【正文】 Af ter br eakfast , I sent t he childr en t o school and then I went to market. It was stil l earl y when I returned home. The children were at school , my husband was at 年產(chǎn) 5000噸 生物有機肥項目 可 行 性 研 究 報 告 長沙萬綠生物科技有限公司（暫擬名） 二〇一二 年 三 月 t he di f er ence between I ndi an musi c and jazz! Lesson43 Over t he South Pole 飛越南極 In 1929, three years after hi s fli ght over the Nor th Pol e, the American expl or er, R. E. Byr d, succesfull y fl ew over t he Sout h Pole f or t he f irst time. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and his men were able to t ake agr eat many photographs of t he mount ai ns t hat lay below, they soon ran into serious troubl e. At one poi nt , i t seemed cert ai n that their plane woul d cr ash. I t coul d only get over the mountains if it r ose to 10, 000 feet. Byr d at once order ed his men to t hr ow out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able to r ise and it clear ed t he mount ai ns by 400 f et. Byr d now knew that he would be able t o reach the South Pole which was 300 mi les away, f or there were no mor e mountains in si ght. The ai rcraft was a bl e to f ly over the endl ess whi te plains without dif ficulty. Lesson44 Through the forest 穿過森林 Mrs Anne Sterl ing di d not think of t he r isk she was taking when she r an thr ough a forest af ter two men. They had r ushed up to her whil e she was having a pii c at the edge of a for est wi th her chi ldren and tr ied to steal her handbag. I n the str uggle, the str ap br oke and, wi th the bag i n thei r possessi on, bot h men started runni ng through the tr es. Mr s St er li ng got so angry t hat she ran af ter t hem. She was oon out of br eath, but she conti nued to run. When she caught up with t hem, she saw that hey had sat down and wer e going through t he cont ents of the bag, so she ran st raight at them. The men got such a fr ight that hey dropped the bag and r an away. 39。You don39。This i s the pr et tiest car pet I have ever sen, 39。Wel, in t hat case, I pr ef er to stay on the bus, 39。 We ar e going back now, 39。I 39。t mat er ,39。 39。 said the conductor suddenl y. 39。 I asked. 39。 39。 t he conduct or sai d. 39。 You39。l l tel l you wher e t o get of f, 39。t know where i t i s. 39。 I said to t he conduct or as I got on the bus,39。 I39。 eggs and asked me whether my col l ect ion was growing. He then asked me how my br ot her was and whether I li ked my new j ob in London. In answer t o these quest ions I ei ther nodded or made str ange noises. Meanwhil e, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been. I suddenly f el t very worr ied, but could not say anyt hi ng. When t he dent ist at l ast removed the cott onwool f rom my mouth, I was able t o tel hi m that he had pulled out the wrong toot h. Leson49 The end of a dream 美 夢告終 Ti red of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran saved up f or years t o buy a real bed. For the fi rst ime in his l ife, he became the pr oud owner of a bed which had spr ings and a mat tress. Because the weather was very hot, he car ri ed t he bed on to t he r oof of his house. He sl ept ver y wel f or the fi rst wo ni ght s, but on t he t hi rd night, a st or m blew up. A gust of wi nd s wept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into t he cour tyar d below. The young man did not wake up until the bed had str uck t he ground. Although the bed was smashed t o pieces, the man was mir aculously unhurt . When he woke up, he was stil l on t he mat res. Gl anci ng at the bi ts of wood and metal t hat lay ar ound hi m, t he man sadly picked up the mat tress and car ied it into his house. Aft er he had put it on t he f loor , he promptly went t o sl ep again. Lesson50 Taken for a ri de 乘車兜風 I love travel ling in t he countr y, but I don39。345 for the cost of the tri p. The normal pr ice of a ti cket i s amp。 I am 100 per cent honest now! 39。 I n time, al l Sam39。 Two months l at er , some mor e money was sent to Sam with anot her note:39。A t hi ef , yes, 39。but they did not steal anything.39。The str ap needs mendi ng,39。t need bookcases at al . You can sit her e i n your spar e tim e and read t he car pet !39。 she sai d. She gazed at it f or som e t ime t hen added, 39。 I answer ed. Lesson51 Reward f or vi rt ue 對美德的獎賞 My fr iend, Her ber t, has al ways been fat, but things got so bad r ecent ly t hat he decided t o go on a diet. He began his diet a wek ago. Fir st of al , he wr ot e out a l ong l ist of al l t he f oods whi ch we re f or bi dden. The l ist i ncl uded m ost of t he thi ngs Her bert l oves: butt er, potat oes, r ice, beer, mil k, chocol at e, and swets. Yesterday I pai d him a visit. I rang the bel and was not sur pri sed t o see t hat Her bert was sti l as f at as ever . He l ed m e i nt o hi s room and hurri edl y hi d a l ar ge parcel under hi s desk. It was obvi ous that he was ver y em bar assed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smi led guil til y and t hen put the par cel on t he desk. He explai ned that his di et was so stri ct t hat he had t o rewar d hi mself occasi onal ly. Then he showed m e the content s of t he par cel. It contai ned fi ve l ar ge bar s of chocol at e and three bags of swets! Lesson52 A pret y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust moved i nt o a new house and I have been wor ki ng har d al l m or ni ng. I have been t rying to get m y new r om i n or der. Thi s has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make m at er s wor se, the room is r at her smal l, so I have t empor aril y put m y books on t he fl oor. At the m om ent, t hey cover every i nch of f loor space and I actual ly have t o walk on them to get i n or out of t he room. A shor t whil e ago, my sister helped m e t o car y one of m y ol d bookcases up t he st ai rs. She went into my r oom and got a bi g surpri se when she saw al l those books on t he fl oor. 39。 sai d the conduct or . 39。 39