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1、Lessonl A puma at largePumas are large,cat-like animals which are found inAmerica.When reports came into London Zoo that a wildpuma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London,they were not taken seriously.However,as the evidencebegan to accumulate,experts from the Zoo felt obliged toinvestiga
2、te,for the descriptions given by people whoclaimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.The hunt for the puma began in a small village where awoman picking blackberries saw a large cat*only five yardsaway from he匚 II immediaiely ran away when she saw it,and experts confirmed that a pum
3、a will not attack a humanbeing unless it is cornered.The search proved difficult,forthe puma was often observed at one place in the morningand at another place twenty miles away in the evening.Wherever it went,it left behind it a trail of dead deer andsmall animals like rabbits.Paw prints were seen
4、in a numberof places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes.Several people complained of cat-like noises*at night and abusinessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.Theexperts were now fully convinced that the animal was apuma,but where had it come from?As no pumas had beenreported missing
5、 from any zoo in the country,this one musthave been in the possession of a private collector andsomehow managed to escape.The hunt went on for severalweeks,but the puma was not caught.It is disturbing to thinkthat a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quietcountryside.Lesson 2 Thirteen eq
6、uals oneOur vicar is always raising money for one cause oranother,but he has never managed to get enough money tohave the church clock repaired.The big clock which used tostrike the hours day and night was damaged many years agoand has been silent ever since.One night,however,our vicar woke up with
7、a start:theclock was striking the hours!Looking at his watch,he sawthat it was one oclock,but the bell struck thirteen timesbefore it stopped.Armed with a torch,the vicar went up intothe clock tower to see what was going on.In the torchlight,he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized
8、as Bill Wilkins,our local grocer.Whatever are you doingup here Bill?asked the vicar in surprise.*Fm trying to repair the bell,*answered Bill.Ive beencoming up here night after night for weeks now.You see,Iwas hoping to give you a suiprise/You certainly did give me a suiprise!1 said the vicar.Youvepr
9、obably woken up everyone in the village as well.Still,Tmglad the bell is working again.1Thats the trouble,vicar,answered Bill.Its working allright,but Im afraid that at one oclock it will strike thirteentimes and theres nothing I can do about it.1Well get used to that Bill,*said the vicar.Thirteen i
10、s not asgood as one but its better than nothing.Now lets godownstairs and have a cup of tea.1Lesson 3 An unknown goddessSome time ago,an interesting discovery was made byarchaeologists on the Aegean（adj.爱琴海的；n.）island ofKea.An American team explored a temple which stands inan ancient city on the pro
11、montory of Ayia Irini.The city atone time must have been prosperous,for it enjoyed a highlevel of civilization.Houses-often three storeys high-werebuilt of stone.They had large rooms with beautifullydecorated walls.The city was even equipped with a drainagesystem,for a great many clay pipes were fou
12、nd beneath thenanow streets.The temple which the archaeologists explored was usedas a place of worship from the fifteenth century B.C.untilRoman times.In the most sacred room of the temple,clayfragments of fifteen statues were found.Each of theserepresented a goddess and had,at one time,been painted
13、.The body of one statue was found among remains datingfrom the fifteenth century B.C.Its missing head happened tobe among remains of the fifth century B.C.This head musthave been found in Classical times and carefully preserved.It was very old and precious even then.When thearchaeologists reconstruc
14、ted the fragments,they wereamazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a verymodern-looking woman.She stood three feet high and herhands rested on her hip.She was wearing a full-length skirtwhich swept the ground.Despite her great age,she was verygraceful indeed,but,so far,the archaeologists ha
15、ve beenunable to discover her identity.Lesson4 The double life of Alfred BloggsThese days,people who do manual work often receivefar more money than clerks who work in offices.Peoplewho work in offices are frequently referred to as whitecollar workers*for the simple reason that they usually wear aco
16、llar and tie to go to work.Such is human nature,that agreat many people are often willing to sacrifice higher payfor the privilege of becoming white collar workers.This cangive rise to curious situations,as it did in the case of AlfredBloggs who worked as a dustman for the EllesmereCorporation.When
