【正文】 he answer ed. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answered. I n despai r, I asked her whet her she was enj oyi ng her di nner. 39。 she answered,39。 lesson41 Do you cal l that a hat ? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。 I sai d t o my wif e. 39。t be so r ude about i t,39。 We m ust n39。t need, 39。You needn39。 m y wif e answer ed. 39。 39。 I sai d. 39。The Revealer39。 And a wom an can39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nutes l at er we wal ked 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 l ighthouse ! Lesson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂 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 square t o have a r est. Af t 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 pi cked up a l ong pi pe whi ch was cove red wi th 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 low t he m ovem ent s of t he pi pe. We wer e ver y much surpri sed when the snake charm er suddenl y began t o play j azz t unes and m odern pop songs. The snake, however, conti nued t o 39。 sl owl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el l t he 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 t er hi s fli ght over t he Nort h Pol e, the Am er i can expl or er , R. E. Byr d, successfull y f lew over t he Sout h Pol e f or t he fi r st ti me. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and hi s m en wer e able t o t ake a gr eat m any phot ogr aphs of t he m ount ai ns that lay below, t hey soon r an i nto 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 m ountai ns i f it r ose t o 10,000 f eet. Byr d at once or der ed his m en to t hr ow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The pl ane was then able t o ri se and it cleared t he m ount ains by 400 f eet . Byr d now knew that he woul d be able t o r each t he Sout h Pole whi ch was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no m or e m ountai ns i n si ght. The a ir cr af t was abl e t o fl y over t he endl ess whit e pl ai ns wit hout dif fi cul t y. Leson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mrs Anne St er li ng di d not t hi nk of the r isk she was t aki ng when she r an thr ough a for est af t er t wo m en. They had rushed up t o her whi l e she was having a pi i c at he edge of a for est wit h her chi l dr en and t ri ed t o st eal her handbag. I n t he st ruggle, the str ap broke and, wi t h the bag i n their possessi on, both m en st art ed running t hrough t he t r es. Mrs St erli ng got so angr y t hat she r an aft er t hem . She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued to r un. When she caught up wit h t hem, she saw that hey had sat down and wer e goi ng t hr ough t he cont ent s of the bag, so she r an st rai ght at hem . The m en got such a f ri ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and ran awa y. 39。 sai d Mr s St erl i ng l at er, 39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whol e vil l age soon lear nt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost. Sam Bent on, t he l ocal but cher, had l ost his wal l et whil e t aki ng hi s savi ngs t o t he post off i ce. Sam was sure t hat t he wal et m ust have been f ound by one of t he vi l ager s, but it was not ret ur ned t o him . Three m ont hs passed, and t hen one m or ni ng, Sam f ound hi s wal et out si de his f r ont door . It had been wr apped up i n newspaper and it cont ained hal f t he m oney he had l ost, t oget her wi t h a not e whi ch sai d: 39。but onl y 5o per cent a t hief! 39。 Onl y 25 per cent a t hi ef now!39。s m oney was pai d back i n t hi s way. The l ast not e sai d:39。 l eson46 Expensi ve and unf ort abl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane fr om London ar i ved at Sydney air port, wor kers began to unl oad a num ber of wooden boxes which contai ned cl ot hi ng. No one coul d account f or t he f act t hat one of t he boxes was ext remel y heavy. I t suddenly occur r ed to one of t he wor kers t o ope n up the box. He was ast oni shed at what he found. A man was l yi ng i n t he box on t op of a pil e of wool l en goods. He was so sur pr ised at bei ng di scover ed t hat he di d not even tr y t o r un away. Af ter he was ar est ed, t he m an adm it ed hi di ng in t he box bef ore t he plane l ef t London. He had had a l ong and un fort abl e t ri p, f or he had been conf i ned t o t he wooden box f or over t en hours. The m an was or der ed t o pay amp。 230 ! Leson47 A t hirsty ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publi c house whi ch was r ecentl y bought by Mr I an Thom pson is up f or sal e. Mr Thom pson i s goi ng t o sel i t because i t i s haunted. He t ol d m e t hat he coul d not go t o sleep one night because he hear d a st r ange noise i ng f r om t he bar . The next m or ni ng, he f ound t hat the doors had been blocked by chair s and t he f ur ni tur e had been m oved. Though Mr Thom pson had t ur ned the l ights of f bef ore he went t o bed, t hey wer e on i n t he m orni ng. He al so sai d that he had f ound fi ve em pty whi sky bot tl es which t he ghost m ust have dr unk t he night bef ore. When I suggested t hat som e vil l agers m ust have e in f or a fr ee dri nk, Mr Thom pson shook his head. The vil l agers have t ol d him t hat t hey wi l not accept the i nn even i f he gives it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o t el l me somet hi ng? 你想對(duì)我說什么嗎？ Dent i st s al ways ask quest i ons when i t is im possi bl e f or you t o answer . i nt ends t o take shor t rests every t wo hours. She wi l have somethi ng to dr ink but she wil l not eat any soli d f ood. Most of Erna39。s mot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Olym pic Gam es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ympic Games wi l be held in our count ry i n f our years39。They wi l also be buil ding new r oads and a speci