【正文】 n Fr ank Hawki ns was tel i ng m e about his experi ences as a young m an. Fr ank i s now t he head of a ver y l ar ge busines pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k i n a sm al l shop. It was hi s job t o r epair bi cycles and at hat im e he used t o wor k f our teen hour s a da y. He saved m oney f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al wor k shop of his own. Duri ng t he war Fr ank used t o make spar e par t s for aer oplanes. At t hat ti me he had t wo hel pers. By t he end of t he war , t he smal wor kshop had bee a l ar ge f act ory whi ch em ployed seven hundr ed and t went y ei ght people. Fr ank smil ed when he r em em ber ed his har d earl y years and t he l ong r oad t o succes. He was sti l sm il i ng when t he door opened and hi s wif e cam e i n. She want ed him t o r epair t hei r son39。. Thi s wonder f ul pl ane can car r y seven pasenger s. The m ost sur pri si ng t hi ng about it , however, i s that i t can land anywher e: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed f i el d. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。 is a smal Swi ss aer opl ane cal ed a 39。 sl owl y. It obvi ously coul d not t el l the dif f er ence bet wen I ndi an music and j az! Leson43 O ver t he Sout h Pole 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hr ee year s af ter his f li ght over t he Nor t h Pol e, t he Am er ican expl orer, R. E. Byr d, successf ul l y fl ew over t he Sout h Pol e f or t he f i rst tim e. Though, at f ir st , Byrd and hi s m en were abl e to t ake a great m any phot ogr aphs of t he m ount ai ns t hat lay bel ow, t hey soon r an int o seri ous tr oubl e. At one poi nt , i t semed cert ai n t hat t hei r pl ane woul d cr ash. It coul d onl y get over t he mountai ns i f it r ose t o 10, 000 f et. Byr d at once or der ed hi s m en t o t hr ow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The pl ane was t hen abl e to r ise and i t cl ear ed the mountai ns by 400 f eet. 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 t o f ly over the endles whit e plains wi thout di f icult y. Lesson44 Through the f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Sterl ing di d not t hink of the r isk she was taki ng when she r an thr ough a for est aft er t wo men. They had rushed up t o her and he t old m e t hat it was Medusa, t he Gor gon. Jasper hopes t hat she wi l t ur n m ot ori st s t o st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned to st one yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Capt ai n Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nutes l at er we walked out of t he shop t oget her . My wi f e was wear i ng 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 hr ough one of t he mar ket s of Ol d Del hi , we st opped at a square t o have a rest. Af ter a ti me, we noti ced a snake char mer wi t h t wo l ar ge basket s at he ot her si de of t he squar e, so we went t o have a l ook at him. As soon as he saw us, he pi cked up a l ong pi pe whi ch was covered wi t h coi ns and opened one of t he basket s. When he began t o play a t une, we had our fi r st gli mpse of t he snake. It r ose out of the basket and began t o f ol ow t he m ovem ent s of t he pi pe. We were ver y much sur pri sed when t he snake char m er suddenly began t o pl ay j azz t unes and m oder n pop songs. The snake, however, cont i nued t o 39。And a wom an can39。 m ay r eveal som et hi ng of val ue f air l y soon. Lesson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a race is hel d for ol d car s. A lot of car s ent ered f or t his r ace l ast year and t her e was a gr eat deal of exci t em ent j ust bef ore i t began. One of t he m ost handsom e car s was a Rol s Royce Sil ver Ghost. The m ost unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y t hr e wheels. Buil t i n 1885, i t was t he ol dest car t aki ng par t. Af t er a gr eat m any l oud expl osi ons, t he r ace began. Many of t he car s broke down on t he cour se and som e dri vers spent m or e ti me under t heir cars t han i n t hem ! A few ca r s, however , pl et ed t he r ace. The wi nni ng car r eached a speed of f ort y mil es an hour m uch f ast er t han any of i ts r ivals. It sped downhi l at the end of the r ace and i ts dr iver had a lot of tr oubl e tr ying t o st op it . The r ace gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pl easur e. It was very di f er ent fr om m oder n car r aces but no less excit i ng. Lesson57 Can I hel p you, madam? 你要買什么，夫人？ A woman i n bl ue j eans st ood at t he wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesit ated f or a m oment, she fi nal ly went i n and asked t o see a dr ess t hat was i n the wi ndow. The assi st ant who ser ved her di d not l ike t he way she was dr esed. Gl anci ng at her scor nfull y, he t ol d her t hat t he dr es was sol d. The woman wal ked out of t he shop angr il y and deci ded t o punish t he assi stant next day. She r et urned t o the shop the f ol l owi ng m or ning dr essed i n a f ur coat, wit h a handbag i n one hand and a l ong um brel a i n the ot her. Aft er seeki ng out t he r ude assi st ant she asked f or t he sam e dress. Not r eali zing who she was, the assi st ant was eager t o ser ve her t his t im e wit h gr eat di f fi cul ty, he cl im bed i nt o t he shop wi ndow t o get he dr ess. As soon as she saw i t, t he woman sai d s m any t i es.39。A m an can never have t oo i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o fi nd bur i ed t r easur e. The leader of t he part y was exam i ni ng the soil near t he ent r ance t o the cave when the m achine showed that there was gol d under t he gr ound. Ver y exci ted, t he part y dug a hole t wo f eet deep. They fi nal l y f ound a smal gol d coi n whi ch was alm ost wor t hl es. The par t y t hen sear ched t he whol e cave t hor oughl y but did not fi nd anyt hi ng except an empt y ti n tr unk. I n spit e of t his, many people ar e conf i dent that 39。