17、he got married,Alf was too embaiTassed to sayanything to his wife about his job.He simply told her that heworked for the Corporation.Every morning,he left homedressed in a smart black suit.He then changed intooveralls（n.工作月艮）and spent the next eight hours as adustman.Before returning home at night,h
18、e took a showerand changed back into his suit.Alf did this for over twoyears and his fellow dustmen kept his secret.Alfs wife hasnever discovered that she married a dustman and she neverwill,for Alf has just found another job.He will soon beworking in an office as a junior clerk.He will be earningon
19、ly half as much as he used to,but he feels that his rise instatus is well worth the loss of money.From now on,he willwear a suit all day and others will call him Mr.Bloggs,not,Alf.Lesson 5 The factsEditors of newspapers and magazines often go toextremes to provide their readers with unimportant fact
20、s andstatistics.Last year a journalist had been instructed by awell-known magazine to write an article on the presidentspalace in a new African republic.When the article arrived,the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publishit.The article began:Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall
21、which surrounds the presidents palace.The editor at oncesent the journalist a fax instructing him to find out the exactnumber of steps and the height of the wall.The journalist immediately set out to obtain theseimportant facts,but he took a long time to send them.Meanwhile,the editor was getting im
22、patient,for themagazine would soon go to press.He sent the journalist twourgent telegrams,but received no reply.He sent yet anothertelegram informing the journalist that if he did not replysoon he would be fired.When the journalist again failed toreply,the editor reluctantly published the article as
23、 it hadoriginally been written.A week later,the editor at lastreceived a telegram from the journalist.Not only had thepoor man been arrested,but he had been sent to prison aswell.However,he had at last been allowed to send a cable inwhich he informed the editor that he had been arrested whilecountin
24、g the 1084 steps leading to the 15-foot wall whichsurrounded the presidents palace.Lesson 6 Smash-and-grabThe expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadillywere just opening.At this time of the morning,the arcadewas almost empty.Mr Taylor,the owner of a jewellery shopwas admiring a new window di
25、splay.Two of his assistantshad been working busily since 8 oclock and had only justfinished.Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifullyarranged on a background of black velvet.After gazing atthe display for several minutes,Mr Taylor went back intohis shop.The silence was suddenly broken when a
26、large car,with its headlights on and its hom blaring,roared down thearcade.It came to a stop outside the jewelefs.One manstayed at the wheel while two others with black stockingsover their faces jumped out and smashed the window of theshop with iron bars.While this was going on,Mr Taylor wasupstairs
27、.He and his staff began throwing furniture out of thewindow.Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade.Oneof the thieves was struck by a heavy statue,but he was toobusy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain.Theraid was all over in three minutes,for the men scrambledback into the car and
28、it moved off at a fantastic speed.Justas it was leaving,Mr Taylor rushed out and ran after itthrowing ashtrays and vases,but it was impossible to stopthe thieves.They had got away with thousands of poundsworth of diamonds.Lesson 7 Mutilated ladiesChildren often have far more sense than their elders.
29、This simple truth was demonstrated rather dramaticallyduring a civil defence exercise in a small town in Canada.Most of the inhabitants were asked to take part in theexercise during which they had to pretend that their city hadbeen bombed.Air-raid warnings were sounded andthousands of people went in
30、to special air-raid shelters.Doctors and nurses remained above ground while Policepatrolled the streets in case anyone tried to leave the shelterstoo soon.The police did not have much to do because thecitizens took the exercise seriously.They stayedunderground for twenty minutes and waited for the s
31、iren tosound again.On leaving the air-raid shelters,they saw thatdoctors and nurses were busy.A great many people hadvolunteered to act as casualties.Theatrical make-up andartificial blood had been used to make the injuries lookrealistic.A lot of People were lying dead in the streets.Theliving helpe
32、d to carry the dead and wounded to specialstations.A Child of six was brought in by two adults.Thechild was supposed to be dead.With theatrical make-up onhis face,he looked as if he had died of shock.Some peoplewere so moved by the sight that they began to cry.However,the child suddenly sat up and a
33、 doctor asked him tocomment on his death.The child looked around for amoment and said,*1 think theyYe all crazy!Lesson8 A famous monasteryThe Great St Bernard Pass connects Switzerland toItaly.At 2470 metres,it is the highest mountain pass inEurope.The famous monastery of St Bernard,which wasfounded
