【正文】 n t o thr ow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The plane was t hen able t o r ise and it cl ear ed t he mountai ns by 400 f eet . Byrd 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 t her e wer e no mor e m ount ains i n si ght . The air cr aft was able t o f ly over the endl ess whi t e pl ains wi thout di f i cult y. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過(guò)森林 Mr s Anne St erl i ng di d not t hink of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she r an t hr ough a f or est aft er t wo m en. They had r us hed up t o her whil e she was havi ng a pii c at t he edge of a f orest wi t h her chil dren and t ri ed t o st eal her handbag. I n the str uggl e, t he st r ap br oke and, wit h t he bag i n t hei r possesi on, bot h m en st ar ted r unni ng t hr ough t he tr ees. Mr s St er li ng got so angr y t hat she r an af t er t hem. She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi t h them , she saw t hat t hey had sat down and were goi ng thr ough t he cont ent s of t he bag, so she r an str aight at t hem . The m en got such a f ri ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。 she answer ed. Ten m inutes l at er we walked out of t he shop t oget her . My wif e was weari ng a hat t hat l ooked l ike a l ight house ! Lesson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂(lè) As we had had a l ong wal k t hrough one of t he mar ket s of Old Del hi, we st opped at a squar e t o have a r est. Af t er a t im e, we not iced a snake ch arm er wi t h t wo l ar ge basket s at t he ot her si de of t he squar e, so we went t o have a l ook at hi m. 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 baskets. When he began to pl ay a t une, we had our f ir st gl im pse of t he snake. I t rose out of t he basket and began to f oll ow t he m ovem ent s of the pi pe. We wer e ver y m uch sur pri sed when t he snake char mer suddenly began t o pl ay jazz t unes and m oder n pop songs. The snake, however, cont i nued t o 39。And a wom an can39。 As she walked away, I f oll owed her out of the f ai r. Leson61 Troubl e wi th the H ubbl e 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n f ut ure, ast ronaut s wi l be requir ed to descend f rom a spaceshi p whi le i t is sti l in space and scor nf ul l y, he t ol d her that the dr ess was sol d. The wom an wal ked out of t he shop angri l y and deci ded t o puni sh the assi st ant next day. She ret ur ned to t he shop t he f ol l owi ng mor ni ng dressed i n a f ur coat, wi t h a handbag i n one hand and a l ong um br el a in t he ot her. Af t er seeki ng out t he r ude assi st ant she asked f or t he sam e dress. Not r eali zi ng who she wa s, t he asi st ant was eager t o ser ve her t hi s ti m e wit h great di f i cult y, he cl im bed i nt o t he shop window 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。 she asked i m pati ent l y. 39。 As soon as I went outside, I for got al about Madam Bel insky because m y wi fe hur ri ed towar ds m e. 39。 i f he pi cks a l eaf , he wil l di e. Many vi l ager s bel i eve t hat t he t r e has alr eady cl ai med a num ber of vi ctim s. The vi car has been asked to have t he t r e cut down, but so f ar he has ref used. He has poi nt ed out t hat t he tr ee is a usef ul sour ce of in e as t ouri st s have been i ng fr om al part s of t he countr y t o see i t. I n spi te of al t hat has been sai d, t he t ouri st s have been pi cki ng l eaves and cut ti ng t heir nam es on t he tr ee tr unk. So f ar, not one of t hem has been str uck down by sudden deat h! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來(lái)還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to sit out si de our f r ont gat e and bark. Ever y t im e he want ed t o e int o the gar den he woul d bar k unti l som eone opened t he gat e. As t he nei ghbour s pl ained of t he noi se, m y husband spent weks tr ai ni ng him t o pr ess his paw on the l at ch t o l et hi msel f i n. Rex soon became an expert at openi ng t he gat e. However, when I was goi ng out shoppi ng last week, I not i ced him i n t he gar den near the gate. This t im e he was bar ki ng so t hat som eone woul d l et hi m out ! Si nce t hen, he has devel oped anot her bad habi t. As soon as he opens t he gat e f rom the outsi de, he es i nt o t he ga rden and wait s unt il t he gat e shut s. Then he sit s and bar ks unt il som eone l ets him out. Af t er t hi s he im mediatel y let s hi msel f i n and begi ns bar ki ng agai n. Yest er day m y husband r em oved t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him si nce. Lesson60 The f ut ure 卜算未來(lái) At a vil lage f ai r, I deci ded to vi si t a f or t unet el l er cal ed Madam Bel i nsky. I went i nt o her t ent and she t ol d m e t o sit down. Aft er I had gi ven her som e m oney, she l ooked i nt o a cr yst al ba l and sai d: 39。cur sed tr ee39。The Reveal er39。t need bookcases at al . You can si t her e i n your spar e ti m e and r ead the carpet!39。 she sai d. She gazed at it f or som e tim e t hen added, 39。 I answered. Lesson51 Reward for vi rt ue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My f ri end, Her ber t, has al ways been f at, but t hi ngs got so bad r ecentl y t hat he deci ded t o go on a di et. He began hi s di et a wek ago. Fi rst of al l, he wr ote out a l ong l ist of al l t he f oods whi ch wer e for bi dden. The li st i ncl uded m ost of t he t hings Her bert l oves: but t er , pot at oes, ri ce, beer, mi lk, chocolat e, and sweet s. Yester day I pai d hi m a visit. I r ang t he bel and was not sur pr i sed t o se t hat Her ber t was st il l as fat as ever. He led m e i nt o hi s r oom and hur ri edl y hi d a l ar ge par cel under hi s desk. It was obvi ous t hat he was ver y embar ased. When I asked him what he was doi ng, he smil ed guilt il y and t hen put t he par cel on t he desk. He expl ai ned t hat hi s diet was so st ri ct t hat he had t o r ewar d him self occasi onal y. Then he showed me t