【正文】 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 問心無愧 The whol e vil lage soon l ear nt that a large sum of m oney had been lost. Sam Benton, the l ocal butcher, had lost hi s wal et whi le taking his savings to the post of fi ce. Sam was sure 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 mont hs passed, and then one morni ng, Sam found his wal let out si de 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。 l eson46 Expensive and unf ortable 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane fr om London ar ived at Sydney air port , 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 occur r ed to one of the wor ker s 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 scover ed that he did not even tr y to run away. Aft er he was ar rested, the man admi t ed hi ding i n the box befor e the pl ane l eft London. He had had a l ong and unf or table tr ip, for he had been confi ned to t he wooden box f or over t en hour s. The man was ordered t o pay amp。 No,39。 A new play i s ing t o The Globe soon,39。 No, 39。 No,39。 No,39。 i f you at e mor e and talked less, we would both enj oy our di nner ! 39。You needn39。t buy things we don39。t have said t hat ,39。 I f ind it beaut if ul ,39。 m ay r eveal som et hing of val ue f ai rl y soon. Leson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace i s hel d f or ol d car s. A l ot of car s ent er ed f or thi s r ace last year and t here was a gr eat deal of exci t em ent j ust bef ore i t began. One of t he m ost handsom e car s was a Roll s Royce Sil ver Ghost. The m ost unusual car was a Benz which had only t hree wheels. Bui lt i n 1885, i t was the ol dest car t aki ng par t. Af ter a gr eat m any l oud explosi ons, t he race began. Many of the cars br oke down on the course and som e dri ver s spent m or e t im e under t hei r car s than i n them ! A f ew car s, however , pl eted the r ace. The wi nni ng car r eached a speed of f ort y mi les an hour much f aster t han any of i ts r ivals. It sped downhi l at he end of the r ace and it s dri ver had a l ot of t rouble tr yi ng to st op it . The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasur e. I t was ver y dif fer ent f rom moder n car races but no l ess exci ti ng. Leson57 Can I hel p you, m adam ? 你要買什么，夫人？ A wom an in bl ue jeans st ood at t he window of an expensive shop. Though she hesit at ed for a m om ent , she f inal y went in and as ked t o see a dress that was in t he window. The asist ant who served her di d not li ke the way she was dressed. Glancing at her scornf ul ly, he tol d her that he dress was sol d. The woman walked out of t he shop angri ly and decided to puni sh t he asistant next day. She r etur ned t o t he shop t he foll owing morning dr esed in a fur coat , wit h a handbag i n one hand and a l ong umbrel la i n the ot her . Aft er seeking out the r ude assi stant she asked f or the same dress. Not r eal izing who she wa s, the assi st ant was eager t o ser ve her t his t im e wit h great dif fi cul ty, he clim bed into the shop window t o get the dress. As soon as she saw it, t he woman sai d s m any t ies.39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nutes lat er we walked out of t he shop t oget her . My wi fe was wear ing a hat that looked li ke a li ghthouse ! Lesson42 Not very musical 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a long wal k thr ough one of t he m arkets of Ol d Delhi , we st opped at a squar e to have a r est . Aft er a ti me, we noticed a sna ke char mer wit h two lar ge basket s at the other si de of the squar e, so we went t o have a look at him. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a l ong pi pe which was cover ed wi th coins and opened one of the basket s. When he began to pl ay a t une, we had our fi rst glim pse of t he snake. I t rose out of t he basket and began to f oll ow t he movem ent s of t he pipe. We wer e very much surpr ised whe n the snake char mer suddenl y began t o play j az t unes and modern pop songs. The snake, however , conti nued t o 39。 said Mrs St erl ing l at er, 39。but onl y 5o per cent a thi ef !39。s money was pai d back in t his way. The last not e sai d:39。230 ! Leson47 A thirsty ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr I an Thompson i s up f or sale. Mr Thompson is goi ng to sel it because i t i s haunt ed. He t old m e that he coul d not go to sleep one night because he heard a st range noise ing f rom the bar. The next morni ng, he f ound t hat t he door s had been bl ocked by chai rs and t he fur ni tur e had been m oved. Though Mr Thom pson had t ur ned the l ights of f bef ore he went to bed, they wer e on in the mor ning. He also sai d t hat he had found f ive empt y whisky bott les which t he ghost must have drunk t he night bef ore. When I suggested t hat som e vil lager s must have e i n f or a fr e dr ink, Mr Thompson shook hi s head. The vi l ager s have t old hi m t hat t hey wil l not accept the i nn even i f he gives it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o tel l m e som ethi ng? 你想對(duì)我說什么嗎？ Dent ists always ask questi ons when it i s impossi ble f or you t o answer . ***電廠新建工程 可行性研究 總報(bào)告 年月 Ol ym pi c Games because they have never been hel d bef ore i n t hi s count ry. Leson38 Everyt hi ng except t he weat her 惟獨(dú)沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d f ri end, Har ison, had l ived in the Medi ter anean f or many year s bef ore he r etur ned t o England. He had of ten dr ea