【正文】 uch a fr ight that he dropped the bag. As the thieves were tr ying to get away in t heir car , Roy drove his bus i nto the back of i t. While t he bat tered car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and t el ephoned the poli ce. The thieves39。cl ock in t he mor ni ng. Er na i s only f our teen years old and she hopes l o set up a new wor ld recor d. She i s a str ong swimmer and many people feel t hat she is sur e t o succeed. Erna39。s school fr iends wil be wai ting f or her on the English coast . Among them wil be Erna39。 t ime. As a great many people wi l be visit ing the count ry, t he government wil l be bui lding new hotels, an immense stadi um, and a f ine new swimming pool. 39。Ol ympic Cit y39。s operation had been successf ul and t he doct or told him that it had been. He then asked when Mr Gilbert would be alowed to go home and t he doctor told him that he would have t o stay in hospit al for another t wo weks. Then Dr Mil ingt on asked the cal er if he was a r el ati ve of the pati ent. 39。 the pat ient answer ed,39。 Leson40 Food and t al k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last wek at a dinner par ty, the host ess asked me to sit next to Mr s Rumbol d. Mr s Rumbold was a l ar ge, unsmi li ng l ady in a t ight black dres. She did not even look up when I t ook my seat beside her . Her eyes were f ixed on her plate and i n a short time, she was busy eat ing. I tr ied to make conver sati on. 39。 I said. 39。 39。 she answer ed. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answered. I n despair , I asked her whet her she was enjoyi ng her dinner . 39。 she answer ed,39。 leson41 Do you cal l t hat a hat ? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。 I said to my wi fe. 39。t be so rude about it, 39。 We must n39。t need,39。You needn39。 my wi fe answered. 39。 39。 I sai d. 39。The Reveal er 39。 And a woman can39。 she answered. Ten minut es l at er we wal ked out of the shop t ogether . My wife was weari ng a hat t hat looked l ike a lighthouse ! 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 market s of Old Delhi, we stopped at a squar e to have a rest . Af ter a t ime, we noticed a snake charmer with t wo large baskets at he other side of t he square, so we went to have alook at hi m. As oon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was cover ed wi th coi ns and opened one of t he basket s. When he began to play a tune, we had our fi rst gli mpse of t he snake. It r ose out of t he basket and began to foll ow the movements of the pi pe. We wer e very much surpri sed when t he snake char mer suddenly began to play jaz t unes and modern pop songs. The snake, however, continued t o 39。 slowly. It obviously coul d not tel the di f er ence between I ndian musi c and jaz! Leson43 Over t he South Pole 飛越南極 In 1929, three year s af ter hi s f li ght over t he Nort h Pol e, the Amer ican expl or er , R. E. Byr d, succesfull y fl ew over the Sout h Pole f or the f irst time. Though, at fi rst , Byr d and hi s men were abl e to t ake a gr eat many photographs of t he mount ai ns t hat lay below, t hey soon ran into ser ious t roubl e. At one poi nt , i t semed cert ai n that their pl ane would cr ash. I t coul d onl y get over t he mount ai ns if i t r ose to 10,000 f et. Byr d at once order ed his men to t hr ow out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able t o rise 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 the South Pole which was 300 miles away, f or there were no mor e mountains in sight . The ai rcraft was able to f ly over the endles white plains without dif ficulty. Lesson44 Through the forest 穿過(guò)森林 Mrs Anne Sterl ing di d not think of t he r isk she was t aking when she r an t hr ough a forest after two men. They had r ushed up to her whil e she was havi ng a pii c at the edge of a f or est with her children and t ried to steal her handbag. I n the st ruggl e, the st rap br oke and, with t he bag in their possesion, bot h men start ed r unning through t he t rees. Mrs Sterli ng got so angry t hat she ran af ter them. She was soon out of breat h, but she cont inued to r un. When she caught up wit h them, she saw t hat they had sat down and were goi ng t hr ough the content s of the bag, so she r an straight at them. The men got such a fr ight t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。 sai d Mr s St er l i ng l at er , 39。 Lesson45 A cl ear consci ence 問(wèn)心無(wú)愧 The whol e vi l l age soon l ear nt t hat a l ar ge sum of m oney had been l ost . Sam Bent on, t he l ocal but cher , had l ost hi s wal l et whi l e t aki ng hi s savi ngs t o t he post of f i ce. Sam was sur e t hat t he wal l et m ust have been f ound by one of t he vi l l ager s, but i t was not r et ur ned t o hi m . Thr ee m ont hs passed, and t hen one m or ni ng, Sam f ound hi s wal l et out si de hi s f r ont door . I t had been wr apped up wor k f ourt en hours a day. He saved money for years and i n 1938 he bought a smal l work shop of hi s own. Dur ing the war Frank used t o make spare par ts for aer oplanes. At that ime he had two hel pers. By the end of t he war, the smal workshop had bee a large fact or y whi ch employed seven hundr ed and t wentyeight people. Fr ank smiled when he remem bered hi s hard early year s and the long r oad t o succes. He was sti l smi li ng when t he door opened and hi s wi fe came i n. She wanted hi m to r epair thei r son39。 gave39。 car was badly dama ged and easy to r ecognize. Shor tly af ter war ds, the poli ce stopped the car and bot h men were ar ested. Lesson36 Across t he Channel 橫渡海峽 Er na Hart i s going to swim across the Engli sh Channel t omorr ow. She i s going to set out f rom t he French coast at five o39。s f at her wil set out wit h her in a smal l boat . Mr Hart has tr ai ned his daught er for years. Tomorrow he wil l be watchi ng her anxi ousl y as she swims the long di st ance t o England. Erna in