【正文】 was able t o t el l him that he had pul led out the wr ong tooth. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢告終 Ti red of sleeping on t he fl oor , a young man in Teheran saved up for year s to buy a real bed. For the f ir st t ime in hi s li fe, he became t he proud owner of a bed whi ch had spr ings and a mat ress. Because t he weat her was very hot , he car ri ed the bed on t o the r oof of hi s house. He sl ept very wel for t he fi rst two nights, but on t he thir d ni ght , a st orm blew up. A gust of wind swept the bed off t he roof and sent it cr ashing i nto t he cour tyard bel ow. The young man di d not wake up unt il the bed had str uck the ground. Alt hough t he bed was smashed t o pieces, t he man was mi raculousl y unhur t. When he woke up, he was sti l on t he mat res. Gl ancing at t he bi ts of wood and met al t hat l ay ar ound hi m, t he 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 months l ater, some mor e money was sent to Sam wi th another note:39。but t hey di d not st eal anything.39。dance39。 slowl y. I t obvi ously coul d not t el the di f er ence bet we n I ndian music and j az! Leson43 Over the Sout h Pole 飛越南極 I n 1929, thr ee year s af ter his fl ight over the Nor th Pol e, t he Amer ica n expl orer, R. E. Byr d, successf ull y fl ew over the South Pol e for t he fi rst ti me. Though, at f ir st , Byrd and his men were able to t ake a great m any phot ogr aphs of the m ount ai ns that lay below, t hey soon ran i nto seri ous tr oubl e. At one point , i t seemed cert ai n t hat their pl ane woul d crash. I t coul d only get over t he mount ains if i t rose to 10, 000 feet. Byrd at once ordered hi s men t o thr ow out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able t o r ise and it cleared t he mountains by 400 f et . Byr d now knew t hat he woul d be able t o reach the South Pol e which was 300 m il es away, for t her e were no more m ount ai ns in si ght . The ai r cr af t was able t o f ly over the endles whit e plains wi thout di f icult y. Lesson44 Through the f orest 穿過森林 Mrs Anne Sterl ing di d not t hink of the r isk she was taki ng when she r an thr ough a for est aft er t wo men. They had rushed up t o her whil e she was having a pi i c at the edge of a for est wi th her chi ldr en and t r ied to st eal her handbag. I n the st ruggle, the str ap broke and, wi th the bag in their possesion, both m en st ar t ed r unning t hr ough the t rees. Mrs St er li ng got so angry that she r an af ter t hem. She was s oon out of br eath, 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 whil e t aki ng hi s s avi ngs t o t he post off ice. Sam was sur e t hat t he walet must have been found by one of the vi l agers, but i t was not r etur ned to hi m. Three months passed, and t hen one m orning, Sam f ound hi s wal et out si de his f ront door . It had been wr apped up in newspape r and it cont ained half the m oney he had l ost , t oget her wi th a note whi ch said: 39。 Only 25 per cent a thief now! 39。 lesson46 Expensi ve and un fortabl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney ai rpor t, wor ker s began t o unload a number of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl othing. No one could account f or t he fact that one of t he boxes was extr em el y heavy. It suddenly occurr ed to one of t he worker s to open up the box. He was astonished at what he found. A m an was lying i n t he box on top of a pil e of wooll en goods. He was so sur pr ised at bei ng discover ed t hat he di d not even t ry t o r un away. Af ter he was ar est ed, t he m an adm it ted hidi ng in t he box bef ore t he pla ne lef t London. He had had a long and unf ort abl e t ri p, f or he had been conf i ned t o the wooden box f or over ten hours. The man was order ed to pay amp。t l ike l osi ng my way. I went on an excursion r ecent ly, but m y tr ip t ook me l onger than I expect ed. 39。 but I don39。l l t el you where t o get of f, 39。 the conductor said. 39。 I asked. 39。 39。I 39。 said t he conductor . 39。 she said. She gazed at it f or some t im e then added, 39。The Reveal er39。 i f he pi cks a leaf, he wi l die. Many vi l l ager s beli eve t hat t he tr ee has alr eady cl aimed a number of victi ms. The vi car has been asked to have the t ree cut down, but so far he has refused. He has point ed out t hat t he tr e is a useful sour ce of i n e as t ouri st s have been ing f rom al part s of the count ry t o see it . I n spit e of al l that has been sai d, t he tour ists have been pi cki ng leaves and cutt ing t hei r nam es on t he tr ee tr unk. So far, not one of t hem has been str uck down by sudden deat h! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to sit outsi de our f ront gat e and bar k. Ever y t ime he want ed to e i nto t he gar den he would bar k unt il s omeone opened the gate. As t he nei ghbours pl ai ned of t he noise, my husband spent weeks t raini ng him to pr es hi s paw on the l atch t o let him self i n. Rex soon became an expert at openi ng the gate. However , when I was goi ng out shoppi ng last week, I noti ced hi m i n the gar den near the gate. This t ime he was ba r ki ng so that som eone would let him out ! Si nce t hen, he has developed anot her bad habit . As soon as he opens t he gat e f rom the outside, he es i nto t he gar den and wait s unt i