【導(dǎo)讀】openedoneofthebaskets.Whenhebegantoplayatune,wehadourfirstglimpseofthesnake.Itroseoutofthebasketandbegantofollowthemovementsofthepipe.Wewereverymuchsurprisedwhenthesnakecharmersuddenlybegantoplayjazztunesandmodernpopsongs.Thesnake,however,continuedto'dance'slowly.ItobviouslycouldnottellthedifferencebetwenIndianmusicandjazz!Lesson43OvertheSouthPole飛越南極In1929,threyearsafterhisflightovertheNo

　　

【正文】 f t he countr yside. Af ter some t ime, the bus st opped. Looki ng r ound, I realized wi th a shock that I was the onl y passenger l ef t on the bus. 39。You39。l have to get off her e, 39。 t he conduct or said. 39。This is as f ar as we go.39。 39。 I s this Woodf or d Green ?39。 I a sked. 39。Oh dear ,39。 said the conductor suddenl y. 39。 I for got to put you off .39。 39。I t doesn39。t mat er ,39。 I sai d. 39。I 39。l get off her e. 39。 We ar e going back now,39。 sai d the conduct or . 39。Wel, in t hat case, I pr ef er to stay on t he bus, 39。 I answer ed. Leson51 Reward for virt ue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My f ri end, Herbert, has always been f at, but t hi ngs got so bad recent ly t hat he decided to go on a diet. He began his diet a week ago. Fir st of al , he wrote out a l ong li st of al t he f oods which were for bi dden. The l ist i ncluded most of t he t hi ngs Herber t l oves: but ter, potatoes, ri ce, beer , milk, chocolate, and sweet s. Yesterday I paid hi m a visit . I r ang the bel and was not surpr ised to se t hat Her bert was sti l as f at as ever . He l ed me i nt o hi s room and hur ri edly hid a l ar ge par cel under his desk. I t was obvious t hat he was very embar rased. When I asked him what he was doing, he sm iled gui lti ly and t hen put the par cel on t he desk. He explained that his diet was so stri ct t hat he had t o rewar d hi mself occasional ly. Then he showed me t he cont ents of the parcel . It contained f ive large bars of chocolate and t hr e bags of sweet s! Leson52 A pret y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust moved i nto a new house and I have been wor ki ng hard al mor ning. I have been t rying to get my new room in order. Thi s has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To make maters worse, the room is r at her smal , so I have t emporari ly put my books on t he f loor . At t he moment , t hey cover every i nch of f loor space and I actualy have t o walk on them t o get i n or out of the room. A shor t whi le ago, my sister helped me t o car y one of my ol d bookcases up t he stairs. She went i nt o my room and got a big sur pr ise when she saw al those books on t he f loor. 39。Thi s is the pr et ti est carpet I have ever sen,39。 she said. She gazed at it for some time t hen added, 39。You don39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit her e in your spare ti me and read the carpet !39。 Leson53 Hot snake 觸電的蛇 At l ast fir emen have put out a big for est f ir e in Cal if or ni a. Since t hen, t hey have been trying t o find out how the fir e began. For est f ir e ar e of ten caused by broken glas or by cigarete ends which peopl e carelesly t hr ow away. Yest er day the fi remen exami ned the gr ound caref ul ly, but were not able to f ind any broken glas. They were also quit e sure t hat a ci garet e end di d not st ar t he f ir e. Thi s mor ni ng, however, a fi reman acci dentaly discover ed t he cause. He not iced t he r ema ins of a snake which was wound r ound the el ectr ic wir es of a 16,000 volt power li ne. I n this way, he was abl e to sol ve t he myst er y. The expl anation was imple but very unusual. A bir d had snatched up the snake fr om the ground and t hen dropped i t on to the wir es. The snake t hen wound it self round t he wi res. When i t di d so, i t sent sparks down to t he ground and these immediatel y st ar ted a fir e. Lesson54 St icky f ingers 粘糊的手指 Aft er breakf ast, I sent the chi ldren to school and then I went t o mar ket. I t was st il ear ly when I retur ned home. The chil dr en wer e at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I deci ded to make s ome tarts f or t ea. I n a short tim e I was busy m ixing butt er and f lour and m y hands were soon cover ed wi th sticky past ry. At e xactly t hat moment, the telephone r ang. Nothing could have been more annoyi ng. I picked up the recei ver between t wo st icky f ingers and was dismayed when I r ecognized the voice of Mr s Bates. I t ook me ten minutes to per suade her to r ing back later. At l ast I hung up the r ecei ver. What a mes! There was past ry on my fi ngers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner got back to t he kit chen t han the door bel r ang loud enough to wake t he dead. This t ime it was t he post man and he want ed me t o sign f or a regist er ed l et ter ! Lesson55 Not a gol d mine 并非金礦 Dreams of fi nding lost reasure al most came tr ue r ecent ly. A new machine cal led 39。The Revealer 39。 has been i nvent ed and it has been used t o detect gold which has been buri ed i n the gr ound. The machi ne was used in a cave near t he seashore wher ei t i s said pi rates used t o hi de gold. The pi rates would oft en bury gold in t he cave and t hen fail to collect i t. Armed with t he new machine, a search part y went he did not l ike it . She enjoyed her self maki ng t he asistant bri ng almost ever yt hi ng i n the window bef ore fi nal y buying the dr ess she had f irst asked f or . Lesson58 A blesing in disgui se? 是因禍得福嗎？ The t iny vi lage of Fri nl ey i s ai d to possess a 39。cursed tree39。. Because t he t ree was ment ioned in a newspaper , the number of visit or s to Fri nl ey has now increased. The tr e was pl anted near a church fi ty years ago, but it is only in r ecent years that i t has gained an evi l r eputati on. It is said t hat if anyone touches t he t ree, he wil have bad l uck。 i f he pi cks a leaf , he wil l die. Many vil agers bel ieve t hat the t ree has already claimed a number of vi ct ims. The vi car has been asked to have the tr e cut down, but so far he has ref used. He has pointed out that he t ree is auseful sour ce of ine as t ouri st s have been ing fr om al l parts of the count ry to se i t. In spi te of al l t hat has been said, t he t ouri st s have been picking leaves and cutt ing thei r names on the tr et runk. So f ar, not one of t hem has been str uck down by sudden death! Leson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來還是出去？ O