【正文】 er chil dren and tr i ed t o steal her handbag. In t he str uggl e, t he st rap br oke and, wit h t he bag i n t hei r possession, bot h men star ted r unni ng through t he tr es. Mr s Sterl ing got so angr y t hat she ran aft er them. She was soon out of br eath, but she cont inued to run. When she caught up wit h them, she saw that they had sat down and were goi ng thr ough t he cont ent s of the bag, so she ran st raight at hem. The men got such a f ri ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。 Lesson45 A clear conscience 問(wèn)心無(wú)愧 The whol e vil lage soon l ear nt that a large sum of m oney had been lost. Sam Bent on, the l ocal butcher, had lost hi s wal et whi le taking his savings to the post of fi ce. Sam was sur e that the wal et must have been f ound by one of t he vil lager s, but it was not ret ur ned to hi m. Three m ont hs passed, and then one morni ng, Sam found his wal let out side his f ront door. It 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 fr om London ar ived at Sydney ai rport , workers began to unl oad a number of wooden boxes which contained clot hing. No one coul d acount for the f act t hat one of the boxes was ext remely heavy. I t suddenly occurr ed to one of the wor kers t o open up the box. He was ast oni shed at what he f ound. A man was l yi ng in the box on t op of a pi le of wool len goods. He was so surpr ised at being di scovered t hat he did not even tr y to run awa y. Aft er he was ar rested, the man admi t ed hi ding i n the box bef or e t he pl ane left London. He had had a l ong and unf or tabl e tr ip, for he had been conf ined to the wooden box for over t en hour s. The man was ordered t o pay amp。s mot her, who swam t he Channel her self when she was a gi rl. Lesson37 The O lym pi c Gam es 奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì) The Ol ym pi c Games wi l be held i n our countr y i n f our year s39。. Wor kers wi l have pl eted t he new r oads by t he end of t hi s year . By t he end of next year, t hey wi l have fi nished wor k on t he new st adi um. The f i ne m oder n bui l di ngs have been desi gned by Kur t Gunt er. Everybody wil l be watching anxiousl y as t he new bui ldi ngs go up. We ar e al ver y excit ed and ar e l ooki ng for war d t o t he Ol ym pi c Games because t hey have never been hel d bef or e i n t hi s countr y. Lesson38 Everyt hi ng except t he weat her 惟獨(dú)沒(méi)有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr i end, Har ison, had l ived i n the Medi ter anean f or m any year s bef or e he ret ur ned t o Engl and. He had oft en dream ed of reti ri ng i n Engl and and had pl anned t o set tl e down i n the count r y. He had no sooner r etur ned t han he bought a fi ne house and went to l i ve t her e. Alm ost imm edi atel y he began t o pl ain about the weather, f or even t hough i t was st il l summ er , it r ai ned conti nual l y and i t was oft en bi t erl y col d. Aft er so m any year s of sunshi ne, Har ri son got a shock. He acted as i f he had never l i ved i n England befor e. I n t he end, it was m or e t han he could bear. He had har dl y had tim e t o set tl e down when he sol d t he house and l ef t he count r y. The dr eam he had had f or so m any year s ended t her e. Har ri son had t hought of ever yt hing except t he weat her . Lesson39 Am I al l ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whil e John Gil ber t was in hospit al , he asked his doctor t o tel him whet her his oper at ion had been succesf ul, but t he doct or r efused t o do so. The f ol lowi ng day, t he pati ent asked f or a bedsi de t el ephone. When he was alone, he t elephoned t he hospit al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mi li ngton. When t he doct or answer ed t he phone, Mr Gi lbert sai d he was i nqui ri ng about a cert ai n pati ent , a Mr John Gil bert. He asked i f Mr Gi lbert 39。 I am Mr John Gi lbert .39。Wi l you be sei ng i t ?39。Wil l you be spendi ng your hol idays abr oad t his year ?39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。 Young man,39。Do you cal t hat a hat ?39。 m y wi f e answered as she looked at her self i n t he m ir r or . I sat down on one of those m oder n chai r s wit h hol es i n i t and wait ed. We had been i n t he hat shop f or hal f an hour and m y wif e was st il l i n fr ont of t he m ir r or . 39。 I r em ar ked suddenl y. I regret ed sayi ng it alm ost at once. 39。 I need not r em ind you of t hat ter ri bl e ti e you bought yest erday. 39。A m an can never have t oo i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o f i nd buri ed tr easur e. The l eader of t he par t y was exami ning t he soil near the entr ance t o t he cave when t he m achi ne showed t hat t her e was gol d under t he gr ound. Ver y exci ted, t he part y dug a hol e t wo f eet deep. They fi nal l y found a sm al gol d coi n which was alm ost wor thl ess. The part y t hen searched the whol e cave t hor oughl y but di d not f i nd anyt hi ng except an em pt y t in t r unk. I n spit e of t hi s, m any peopl e ar e confi dent t hat 39。And a wom an can39。 slowl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el l t he di f erence bet ween I ndi 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, the Am er i can expl or er , R. E. Byr d, successfull y f lew over t he Sout h Pol e f or t he fi rst ti me. Though, at f ir st , Byr d and hi s m en 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 , it seem 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 men t o t hr ow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The pl ane was t hen abl e t o r ise and it cl ear ed t he m ountai ns by 400 f eet . Byrd now knew that he woul d be able t o r each t he Sout h Pole whi ch was 300