34、 in the eleventh century,lies about a mile away.Forhundreds of years,St Bernard dogs have saved the lives oftravellers crossing the dangerous Pass.These friendly dogs,which were first brought from Asia,were used aswatch-dogs even in Roman times.Now that a tunnel hasbeen built through the mountains,t
35、he Pass is less dangerous,but each year,the dogs are still sent out into the snowwhenever a traveller is in difficulty.Despite the new tunnel,there are still a few people who rashly attempt to cross thePass on foot.During the summer months,the monastery is verybusy,for it is visited by thousands of
36、people who cross thePass in cars,As there are so many people about,the dogshave to be kept in a special enclosure.In winter,however,life at the monastery is quite different.The temperaturedrops to-30 and very few people attempt to cross the Pass.The monks Prefer winter to summer for they have morepr
37、ivacy.The dogs have greater freedom,too,for they areallowed to wander outside their enclosure.The only regularvisitors to the monastery in winter are parties of skiers whogo there at Christmas and Easter.These young people,wholove the peace of the mountains,always receive a warm.Welcome at St Bernar
38、ds monastery.Lesson9By now,a rocket will have set off on its 35 million miletrip to Mars and scientists must be waiting anxiously for theresults.The rocket will be travelling for six months before itreaches the planet.It contains a number of scientific instruments,including a television camera.Any p
39、ictures that are takenwill have to travel for three minutes before they reach theearth.If the pictures are successful,they may solve anumber of problems about Mars and provide informationabout the markings on its surface which,nearly 100 yearsago,the astronomer,Schiaparelli,thought to be canals.It w
40、ill be a long time before any landing on Mars canbe attempted.This will only be possible when scientistshave learnt a lot more about the atmosphere that sunoundsthe planet.If a satellite can one day be put into orbit roundMars,scientists will be able to find out a great deal.Aninteresting suggestion
41、 for measuring the atmosphere aroundMars has been put forward.A rubber ball containing a radiotransmitter could be dropped from a satellite so that it wouldfall towards the surface of the planet.The radio would signalthe rate which the ball was slowed down and scientistswould be able to calculate ho
42、w dense the atmosphere is.Itmay even be possible to drop a capsule containing scientificinstruments on to the planets surface.Only when a greatdeal more information has been obtained,will it be possibleto plan a manned trip to Mars.LessonlO The loss of TitanicThe great ship,Titanic,sailed for New Yo
43、rk fromSouthampton on April 10th,1912.She was carrying 1316passengers and a crew of 891.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 everbeen built,but was regarded as unsinkable,for she hadsixteen water-tight com
44、partments.Even if two of these wereflooded,she would still be able to float.The tragic sinkingof this great liner will always be remembered,for she wentdown on her first voyage with heavy loss of life.Four days after setting out,while the Titanic wassailing across the icy waters of the North Atlanti
45、c,a hugeiceberg was suddenly spotted by a look-out.After the alarmhad been given,the great ship turned sharply to avoid adirect collision.The Titanic turned just in time,narrowlymissing the immense wall of ice which rose over 100 feetout of the water beside her.Suddenly,there was a slighttrembling s
46、ound from below,and the captain went down tosee what had happened.The noise had been so faint that noone thought that the ship had been damaged.Below,thecaptain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinkingrapidly,for five of her sixteen water-tight compartments hadalready been flooded!The ord
47、er to abandon ship was givenand hundreds of people plunged into the icy water.As therewere not enough life-boats for everybody,1500 lives werelost.Lessonll Not guiltyGoing through the Customs is a tiresome business.Thestrangest thing about it is that really honest people are oftenmade to feel guilty
48、.The hardened professional smuggler,onthe other hand,is never troubled by such feelings,even if hehas five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase.WhenI returned from abroad recently,a particularly officiousyoung Customs Officer clearly regarded me as a smuggler.Have you anything to declare?he a
49、sked,looking me in theeye.No,*I answered confidently.Would you mind unlocking this suitcase please?Not at all,I answered.The Officer went through the case with great care.All thethings I had packed so carefully were soon in a dreadfulmess.I felt sure I would never be able to close the caseagain.Sudd
50、enly,I saw the Officers face light up.He hadspotted a tiny bottle at the bottom of my case and hepounced on it with delight.Perfume,eh?he asked sarcastically.You should havedeclared that.*Perfume is not exempt from import duty.,But it isn*t perfume/I said.1 Its hair-oil.*Then I added witha smile,1 I