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

　　

【正文】 I pref er t o stay on t he bus,39。 I answer ed. Leson51 Reward f or vi rtue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My fr iend, Herbert , has always been fat , but thi ngs got so bad recent ly t hat he decided to go on a die t . He began his di et a wek ago. Fir st of al , he wr ot e out a l ong li st of al t he foods whi ch wer e f orbidden. The l ist included most of the thi ngs Her bert loves: butt er, potatoes, r ice, beer , mil k, chocol ate, and sweets. Yest er day I pai d him a vi si t. I r ang t he bel l and was not surpr ised to see that Herbert was sti l as f at as ever . He l ed m e int o his r oom and hurr iedly hi d a l arge parcel under his desk. I t was obvious t hat he was very embar rassed. When I asked him what he was doi ng, he smi led guil ti ly and t hen put t he par cel on t he desk. He expl ai ned that his diet was so str ict that he had t o r ewar d him sel f occasi onal ly. Then he showed me t he cont ent s of the parcel. I t contai ned f ive l arge bars of chocol at e and thr e bags of sweet s! Leson52 A pret y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just m oved i nto a new house and I have been wor ki ng hard al l m orning. I have been tr ying 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 tem por ar il y put my books on the f loor. At t he moment, t hey cover every i nch of f loor space and I act ual ly have to walk on t hem t o get i n or out of t he room. A short whi le ago, my sister helped me t o car y one of my old bookcases up t he st ai rs. She went i nto m y r oom and got a bi g sur pri se when she saw al l t hose books on the f loor . 39。Thi s i s the pret ti est car pet I have ever sen,39。 she sai d. She gazed at i t for some ti me 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 t he car pet !39。 Leson53 Hot snake 觸電的蛇 At l ast fi remen have put out a big for est fi r e in Cal if ornia. Since t hen, they have been t rying to f ind out how t he fi re bega n. For est fi re ar e oft en caused by broken glass or by ci gar et e ends whi ch people car el essly t hrow away. Yesterday t he fi remen examined t he ground car efull y, but wer e not able to f ind any br oken glass. They wer e also quit e sur e that a cigaret e end did not start t he fi re. This mor ning, however, a f i 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, 000volt power li ne. I n thi s way, he was able t o solve t he myst ery. The expl anati on was simpl e but very unusual . A bi rd had snatc hed up the snake f rom the gr ound and t hen dr opped i t on to the wi res. The snake then wound it sel f round the wi r es. When i t di d so, it sent spar ks down to t he ground and these imm edi ately st ar ted a f ir e. Lesson54 St icky f ingers 粘糊的手指 Af ter breakf ast , I sent the chil dren t o school and t hen I went t o mar ket . I t was stil l ear ly when I retur ned hom e. The chil dr en were at school , my husband was at work and t he house was quiet. So I decided to make some tart s for t ea. I n a shor t ti me I was busy mixi ng but ter and fl our and my hands wer e soon covered wi th st icky past ry. At exactl y t hat moment, t he telephone rang. Not hing could have been more annoyi ng. I pi cked up t he receiver bet ween two st icky fi nger s and was dismayed when I recogni zed t he voi ce of Mr s Bat es. I t took me t en mi nut es to persuade her t o ri ng back later. At l ast I hung up the r ecei ver . What a mes! Ther e was pastr y on my f ingers, on the t elephone, and on the door knobs. I had no sooner got back t o t he ki tchen than t he door bel r ang l oud enough t o wake the dead. Thi s ti me it was t he post man and he want ed me t o sign f or a register ed let er ! Lesson55 Not a gol d m ine 并非金礦 Dreams of f inding l ost tr easur e al most came tr ue recent ly. A new machi ne cal led 39。The Reveal er39。 has been i nvented and i t has been used t o det ect gold which has been bur ied in the gr ound. The machi ne was used i n a cave near the seashore wher e it is saidpi rates used to hi de gol d. The pi rates woul d oft en bur y gold in t he cave and then f ail to col lect i t. Ar med wi th the new m achine, a sear ch par ty went he did not l ike i t. She enj oyed her self m aki ng the assi st ant br ing alm ost ever ythi ng in t he window bef ore f inal y buying t he dr es she had fi rst asked f or. Leson58 A bl esing i n di sgui se? 是因禍得福嗎？ The ti ny vil age of Fr inl ey is said t o posses a 39。cur sed tr e39。. Because t he tr e was mentioned i n a newspaper, the num ber of vi si tor s to Fr inl ey has now i ncreased. The tr e was pl ant ed near a church f if ty years ago, but i t is only in r ecent year s that it has gai ned an evil r eput at ion. It i s sai d that if anyone touches the t ree, he wil l have bad l uck。 if he pi cks a l eaf , he wil l die. Many vil lager s beli eve t hat t he tr e has alr eady cl ai med a number of victi ms. The vi car has been asked to have the t ree cut down, but so far he has refused. He has point ed out t hat t he tr e is a usef ul sour ce of i ne as t ouri st s have been ing f rom al part s of t he count ry t o see it . I n spit e of al l that has been sai d, t he touri sts have been pi cki ng leaves and cutt ing t hei r names on t he tr ee tr unk. So f ar, not one of t hem has been str uck down by sudden deat h! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來(lái)還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to sit outsi de our f ront gat e and bar k. Ever y ti me he want ed to e i nto t he gar den he would bark unt il s omeone opened the gate. As t he nei ghbours plai ned of t he noi se, my husband spent weeks t raini ng him to pr es hi s paw on the l at ch t o l et hi msel f in. Rex soon became an exper t at opening t he gat e. However, when