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f i nd anyt hi ng except an em pt y t in t r unk. I n spit e of t hi s, m any peopl e ar e confi dent t hat 39。 The Revealer39。 m ay r eveal som et hing of value f ai rl y soon. Leson56 Fast er t han sound! 比声音还快。 Once a year a race is hel d for old car s. A lot of car s ent er ed f or t his r ace l ast year and t her e was a gr eat deal of exci tement j ust bef or e it began. One of t he m ost handsom e car s was a Roll s Royce Si l ver Ghost . The m ost unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y t hr ee wheel s. Bui lt i n 1885, it was t he ol dest car taking part . Aft er a great m any l oud expl osi ons, t he r ace began. Many of t he car s br oke down on t he cour se and some dr i vers spent m or e t im e under t heir cars t han in t hem ! A few car s, however , pl eted t he race. The wi nni ng car r eached a speed of f or t y mi les an hour much f aster t han any of i ts r ivals. It sped downhi l at he end of the r ace and it s dri ver had a l ot of t rouble t r yi ng to st op it . The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasur e. I t was ver y dif fer ent f rom moder n car races but no l ess exci ti ng. Leson57 Can I help you, m adam ? 你要买什么,夫人。 A wom an in bl ue jeans st ood at t he window of an expensive shop. Though she hesit at ed for a m oment , she f inal y went in and as ked t o see a dress that was in t he window. The asi st ant who served her did not li ke the way she was dressed. Glancing at her scornf ul ly, he t ol d her that the dress was sol d. The woman walked out of t he shop angri ly and decided to puni sh t he asist ant next day. She r etur ned t o t he shop t he foll owing morning dr esed in a fur coat , wit h a handbag i n one hand and a long umbrel la i n the ot her . Aft er seeking out the r ude assistant she as ked f or the same dress. Not r eal izing who she was, the assi st ant was eager t o ser ve her this t ime wit h gr eat dif fi cul ty, he c li mbed into the shop window t o get the dr ess. As soon as she saw it, t he woman sai d s m any t ies.39。 39。 And a woman can39。 t have too m any hat s, 39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nutes lat er we walked out of t he shop t oget her . My wi fe was wear ing a hat that looked li ke a li ghthouse ! Lesson42 Not very musical 并非很懂音乐 As we had had a long wal k thr ough one of t he markets of Ol d Delhi , we st opped at a squar e to have a r est . Aft er a ti me, we noticed a snake char mer wit h two lar ge basket s at the other si de 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 cover ed wi th coins and opened one of the basket s. When he began to 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 t he 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 m oder n pop songs. The snake, however , conti nued to 39。 dance39。 slowl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el the di f erence bet ween Indian musi c and jaz! Leson43 Over t he Sout h Pol e 飞越南极 I n 1929, t hr ee year s aft er hi s fl ight over t he Nort h Pole, the Am eri can explor er , R. E. Byr d, successful ly f lew over the Sout h Pole f or the f ir st t ime. Though, at f i rst, Byr d and hi s men wer e abl e t o take a gr eat many phot ographs of t he mountains t hat l ay bel ow, they soon r an int o ser ious t rouble. At one poi nt , it seem ed cer tain t hat hei r plane would cr ash. It could onl y get over the mountains i f it r ose t o 10,000 f et . Byr d at once or der ed his men t o t hr ow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The pl ane was t hen abl e to r i se and i t cl ear ed the mountai ns by 400 feet. Byrd now knew that he would be able to r each t he Sout h Pole whi ch was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no mor e mountains i n sight. The air craft was able t o f ly over the endless whit e plains wi thout di f icul ty. Lesson44 Through the f orest 穿过森林 Mr s Anne Sterl ing di d not t hink of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she r an thr ough a for est aft er t wo m en. They had rushed up to her whil e she was having a pi ic at the edge of a for est wi th her chi ldr en and tr ied to st eal her handbag. I n the st ruggle, the str ap broke and, wi th the bag in their possesi on, bot h m en st art ed running t hr ough the t rees. Mrs St er li ng got so angry that she r an af ter t hem. She was soon out of br eath, but she conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi th t hem , she saw t hat t hey had sat down and wer e going t hrough the contents of t he bag, so she r an str ai ght at them. The men got such a fr ight that they dropped the bag and ran away. 39。 The str ap needs mendi ng,39。 sai d Mr s Ster li ng later , 39。 but t hey di d not st eal anything.39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 问心无愧 The whole vi l age soon learnt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Benton, the local but cher , had l ost his wal let whil e t aki ng hi s savi ngs t o t he post off ice. Sam was sure t hat t he walet must have been found by one of the vi l agers, but i t was not r eturned t o him . Thr ee months pased, and t hen one m or ning, Sam f ound hi s wal et outsi de hi s fr ont door . I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and it cont ai ned hal f the money he had lost, t oget her wi th a not e which said: 39。 A thi ef , yes, 39。 but onl y 5o per cent a thi ef! 39。 Two months l at er, some mor e money was sent to Sam wi th another not e:39。 Only 25 per cent a thi ef now! 39。 In t im e, al Sam39。 s money was pai d back i n t hi s way. The last note said: 39。 I am 100 per cent honest now! 39。 l esson46 Expensive and unf ort able 既昂贵又受罪 When a pl ane fr om London ar ived at Sydney air por t , wor ker s began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clot hi ng. No one could account f or the f act that one of the boxes was extr emely heavy. I t suddenl。
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