【正文】 many photographs of t he mount ai ns t hat lay below, they soon ran into serious troubl e. At one poi nt , i t seemed cert ai n that their plane woul d cr ash. I t coul d only get over the mountains if it r ose to 10, 000 feet. Byr d at once order ed his men to t hr ow out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able to r ise and it clear ed t he mount ai ns by 400 f et. Byr d now knew that he would be able t o reach the South Pole which was 300 mi les away, f or there were no mor e mountains in si ght. The ai rcraft was a bl e to f ly over the endl ess whi te plains without dif ficulty. Lesson44 Through the forest 穿過森林 Mrs Anne Sterl ing di d not think of t he r isk she was taking when she r an thr ough a forest af ter two men. They had r ushed up to her whil e she was having a pii c at the edge of a for est wi th her chi ldren and tr ied to steal her handbag. I n the str uggle, the str ap br oke and, wi th the bag i n thei r possessi on, bot h men started runni ng through the tr es. Mr s St er li ng got so angry t hat she ran af ter t hem. She was oon out of br eath, but she conti nued to run. When she caught up with t hem, she saw that hey had sat down and wer e going through t he cont ents of the bag, so she ran st raight at them. The men got such a fr ight that hey dropped the bag and r an away. 39。 Leson45 A clear conscience 問心無愧 The whol e vi l age soon lear nt that a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost. Sam Benton, the local but cher, had lost his walet whi le taking hi s savi ngs to t he post offi ce. Sam was sure t hat the wal let must have been found by one of the vi lager s, but it was not r et urned t o hi m. Three mont hs passed, and then one mor ni ng, Sam f ound hi s wal let outsi de his f ront door . I t had been wrapped up i n newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost , t ogether wit h a note which said: 39。 Onl y 25 per cent a thief now! 39。 leson46 Expensi ve and unf ort able 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane fr om London ar ived at Sydney ai rport, worker s began t o unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing. No one could acount f or t he f act that one of the boxes was extr emely heavy. It suddenly occurr ed t o one of t he workers to open up the box. He was astonished at what he found. A man was lying in t he box on t op of a pi le of woollen goods. He was so surpri sed at bei ng di scovered that he di d not even t ry t o run away. Af ter he was ar ested, t he man admi ted hiding in the box before the plane l ef t London. He had had a l ong and unf or tabl e tri p, f or he had been confined to the wooden box for over t en hour s. The man was or dered to pay amp。t li ke l osing my way. I went on an excur si on r ecent ly, but my t ri p took me l onger than I expect ed. 39。 but I don39。 answered the conduct or. I sat in t he f ront of the bus to get a good view of t he countr yside. Af ter some time, the bus st opped. Looki ng r ound, I realized wi th a shock that I was the onl y passenger l ef t on the bus. 39。This is as f ar as we go.39。Oh dear ,39。I t doesn39。l l get off her e. 39。 I answer ed. Leson51 Reward f or virtue 對美德的獎賞 My fri end, Herbert, has always been f at , but t hi ngs got so bad recently t hat he decided to go on a diet. He began his diet a week ago. Fir st of al , he wr ot e out a l ong l ist of al l t he f oods which were for bi dden. The l ist i ncluded most of the t hings Herber t l oves: but ter, potatoes, ri ce, be er , milk, chocolate, and sweet s. Yesterday I paid him a visit . I r ang the bel and was not surpr ised to see t hat Her bert was sti l as f at as ever . He l ed me i nt o hi s room and hur ri edly hid a l ar ge parcel under his desk. I t was obvious t hat he was very embar ras ed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled gui lti ly and t hen put the par cel on t he desk. He explained that his diet was so str ict t hat he had t o rewar d hi mself occasional ly. Then he showed me t he cont ents of the parcel. It contained f ive large bars of chocolate and t hr e bags of sweet s! Leson52 A pret ty carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust moved into a new house and I have been wor ki ng hard al mor ning. I have been t rying to get my new room in or der. Thi s has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make maters worse, t he r oom i s r ather smal , so I have temporari ly put my books on t he f loor. At he moment , t hey cover ever y inch of floor space and I actualy have t o wal k on t hem t o get in or out of the room. A short whi le ago, my si ter helped me to car ry one of my ol d bookcases up t he stair s. She went into my r oom and got abi g surpr ise when she saw al those books on t he f loor . 39。t need bookcases at al . You can sit here i n your spar e time and read t he car pet !39。 she s aid. She gazed at i t f or some t ime then added, 39。 sai d the conduct or . 39。 I said. 39。 I f or got to put you of f.39。 I s this Woodf or d Green ?39。l have to get off her e, 39。 I39。m goi ng t o Woodfor d Green,39。230 ! Leson47 A t hi rsty ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecent ly bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up for sale. Mr Thompson i s going to sel l it because i t i s haunted. He t ol d me that he coul d not go to sl ep one night because he hear d a st range noi se i ng f rom t he bar . The next mor ni ng, he f ound that t he door s had been bl ocked by chairs and the furnitur e had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had turned t he l ight s of f before he went to bed, they were on in t he mor ni ng. He also said t hat he had found fi ve empty whisky bottl es which the ghost must have dr unk t he night bef ore. When I suggest ed t hat some vi lager s must have e in for afr e dri nk, Mr Thompson shook his head. The vi lager s have t ol d him t hat they wi l not accept t he i nn even i f he gives i t away. Leson48 Did you want to t el me som et hi ng? 你想對 我說什么嗎？ Denti st s always ask questi ons when i t i s impossi bl e for y