【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 other . After seeking out t he r ude assi st ant she asked f or the same dres. Not realizing who she was, t he asistant was eager to ser ve her t hi s t ime wit h great dif icul ty, he climbed into the shop window to get the dres. As soon as he saw it , t he woman said s many t ies.39。 39。And a woman can39。t have too many hat s,39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nutes later we walked out of the shop toget her. My wif e was wear ing a hat that looked li ke a l ight house ! Lesson42 Not very m usical 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a long wal k through one of the mar ket s of Old Delhi, we st opped at a square t o have a r est. Aft er a ti me, we not iced a snake char mer wi th two l ar ge basket s at the other si de of the squar e, so we went t o have a l ook at hi m. As soon as he saw us, he pi cked up a l ong pipe whi ch was cover ed wit h coins and opened one of t he basket s. When he began t o pl ay a t une, we had our f ir st glimpse of the snake. It rose out of the basket and began t o foll ow the m ovements of t he pipe. We wer e very much surpri sed when the snake char mer suddenly began to play jaz tunes and moder n pop songs. The snake, however , cont inued to 39。dance39。 slowly. I t obviously could not t el l t he di f er ence between I ndi an musi c and jazz! Lesson43 Over t he South Pole 飛越南極 In 1929, three years after hi s fli ght over the Nor th Pol e, the American expl or er, R. E. Byr d, succesfull y fl ew over t he Sout h Pole f or t he f irst time. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and his men were able to t ake agr eat many photographs of t he mount ai ns t hat lay below, they soon ran into serious troubl e. At one poi nt , i t seemed ce rt ai n that their plane woul d cr ash. I t coul d only get over the mountains if it r ose to 10, 000 feet. Byr d at once order ed his men to t hr ow out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able to r ise and it clear ed t he mount ai ns by 400 f et. Byr d now knew that he would be able t o reach the South Pole which was 300 mi les away, f or there were no mor e mountains in si ght. The ai rcraft was abl e to f ly over the endl ess whi te plains without dif ficulty. Lesson44 Through the forest 穿過森林 Mrs Anne Sterl ing di d not think of t he r isk she was taking when she r an thr ough a forest af ter two men. They had r ushed up to her 球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a smal ri ver that cut s across t he park near my home. I li ke sit ting by the Wayl e on f ine af ternoons. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual . Some chil dr en were playing games on the bank and t here were some people r owi ng on the ri ver. Suddenly, one of t he childr en kicked a bal l very har d and it went towards a pasing boat. Some people on the bank caled out to t he man in t he boat , but he did not hear them. The bal st ruck him so hard that he nearl y fel into the water. I t urned t o look at the chil dr en, but ther e wer en39。t any in sight: they had al l r un away! The man laughed when he r eali zed what had happened. He cal ed out t o the chil dr en and threw the bal l back t o the bank. Leson31 Success tory 成功者的故事 Yest er day after noon Fr ank Hawki ns was t el li ng me about his experi ences as a young man. Frank i s now t he head of a very l ar ge busines pany, but as a boy he used to work in a smal shop. It was his j ob t o repair bicycles and at hat time he used to wor k f ourt en hours a day. He saved money for years and i n 1938 he bought a smal l work shop of hi s own. Dur ing the war Frank used t o make spare par ts for aer oplanes. At that ime he had two hel pers. By the end of t he war, the smal workshop had bee a large fact or y whi ch employed seven hundr ed and t wentyeight people. Fr ank smiled when he remem bered hi s hard early year s and the long r oad t o succes. He was sti l smi li ng when t he door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She wanted hi m to r epair thei r son39。s bi cycl e! Leson32 Shopping made easy 購物變得很方便 People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation to steal i s gr eater t han ever befor eespecial y in large shops. A det ecti ve r ecentl y wat ched a wel dresed woman who always went i nt o a large st or e on Monday mornings. One Monday, ther e wer e f ewer peopl e in the shop than usual when the wom an came i n, so i t was easier f or t he detecti ve t o wat ch her. The woman f ir st bought afew smal l art icles. Aft er a li tl e time, she chose one of the most expensive dr esses in t he shop and handed i t o an assi tant who wrapped it up for her as qui ckly as possibl e. Then the woman simply took the parcel and wal ked out of t he shop wit hout payi ng. When she was ar rest ed, the detect ive found out t hat the shop assi stant was her daughter . The gi rl39。 gave39。 her mother a f ree dr ess once a week ! lesson33 Out of t he darkness 沖出黑暗 Nearl y a wek passed before t he gir l was abl e t o explain what had happened to her . One afternoon she set out f rom t he coast i n a smal boat and was caught in a storm. Towar ds evening, the boat st ruck a r ock and the gir l j umped into the sea. Then she swam to t he shor e af ter spendi ng t he whole night in t he water. During t hat ime she covered a di st ance of eight mil es. Earl y next morni ng, she saw a li ght ahead. She knew she was near t he shore because the li ght was high up on t he clif fs. On ar riving at he shor e, the gi rl struggl ed up the clif f towar ds the li ght she had se n. That was al she r emember ed. When she woke up a day l at er , she f ound her self i n hospi tal. Leson34 Quick work 破案“神速” Ted Robi nson has been wor ied al l t he wek. Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a let er fr om t he l ocal poli ce. I n the let er he was asked t o cal at t he st at ion. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he poli ce, but he went to t he stati on yesterday and now he is not worr ied any more. At t he st at ion, he was t ol d by a sm il ng poli cem an t