【正文】 m any ti es.39。 39。And a woman can39。t have t oo many hat s, 39。 she answered. Ten m i nut es l at er we wal ked out of t he shop t oget her . My wif e was weari ng a hat t hat l ooked l ike a l i ght house ! Lesson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong walk t hrough one of t he m ar ket s of Old Del hi, we st opped at a squar e t o have a r est. Af t er a t im e, we noti ced a snakecharm er wi t h t wo l ar ge basket s at t he ot her si de of t he squar e, so we went t o have a l ook at him . As soon as he saw us, he picked up a l ong pi pe which was cover ed wit h coins and opened one of t he basket s. When he began to pl ay a t une, we had our f ir st gl im pse of t he snake. I t rose out of t he basket and began t o f oll ow t he m ovem ent s of t he pipe. We wer e ver y m uch sur pr ised when t he snake charm er suddenl y began t o pl ay j az t unes and m oder n pop songs. The snake, however , conti nued t o 39。dance39。 slowl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el t he di f erence bet ween Indi an m usi c and j azz! Lesson43 O ver t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hree year s aft er hi s fl i ght over t he Nort h Pole, t he Am er i can explor er , R. E. Byr d, successfull y f lew over t he Sout h Pol e f or t he fi r st ti me. Though, at f ir st, Byr d and hi s men wer e abl e t o take a gr eat m any phot ogr aphs of t he m ount ains t hat l ay bel ow, t hey soon r an int o ser ious tr oubl e. At one poi nt , i t sem ed cert ai n t hat t hei r pl ane woul d cr ash. It coul d onl y get over t he mountai ns i f it r ose t o 10, 000 f et. Byr d at once or der ed hi s m en 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 it cl ear ed the m ount ai ns by 400 feet . Byr d now knew t hat he would be abl e to r each t he Sout h Pol e whi ch was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no m or e m ountai ns i n sight. The air craft was abl e to f l y over t he endl ess whit e plai ns wi t hout dif fi cul ty. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Sterl i ng di d not thi nk of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she ran t hr ough a f or est aft er t wo m en. They had r ushed up t o her whi le she was havi ng a pii c at t he edge of a f orest wi t h her chil dren and tr i ed t o steal her handbag. I n t he st r uggl e, t he st rap br oke and, wit h t he bag i n t hei r possessi on, bot h men st ar ted r unni ng thr ough t he tr ees. Mr s Sterl i ng got so angr y t hat she r an af ter t hem. She was soon out of breath, but she cont i nued t o r un. When she caught up wit h t hem, she saw t hat t hey had sat down and wer e goi ng t hr ough the cont ents of t he bag, so she r an st r ai ght at t hem. The men got such a f ri ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。The st r ap needs m endi ng,39。 said Mr s St erl ing l at er, 39。but t hey di d not st eal anyt hi ng. 39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whol e vil lage soon l earnt t hat a l ar ge sum of m oney had been l ost. Sam Bent on, t he local but cher, had l ost his wal let whil e taki ng hi s savi ngs t o t he post of f ice. Sam was sur e t hat t he wal let must have been found by one of the vil l agers, but i t was not r et ur ned t o him. Thr ee m ont hs pased, and t hen one m or ning, Sam f ound hi s wal l et outsi de hi s fr ont door. I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t cont ai ned hal f the m oney he had l ost, t oget her wi th a not e whi ch said: 39。A t hi ef , yes, 39。but onl y 5o per cent a t hi ef !39。 Two months l at er , som e mor e m oney was sent to Sam wit h another not e: 39。 Only 25 per cent a t hief now!39。 I n tim e, al l Sam39。s m oney was pai d back i n t his way. The l ast not e sai d:39。 I am 100 per cent honest now!39。 lesson46 Expensi ve and un fort abl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane f r om London ar ri ved at Sydney ai r port , wor ker s began t o unl oad a num ber of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl othi ng. No one coul d account f or t he fact that one of t he boxes was ext r em el y heavy. It suddenl y occurr ed t o e sl ept ver y wel l f or t he fi rst t wo ni ghts, but on t he thir d ni ght, a st orm blew up. A gust of wi nd swept the bed off t he r oof and sent it cr ashi ng i nto t he cour t yar d bel ow. The young m an di d not wake up unt il t he bed had str uck the gr ound. Alt hough t he bed was sm ashed t o pi eces, t he man was mi r acul ously unhurt . When he woke up, he was sti l on t he mat r ess. Gl anci ng at he bit s of wood and m et al that l ay ar ound him , t he man sadl y pi cked up t he m at ress and car i ed i t i nt o his house. Af ter he had put it on t he fl oor, he pr om pt l y went t o sl eep agai n. Lesson50 Taken f or a ri de 乘車兜風(fēng) I l ove tr avel li ng in t he count ry, but I don39。t li ke l osi ng m y way. I went on an excur si on r ecentl y, but my t ri p t ook m e l onger than I expected. 39。 I 39。m goi ng t o Woodf or d Gr een,39。 I sai d t o t he conduct or as I got on t he bus,39。 but I don39。t know wher e it i s.39。 39。 I39。l l t el l you wher e t o get of f,39。 answered t he conduct or. I sat i n t he f r ont of t he bus t o get a good vi ew of t he count r yside. Aft er som e t im e, t he bus st opped. Looki ng round, I r eal ized wi th a shock t hat I was the onl y passenger l eft on t he bus. 39。 You39。l l have t o get of f her e, 39。 the conduct or sai d. 39。Thi s i s as far as we go.39。 39。 Is t his Woodf ord Green ?39。 I asked. 39。Oh dear, 39。 sai d t he conduct or suddenl y.39。 I f ot to put you off .39。 39。I t doesn39。t mat er ,39。 I sai d. 39。I 39。l l get of f here.39。 39。We are goi ng back now,39。 said t he conductor. 39。Wel , in t hat case, I pr ef er t o stay on t he bus,39。 I answer ed. Lesson51 Reward f or vi rt ue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My f ri end, Her bert , has al ways been f at , but t hi ngs got so bad r ecent l y that he deci ded t o go on a di et . He began hi s di et a week ago. Fir st of al , he wr ot e