【正文】 y fel t ver y worr ied, but could not say anyt hi ng. When the denti st at last r emoved the cott on wool fr om m y mouth, I was abl e to tel hi m t hat he had pull ed out t he wrong t oot h. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢告終 Tir ed of sl eepi ng on the f loor , a young man i n Teher an saved up f or year s to buy a r eal bed. For t he fi rst ti me i n his l if e, he becam e the pr oud owner of a bed which had spri ngs and a mat tr es. Because the weather was very hot, he car ied t he bed on to t he roof of his house. He slept ver y wel l for the f ir st wo ni ght s, but on t he t hi r d night, a st or m bl ew up. A gust of wi nd swept t he bed off t he roof and sent it crashing i nt o t he court yard below. The young man did not wake up unti l the bed had st ruck t he ground. Al though the bed was smashed t o pieces, t he man was mi racul ousl y unhur t. When he woke up, he was sti l on t he matr es. Gl ancing at t he bi ts of wood and met al t hat l ay ar ound hi m, the m an sadly picked up the mat tr ess and car ri ed it i nto hi s house. Af t er he had put i t on the f loor , he pr omptl y went to sleep agai n. Lesson50 Taken f or a ride 乘車兜風(fēng) I love t raveli ng in the count ry, but I don39。 I am 100 per cent honest now! 39。 Two m ont hs later , some m or e money was sent t o Sam wi th anot her note:39。but t hey di d not st eal anything.39。dance39。 39。And a woman can39。 sl owl y. It obviously 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 the Nor th Pole, t he Ameri can explor er , R. E. Byrd, succesful ly f lew over t he Sout h Pole f or the f ir st t ime. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and his men wer e able t o ta ke a gr eat many photographs of the mountai ns t hat l ay bel ow, they soon ran i nt o ser ious t rouble. At one poi nt, it seem ed cer tain that their plane would cr ash. I t could onl y get over the mountai ns if it r ose t o 10,000 f eet . 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 mount ai ns by 400 feet. Byrd now knew that 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 si ght . The air craft was able to f ly over the endless whit e plains wi thout di f fi cul ty. Lesson44 Through the forest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Sterl ing di d not t hink of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she r an thr ough a for est aft er t wo m en. They had rushed up to her whil e she was having a piic a t the edge of a for est wi th her chi ldr en and tr ied t o st eal her handbag. I n t he st ruggle, the str ap broke and, wi th the bag in their possesi on, both m en st art ed running t hr ough the t rees. Mrs St er li ng got so angry that she r an af t 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 t hem, she saw t hat t hey had sat down and wer e going t hrough the contents of t he bag, so she r an str ai ght at them. The men got such a fr ight that they dropped the bag and ran away. 39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whole vi l age soon learnt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Benton, the local but cher , had l ost his wal let whi le t aki ng his savi ngs t o t he post off ice. Sam was sure t hat t he wal l et m ust have been f ound by one of t he vil ager s, but it was not retur ned to hi m. Thre e mont hs passed, and then one morni ng, Sam found his wal let out si de his f ront door . It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half t he money he had l ost , together wit h a note whi ch sai d: 39。 Onl y 25 per cent a thi ef now! 39。 l esson46 Expensive and unf ort abl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane f r om London ar r ived at Sydney air por t, wor ker s began t o unload a number of wooden boxes whi ch cont ained clothi ng. No one could account f or the f act that one of t he boxes was extr emely heavy. I t suddenl y occur red t o one of the wor ker s to open up t he box. He was astonished at what he f ound. A man was lying in t he box on top of a pi le of wooll en goods. He was so sur pri sed at being dis cover ed that he di d not even t ry to r un away. Af ter he was ar est ed, t he man admit ted hi di ng i n t he box befor e the plane l ef t London. He had had a l ong and un for table t ri p, for he had been confi ned t o t he wooden box f or over ten hour s. The man was or der ed to pay amp。t l ike l osi ng my way. I went on an excursion r ecent ly, but my tr ip t ook me l onger than I expect ed. 39。 but I don39。 answered t he conductor. I sat i n the f r ont of the bus t o get a good view of the count ryside. Aft er some time, t he bus st opped. Looki ng round, I r eal ized wi th a shock that I was the only passenger left on t he bus. 39。This i s as far as we go. 39。Oh dear ,39。I t doesn39。l get off here.39。Wel l, in that case, I pr ef er to stay on t he bus, 39。You don39。 has been invented and it has ben used to det ect gold whi ch has been buri ed in t he ground. The m achi ne was used in a cave near the seashor e wher ei t is said pir ates used t o hide gold. The pir ates would of ten bur y gold i n the cave and then f ai l to coll ect i t. Ar med wi th t he new machine, a search part y went he did not li ke it . She enj oyed herself making the asi st ant bri ng alm ost ever ything i n t he window bef or e f inal y buyi ng the dr ess she had fi r st asked f or . Lesson58 A bl essing i n disguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The tiny vi l age of Fr inl ey is sai d t o posses a 39。A r elati on of your s is i ng to see you. She wi l be ar ri vi ng thi s evening and i ntends to stay f or a few days. The moment you l eave t his t ent , you wi l l get a big sur pr ise. A wom an you know wel l wil l rush towar ds you. She wi l speak t o you and then she wi l l