【正文】 ne was used i n a cave near t he seashor e wher e it i s sai dpi rat es used to hi de gold. The pir at es woul d of ten bury gol d in the cave and t hen fail t o col lect it . Arm ed wit h the new machi ne, a sear ch par ty went he di d not l ike i t. She enjoyed her sel f making t he assistant br ing al most everyt hi ng in the wi ndow bef ore fi nal ly buying t he dress she had f ir st asked f or. Lesson58 A blesi ng in di sgui se? 是因禍得福嗎？ The ti ny vil lage of Fri nl ey is said to possess a 39。You don39。Wel , in t hat case, I pr ef er t o stay on t he bus,39。l l get of f her e.39。 I t doesn39。 I asked. 39。 t he conduct or sai d. 39。l l t el you wher e t o get of f,39。 but I don39。t l i ke l osi ng m y way. I went on an excur si on r ecent l y, but m y t ri p t ook m e l onger than I expected. 39。 lesson46 Expensi ve and un fort abl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney ai r port , wor ker s began t o unl oad a num ber of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl othi ng. No one could account f or t he f act that one of t he boxes was extr em el y heavy. It suddenl y occur red t o one of t he wor ker s to open up t he box. He was ast oni shed at what he f ound. A m an was l yi ng in t he box on t op of a pi le 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 conscience 問心無愧 The whol e vi l age soon l ear nt t hat a lar ge s um of m oney had been l ost. Sam Bent on, t he local but cher, had l ost his wal let whil e taki ng hi s savi ngs t o t he post off ice. Sam was sur e t hat t he wal l et m ust have been f ound by one of t he vil l agers, but i t was not r etur ned t o him . Thr ee months pased, and t hen one m orni ng, Sam f ound hi s wal et out si de hi s f ront door . It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it cont ai ned half t he m oney he had l ost , toget her wit h a note whi ch sai d: 39。 sl owl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el l t he di f er ence bet ween I ndian m usi c and j azz! Leson43 Over t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hr ee year s aft er hi s fl ight over t he Nort h Pol e, the Am er ican expl orer, R. E. Byr d, successf ull y fl ew over the Sout h Pol e f or t he fi rst tim e. 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 mount ai ns t hat l ay bel ow, t hey soon r an i nt o ser i ous tr oubl e. At one poi nt , it seem ed cert ai n t hat t hei r plane woul d cr ash. It could onl y get over the m ount ai ns i f it r ose t o 10, 000 f eet . Byr d at once or der ed his m en to t hrow out t wo heavy food sacks. The pl ane was t hen abl e t o ri se and i t cl ear ed t he m ount ai ns by 400 f et. Byr d now knew t hat he woul d be abl e t o rea ch the South Pol e whi ch was 300 m il es away, f or t her e wer e no mor e m ount ains i n si ght . The air cr aft was able t o f ly over t he endless whit e pl ai ns wi t hout di f fi cult y. Lesson44 Through t he forest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Sterl i ng di d not thi nk of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she ran t hrough a f or est af ter t wo m en. They had r ushed up t o her whi l e she was having a pi i c at he edge of a for est wit h her chi l dr en and t ri ed t o st eal her handbag. I n t he st r uggle, t he str ap br oke and, wit h t he bag i n t heir possessi on, bot h men start ed r unni ng thr ough t he tr ees. Mr s Sterl i ng got so angr y t hat she r an af ter t hem. She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi t h them , she saw t hat t hey had sat down and wer e goi ng thr ough t he cont ent s of the bag, s o she r an st rai ght at them . The men got such a f ri ght t hat t hey dropped the bag and r an away. 39。And a wom an can39。A man can never have t oo i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o fi nd bur i ed t r easur e. The leader of t he part y was exam i ni ng the soi l near t he ent rance to t he cave when t he machi ne showed t hat t her e was gold under the gr ound. Very excit ed, t he par ty 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 did not fi nd anyt hi ng except an empt y ti n tr unk. I n spi t e of t his, m any peopl e ar e conf i dent t hat 39。 I need not r emi nd you of that er i bl e ti e you bought yest er day.39。 I r em ar ked suddenl y. I r egret ed sayi ng i t alm ost at once. 39。中外合資 **龍盛氨綸有限公司年產(chǎn) 2020噸差別化氨綸纖維項(xiàng)目環(huán)境影響報(bào)告書 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。t need,39。 m y wi fe answer ed. 39。 I said. 39。 39。dance39。but t hey di d not st eal anythi ng.39。 Two m ont hs lat er , some m ore m oney was sent t o Sam wit h anot her not e:39。 I am 100 per cent honest now!39。 eggs and asked me whet her m y col lect i on was gr owi ng. He t hen asked me how m y br ot her was and whet her I li ked m y new j ob i n London. I n answer to t hese quest i ons I eit her nodded or m ade str ange noi ses. Meanwhi l e, my t ongue was busy sear chi ng out t he hol e wher e the t oot h had been. I suddenl y f el t ver y wor ri ed, but coul d not say anyt hing. When t he denti st at l ast r em oved t he cot on wool f rom m y m out h, I was able t o t el l hi m that he had pul led out the wr ong t oot h. Leson49 The end of a dream 美夢(mèng)告終 Ti r ed of sl epi ng on t he fl oor, a young m an i n Teher an saved up f or years t o buy a r eal bed. For t he f ir st t im e i n hi s li f e, he becam e th