【導(dǎo)讀】thedifferencebetwenIndianmusicandjaz!Leson43OvertheSouthPole飛越南極In1929,threyearsafterhisflightovertheNorthPole,theAmericanexplorer,R.E.Byrd,succesfullyflewovertheSouthPoleforthefirsttime.Though,atfirst,Byrdandhismenwereabletotakeagreatmanyphotographsofthemountainsthatlaybelow,theysoonranintoserioustrouble.Atonepoint,itsemedcertainthattheirplanewouldcrash.Itcouldonlygetoverthemountainsifitroseto10,

　　

【正文】 hrow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The pl ane was t hen abl e to ri se and i t cl eared the m ountains by 400 feet . Byr d now knew t hat he woul d be able to r each t he Sout h Pol e whi ch was 300 mil es away, for t her e wer e no more mount ai ns i n si ght. The air cr af t was abl e t o fl y over t he endl ess whit e pl ai ns wit hout di fi cult y. Leson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne St er li ng di d not t hi nk of the ri sk she was taki ng when she ran through a f or est aft er t wo men. They had r ushed up t o her whi le she was havi ng a pii c at the edge of a f or est wi th her chi l dr en and t ri ed t o st eal her handbag. In t he st r uggl e, t he st rap broke and, wit h the bag in t heir possessi on, both men st ar ted runni ng t hr ough the tr es. Mr s St er li ng got so angry t hat she r an aft er t hem. She was soon out of breat h, but she conti nued to r un. When she caught up wit h t hem, she saw t hat they had sat down and were goi ng t hrough t he content s of t he bag, so she r an str ai ght at t hem . The men got such a f ri ght that t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。The str ap needs mendi ng,39。 sai d Mr s St erli ng l at er , 39。but they di d not st eal anyt hi ng.39。 Lesson45 A cl ear conscience 問心無愧 The whole vil age soon lear nt t hat a large sum of m oney had been lost . Sam Bent on, the local butcher, had l ost hi s wal let whil e taki ng his savi ngs to t he post of fi ce. Sam was sure t hat he wal et must have been found by one of the vi l ager s, but it was not returned t o him . Thr e mont hs pased, and then one mor ni ng, Sam found his wal et outside hi s fr ont door. It had been wr apped up in newspaper and it contained half the m oney he had l ost, t oget her wit h a note which said: 39。A t hi ef, yes, 39。but onl y 5o per cent a thief! 39。 Two mont hs l at er , som e m or e m oney was sent t o Sam wit h anot her not e:39。 Onl y 25 per cent a t hi ef now!39。 I n tim e, al l Sam 39。s m oney was pai d back in t hi s way. The last not e said:39。 I am 100 per cent honest now! 39。 l esson46 Expensi ve and un fort abl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane fr om London ar ived at Sydney air port , wor kers began t o unl oad a number of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl ot hi ng. No one coul d account for the fact t hat one of t he boxes was extr em el y heavy. I t suddenl y occur red to one of the wor ker s t o open up t he box. He was ast oni shed at what he f ound. A man was l yi ng i n the box on top of a pil e of wool en goods. He was so sur pr ised at bei ng discover ed t hat he did not even tr y to r un away. Aft er he was ar ested, the m an adm it ed hi di ng i n the box bef or e the pl ane left London. He had had a l ong and unfort able t ri p, for he had been conf ined t o the wooden box for over t en hour s. The m an was or dered t o pay amp。 345 f or the cost of the tri p. The norm al pr ice of a ti cket i s amp。 230 ! Lesson47 A t hi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house whi ch was recent ly bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up f or sale. Mr Thom pson i s goi ng t o sel it because i t i s haunt ed. He t ol d m e that he could not go to sl eep one ni ght because he hear d a st range noi se i ng fr om t he bar. The next m orning, he found t hat he door s had been bl ocked by chair s and the furnit ur e had been m oved. Though Mr Thom pson had tur ned the li ghts off bef or e he went t o bed, t hey wer e on i n the m or ni ng. He al so sai d that he had found f ive empt y whisky bott les whi ch t he ghost must have drunk t he ni ght before. When I suggest ed t hat some vi l agers m ust have e in f or a fr ee dri nk, Mr Thompson shook hi s head. The vil agers have told him t hat they wi l not acept the inn even i f he gi ves i t away. Leson48 Di d you want t o t el l m e somet hing? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Dent ist s al ways ask quest ions when i t is impossible f or you t o answer. My dent ist had just pul led out one of m y t et h and had told me t o rest f or a whi le. I tr ied to say som et hi ng, but m y m out h was f ul of cott on wool. He knew I coll ected bi rds39。 eggs and asked m e whether my col lect ion was growing. He t hen asked me how m y br ot her was and whether I li ked my new job in London. I n answer t o these quest ions I eit her nodded or made str ange noises. Meanwhi le, m y t ongue was busy sear chi ng out t he hol e wher e t he t oot h had been. I suddenl y felt ver y wor ri ed, but coul d not say anything. When the denti st at last r emoved t he cot ton wool fr om m y m out h, I was abl e to t el him that he had pul ed out t he wr ong t oot h. Leson49 The end of a dream 美夢告終 Tir ed of sl epi ng on t he f loor , a young man in Teheran saved up f or years t o buy a real bed. For the fir st tim e in his li fe, he becam e the pr oud owner of a bed whi ch had spr ings and a m at tr ess. Because t he weather was very hot , he car ri ed t he bed on t o t he r oof of hi s house. He slept ver y wel f or t he f irst t wo night s, but on the thir d ni ght, a st orm bl ew up. A gust of wind swept t he bed of f t he r oof and sent it cr ashing into t he court yar d below. The young m an did not wake up unt il t he bed had str uck t he ground. Al though t he bed was smashed t o pieces, t he man was mir aculousl y unhurt . When he woke up, he was st il on t he mat tr ess. Gl anci ng at the bi ts of wood and m et al t hat l ay ar ound him , t he m an sadly picked up the m at tr ess and car ied it i nt o his house. Aft er he had put it on t he fl oor, he pr omptl y went to sl eep agai n. Leson50 Taken f or a ri de 乘車兜風(fēng) I l ove tr aveli ng i n t he count r y, but I don39。t l ike losi ng m y way. I went on an excursion r ecentl y, but my tr ip t ook me l onger than I expect ed. 39。 I39。m goi ng t o Woodf or d Gr een,39。 I sai d t o t he conduct or as I got on t he bus,39。 but I don39。t know wher e i t i s. 39。 I39。l l tel you wher e to get off ,39。 answered t he conductor. I sat i n the fr