【正文】 g at he bit s of wood and m et al that l ay ar ound him , t he man sadl y pi cked up t he m at ress and car i ed i t i nt o his house. Af ter he had put it on t he fl oor, he pr om pt l y went t o sl eep agai n. Lesson50 Taken f or a ri de 乘車兜風 I l ove tr avel li ng in t he count ry, but I don39。 Only 25 per cent a t hief now!39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whol e vil lage soon l earnt t hat a l ar ge sum 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 of f ice. Sam was sur e t hat t he wal let must have been found by one of the vil l agers, but i t was not r et ur ned t o him. Thr ee m ont hs pased, and t hen one m or ning, 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 the m oney he had l ost, t oget her wi th a not e whi ch said: 39。 slowl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el t he di f erence bet ween Indi an 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 er i 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 me. Though, at f ir st, Byr d and hi s men wer e abl e t o take a gr eat m any phot ogr aphs of t he m ount ains t hat l ay bel ow, t hey soon r an int o ser ious tr oubl e. At one poi nt , i t sem ed cert ai n t hat t hei r pl ane woul d cr ash. It coul d onl y get over t he mountai ns i f it r ose t o 10, 000 f et. Byr d at once or der ed hi s m en t o t hr ow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The pl ane was t hen abl e to r i se and it cl ear ed the m ount ai ns by 400 feet . Byr d now knew t hat he would be abl e to 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 ountai ns i n sight. The air craft was abl e to f l y over t he endl ess whit e plai ns wi t hout dif fi cul ty. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 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 hr ough a f or est aft er t wo m en. They had r ushed up t o her whi le she was havi ng a pii c at t he edge of a f orest wi t h her chil dren and tr i ed t o steal her handbag. I n 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 st ar ted 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 breath, but she cont i nued t o r un. When she caught up wit h t hem, she saw t hat t hey had sat down and wer e goi ng t hr ough the cont ents of t he bag, so she r an st r ai ght at t hem. The men got such a f ri ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。And a woman can39。 39。dance39。but t hey di d not st eal anyt hi ng. 39。 Two months l at er , som e mor e m oney was sent to Sam wit h another not e: 39。 I am 100 per cent honest now!39。m goi ng t o Woodf or d Gr een,39。 39。 You39。 39。 sai d t he conduct or suddenl y.39。t mat er ,39。 39。 I answer ed. Lesson51 Reward f or vi rt ue 對美德的獎賞 My f ri end, Her bert , has al ways been f at , but t hi ngs got so bad r ecent l y that he deci ded t o go on a di et . He began hi s di et a week ago. Fir st of al , he wr ot e out a long li st of al t he f oods whi ch wer e f or bi dden. The l ist i ncl uded m ost of t he t hi ngs Her bert l oves: butt er, potat oes, r i ce, beer , m il k, chocol at e, and sweets. Yest erday I pai d him a vi si t. I r ang t he bel l and was not surpri sed to see t hat Her be rt was sti l as f at as ever . He l ed m e i nt o his r oom and hurr i edl y hi d a l arge parcel under his desk. I t was obvi ous t hat he was ver y em bar rassed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smi l ed guil ti l y and t hen put t he par cel on t he desk. He expl ained t hat his di et was so str ict t hat he had t o r eward him sel f occasi onal l y. Then he showed m e the cont ents of t he par cel. I t cont ai ned fi ve lar ge bar s of chocol at e and t hr ee bags of sweet s! Lesson52 A pret t y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust moved i nt o a new house and I have been wor ki ng har d al l mor ni ng. I have been t ryi ng t o get m y new r oom i n or der. Thi s has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make mat ers wor se, t he room i s r at her smal , so I have t em por ari ly put my books on t he f l oor. At he m om ent, t hey cover ever y i nch of fl oor space and I act ual y have to wal k on t hem t o get i n or out of t he r oom . A short whi le ago, m y sister hel ped me t o car r y one of m y ol d bookcases up t he st ai rs. She went i nt o m y r oom and got a bi g sur pri se when she saw al t hose books on the f loor. 39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit her e in your spar e tim e and r ead t he car pet !39。 eggs and asked m e whet her m y col l ecti on was gr owi ng. He t hen asked m e how m y brot her was and whether I li ked m y new j ob i n London. In answer to t hese quest ions I eit her nodded or m ade st range noi ses. Meanwhi l e, m y tongue was busy sear chi ng out the hol e wher e t he t ooth had been. I suddenl y felt ver y worr i ed, but coul d not say anyt hi ng. When t he denti st at l ast rem oved t he cot on wool f rom m y m out h, I was abl e to t el l him t hat he had pul l 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 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 fi rst tim e i n his l if e, he becam e t he pr oud owner of a bed whi ch had spri ngs 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 roof of hi s house. Hdoor bel l rang l oud enough to wake t he dead. This t ime it was the postm an and he want ed me to si gn for a r egistered l et er ! Lesson55 Not a gold mi ne 并非金礦 Dr eam s of fi ndi ng lost tr easure al most came t rue r ecentl y. A new