【正文】 m any ti es.39。 39。And a woman can39。t have t oo many hats,39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nut es l ater we wal ked out of t he shop t oget her. My wi fe was wear ing a hat t hat l ooked li ke a li ghthouse ! Lesson42 Not very m usical 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong wal k t hrough one of t he m ar ket s of Ol d Del hi, we st opped at a squar e to have a r est . Aft er a tim e, we not i ced a snake charm er wit h t wo l ar ge basket s at the ot her side of t he square, so we went to have a l ook at him . As soon as he saw us, he picked up a l ong pi pe which was cover ed wi th coi ns and opened one of t he basket s. When he began t o play a t une, we had our f ir st gli m pse of t he snake. It r ose 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 very m uch sur pri sed when t he snake char mer suddenl y began to pl ay jazz t unes and m oder n pop songs. The snake, however, cont i nued t o 39。dance39。 sl owl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el l 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 Pol e, t he Am eri can expl or er, R. E. Byr d, succesf ul l y f l ew over t he Sout h Pole f or t he f ir st t im e. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and his m en were able t o t ake a gr eat m any phot ogr aphs of t he m ount ai ns that lay below, t hey soon r an i nto seri ous t r oubl e. At one point, i t semed cert ai n t hat t heir pl ane woul d cr ash. I t coul d only get over t he m ount ains i f 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 ise and it cl ear ed the m ount ai ns by 400 f eet . Byr d now knew t hat he would be abl e t o r each t he Sout h Pol e whi ch was 300 mi les awa y, f or there wer e no m or e m ountai ns i n si ght. 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 t y. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne St er li ng di d not t hi nk of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she ran t hrough 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 pi i c at t he edge of a f orest wit h her chil dr en and t ri ed to st eal her handbag. I n the str uggl e, t he st r ap br oke and, wi th t he bag in t hei r possesi on, bot h m en st ar t ed r unni ng t hr ough the t rees. Mrs St er li ng got so angr y that she 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 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 m en got such a fr i ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。The str ap needs m endi ng,39。 sai d Mrs St er li ng l at er , 39。but they di d not steal anyt hi ng. 39。 Lesson45 A clear 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 l ocal but cher, had l ost hi s wal l et whil e t aki ng his savi ngs t o t he post of fi ce. Sam was sur e t hat t he wal et m ust have been f ound by one of t he vil ager s, but it was not r et urned t o hi m. Thr e m ont hs passed, and t hen one m or ni ng, 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 ained hal f t he m oney he had l ost , t oget her wit h a note whi ch sai d: 39。A t hief, yes, 39。but onl y 5o per cent a thi ef !39。 Two m ont hs lat er , som e m ore m oney was sent t o Sam wit h anot her 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 c ent honest now!39。 lesson46 Expensi ve and un fortabl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney ai rport , wor ker s began t o unl oad a num ber of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl ot hing. No one coul d account f or t he fact t hat one of t he boxes was ext r em el y heavy. It suddenl y occurr ed to one of t he workers t o open up t he box. He was ast oni shed at what he found. A man was l yi ng i n t he box on t op of a pil 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 r est ed, t he m an admi t ed hidi ng i n t he box bef ore t he pl ane left London. He had had a l ong and unf ort abl e tr i p, f or he had been conf ined t o the wooden box f or over t en hour s. The m an was order ed t o pay amp。345 f or t he cost of t he t ri p. The norm al pr i ce of a t icket i s amp。230 ! Lesson47 A thi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr I an Thom pson i s up f or sal e. Mr Thom pson i s going t o sel l it because it i s haunt ed. He t ol d m e t hat he coul d not go t o sleep one ni ght because he hear d a st range noi se i ng f rom the bar. The next m or ni ng, he f ound t hat t he door s had been bl ocked by chai rs and t he f ur ni tur e had been m oved. Though Mr Thom pson had t ur ned t he li ght s of f bef or e he went t o bed, they wer e on i n t he m or ni ng. He al so sai d t hat he had f ound fi ve empt y whisky bot tl es which t he ghost m ust have dr unk t he ni ght bef or e. When I suggest ed t hat som e vil ager s m ust have e i n f or a f r e dr i nk, Mr Thompson shook hi s head. The vi l ager s have t ol d him t hat t hey wil not accept the i nn even i f he gi ves it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o tel m e som ethi ng? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Dent ists al ways ask questi ons when it i s i m possi bl e f or you t o answer . My denti st had j ust pull ed out one of m y t eet h and had t ol d m e t o rest for a whi le. I tr ied t o say somet hi ng, but m y m out h was f ul l of cot on wool. He knew I col lected bi rds39。 eggs and asked me whet her m y col ect i on was gr owi ng. He t hen asked me how m y br ot her was and whet her I li k