【正文】 ng back now, 39。t mat ter, 39。Oh dear ,39。Thi s is as far as we go.39。 answer ed the conduct or . I sat in t he fr ont of t he bus t o get a good vi ew of the countr ysi de. Af ter som e ti me, the bus st opped. Looki ng round, I reali zed wi th a shock t hat I was the onl y passenger lef t on the bus. 39。t know where i t is.39。 I 39。345 f or the cost of the t ri p. The nor mal pr i ce of a t icket i s amp。 I n ti me, al l Sam 39。A thi ef , yes, 39。The st rap needs mending,39。t have too many hats,39。t need bookcases at al . You can si t her e in your spar e ti me and r ead t he car pet !39。 I answer ed. Leson51 Reward f or vi rt ue 對美德的獎賞 My fr iend, Her bert, has al ways been fat, but t hi ngs got so bad recent l y t hat 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 l ong l ist of al l the f oods whi ch were f or bi dden. The li st i ncl uded m ost of t he t hings Her bert l oves: but t er , pot at oes, ri ce, beer, mi l k, chocol at e, and sweet s. Yest er day I pai d hi m a visit . I rang t he bel and was not sur pri sed t o see that Herbert 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 ar ge par cel under his desk. I t was obvi ous t hat he was ver y em bar r assed. When I asked hi m what he was doi ng, he sm il ed guilt il y and t hen put t he par cel on t he desk. He expl ai ned that hi s diet was so st ri ct hat he had t o r ewar d him sel f occasi onal y. Then he showed m e t he cont ent s of t he par cel. I t cont ai ned fi ve lar ge bar s of chocol ate and t hr ee bags of sweet s! Lesson52 A pret t y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust m oved i nt o a new house and I have been wor ki ng har d al m or ning. I have been tr ying 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 sm al , so I have t em porari l y put m y books on t he fl oor . At t he m om ent , the y cover ever y i nch of f l oor space and I act ual l y have t o wal k on t hem t o get in or out of the r oom . A shor t whil e ago, m y si s ter hel ped m e t o car r y one of m y ol d bookcases up t he st ai rs. She went i nto m y r oom and got a bi g surpri se when she saw al l t hose books on t he f l oor . 39。 39。t mat er,39。 sai d the conduct or suddenl y.39。Thi s i s as f ar as we go. 39。 answer ed t he conduct or. I sat i n t he f r ont of t he bus t o get a good vi ew of the count r ysi de. Aft er som e tim e, t he bus st opped. Looki ng r ound, I real i zed wi t h a shock t hat I was t he onl y pasenger l ef t on the bus. 39。t know wher e i t i s.39。 I39。 345 f or t he cost of t he tr i p. The norm al pr ice of a ti cket i s amp。 I n tim e, al l Sam39。A thi ef , yes, 39。The str ap needs mendi ng, 39。t have too m any hat s,39。 And a wom an can39。 sl owl y. It obvi ously coul d not t el l the dif f er ence bet ween I ndi an m usic and j az! Leson43 O ver 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 Pole, the Am er i can expl or 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 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 point, i t seem ed cert ai n t hat t heir pl ane woul d cr ash. I t coul d only get over t he m ount ains i f i t 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 t o ri se and i t cl ear ed t he m ount ai ns by 400 feet. Byr d now knew t hat he woul d be abl e t o reach the South Pol e whi ch was 300 m il es away, f or t her e wer e no m or e m ount ai ns i n si ght . The ai r cr aft was abl e t o fl y over the endl es whi t e pl ai ns wi thout di f i cult y. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne St erl ing di d not t hink of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she r an t hr ough a f or est aft er t wo m en. They had r ushed up to her whil e she was havi ng a piic at t he edge of a f or est wi t h her chil dr en and tr ied 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 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 ra n aft er them. 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 contents of t he bag, so she r an st r ai ght at t hem. The m en got such a fr ight that hey dr opped the ba g and r an away. 39。 Lesson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whol e vi l age soon l ear nt t hat a l arge sum of m oney had been l ost . Sam Bent on, the l ocal but cher , had l ost hi s wal et whi le t aki ng his savi ngs to t he post of fi ce. Sam was sur e t hat he wal et m ust have been f ound by one of t he vil lager s, but it was not r et ur ned t o hi m. Thr e m ont hs passed, and then one mor ni ng, Sam f ound his wal let out side 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 lost, t oget her wit h a not e which sai d: 39。 Only 25 per cent a t hief now!39。 lesson46 Expensi ve and un f ort abl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane f r om London ar ri ved at Sydney ai r por t, 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 t hat 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 onished at what he f ound. A m an was l yi ng in t he box on t op of a pi le of wooll en goods. He was so sur pri sed at being di scover ed t hat he did not even t r y to r un away. Aft er he was ar r ested, t he m an admi t ed hi ding i n t he box bef or e t he pl ane l eft London. He had