【導(dǎo)讀】thedifferencebetweenIndianmusicandjaz!Leson43OvertheSouthPole飛越南極In1929,threeyearsafterhisflightovertheNorthPole,theAmericanexplorer,R.E.Byrd,successfullyflewovertheSouthPoleforthefirsttime.Though,atfirst,Byrdandhismenwereabletotakeagreatmanyphotographsofthemountainsthatlaybelow,theysoonranintoserioustrouble.Atonepoint,itseemedcertainthattheirplanewouldcrash.Itcouldonlygetoverthemountainsifitroset

　　

【正文】 t he par cel on t he desk. He expl ai ned that hi s diet was so st ri ct that he had t o r ewar d him self occasi onal y. Then he showed me t he cont ent s of the parcel. It contained f ive l ar ge bars of chocolat e and three bags of sweets! Leson52 A pret y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just m oved i nto a new house and I have been worki ng har d al m or ning. I have been tr ying t o get m y new r oom i n order. This has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make mat er s wor se, the r oom i s rather smal , so I have tempor ar il y put my books on the f loor. At t he moment, they cover every i nch of fl oor space and I actual y have t o wal k on them to get in or out of the r oom. A shor t whil e ago, my si st er hel ped me to car ry one of my ol d bookcases up t he st ai rs. She went i nto m y room and got a bi g sur pri se when she saw al t hose books on the f loor. 39。Thi s is the pret tiest car pet I have ever sen,39。 she sai d. She gazed at i t f or som e 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 last fi remen have put out a big for est fi re in Cal if or nia. Since then, they have been t rying t o f ind out how t he fi re began. Forest fi re ar e oft en caused by broken glas or by ci gar et te ends whi ch people carel essly t hrow away. Yesterday 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 emai ns 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 explanat ion 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 spar ks down to the ground and these im medi ately st ar ted a fi re. 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 home. The chil dr en were at school , m y 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 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 two 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 her 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 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 t r ue recent ly. A new machi ne cal led 39。The Reveal er39。 has been i nvent ed and it has been used to detect gol d whi ch has been bur ied i n t he gr ound. The machine was used in a cave near t he seashor e where i t i s sai d pir at es used to hide gold. The pir at es would of ten bury gol d in the cave and t hen fail t o coll ect it . Arm ed wit h t he new machi ne, a sear ch part y went he di d not li ke it. She enjoyed her sel f making t he assistant bri ng al most everyt hing i n the wi ndow befor e fi nal ly buying the dress she had f ir st asked for . Lesson58 A blessi ng in disgui se? 是因禍得福嗎？ The t iny vil lage of Fri nley i s said to possess a 39。cursed tr ee39。. Because the t ree was menti oned i n a newspaper, t he num ber of visit ors t o Fr inley has now i ncr eased. The t ree was pl ant ed near a chur ch f if ty years ago, but it i s only i n recent years t hat i t has gained an evil r eputat ion. It is said that if anyone t ouches the t ree, he wil l have bad luck。 if he picks a l eaf , he wi l l di e . Many vi l ager s bel ieve that the t ree has alr eady clai med a number of vi ct ims. The vicar has been asked t o have the t ree cut down, but so f ar he has r efused. He has pointed out that the t ree i s a usef ul source of ine as t our ists have been i ng f rom al l par t s of the count ry t o 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 names on the tr ee tr unk. So far, not one of t hem has been str uck down by sudden deat h! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, us ed 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 someone opened the gate. As t he nei ghbours pl ai ned of t he noi se, my husband spent weeks t raini ng him to pr es hi s paw on the l atch t o let himself i n. Rex soon became an expert at opening the gate. However , when I was goi ng out shoppi ng last wek, I noticed him i n the garden near the gate. This ti me he was bar ki ng so that someone would let him out ! Si nce t hen, he has developed anot her bad habit . As soon as he opens t he gat e fr om the outside, he es i nto t he gar den and waits unt il the gate shuts. Then he si ts and barks unti l someone let s him out . Aft er this he i mmedi at el y l et s himself i n and begi ns bar king agai n. Yest er day my husband r emoved t he gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not sen hi m si nce. Lesson60 The f uture 卜算未來 At a vil lage fai r, I deci ded to vi si t a for tunet el ler cal led Madam Bel insky. I went int o her t ent and she told me t o si t down. Af t er I had given her som e money, she looked into a crystal bal l and said: 39。A