【正文】 scor nf ul l y, he t ol d her that the dr ess was sol d. The wom an wal ked out of t he shop angri l y and decided t o puni sh the assi st ant next day. She ret ur ned t o t he shop t he f ol lowi ng m or ni ng dressed i n a f ur coat, wi th a handbag i n one hand and a long um br el l a i n t he ot her. Af ter seki ng out t he r ude asist ant she asked for t he same dr es. Not r eal i zi ng who she was, t he assi stant was eager to ser ve her t hi s tim e wi th gr eat dif fi cult y, he cli mbed i nt o t he shop wi ndow t o get t he dr es. As soon as she sa w it , the wom an sai d s m any ti es.39。 39。And a wom an can39。t have t oo many hats,39。 she answered. Ten m i nut es l at er we wal ked out of the shop toget her. My wif e was weari ng a hat hat l ooked l i ke a l i ght house ! Leson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂(lè) As we had had a l ong walk t hr ough one of the m ar ket s of Ol d Del hi, we st opped at a squar e to have a r est. Af t er a t im e, we not iced a snake charm 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 t o pl ay a t une, we had our fi r st gli mpse of the snake. It r ose out of t he basket and began t o f ol low the m ovements of t he pi pe. We wer e ver y m uc h surpri sed when the snake charm er s uddenl y began t o play 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 Indian 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 eri can explor er , R. E. Byr d, succesf ul y f lew over t he Sout h Pole f or the f ir st t im e. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and hi s m en wer e able t o t ake a gr eat m any phot ogr aphs of the m ount ai ns t hat l ay bel ow, t hey soon r an i nto seri ous t r oubl e. At one point, i t seem ed cert ai n t hat t heir pl ane woul d crash. I t coul d only get over t he m ount ains if i t r ose t o 10, 000 f et. Byr d at once or der ed hi s 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 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 which was 300 mi les away, f or t her e were no m or e m ount ai ns i n si ght. The ai rcr af t was abl e t o fl y over t he endl ess whi t e pl ains wi thout di f i cult y. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過(guò)森林 Mr s Anne St erl i ng di d not t hink of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she r an t hr ough a for est aft er t wo m en. They had rushed up t o her whil e she was havi ng a pi ic at t he edge of a f or est wi th her chi l dr en and tr ied t o st eal her handbag. I n t he st r uggle, t he str ap br oke and, wit h t he bag i n t heir possessi on, bot h m en st art ed r unni ng t hrough t he t r es. Mr s St erl ing got so angr y t hat s he r an aft er t hem . She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued to r un. When she caught up wit h t hem, she saw that hey had sat down and wer e goi ng thr ough t he cont ent s of t he bag, so she r an str aight at t hem . The m en got such a f ri ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。The st rap needs m endi ng,39。 said Mrs St erli ng l at er, 39。but t hey di d not steal anyt hi ng. 39。 Lesson45 A clear consci ence 問(wèn)心無(wú)愧 The whol e vil lage soon l ear nt that a lar ge sum of m oney had been l ost. Sam Bent on, t he l ocal but cher, had l ost hi s wal et whil e taking hi s savi ngs t o t he post of fi ce. Sam was sur e t hat t he wal let m ust have been found by one of t he vil lagers, but i t wa s not r et urned t o him . Three m ont hs passed, and t hen one m or ni ng, Sam f ound his wal et out si de his f r ont door . It had been wr apped up i n newspaper and it contai ned half t he m oney he had l ost , t ogether wit h a not e whi ch sai d: 39。A t hief, yes, 39。but onl y 5o per cent a thi ef !39。 Two m ont hs l at er , som e m or e m oney was sent t o Sam wit h anot her not e: 39。 Onl y 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 f ort abl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane f r om London ar ri ved at Sydney ai r por t, wor ker s began t o unload a num ber of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl ot hi ng. No one coul d account f or t he f act t hat one of t he boxes was extr em ely heavy. I t suddenl y occur r ed t o one of the wor ker s t o open up t he box. He was ast oni shed at what he f ound. A m an was l yi ng i n the box on t op of a pi l e of wool len goods. He was so sur pr ised at bei ng di scovered t hat he di d not even tr y t o r un away. Aft er he was ar est ed, t he m an admi t ed hidi ng i n t he box bef ore t he plane l ef t London. He had had a long and unf ort abl e t ri p, f or he had been confi ned t o t he wooden box for over t en hour s. The m an was or dered t o pay amp。 345 f or t he cost of the t ri p. The norm al pr ice of a t icket i s amp。230 ! Leson47 A t hi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house whi ch was r ecentl y bought by Mr I an Thom pson i s up f or sal e. Mr Thom pson i s goi ng to sel i t because i t i s haunt ed. He t ol d m e t hat he coul d not go to sl ep one ni ght because he hear d a st r ange noise i ng fr om t he bar . The next mor ni ng, he f ound that the doors had been bl ocked by chair s and the f ur nit ure had been m oved. Though Mr Thompson had t ur ned t he li ght s off bef or e he went t o bed, t hey were on i n t he m or ni ng. He al so sai d that he had f ound fi ve em pty whi sky bot tl es whi ch t he ghost m ust have drunk t he ni ght bef or e. When I suggest ed that som e vi l ager s must have e i n f or a f r e dr ink, M