【正文】 lesson46 Expensi ve and un fortabl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney ai rport , wor ker s began t o unl oad a num ber of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl ot hing. No one coul d account f or t he fact t hat one of t he boxes was ext r em el y heavy. It suddenl y occurr ed to one of t he workers t o open up t he box. He was ast oni shed at what he found. A man was l yi ng i n t he box on t op of a pil e of wool len goods. He was so sur pr ised at bei ng di s covered t hat he di d not even tr y t o r un away. Aft。s m oney was pai d back i n t his way. The l ast not e sai d:39。 Only 25 per cent a t hief now!39。but onl y 5o per cent a thi ef !39。 Lesson45 A clear consci ence 問心無愧 The whol e vil lage soon l earnt t hat a l ar ge sum of m oney had been l ost. Sam Bent on, t he l ocal but cher, had l ost hi s wal l et whil e t aki ng his savi ngs t o t he post of fi ce. Sam was sur e t hat t he wal et m ust have been f ound by one of t he vil ager s, but it was not r et urned t o hi m. Thr e m ont hs passed, and t hen one m or ni ng, Sam f ound hi s wal et outsi de hi s fr ont door. I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and it cont ained hal f t he m oney he had l ost , t oget her wit h a note whi ch sai d: 39。 sai d Mrs St er li ng l at er , 39。 sl owl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el l t he di f erence bet ween Indian m usi c and j azz! Lesson43 O ver t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hree year s aft er hi s fl i ght over t he Nort h Pol e, t he Am eri can expl or er, R. E. Byr d, succesf ul l y f l ew over t he Sout h Pole f or t he f ir st t im e. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and his m en were able t o t ake a gr eat m any phot ogr aphs of t he m ount ai ns that lay below, t hey soon r an i nto seri ous t r oubl e. At one point, i t semed cert ai n t hat t heir pl ane woul d cr ash. I t coul d only get over t he m ount ains i f i t r ose t o 10, 000 f et. Byr d at once or der ed hi s me n t o t hr ow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The pl ane was t hen abl e to r ise and it cl ear ed the m ount ai ns by 400 f eet . Byr d now knew t hat he would be abl e t o r each t he Sout h Pol e whi ch was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no m or e m ountai ns i n si ght. The air craft was abl e to f l y over t he endl ess whit e plai ns wi t hout dif fi cul t y. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne St er li ng di d not t hi nk of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she ran t hrough a f or est aft er t wo m en. They had r ushed up t o her whi le she was havi ng a pi i c at t he edge of a f orest wit h her chil dr en and t ri ed to st eal her handbag. I n the str uggl e, t he st r ap br oke and, wi th t he bag in t hei r possesi on, bot h m en st ar t ed r unni ng t hr ough the t rees. Mrs St er li ng got so angr y that she r an aft er t hem . She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued to r un. When she caught up wit h t hem, she saw t hat t hey had sat down and wer e goi ng t hr ough the cont ents of t he bag, so she r an st r ai ght at t hem. The m en got such a fr i ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nut es l ater we wal ked out of t he shop t oget her. My wi fe was wear ing a hat t hat l ooked li ke a li ghthouse ! Lesson42 Not very m usical 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong wal k t hrough one of t he m ar ket s of Ol d Del hi, we st opped at a squar e to have a r est . Aft er a tim e, we not i ced a snake charm er wit h t wo l ar ge basket s at the ot her side of t he square, so we went to have a l ook at him . As soon as he saw us, he picked up a l ong pi pe which was cover ed wi th coi ns and opened one of t he basket s. When he began t o play a t une, we had our f ir st gli m pse of t he snake. It r ose out of t he basket and began t o f oll ow t he m ovem ent s of t he pipe. We wer e very m uch sur pri sed when t he snake char mer suddenl y began to pl ay jazz t unes and m oder n pop songs. The snake, however, cont i nued t o 39。And a woman can39。 has been invent 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 wherei t i s sai d pir at es used t o 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 search part y went 年出欄 2200 頭生豬 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化 養(yǎng)殖 項目 項目可行性研究報告 二〇 一 〇年 元 月 m any ti es.39。 Lesson53 Hot snake 觸電的蛇 At l ast f ir em en have put out a bi g f or est f ir e in Cali forni a. Si nce t hen, t hey have been tr yi ng to fi nd out how the f ir e began. For est f ir e are of ten caused by br oken gl ass or by cigaret e ends which peopl e car eles l y thr ow away. Yest er day the f ir emen exami ned the ground caref ul ly, but wer e not abl e to fi nd any br oken gl as. They wer e also quit e sure t hat a ci gar et te end di d not star t the f i r e. This morni ng, however , a fi reman accident al y discovered t he cause. He not iced t he remains of a snake whi ch was wound round t he el ect ri c wi res of a 16,000 volt power li ne. I n thi s way, he was able t o solve the m yst er y. The expl anati on was simpl e but very unusual . A bi rd had snat ched 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, i t sent spar ks down to t he ground and the se imm edi at ely 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 dr en to 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 wor k and t he house was quiet. So I de cided to make some t art s for t ea. In a shor t ti me I was busy mixi ng but ter and fl our and m y hands wer e soon cover ed wi th st ic ky pastr y. At exactl y that moment, t he telephone rang. Not hing co