【正文】 er handbag. I n t he st ruggle, the str ap broke and, wi th the bag in their possessi on, both men st art ed running t hrough the t rees. Mrs St erl ing got so angry that she r an aft er t hem . She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi th them, she saw t hat t hey had sat down and were going t hrough t he contents of t he bag, so she ran str ai ght at t hem. The men got such a fr ight that they dropped the bag and r an awa y. 39。 Lesson45 A cl ear consci ence 問(wèn)心無(wú)愧 The whole vi l age soon lear nt t hat a l arge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Benton, the l ocal but cher , had l ost hi s wal l et whil e taking hi s savi ngs t o the post off ice. Sam was sur e t hat the wal let must have been found by one of the vi lagers, but i t was not r eturned t o him. Thr e months pased, and t hen one mor ning, Sam f ound hi s wal et outside hi s fr ont door. I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t cont ai ned hal f the money he had lost, t ogether wi th a not e which said: 39。 Only 25 per cent a t hief now! 39。 leson46 Expensi ve and unf ortable 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney ai rport , workers began to unl oad a number of wooden boxes which contai ned cl ot hing. No one coul d account for the f act t hat one of the boxes was ext remely heavy. It suddenly occurr ed to one of the wor kers t o open up the box. He was ast oni shed at what he found. A man was l yi ng in the box on t op of a pile of wool len goods. He was so surpr ised at being di scovered t hat he did not even tr y to run away. Aft er he was ar r est ed, t he man adm it ted hidi ng in t he box bef ore the plane lef t London. He had had a long and un fort able t ri p, f or he had been conf ined t o the wooden box f or over ten hours. The man was order ed to pay amp。s mot her , who swam t he Channel her sel f when she was a gi rl . Lesson37 The Olym pic Gam es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ympic Games wi l be held in our count ry i n f our years39。. Wor ker s wi l have pl eted t he new roads by the end of thi s year . By the end of next year , they wi l have fi nished wor k on t he new stadium. The f ine modern bui ldi ngs have been designed by Kurt Gunt er . Ever ybody wi l l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as the new buil dings go up. We ar e al l ver y exci ted and ar e looking f orwar d to the Ol ympic Gam es because they have never been he l d bef ore i n t hi s count ry. Leson38 Everyt hi ng except t he weather 惟獨(dú)沒(méi)有考慮到天氣 My old f ri end, Har ri son, had li ved i n the Mediter ranean for many year s befor e he retur ned to Engl and. He had oft en dreamed of reti r ing i n Engl and and had pl anned t o set tl e down in the count ry. He had no sooner r et urned than he bought a f ine house and went t o li ve there. Al most i mmediat el y he began to plai n about the weat her , for even t hough i t was st il l sum mer, it r ained cont inual y and it was oft en bit terl y cold. Aft er so ma ny year s of sunshi ne, Har ri son got a shock. He acted as if he had never l ived in Engl and bef ore. In the end, i t was more t han he coul d bear . He had har dly had t ime to set le down when he sold t he house and l ef t the count ry. The dream he had had f or so many year s ended ther e. Har ri son had t hought of everyt hing except the weather . Lesson39 Am I al l ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ While John Gi lbert was i n hospi tal, he asked hi s doct or t o t el l hi m whet her hi s oper at ion had been succesful , but t he doctor r efused to do so. The foll owing day, the pati ent asked f or a bedside telephone. When he was al one, he telephoned the hospi tal exchange and asked f or Doct or Mil li ngt on. When the doctor answer ed the phone, Mr Gi l ber t said he was inquir ing about a cert ain pati ent , a Mr John Gi lbert . He asked i f Mr Gi lbert 39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t. 39。Wil you be seei ng it ?39。Wi l you be spending your holidays abr oad thi s year ?39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。 Young man,39。Do you cal that a hat ?39。 m y wif e answer ed as she l ooked at her sel f in the mi r or. I sat down on one of t hose modern chair s wi th holes i n it and wai ted. We had been in t he hat shop for ha lf an hour and m y wi fe was sti l i n fr ont of t he mi r or. 39。 I r emarked suddenly. I regr et ted s ayi ng it alm ost at once. 39。 I need not r em ind you of t hat ter ri ble t ie you bought yest erday.39。A man can never have too i nto t he cave hoping t o f ind buri ed tr easure. The leader of t he par ty was exami ni ng the soil near the entr ance t o the cave when the m achine showed that there was gol d under the gr ound. Ver y exci ted, t he par ty dug a hol e t wo f et deep. They fi nal ly f ound a smal gold coin which was alm ost wor thless. The part y t hen sear ched the whole cave thor oughly but di d not f ind anythi ng except an em pt y ti n t runk. I n spit e of t his, many peopl e are confi dent t hat 39。And a woman can39。 sl owl y. It obviousl y could not tel l t he dif fer ence between I ndi an musi c and jazz! Lesson43 O ver t he South Pol e 飛越南極 In 1929, three years af ter his f li ght over t he Nor th Pole, the Am eri can explor er , R. E. Byrd, successful ly f lew over t he Sout h Pole f or the f ir st t ime. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and hi s men wer e able t o take a gr eat many photographs of the 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 that heir plane would cr ash. It could onl y get over the mountai ns i f it r ose t o 10,000 f et . Byr d at once or der ed his m en to t hrow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The pl ane was t hen abl e to ri se and i t cl ear ed the m ountai ns by 400 feet. Byrd now knew t hat he would be abl e to r each t he Sout h Pole which was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no mor e mountains i n sight. The air cra ft was able to f ly over the endless whit e plains wi thout dif fi c