【正文】 的南極了，因為前面再沒有山了。只有在飛至10,000英尺的高度時，它才能飛過這些山頭。雖然開始時伯德和他的助手們拍下了飛機下面連綿群山的大量照片，但他們很快就陷入了困境。顯然，它分辨不出印度音樂和爵士樂！ Lesson43 Over the South Pole 飛越南極In 1929, three years after his flight over the North Pole, the American explorer, R. E. Byrd, successfully flew over the South Pole for the first time. Though, at first, Byrd and his men were able to take a great many photographs of the mountains that lay below, they soon ran into serious trouble. At one point, it seemed certain that their plane would crash. It could only get over the mountains if it rose to 10,000 feet. Byrd at once ordered his men to throw out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able to rise and it cleared the mountains by 400 feet. Byrd now knew that he would be able to reach the South Pole which was 300 miles away, for there were no more mountains in sight. The aircraft was able to fly over the endless white plains without difficulty. 當耍蛇人突然又吹奏起爵士樂和現(xiàn)代流行樂曲時，我們感到非常驚奇。當他開始吹奏一支曲子時，我們才第一次看到那條蛇。過了一會兒，我們注意到廣場的那一邊有一個帶著兩個大筐的耍蛇人，于是就走過去看看。 slowly. It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian music and jazz!Lesson42 Not very musical 并非很懂音樂As we had had a long walk through one of the markets of Old Delhi, we stopped at a square to have a rest. After a time, we noticed a snakecharmer with two large baskets at the other side of the square, so we went to have a look at him. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was covered with coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to play a tune, we had our first glimpse of the snake. It rose out of the basket and began to follow the movements of the pipe. We were very much surprised when the snake charmer suddenly began to play jazz tunes and modern pop songs. The snake, however, continued to 39。 10分鐘以后，我們一道走出了商店?！? “女人有多少帽子也不嫌多。 “你沒必要這么說，”我妻子回答說，“我也不必提醒你昨天買的那條糟糕透了的領(lǐng)帶。我們在這家帽店已經(jīng)呆了半個小時了，而我的妻子仍在鏡子面前。 “你說話沒必要這樣不客氣，”我的妻子邊回答邊照著鏡子。 she answered.Ten minutes later we walked out of the shop together. My wife was wearing a hat that looked like a lighthouse !And a woman can39。A man can never have too many ties.39。 I find it beautiful,39。 I need not remind you of that terrible tie you bought yesterday.39。t have said that,39。 I remarked suddenly. I regretted saying it almost at once.39。t buy things we don39。 my wife answered as she looked at herself in the mirror. I sat down on one of those modern chairs with holes in it and waited. We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my wife was still in front of the mirror.39。You needn39。Do you call that a hat ?39。 失望之中我問她飯是否吃得滿意。 “您就呆在英國嗎？”我問。 “您今年去國外度假嗎？”我又問。我試圖找個話題和她聊聊。當我在她身旁坐下來的時候，她甚至連頭都沒有抬一下。在上星期的一次宴會上，女主人安排我坐在蘭伯爾德夫人的身旁。 if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner !39。 Young man,39。 she answered. I asked. 39。 she answered.39。 I asked. 39。 she answered. 39。 39。 I said. 39。 39。” 之后，米靈頓醫(yī)生問打電話的人是否是病人的親屬。他問吉爾伯特先生的手術(shù)中否成功，醫(yī)生告訴他手術(shù)很成功。當房里只剩他一個人時，他掛通了醫(yī)院的交換臺，要求與米靈頓醫(yī)生講話。他問醫(yī)生他的手術(shù)是否成功，但醫(yī)生拒絕告訴他。 I am Mr John Gilbert.39。 No,39。 telephone. When he was alone, he telephoned the hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Millington. When the doctor answered the phone, Mr Gilbert said he was inquiring about a certain patient, a Mr John Gilbert. He asked if Mr Gilbert39。 Lesson39 Am I all right? 我是否痊愈？While John Gilbert was in hospital, he asked his doctor to tell him whether his operation had been successful, but the doctor refused to do so. The following day, the patient asked for a bedside他多年來的幻想從此破滅。他的舉動就好像他從未在英國生活過一樣。因為即使那時仍為夏季，但雨總是下個不停，而且常常冷得厲害。他剛一回到英國便買下了一幢房子住了進去。我的老朋友哈里森在回到英國以前曾多年居住在地中海地區(qū)。我們都非常激動，盼望著奧運會的到來，因為在這個國家里還從未舉辦過奧運會。工人們將在今年年底前把新路鋪好；到明年年底，他們將把新體育場建成。他們還將修筑一些新的道路和一條鐵路專線。4年以后，奧林匹克運動會將在我們國家舉行。Olympic City39。 time. As a great many people will be visiting the country, the government will be building new hotels, an immense stadium, and a fine new swimming pool. 39。黛比的大部分同學將在英國海岸等候她。黛比計劃每兩小時休息一下。黛比的父親將乘一條小船同她一道出發(fā)。黛比只有11歲，她希望創(chuàng)一項新的世界紀錄。s mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.s father will set out with her in a small boat. Mr Hart has trained his daughter for years. Tomorrow he will be watching her anxiously as she swims the long distance to England. Erna intends to take short rests every two hours. She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food. Most of Erna39。 Lesson36 Across the Channel 橫渡海峽Erna Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow. She is going to set out from the French coast at five o39。小偷的車損壞嚴重，很容易辨認。當那兩個小偷企圖乘車逃跑時，羅伊駕駛他的公共汽車撞在了那輛車的后尾上。羅伊行動迅速，開車直沖竊賊而去。他發(fā)覺自己的新工作令人興奮得多。 car was badly damaged and easy to recognize. Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were arrested. 這是20年前丹還是一個15歲的孩子時被人偷走的！ Lesson35那位警察對他說，那輛自行車是5天前在400英里外的一個小村里發(fā)現(xiàn)的，現(xiàn)在正用火車給他運回家來。丹奇怪警察為什么找他，但昨天還是去了，結(jié)果他一再擔心了。amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen!from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Ted wondered第二天她醒來時，發(fā)現(xiàn)自己躺在醫(yī)院里。到達岸邊后，姑娘朝著她看到的燈光方向掙扎著往峭壁上爬去。在那段時間里，她游了8英里。天將黑時，小船撞在了一塊礁石上，姑娘跳進了海里。幾乎過了一個星期，那姑娘才能講述自己的遭遇。偵探發(fā)現(xiàn)原來那售貨員是她的女兒。然后，那婦女拿過包就走出了商場，根本沒有付錢。過了一會兒，她又選了商場里最昂貴的一件衣服，把它遞給了售貨員。有一個星期一，當這位婦女走進這家商場時，里面的人比往常少，因此，偵探比較容易監(jiān)視她。偷竊的誘惑力比以往任何時候都更強烈 特別是在大的商店里。 her mother a free dress once a week ! Lesson32 Shopping made easy 購物變得很方便People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation to steal is greater than ever beforeespecially in large shops. A detective recently watched a welldressed woman who always went into a large store on Monday mornings. One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman came in, so it was easier for the detective to watch her. The woman first bought a few small articles. After a little time, she chose one of the most expensive dresses in the shop and handed