【正文】 he room i s r at her smal , so I have t em por ari ly put my books on t he f l oor. At he m om ent, t hey cover ever y i nch of fl oor space and I act ual y have to wal k on t hem t o get i n or out of t he r oom . A short whi le ago, m y sister hel ped me t o car r y one of m y ol d bookcases up t he st ai rs. She went i nt o m y r oom and got a bi g sur pri se when she saw al t hose books on the f loor. 39。 eggs and asked m e whet her m y col l ecti on was gr owi ng. He t hen asked m e how m y brot her was and whether I li ked m y new j ob i n London. In answer to t hese quest ions I eit her nodded or m ade st range noi ses. Meanwhi l e, m y tongue was busy sear chi ng out the hol e wher e t he t ooth had been. I suddenl y felt ver y worr i ed, but coul d not say anyt hi ng. When t he denti st at l ast rem oved t he cot on wool f rom m y m out h, I was abl e to t el l him t hat he had pul l ed out t he wr ong t oot h. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢告終 Ti red of sleepi ng on t he fl oor , a young m an i n Teher an saved up f or years t o buy a r eal bed. For t he fi rst tim e i n his l if e, he becam e t he pr oud owner of a bed whi ch had spri ngs and a mat r ess. Because t he weat her was ver y hot , he car ri ed t he bed on t o t he roof of hi s house. Hdoor bel l rang l oud enough to wake t he dead. This t ime it was the postm an and he want ed me to si gn for a r egistered l et er ! Lesson55 Not a gold mi ne 并非金礦 Dr eam s of fi ndi ng lost tr easure al most came t rue r ecentl y. A new machine cal ed 39。 slowly. I t obvi ously could not t el l the di f er ence between I ndian music and j azz! Leson43 Over the Sout h Pole 飛越南極 I n 1929, thr ee year s af ter his f li ght over the Nor th Pol e, t he Amer ican expl orer, R. E. Byr d, successf ull y fl ew over the South Pole for the f ir st time. Though, at f ir st , Byr d and his men were able to t ake a gr eat m any phot ographs of the mountains t hat l ay bel ow, they soon ran i nt o ser ious t rouble. At one poi nt, it seem ed cer tain that their plane would cr ash. I t could onl y get over the mountai ns if it r ose t o 10,000 f e t . Byr d at once or der ed his m en to t hrow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The pl ane was t hen abl e to ri se and i t cl ear ed the m ount ai ns by 400 feet. Byrd now knew that he would be abl e to r each t he Sout h Pole which was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no mor e mounta ins i n sight. The air craf t was able to f ly over the endless whit e plains wi thout dif fi cul ty. Lesson44 Through t he forest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Sterl ing di d not think of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she r an thr ough a for est aft er t wo m en. They had rushed up to her whil e she was havi ng a piic at the edge of a for est wi th her childr en and tr ied t o steal her handbag. I n t he st ruggle, the s tr ap broke and, wi th the bag in their possessi on, both men st art ed running t hrough the t rees. Mrs St erl ing got so angry that she r an aft er t hem . She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi th them, she saw t hat t hey had sat down and were going t hrough t he contents of t he bag, so she ran str ai ght at t hem. The men got such a f r ight that they dropped the bag and ran away. 39。 Only 25 per cent a t hief now!39。t l ike l osi ng my way. I went on an excursion r ecentl y, but my tr ip t ook me l onger than I expect ed. 39。 answered t he conduct or. I sat i n the f r ont of the bus t o get a good view of the count ryside. Aft er some tim 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。Oh dear, 39。 We ar e going back now, 39。 Lesson53 Hot snake 觸電的蛇 At last fi remen have put out a big f orest fi re i n Cali for nia. Since then, they have been tr ying t o f ind out how the f ir e began. Forest fi re ar e oft en caused by br oken gl as or by ci gar et te ends which people carel essly t hrow away. Yest erday t he fi remen exam ined the gr ound car ef ull y, but were not able t o f ind any broken glass. They were al so qui te sur e that a ci garet e end did not st art t he fi re. This mor ning, however, a f ir eman aci dental ly di scover ed the cause. He noti ced the r em ai ns of a snake which was wound r ound the electr ic wi r es of a 16,000 vol t power l ine. I n t his way, he was abl e to sol ve t he mystery. The explanat ion was sim ple but ver y unusual. A bir d had snatched up the snake fr om t he ground and then dropped it on t o the wi r es. The snake t hen wound i tself r ound t he wi res. When it did so, it sent sparks down t o the gr ound and t hese i mmediatel y start ed a fi re. Leson54 Sti cky fi ngers 粘糊的 手指 Af ter br eakfast, I sent t he chi ldr en t o school and then I went to m ar ket. It was sti l earl y when I r et urned home. The chi ldren wer e at school, my husband was at wor k and the house was qui et . So I decided t o make some tar ts f or tea. I n a short t ime I wa s busy mi xing butt er and f lour and my hands were soon cover ed wi t h sticky past r y. At exact ly t hat m oment , the t el ephone r ang. Nothi ng coul d have been mor e annoying. I picked up the r eceiver between two st icky f ingers and was dismayed when I recogni zed the voice of Mr s Bates. It took m e ten m inutes to per suade her to r ing back lat er . At last I hung up t he receiver. What a mess! Ther e was pastr y on my fi nger s, on t he tel ephone, and on t he door knobs. I had no sooner got back to the kit chen t han the door bel l rang loud enough to wake t he dead. This t ime i t was the postman and he wanted m e to si gn for a r egi st ered l et ter ! Leson55 Not a gold mine 并非金礦 Dr eam s of f indi ng lost reasur e alm ost cam e tr ue r ecently. A new machine cal led 39。 項目建設的必要性 （ 1） 是減輕環(huán)境污染的需要。dance39。 Two months l at er , som e mor e m oney was sent to Sa