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

　　

【正文】 ow, 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 ote out a long l ist of al l the f oods whi ch were f orbi dden. The li st i ncl 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 t hat he was very embar rassed. When I asked hi m what he was doing, he smi led gui lti ly and t hen put t he par cel on t he desk. He expl ained that his diet was so str ict that he had t o r ewar d hi msel f occasi onal ly. Then he showed me the cont ent s of the parcel. I t contai ned f i ve l arge bars of chocol at e and t hr ee bags of sweet s! Leson52 A pret y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just moved into a new house and I have been wor king hard al l morning. I have been t rying t o get my new r oom i n order . Thi s has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make mat ers wor se, the r oom i s rat her smal , so I have t em por ari ly put my books on the f loor . At t he moment, t hey cover every inch of fl oor space and I actual y have to wal k on t hem to get in or out of the r oom. A short whi le ago, m y sister hel ped me t o car ry one of m y old bookcases up the stai rs. She went i nt o my room and got a big sur pri se when she saw al t hose books on the f loor. 39。Thi s is t he pret iest car pet I have ever seen,39。 she said. She gazed at it f or some tim e then added, 39。You don39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit here in your spare ti me and read t he car pet !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 cigar et te ends which people carelessl y t hrow away. Yest er day t he fi remen examined t he gr ound car ef ull y, but were not able t o f ind any broken glass. They wer e al so qui te sur e that a cigaret e end did not start t he fi re. This mor 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 r ound the electr ic wir es of a 16, 000 vol t power l ine. In t his way, he was abl e to sol ve the myster y. The explanation was si mple but ver y unusual. A bir d had snat ched up t he snake fr om t he ground and then dr opped i t on t o t he wir es. The snake t hen wound itself r ound the wi res. When it di d so, i t sent sparks down t o t he gr ound and t hese i mmediat el y start ed a f ir e. Lesson54 Sti cky 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 wer e at school, my husband was at wor k and the house was qui et . So I deci ded t o make some t ar ts f or tea. In a short t ime I was busy mi xing butt er and f lour and my hands were soon cover ed wit h sti cky pastr y. At exact ly that moment, the t elephone r ang. Not hi ng coul d have been mor e annoyi ng. I picked up the r ecei ver between t wo sti cky f ingers and was di sm ayed when I r ecognized the voice of Mrs Bat es. It t ook me ten m inutes t o per suade her to r ing back l at er. At last I hung up the r eceiver. What a m ess! Ther e was past ry on my f ingers, on the t el ephone, and on t he door knobs. I had no sooner got back to the kit chen than the door bel l rang l oud enough to wake t he dead. This t im e 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 m achine cal ed 39。The Reveal er 39。 has been invented and it has been used to det ect gold whi ch has been buri ed in t he ground. The m achine was used in a cave near the seashor e wherei t is said pir ates used t o hide gold. The pir ates would of ten bur y gol d i n the cave and then f ai l to coll ect i t. Ar med wi th t he new machine, a search part y went he did not li ke it . She enjoyed herself making the asist ant bri ng almost ever ything i n t he window befor e f inaly buyi ng the dr ess she had fi rst asked for . Lesson58 A blessi ng i n di sgui se? 是因禍得福嗎？ The t iny vi l age of Fr inley i s sai d t o possess a 39。cur sed t ree39。. Because the t ree was m ent ioned in a newspaper , the number of vi si tor s to Fr inl ey has now increased. The tr e was pl anted near a church f if ty year s ago, but i t is only in r ecent year s that it has gai ned an evi l r eput ation. I t i s sai d t hat if anyone touches t he tr e, he wi l have bad l uck。 i f he pi cks a leaf , he wi l die. Many vil lagers beli eve t hat t he tr ee has al ready cl a imed a number of victi ms. The vi car has been asked to have the t ree cut down, but so far he has ref used. He has poi nt ed out t hat t he tr e is a useful sour ce of i n e as touri st s have been ing f rom al part s of the count ry to see it . In spit e of al l that has been sai d, t he tour ists have been pi cki ng leaves and cutt ing t hei r nam es on the tr ee t runk. So far, not one of t hem has been str uck down by sudden death! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to si t out si de our f ront gat e and bark. Ever y t ime he want ed to e i nto t he gar den he would bar k unt il someone opened the gate. As t he nei ghbours pl ai ned of t he noise, m y husband spent weeks t r ai ning him t o press hi s paw on t he latch t o l et him sel f in. Rex soon becam e an exper