweets. Yest erday I pai d him a vi si t. I r ang t he bel l and was not surpri sed to see t hat Her be rt was sti l as f at as ever . He l ed m e i nt o his r oom and hurr i edl y hi d a l arge parcel under his desk. I t was obvi ous t hat he was ver y em bar rassed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smi l ed guil ti l y and t hen put t he par cel on t he desk. He expl ained t hat his di et was so str ict t hat he had t o r eward him sel f occasi onal l y. Then he showed m e the cont ents of t he par cel. I t cont ai ned fi ve lar ge bar s of chocol at e and t hr ee bags of sweet s! Lesson52 A pret t y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust moved i nt o a new house and I have been wor ki ng har d al l mor ni ng. I have been t ryi ng t o get m y new r oom i n or der. Thi s has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make mat ers wor se, t