【導(dǎo)讀】openedoneofthebaskets.Whenhebegantoplayatune,wehadourfirstglimpseofthesnake.Itroseoutofthebasketandbegantofollowthemovementsofthepipe.Wewereverymuchsurprisedwhenthesnakecharmersuddenlybegantoplayjazztunesandmodernpopsongs.Thesnake,however,continuedto'dance'slowly.ItobviouslycouldnottelthediferencebetwenIndianmusicandjaz!Leson43OvertheSouthPole飛越南極In1929,threeyearsafterhisflightovertheNorth

　　

【正文】 at l ay ar ound hi m, t he man sadly picked up the mat tr ess and car ri ed it i nto hi s house. Af t er he had put it on the f loor , he pr omptl y went to sleep agai n. Lesson50 Taken f or a ride 乘車(chē)兜風(fēng) I love t ravel ing i n the count ry, but I don39。t l ike l osi ng my way. I went on an excursion r ecent ly, but m y tr ip t ook me l onger than I expect ed. 39。 I39。m going t o Woodf ord Gr een, 39。 I said to t he conductor as I got on t he bus,39。 but I don39。t know wher e it i s. 39。 39。 I 39。l l t el you where t o get of f, 39。 answered t he conduct or . I sat in t he fr ont of t he bus t o get a good vi ew of the countr ysi de. Af ter som e ti me, the bus st opped. Looki ng round, I reali zed wi th a shock t hat I was the onl y passenger lef t on the bus. 39。 You39。l l have t o get of f her e,39。 the conduct or said. 39。Thi s is as far as we go.39。 39。 Is t his Woodf ord Green ?39。 I asked. 39。Oh dear ,39。 sai d the conduct or suddenl y. 39。 I for got t o put you of f. 39。 I t doesn39。t mat ter, 39。 I said. 39。I 39。l l get off here. 39。 We ar e goi ng back now, 39。 said the conductor . 39。Wel l, in that case, I pr ef er to st ay on the bus, 39。 I answered. Lesson51 Reward f or virt ue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My f ri end, Her ber t, has al ways been f at, but t hings got so bad r ecentl y that he deci ded t o go on a di et . He began hi s diet a week ago. Fi rst of al l, he wr ot e out a long l ist of al l the f oods whi ch were f orbidden. The list incl uded most of the t hi ngs Herbert l oves: but ter, potat oes, ri ce, beer , mil k, chocol ate, and sweets. Yest erday I paid hi m a vi si t. I r ang t he bel l and was not surpr ised to see that Herber t was st il as f at as ever . He l ed me i nt o his r oom and hurr iedly hid a l arge parcel under his desk. I t was obvi ous that he was ver y embar assed. When I asked him what he was doi ng, he smil ed guilt il y and then put the parcel on the desk. He explai ned t hat hi s di et was so st ri ct t hat he had to reward himself occasional y. Then he showed me the contents of t he par cel . It cont ained fi ve lar ge bar s of chocolate and t hree bags of swe ets! Lesson52 A pret t y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust moved int o a new house and I have been working har d al mor ning. I have been tr yi ng to get my new room in or der . This has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To m ake m at ter s worse, the r oom is r ather sm al l, so I have temporar il y put m y books on t he fl oor . At the moment , they cover ever y i nch of f loor space and I a ct ual ly have t o walk on them t o get i n or out of t he room. A shor t while ago, my si st er helped me to car y one of my ol d bookcases up t he st air s. She went into my r oom and got a bi g surpr ise when she saw al l those books on t he fl oor . 39。This i s the pr et ti est carpet I have ever seen, 39。 she sai d. She gazed at i t for some t ime t hen added, 39。You don39。t need bookcases at al . You can si t her e in your spar e ti me and r ead the car pet! 39。 Leson53 Hot snake 觸電的蛇 At l ast fi remen have put out a bi g for est f ir e in Cal if ornia. Since t hen, they have been t ryi ng to f ind out how t he fi re began. For est fi re ar e oft en caused by broken glass or by ci gar et e ends whi ch people car el esly throw away. Yester day t he fi remen exami ned t he ground car eful ly, but wer e not able to f ind any br oken gl ass. They wer e also quit e sur e that a cigaret te end did not star t he fi re. This m orning, however , a fi reman acci dent al ly di scovered t he cause. He not iced the r emains of a snake whi ch was wound round the el ect ri c wir es of a 16, 000 volt power line. In this way, he was able t o sol ve the m yst er y. The explanati on was si mple but very unusual . A bir d had snat ched up t he snake f rom the gr ound and t hen dr opped i t on to t he wi res. The snake then wound it sel f round the wi r es. When i t di d so, i t sent spar ks down to t he ground and these imm edi at ely star ted a f ir e. Lesson54 St icky f ingers 粘糊的手指 Aft er br eakf ast , I sent t he chi l dren t o school and then I went to m ar ket . It was sti l earl y when I ret ur ned hom e. The chil dren wer e at school , my husband was at work and t he house was quiet . So I decided t o make som e tar ts f or t ea. I n a shor t ti me I was busy mi xi ng butt er and f lour and my hands wer e soon covered wi th st icky past ry. At exact ly t hat m om ent , the tel ephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying. I pi cke d up the r eceiver bet ween two st icky f ingers and was dismayed when I recogni zed t he voice of Mr s Bates. I t took me ten mi nutes 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 kit chen t han t he door bel l r ang loud enough t o wake t he dead. Thi s ti me i t was the post man and he wanted me to sign for a r egi st ered l et ter ! Leson55 Not a gold m ine 并非金礦 Dr eams of f inding lost t reasur e almost came tr ue recent ly. A new machi ne cal led 39。The Revealer 39。 has been i nvent ed and i t has been used t o detect gol d which has been bur i ed i n the gr ound. The machine was used i n a cave near t he seashor e wher e 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 col lect it . Arm ed wit h the new machi ne, a sear ch par ty went he di d not l ike i t. She enjoyed her sel f making t he assistant br ing al most everyt hi ng in the wi ndow bef ore fi nal ly buying t he dress she had f ir st asked f or. Lesson58 A blesi ng in di sgui se? 是因禍得福嗎？ The ti ny vil lage of Fri nley is said to possess a 39。cursed tr ee39。. Because the tr ee was menti oned i n a newspaper, t he num ber of visit ors t o Fri nley has now i ncr eased. T