【正文】 t hat the wal let m ust have been f ound by one of the vi l ager s, but it was not returned t o him . Thr e m ont hs passed, and then one m or ni ng, Sam f ound hi s wal let outside hi s f r ont door . It had been wrapped up i n newspaper and it cont ai ned half t he money he had lost , t ogether wit h a not e whi ch sai d: 39。 said Mr s St er li ng l at er, 39。 slowly. It obviousl y coul d not tel the di f er ence bet ween I ndian musi c and jaz! Leson43 Over t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 In 1929, t hree year s af ter hi s f li ght over t he Nort h Pol e, the Am er ican expl or er , R. E. Byr d, succesf ul y fl ew over t he Sout h Pole f or t he fi rst tim e. Though, at fi rst , Byr d and hi s m en wer e able to t ake a gr eat m any phot ographs of t he m ount ai ns t hat lay below, t hey soon r an i nt o seri ous tr oubl e. At one poi nt, it semed cert ai n t hat thei r pl ane woul d cr ash. It coul d only get over the m ountains if it r ose t o 10, 000 f et . Byr d at once or der ed his men to t hr ow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The plane was then able t o r ise and it clear ed t he mount ai ns by 400 f et. Byr d now knew that he would be abl e t o reach t he Sout h Pole which was 300 mi les away, f or t here were no m or e m ountains in sight . The ai rcraft was able to f ly over the endles whit e pl ai ns wit hout dif fi cult y. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過(guò)森林 Mrs Anne St erl ing did not t hi nk of t he risk she was t aki ng when she r an t hr ough a f or est aft er t wo m en. They had rushed up t o her whi le she was havi ng a pi ic at he edge of a forest wit h her chil dr en and tri ed t o st eal her handbag. In t he str uggl e, t he str ap broke and, wit h the bag i n t heir poss essi on, both men st ar ted runni ng t hr ough the tr es. Mr s St er li ng got so angr y t hat she r an aft er t hem . She was oon out of br eat h, but she conti nued t o run. When she caught up wi th t hem , she saw t hat hey had sat down and wer e goi ng t hr ough t he cont ents of the bag, so she ran st raight at them. The m en got such a fr ight t hat hey dropped the bag and r an away. 39。 she answer ed. Ten m i nutes l at er we walked out of the shop t ogether . My wi fe was weari ng a hat t hat l ooked l ike a li ghthouse ! Leson42 Not very musi cal 并非很懂音樂(lè) As we had had a l ong walk t hr ough one of t he mar kets of Ol d Del hi , we stopped at asquar e to have arest . Af ter a t ime, we noti ced a snakecharm er wit h two lar ge baskets at he ot her si de of t he squar e, so we went t o have a l ook at him. As soon as he saw us, he pi cked up a l ong pi pe which was covered wit h coins and opened one of t he baskets. When he began t o pl ay a t une, we had our f ir st gl im pse of the snake. It rose out of the basket and began t o fol ow t he m ovem ents of t he pi pe. We wer e very much surpri sed when the snake charm er suddenly began to play jaz t unes and m odern pop songs. The snake, however , cont inued t o 39。And a woman can39。 m ay r eveal something of val ue fai rl y soon. Lesson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a race i s held f or old car s. A l ot of cars ent er ed f or t hi s r ace last year and t here was a gr eat deal of exci tem ent just bef or e it began. One of t he m ost handsome car s was a Rolls Royce Sil ver Ghost . The m ost unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y t hr ee wheel s. Bui lt in 1885, i t was t he oldest car t aki ng par t. Aft er agreat many l oud explosi ons, t he r ace began. Many of the cars broke down on t he cour se and som e dr iver s spent more tim e under t heir car s t han i n t hem ! A few car s, however, pleted the race. The wi nning car reached a speed of f or ty mil es an hourmuch f ast er than any of it s r ival s. It sped downhil at he end of t he r ace and it s dri ver had a l ot of t roubl e t ryi ng t o stop it . The race gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pleasure. I t was ver y di f er ent fr om m oder n car races but no les excit ing. Leson57 Can I help you, madam ? 你要買什么，夫人？ A woman in blue jeans st ood at t he wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesit at ed f or a mom ent, she f inal ly went i n and as ked t o see a dr ess t hat was i n the wi ndow. The asist ant who served her di d not l ike the way she was dr esed. Gl ancing at her scornf ul y, he told her t hat he dr ess was sol d. The wom an wal ked out of t he shop angri ly and deci ded to puni sh t he asist ant next day. She r et urned t o the shop t he f ol lowing morning dr esed i n a f ur coat, wit h a handbag in one hand and a l ong um brel la i n the ot her. Aft er seki ng out t he rude asistant she asked for t he sam e dr ess. Not r eali zi ng who she was, the assi st ant was eager t o serve her this tim e wit h gr eat dif fi cult y, he cl imbed i nt o the shop wi ndow t o get he dr ess. As soon as she saw i t, t he wom an sai d s m any ti es.39。i nt o the cave hoping to fi nd buri ed t reasur e. The leader of the part y was exami ni ng t he soi l near t he ent rance to t he cave when t he machi ne showed t hat ther e was gol d under t he gr ound. Ver y excited, t he part y dug a hole t wo feet deep. They f inal ly f ound a smal gol d coin which was almost wort hl ess. The par ty t hen searched the whol e cave t hor oughl y but di d not fi nd anyt hi ng except an empty ti n tr unk. I n spit e of t hi s, m any people are confi dent t hat 39。The Revealer39。 39。t have t oo many hats,39。dance39。The str ap needs mendi ng,39。but t hey did not steal anyt hi ng.39。A t hi ef , yes, 39。 Two m onths later, some more money was ent to Sam wit h another not e:39。 In tim e, al Sam39。 I am 100 per cent honest now!39。 345 f or t he cost of t he tr ip. The norm al pri ce of a t icket is amp。 eggs and asked me whet her m y coll ecti on was gr owi ng. He then asked m e how m y br ot her was and whet her I li ked m y new j ob i n London. In answer t o t hese questi ons I ei ther nodded or m ade str ange noises