【正文】 we go.39。 answer ed t he conductor. I sat i n t he fr ont of t he bus t o get a good vi ew of t he count r ysi de. Af ter som e tim e, t he bus st opped. Looki ng r ound, I r eal i zed wi t h a shock t hat I was t he onl y passenger left on t he bus. 39。 but I don39。t l ike l osi ng m y way. I went on an excursi on r ecentl y, but m y tr ip t ook m e l onger t han I expect ed. 39。 l eson46 Expensi ve and unf ort able 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane fr om London ar i ved at Sydney air port, workers began to unl oad a num ber of wooden boxes which contai ned cl ot hi ng. No one coul d account for t he f act t hat one of t he boxes was ext remel y heavy. I t suddenly occur r ed t o one of t he wor kers t o open up the box. He was ast oni shed at what he found. A man was l yi ng i n the box on t op of a pi l e of wool len goods. He was so sur pr ised at bei ng di scovered t hat he di d not even tr y t o r un away. Aft er he was ar r est ed, t he m an admi t ed hidi ng i n t he box bef ore t he pl ane left London. He had had a long and unf ort abl e tr i p, f or he had been conf i ned t o t he wooden box f or over ten hours. The m an was or der ed t o pay amp。 Onl y 25 per cent a t hi ef now! 39。 Lesson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whol e vil lage soon l ear nt that a lar ge sum of m oney had been l ost. Sam Bent on, t he local but cher, had l ost his wal et whil e taki ng hi s savi ngs t o t he post of fi ce. Sam was sur e t hat t he wal let must have been found by one of t he vil lagers, but i t was not r et urned t o hi m. Thr e m ont hs passed, and t hen one m or ni ng, Sam f ound hi s wal l et outsi de hi s fr ont door. I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t cont ai ned hal f t he m oney he had l ost , toget her wit h a note whi ch sai d: 39。 sl owl y. It obvi ousl y coul d not tel t he dif fer ence bet we en Indian 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, t he Am eri can explor er , R. E. Byr d, successfull y f lew over t he Sout h Pol e f or t he fi r st ti m e. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and hi s m en wer e abl e t o t ake a gr eat m any photogr aphs of the m ount ai ns t hat l ay bel ow, t hey soon ran i nt o seri ous t r oubl e. At one poi nt, i t seem ed cer t ai n t hat t heir pl ane woul d crash. I t coul d onl y get over t he m ount ai ns if i t r ose t o 10, 000 feet. 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 . Byr d now knew t ha t he would be abl e t o r each t he Sout h Pol e whi ch was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no m or e m ount ai ns i n si ght. The air cr af t was abl e to f l y over t he endl ess whit e pl ai ns wit hout dif fi cul t y. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne St er li ng di d not t hi nk of t he ri sk she was t aking when she r an t hr ough a f orest af ter t wo men. They had r ushed up t o her whi l e she was having a pi i c at he edge of a f or est wi t h her chil dren and tr i ed t o steal her handbag. In t he st r uggl e, t he st rap br oke and, wit h t he bag i n t hei r possessi on, bot h men start ed r unni ng t hr ough t he tr ees. Mr s Sterl i ng got so angr y t hat she ran aft er them . She was soon out of br eat h, but she cont inued t o run. When she caught up wit h t hem, she saw t hat they had sat down and wer e goi ng t hr ough t he cont ent s of the bag, so she r an st rai ght at hem . The m en got such a f ri ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。And a wom an can39。i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o f i nd bur ied t reasur e. The l eader of t he part y was exami ning t he soi l near t he 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 t ed, t he part y dug a hol e t wo feet deep. They f i nal y f ound a sm al l gol d coi n whi ch was al m ost wort hl es. The par t y then sear ched t he whol e cave thor oughly but di d not f ind anythi ng except an em pt y ti n tr unk. I n s pit e of t his, many peopl e are confi dent t hat 39。 39。dance39。but t hey di d not st eal anyt hi ng. 39。 Two m ont hs later, some m or e m oney was sent t o Sam wi t h anot her note:39。 I am 100 per cent honest now! 39。 eggs and asked me whet her m y col lecti on was growi ng. He t hen asked m e how my br ot her was and whet her I l iked m y new job i n London. I n answer t o these questi ons I eit her nodded or m ade st range noi ses. Meanwhil e, m y t ongue was busy sear ching out the hole wher e t he t oot h had been. I suddenl y felt ver y worr ied, but coul d not say anyt hi ng. When t he dent ist at l ast r em oved t he cot t on wool f r om m y m outh, I was abl e t o tel him t hat he had pull ed out t he wr ong t oot h. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢告終 Ti red of sleepi ng on t he f l oor , a young m an in Teheran saved up for year s t o buy a real bed. For t he f ir st t im e i n hi s li fe, he becam e t he proud owner of a bed whi ch had spr ings and a mat r ess. Because t he weat her was ver y hot , he car ri ed t he bed on t o t he r oof of hi s house. He slept ver y wel f or the f ir st t wo ni ght s, but on the t hi r d ni ght, a st orm bl ew up. A gust of wi nd swept t he bed of f t he r oof and sent i t crashi ng i nt o t he cour t yar d bel ow. The young m an di d not wake up unt il t he bed had str uck t he gr ound. Alt hough t he bed was sm ashed t o pi eces, the m an was m ir acul ousl y unhurt . When he woke up, he was st il l on the m at tr es. Glanci ng at the bit s of wood and m etal t hat lay ar ound him , the m an sadly pi cked up t he mat ress and car ri ed it i nt o his house. Af ter he had put i t on the f loor, he pr om pt l y went t o sleep agai n. Lesson50 Taken f or a ri de 乘車兜風 I love tr avel li ng i n t he count r y, but I don39。 I sai d t o t he con