【正文】 oast at f ive o39。 gave39。t any i n si ght: they had al r un away! The m an laughed when he r eal ized what had happened. He cal led out to the chil dr en a nd thr ew the bal l back to the bank. Leson31 Sucess st ory 成功者的故事 Yest er day af ter noon Fr ank Hawkins was t el li ng me about hi s experi ences as a young man. Fr ank is now t he head of a very large busines pany, but as a boy he used t o wor k in a sm al l shop. It was hi s job t o repair bicycles and at hat t ime he used t o wor k f our t een hour s a day. He saved money f or years and i n 1938 he bought a sm al l work shop of his own. Dur ing t he war Frank used t o make spar e part s for aeroplanes. At t hat t ime he had t wo helpers. By t he end of t he war, t he smal l work shop had bee a large f act ory which employed seven hundred and twent y eight people. Fr ank smi led when he r emember ed his hard ear ly years and t he long r oad t o succes. He was sti l smi li ng when the door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She want ed hi m to r epai r their son39。. Thi s wonder f ul pl ane can car y seven pasenger s. The m ost sur pri si ng t hi ng about it , however, i s that it can land anywher e: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed fi el d. Capt ai n Fawcet t39。 is a sm al l Swiss aer opl ane cal led a 39。 slowl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el l t he di f f er ence between I ndi an music and jazz! Lesson43 Over the South Pole 飛越南極 In 1929, thr e years af ter his f li ght over the Nor th Pol e, t he Ameri can explor er, R. E. Byrd, succesf ul ly fl ew over t he Sout h Pole f or the f ir st t im e. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and his men wer e able t o take a gr eat many photographs of the mountai ns that l ay bel ow, they soon ran i nt o seri ous t rouble. At one poi nt, it seem ed cer tain that their plane would cr ash. I t could onl y get over the m ount ai ns if i t r ose to 10,000 f eet . Byrd at once or dered his m en to t hrow out t wo heavy food sacks. The pl ane was then abl e to ri se and i t cl ear ed the m ount ai ns by 400 feet. Byr d now knew t hat he would be abl e to reach the South Pol e which was 300 mi les away, f or there were no m or e mountai ns in sight. The air craf t was abl e to f ly over t he endless whit e plains wi thout dif fi cul ty. Lesson44 Through t he forest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Ster ling di d not think of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she ran t hr ough a for est aft er two m en. They had rushed up to 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 to st one. But none of t hem has been t ur ned to st one yet! Lesson29 Taxi! 出租汽車！ Capt ain Ben Fawcet has bought an unusual t axi and has begun a new ser vi ce. The 39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nut es l ater we wal ked out of t he shop t ogether. My wi fe was weari ng a hat that l ooked l i ke a l i ght house ! Leson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong wal k t hr ough 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 t im e, we not iced a snake charm 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 wit h coins and opened one of t he basket s. W hen he began t o 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 t o f ol l ow t he m ovem ent s of t he pipe. We wer e ver y m uch sur pr ised when t he snake charm er suddenl y began t o play j az t unes and m oder n pop songs. The snake, however, conti nued t o 39。And a wom an can39。 m ay r eveal som et hing of value f ai rl y soon. Leson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace i s hel d f or ol d car s. A l ot of car s ent ered f or this r ace last year and t here 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 Roll s Royce Sil ver Ghost. The m ost unusual car was a Benz which had only t hree wheels. Bui lt i n 1885, i t was the ol dest car t aki ng par t. Af ter a gr eat m any l oud explosi ons, t he race began. Many of the cars br oke down on the course and som e dri ver s spent m or e t im e under t hei r car s than i n them ! A f ew cars, however, pl et ed t he r ace. The wi nni ng car r eached a speed of f or ty m il es an hourm uch faster t han any of it s ri val s. I t sped downhil l at t he end of t he race and it s dri ver had a l ot of t roubl e t r yi ng to st op i t. The r ace gave ever yone a great deal of pl easure. It was ver y di f fer ent fr om m oder n car aces but no l ess exci ti ng. Leson57 Can I hel p you, m adam ? 你要買什么，夫人？ A wom an i n bl ue j eans st ood at t he window of an expensive shop. Though she hesit at ed f or a m om ent , she f i nal y went in and asked t o see a dress that was in t he wi ndow. The as i st ant who ser ved her di d not li ke the way she was dr essed. Gl anci ng at her scor nf ul l y, he t ol d her that he dr ess was sol d. The wom an wal ked out of t he shop angri l y and decided t o puni sh t he assi st ant next day. She ret ur ned t o t he shop t he f ol owi ng m or ni ng dressed i n a f ur coat, wi th a handbag i n one hand and a long um br el la i n t he ot her. Af ter seki ng out t he r ude asist ant s he asked for t he same dr es. Not r eal i zi ng who she was, t he assi stant was eager to ser ve her t hi s ti me wi t h gr eat di f icult y, he cli m bed i nt o t he shop wi ndow t o get t he dr es. As soon as she saw i t, t he wom an sai d s many ti es.39。A m an can never have t oo i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o f i nd buri ed tr easur e. The l eader of t he par t y was exami ning t he soil near the entr ance t o t he cave when t he m achi ne showed t hat t her e was gol d under t he gr ound. Ver y exci ted, t he part y dug a hol e t wo f eet deep. They fi nal l y found a sm al gol d coi n