【正文】 y but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk. In spite of this, many people are confident that 39。 may reveal something of value fairly soon.Once a year a race is held for old cars. A lot of cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before it began. One of the most handsome cars was a RollsRoyce Silver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels. Built in 1885, it was the oldest car taking part. After a great many loud explosions, the race began. Many of the cars broke down on the course and some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them ! A few cars, however, pleted the race. The winning car reached a speed of forty miles an hourmuch faster than any of its rivals. It sped downhill at the end of the race and its driver had a lot of trouble trying to stop it. The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure. It was very different from modern car races but no less exciting. A woman in blue jeans stood at the window of an expensive shop. Though she hesitated for a moment, she finally went in and asked to see a dress that was in the window. The assistant who served her did not like the way she was dressed. Glancing at her scornfully, he told her that the dress was sold. The woman walked out of the shop angrily and decided to punish the assistant next day. She returned to the shop the following morning dressed in a fur coat, with a handbag in one hand and a long umbrella in the other. After seeking out the rude assistant she asked for the same dress. Not realizing who she was, the assistant was eager to serve her this time with great difficulty, he climbed into the shop window to get the dress. As soon as she saw it, the woman said s many ties.39。39。t have too many hats,39。Ten minutes later we walked out of the shop together. My wife was wearing a hat that looked like a lighthouse !As we had had a long walk through one of the markets of Old Delhi, we stopped at a square to have a rest. After a time, we noticed a snakecharmer with two large baskets at the other side of the square, so we went to have a look at him. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was covered with coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to play a tune, we had our first glimpse of the snake. It rose out of the basket and began to follow the movements of the pipe. We were very much surprised when the snake charmer suddenly began to play jazz tunes and modern pop songs. The snake, however, continued to 39。 slowly. It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian music and jazz!In 1929, three years after his flight over the North Pole, the American explorer, R. E. Byrd, successfully flew over the South Pole for the first time. Though, at first, Byrd and his men were able to take a great many photographs of the mountains that lay below, they soon ran into serious trouble. At one point, it seemed certain that their plane would crash. It could only get over the mountains if it rose to 10,000 feet. Byrd at once ordered his men to throw out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able to rise and it cleared the mountains by 400 feet. Byrd now knew that he would be able to reach the South Pole which was 300 miles away, for there were no more mountains in sight. The aircraft was able to fly over the endless white plains without difficulty. Mrs Anne Sterling did not think of the risk she was taking when she ran through a forest after two men. They had rushed up to her while she was having a piic at the edge of a forest with her children and tried to steal her handbag. In the struggle, the strap broke and, with the bag in their possession, both men started running through the trees. Mrs Sterling got so angry that she ran after them. She was soon out of breath, but she continued to run. When she caught up with them, she saw that they had sat down and were going through the contents of the bag, so she ran straight at them. The men got such a fright that they dropped the bag and ran away. 39。 mending,39。but they did not steal anything.39。Lesson45 A clear conscience 問心無愧新疆志翔塑業(yè)有限公司（簡稱為“公司”或項(xiàng)目“承擔(dān)單位”）注冊資本300萬元人民幣，注冊時間2008年7月31日。公司現(xiàn)有地膜機(jī)8臺、大棚膜機(jī)l臺、水帶等節(jié)水設(shè)備6臺，塑料制品年生產(chǎn)能力1萬噸。該公司注冊資金30萬元，購地15畝。購置50萬元3臺地膜機(jī)組，2條滴灌帶生產(chǎn)線臺，形成了年生產(chǎn)能力3000噸農(nóng)用塑料制品企業(yè)，兩年來已取得了良好的經(jīng)濟(jì)效益與社會效益。 公司發(fā)展方向根據(jù)我區(qū)是農(nóng)牧業(yè)生產(chǎn)基地的經(jīng)濟(jì)結(jié)構(gòu)特點(diǎn)，公司在相當(dāng)一段時期內(nèi)將以開發(fā)服務(wù)“三農(nóng)”的農(nóng)用塑料制品為主。其合作內(nèi)容主要是引進(jìn)先進(jìn)技術(shù)和資金，開發(fā)生產(chǎn)疆內(nèi)有較大消費(fèi)市場的塑料“專用原料”、“功能性母料”等，以有效解決疆內(nèi)塑料企業(yè)每年從采購問題，降低企業(yè)生產(chǎn)成本。正是基于此，公司可以在當(dāng)前激烈的市場競爭中得以生存并有較好的發(fā)展。堅(jiān)信經(jīng)過自身的不懈努力，公司會成為我區(qū)地區(qū)塑料行業(yè)的生力軍，定會為新疆經(jīng)濟(jì)社會的振興和發(fā)展做出應(yīng)有的貢獻(xiàn)。s bicycle! People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation to steal is greater than ever beforeespecially in large shops. A detective recently watched a welldressed woman who always went into a large store on Monday mornings. One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman came in, so it was easier for the detective to watch her. The woman first bought a few small articles. After a little time, she chose one of the most expensive dresses in the shop and handed it to an assistant who wrapped it up for her as quickly as possible. Then the woman simply took the parcel and walked out of the shop without paying. When she was arrested, the detective found out that the shopassistant was her daughter. The girl39。 her mother a free dress once a week !Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain what had happened to her. One afternoon she set out from the coast in a small boat and was caught in a storm. Towards evening, the boat struck a rock and the girl jumped into the sea. Then she swam to the shore after spending the whole night in the water. During that time she covered a distance of eight miles. Early next morning, she saw a light ahead. She knew she was near the shore because the light was high up on the cliffs. On arriving at the shore, the girl struggled up the cliff towards the light she had seen. That was all she remembered. When she woke up a day later, she found herself in hospital.Ted Robinson has been worried