【正文】 d by one of t he vi l ager s, but it was not retur ned to hi m. Three months passe d, and t hen one morning, Sam f ound his wal et out si de his f ront door . It had been wr apped up in newspaper and it contained ha lf the m oney he had l ost , t oget her wi th a note whi ch sai d: 39。 sai d Mrs St er li ng lat er , 39。 slowl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not tel t he di f erence bet ween Indian musi c and jazz! Lesson43 Over t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hree year s aft er hi s fl ight over t he Nort h Pole, the Amer ican explorer , R. E. Byr d, successf ull y f lew over the South Pol e for t he fi rst ti me. Though, at f ir st, Byrd and hi s men wer e abl e to take a great many phot ogr aphs of t he mount ains t hat lay below, t hey soon r an into ser ious tr oubl e. At one point , it semed cert ain t hat t hei r pl ane would cr ash. It coul d only get over t he mountains i f i t rose to 10, 000 feet. Byr d at once ordered hi s men t o thr ow out two heavy f ood sacks. The plane was then able t o r ise and it cleared t he mountains by 400 f et . Byr d now knew that he woul d be able t o reach the South Pol e whi ch was 300 m il es away, for t her e were no more mount ains in si ght . The ai rcr af t was abl e t o fl y over t he endl ess whi te pl ai ns wit hout di f icult y. Leson44 Through t he f orest 穿過(guò)森林 Mrs Anne St er li ng did not thi nk of the r isk she was taking when she ran t hrough a f orest af ter two men. They had r ushed up t o her whi le she was having a pi i c at t he edge of a f orest wit h her chil dren and t ri ed to steal her handbag. In the str uggl e, t he st rap br oke and, wi th t he bag i n t hei r possession, bot h men star ted r unni ng thr ough t he tr ees. Mr s Ster ling got so angr y t hat she ran af ter them. She was soon out of breath, but she cont inued to run. When she caught up wit h t hem, she saw that they had sat down and wer e goi ng thr ough the cont ent s of the bag, so she r an st raight at them. The men got such a f ri ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。 she answer ed. Ten minutes l at er we walked out of t he shop t oget her . My wi f e was weari ng a hat t hat l ooked l ike a l ighthouse ! Lesson42 Not very musical 并非很懂音樂(lè) As we had had a l ong wal k t hr ough one of t he markets of Ol d Del hi , we stopped at a squar e to have a r est . Aft er a ti me, we noti ced a snake char mer wit h two lar ge basket s at the other side of the squar e, so we went t o have a look at him. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a l ong pi pe which was covered 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 rst gli mpse of t he snake. I t rose out of t he basket and began to f oll ow t he movem ent s of the pipe. We wer e very m uch sur pr ised when t he snake char mer suddenl y began t o play j az tunes and moder n pop songs. The snake, however , conti nued to 39。And a woman can39。 may r eveal somet hi ng of val ue fair ly soon. Lesson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a race is hel d for old car s. A lot of car s ent ered f or this r ace last year and t her e was a gr eat deal of exci tement just bef ore i t began. One of t he most handsom e car s was a Roll s Royce Sil ver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only t hree wheels. Bui lt i n 1885, i t was the oldest car taking par t. Af ter a great many loud explosions, t he race began. Many of the cars br oke down on the cour se and some dr iver s spent more t ime under thei r car s than in them ! A few car s, however, pleted t he race. The wi nning car reached a speed of f ort y mi les an hourmuch f ast er t han any of i ts r ivals. It sped downhi l at the end of the r ace and i ts dr iver had a lot of tr oubl e tr ying t o stop i t. The race gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pleasur e. I t was ver y di f er ent f r om modern car r aces but no l es excit ing. Lesson57 Can I hel p you, m adam? 你要買(mǎi)什么，夫人？ A woman in bl ue jeans st ood at t he window of an expensive shop. Though she hesit ated f or a moment, she f inal ly went in and as ked to see a dress that was in the wi ndow. The assi st ant who served her did not li ke the way she was dr essed. Gl ancing at her scornf ull y, he t old her that the dr ess was sol d. The woman walked out of t he shop angri ly and decided t o puni sh the asi st ant next day. She retur ned to t he shop t he fol lowi ng morni ng dresed i n a f ur coat, wi th a handbag in one hand and a long umbr el la i n t he ot her . Af ter seeking out the r ude as sistant she asked for the same dr ess. Not r eal izi ng who she was, the assi stant was eager to serve her this time wi th gr eat dif fi cul ty, he cli mbed int o the shop wi ndow to get the dr ess. As soon as she saw it , the woman said s many ti es.39。A man can never have t oo int o the cave hopi ng to f ind bur ied t reasur e. The l eader of the part y was examining t he soi l near the entr ance t o t he cave when t he machi ne showed t hat t her e was gol d under t he ground. Ver y exci ted, the part y dug a hole t wo f eet deep. They f inal y found a smal gold coi n which was al most wor thl ess . The par t y then sear ched t he whole cave thoroughly but did not f ind anything except an empt y ti n tr unk. I n spit e of this, many peopl e ar e confi dent that 39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul,39。 I need not remi nd you of t hat t er ible tie you bought yester day.39。t have said that,39。 I remar ked suddenl y. I r egr et ed saying i t al most at once. 39。t buy thi ngs we don39。 my wi fe answered as she looked at herself i n the m ir ror . I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chai rs wi th hol es in i t and wai ted. We had been in the hat shop f or half an hour and my wi fe was st il l in f ront of the mi r ror. 39。You needn39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。 i f you at e mor e and talked l ess, we would both enj oy our di nner ! 39。 Young man,39。 No, 39。 Wil