【正文】 營業(yè)。珠寶店主泰勒先生正在欣賞新布置的櫥窗。鉆石項鏈、戒指漂亮地陳列在黑色絲絨上面。 寧靜突然被打破，一輛大轎車亮著前燈，響著喇叭，呼嘯著沖進(jìn)了拱廊街，在珠寶店門口停了下來。他們用鐵棒把商店櫥窗的玻璃砸碎。他與店員動手向窗外投擲家具，椅子，桌子飛落花流水在拱廊街上。這場搶劫只持續(xù)了3分鐘，因為竊賊爭先恐后地爬上轎車，以驚人的速度開跑了。但他已無法抓住那些竊賊了。 Lesson 7 Mutilated ladiesChildren often have far more sense than their elders. This simple truth was demonstrated rather dramatically during a civil defence exercise in a small town in Canada. Most of the inhabitants were asked to take part in the exercise during which they had to pretend that their city had been bombed. Airraid warnings were sounded and thousands of people went into special airraid shelters. Doctors and nurses remained above ground while Police patrolled the streets in case anyone tried to leave the shelters too soon. The police did not have much to do because the citizens took the exercise seriously. They stayed underground for twenty minutes and waited for the siren to sound again. On leaving the airraid shelters, they saw that doctors and nurses were busy. A great many people had volunteered to act as casualties. Theatrical makeup and artificial blood had been used to make the injuries look realistic. A lot of People were lying 39。 in the streets. The living helped to carry the dead and wounded to special stations. A Child of six was brought in by two adults. The child was supposed to be dead. With theatrical makeup on his face, he looked as if he had died of shock. Some people were so moved by the sight that they began to cry. However, the child suddenly sat up and a doctor asked him to ment on his death. The child looked around for a moment and said, 39。re all crazy!39。對英國人來說，值得慶幸的是英國銀行有一個殘鈔鑒別組，負(fù)責(zé)理那些把錢塞進(jìn)機(jī)器或塞給狗的人提出的索賠要求。 ，她的未婚夫約翰擁有一家生意興隆家具店。然后，他和簡一起去騎馬?？梢韵胂袼麄儼l(fā)現(xiàn)一只煮得很好看的錢包，鈔票已化成灰時的沮喪心情。他們鑒定了這些殘留物?！爸灰袞|西可供識別，我們會把錢還給人家的，”銀行的一位女發(fā)言人說?！? Lesson8 attempt to cross the Pass on foot. s monastery. 圣伯納德大山口連接著瑞士與意大利，海拔2,473O米，是歐洲最高的山口。幾百年來，圣伯納德修道院馴養(yǎng)狗拯救了許多翻越這道山口的旅游者的生命。如今由于山里開挖了隧道，翻越山口已不那么危險了。 夏天的幾個月里，修道院十分忙碌，因為有成千上萬的人駕車通過山口，順道來修道院參觀。然而到了冬天，修道院里的生活則是另一番景象。修道士們喜歡冬天，而不太喜歡夏天。狗也比較自由，被放出圍欄，四處遛達(dá)。他們在圣誕節(jié)或復(fù)活節(jié)到那兒去。 Lesson9 Flying cats 飛貓Cats never fail to fascinate human beings. They can be friendly and affectionate towards humans, but they lead mysterious lives of their own as well. They never bee submissive like dogs and horses. As a result, humans have learned to respect feline independence. Most cats remain suspicious of humans all their lives. One of the things that fascinates us most about cats is the popular belief that they have nine lives. Apparently, they is a good deal of truth in this idea. A cat’s ability to survive falls is based on fact.Recently the New York Animal Medical Centre made a study of 132 cats over a period of five months. All these cats had one experience in mon: they had fallen off high buildings, yet only eight of them died from shock or injuries. Of course, New Yorkis the ideal place for such an interesting study, because there is no shortage of tall buildings. There are plenty of highrise windowsills to fall from! One cat, Sabrina, fell 32 storeys, yet only suffered from a broken tooth. ‘ Cats behave like welltrained paratroopers,’ a doctor said. It seems that the further cats fall, the less they are likely to injure themselves. In a long drop, they reach speeds of 60 miles an hour and more. At high speeds, falling cats have time to relax. They stretch out their legs like flying squirrel. This increases their airresistance and reduces the shock of impact when they hit the ground. 它們可以對人友好，充滿柔情。它們從不像狗和馬一樣變得那么順從。在它們的一生中，大多數(shù)貓都對人存有戒心。顯然，這種說法里面包含著許多真實性。 最近，紐約動物醫(yī)療中心對132只貓進(jìn)行了為期5個月的綜合研究。當(dāng)然，紐約是進(jìn)行這種有趣的試驗的一個理想的地方，因為那里根本不缺乏高樓大廈，有的是高層的窗檻從上往下墜落。“貓就像訓(xùn)練有素的跳傘隊員，” 一位醫(yī)生說。在一個長長的跌落過程中，它們可以達(dá)到每小時60里甚至更快的速度。它們伸展四肢，就像飛行中的松鼠一樣。 Lesson10 The loss of TitanicThe great ship, Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10th, 1912. She was carrying 1316 passengers and a crew of 89l. Even by modern standards, the 46,000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship. At that time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built, but was regarded as unsinkable, for she had sixteen water tight partments. Even if two of these were flooded, she would still be able to float. The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life.Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout. After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision. The Titanic turned just in time, narrowly missing the immense wall of ice which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her. Suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from below, and the captain went down to see what had happened. The noise had been so faint that no one thought that the ship had been damaged. Below, the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly, for five of her sixteen watertight partments had already been flooded ! The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water. As there were not enough lifeboats for everybody, 1500 lives were lost. 船上載有1,316名乘客與891名船員。當(dāng)時，這艘輪船不僅是造船史上建造的最大的一艘船，而且也被認(rèn)為是不會沉沒的。然而，這艘巨輪首航就下沉，造成大批人員死亡。 “泰坦尼克”起航后的第4天，它正行駛在北大西洋冰冷的海面上。警報響過不久，巨輪急轉(zhuǎn)彎，以避免與冰山正面相撞。突然，從船艙下部傳來一聲微顫音，船長走下船艙去查看究竟。在下面，船長驚恐的地發(fā)現(xiàn)“泰坦尼克”號正在急速下沉，16個密封艙已有5個進(jìn)水。由于沒有足夠的救生艇運載所有乘客，結(jié)果，1,500 人喪生。Have you anything to declare?39。No,39。Would you mind unlocking this suitcase please ?39。Not at all,39。s face light up. He had spotted a tiny bottle at the bottom of my case and he pounced on it with delight. 39。 he asked sarcastically. 39。 Perfume is not exempt from import duty.39。But it isn39。 I said.39。s hairoil.39。 It39。 As I expected, he did not believe me.39。 I said encouragingly.The Officer unscrewed the cap and put the bottle to his nostrils. He was greeted by an unpleasant smell which convinced him that I was telling the truth. A few minutes later,