【導(dǎo)讀】manyties.''Andawomancan'thavetoomanyhats,'sheanswered.Tenminuteslaterwewalkedoutoftheshoptogether.Mywifewaswearingahatthatlookedlikealighthouse!Leson42Notverymusical并非很懂音樂(lè)AswehadhadalongwalkthroughoneofthemarketsofOldDelhi,westoppedatasquaretohavearest.Afteratime,wenoticedasnake-charmerwithtwolargebasketsattheothersideofthesquare,sowewenttohavealookathim.Assoonashesawus,hepickedupa

　　

【正文】 ir es. When i t did so, it sent spar ks down to the ground and t hese im mediately st ar t ed a fi re. Lesson54 Sti cky f ingers 粘糊的手指 Af ter breakfast, I sent the chil dren t o school and then I went t o mar ket . It was sti l ear l 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 tart s f or t ea. I n a shor t ti me I was busy m ixi ng but ter and fl our and m y 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 t wo st icky fi nger s and was dismayed when I r ecognized t he voi ce of Mr s Bat es. I t took me t en mi nut es to persuade he r t o ri ng back l ater. At l ast I hung up the r ecei ver . What a mes! There 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 loud 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 regist er ed let er ! Lesson55 Not a gol d m ine 并非金礦 Dreams of f inding l ost t reasur 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 it. Ar m ed wi t h t he new machine, a search part y went 生豬養(yǎng)殖基地建設(shè) 項(xiàng)目 可行性研究報(bào)告 項(xiàng)目單位：烏蘭察布市 金都能源開(kāi)發(fā) 有限公司 項(xiàng)目地點(diǎn)： 烏蘭察布市 集寧區(qū) 白海子 鎮(zhèn) 可研報(bào)告編制時(shí)間：二 O 一 O 年 二 月 m any t i es. 39。 39。And a wom an can39。t have too m any hats,39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nut es later we wal ked out of the shop together. My wi fe was wear ing a hat that looked li ke a li ght house ! Leson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂(lè) As we had had a long walk through one of the m ar ket s of Old Delhi, we st opped at a squar e to have a r est . Af t er a t im e, we not iced a snakecharm er wi th two large basket s at t he 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 picked up a long pi pe which was cover ed wit h coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to pl ay a tune, we had our f ir st gl im pse of the snake. I t rose out of t he basket and bega n t o f ollow the m ovements of t he pipe. We wer e ver y much surpr ised when the snake charm er suddenl y began t o play j azz t unes a nd modern pop songs. The snake, however, conti nued t o 39。dance39。 slowly. I t obvi ously could not t el l the di f er ence between I ndian mus ic and j azz! Leson43 Over the Sout h Pole 飛越南極 I n 1929, thr ee year s af ter hi s f l i ght over t he Nort h Pole, the Am eri can explor er , R. E. Byrd, successful ly f lew over t he Sout h Pole f or the f ir st t ime. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and hi s men wer e abl e t o take a gr eat many photographs of t he mountains t hat l ay bel ow, they soon r an int o ser ious t rouble. At one poi nt, it seem ed cer tain that hei r plane would cr ash. It could onl y get over the mountai ns i f it r ose t o 10,000 f et . 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 mountai ns by 400 feet. Byrd now knew that he would be able to r each t he Sout h Pole whi ch was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no mor e mountains i n sight. The air craft was able to f ly over the endless whit e plains wi thout di f fi cul ty. Lesson44 Through the forest 穿過(guò)森林 Mr s Anne Sterl ing di d not t hink of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she r an thr ough a for est aft er t wo men. They had rushed up to her whil e she was having a pi ic at the edge of a for est wi th her chi ldr en and tr ied t o st eal her handbag. I n t he st ruggle, the st r ap br oke and, wi th t he bag in t heir possesion, both m en st ar ted r unni ng thr ough the t rees. Mrs St er li ng got so angry t hat she r an af ter t hem. She was soon out of breath, but she conti nued t o run. When she caught up wi th t hem, she saw t hat t hey had sat down and wer e going t hrough the contents of t he bag, so she r an st r ai ght at them. The men got such a f r ight that they dropped the bag and ran away. 39。The str ap needs mendi ng,39。 said Mr s Ster ling later, 39。but t hey di d not st eal anyt hing.39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問(wèn)心無(wú)愧 The whole vi l age soon learnt that a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Bent on, t he local but cher , had l ost his wal let whil e taking hi s savi ngs t o t he post off ice. Sam was sur e t hat the wal let must have been found by one of the vi lagers, but i t was not r eturned t o him. Thr e months pased, and t hen one mor ning, Sam f ound hi s wal et outside hi s fr ont door. I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t cont ai ned hal f the money he had lost, t ogether wi th a not e which said: 39。A thi ef , yes, 39。but onl y 5o per cent a thi ef !39。 Two months lat er , som e more money was sent to Sam wit h another not e: 39。 Only 25 per cent a t hief now! 39。 In ti me, al l Sam 39。s money was pai d back in t his way. The last not e sai d:39。 I am 100 per cent honest now! 39。 leson46 Expensi ve and unf ortable 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane f rom London ar i ved at Sydney ai rport , workers began to unl oad a num ber of wooden boxes which contai ned cl ot hing. No one coul d acount for the f act t hat one of the boxes was ext remely heavy. It suddenly occurr ed to one of the wor kers t o open up the box. He was ast oni shed at what he found. A man was l yi ng in the box on t op of a pi le of wool len goods. He was so surpr ised at being di scovered t hat he did not even tr y to run away. Aft er he was ar rested, the man admi t ed hiding i n t he box bef or e