【正文】 st adi um . The fi ne moder n buil dings have been desi gned by Kurt Gunt er . Ever ybody wil l be wat chi ng anxi ousl y as t he new bui l di ngs go up. We ar e al ver y excit ed and are l ooki ng f or war d to t he Ol ym pi c Gam es because t hey have never been hel d befor e i n t his countr y. Lesson38 Everythi ng except t he weat her 惟獨沒有考慮到天氣 My ol d fr iend, Har ri son, had li ved in t he Medit er anean f or m any years bef or e he r et urned t o Engl and. He had of ten dr eamed of r et ir i ng i n England and had planned t o set tl e down i n t he countr y. He had no sooner ret ur ned t han he bought a fi ne house and went t o l i ve t her e. Alm ost imm edi atel y he be gan t o pl ain about t he weather, f or even t hough it was sti l summ er , i t r ai ned conti nual ly and i t was of t en bi t er l y col d. Aft er so m any years of sunshi ne, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as i f he had never li ved in Engl and bef or e. I n t he end, it was m or e t han he coul d bear. He had har dl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sold t he house and l ef t the count r y. The dr eam he had had f or s o m any year s ended t her e. Har ri son had t hought of ever yt hi ng except t he weat her. Lesson39 Am I al l ri ght ? 我是否痊愈？ Whi l e John Gi l bert was i n hospi tal, he asked hi s doct or t o t el l hi m whet her hi s oper at i on had been succesf ul , but t he doct or r efused to do so. The f ol lowi ng day, t he pati ent asked f or a bedsi de t el ephone. When he was al one, he t el ephoned t he hospi t al exchange and asked f or Doct or Mil li ngt on. When the doct or answer ed t he phone, Mr Gi l bert sai d he was i nqui ri ng about a cert ai n pati ent , a Mr John Gil bert. He asked if Mr Gil bert39。 I am Mr John Gil ber t. 39。Wil l you be seeing i t ?39。Wil you be spendi ng your hol idays abr oad t his year ?39。 Wil l you be st ayi ng in Engl and?39。 Young m an,39。Do you cal l that a hat ?39。 m y wif e answer ed as she l ooked at her sel f i n t he mi r or. I sat down on one of t hose m oder n chai rs wi t h hol es i n i t and wai ted. We had been i n t he hat shop f or half an hour and my wi f e was st il l in f r ont of t he m ir r or . 39。 I r em ar ked suddenl y. I regret ed sayi ng it alm ost at once. 39。 I need not r em ind you of t hat t er ri bl e t ie you bought yest er day.39。A m an can never have t oo int o the cave hopi ng to f i nd bur ied t reasur e. The l eader of the part y was exam ini ng t he soi l near t he ent rance to t he cave when t he machi ne showed t hat t here was gol d under t he gr ound. Ver y excit ed, t he par t y dug a hol e t wo f et deep. They f i nal y f ound a sm al l gol d coin whi ch was alm ost wort hless. The part y t hen sear ched t he whole cave t hor oughl y but di d not f ind anythi ng except an em pt y ti n tr unk. I n spit e of t his, m any peopl e ar e confi dent t hat 39。And a wom an can39。 sl owly. It obvi ously coul d not t el l the dif f er ence bet wen 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 af t er hi s fl ight over t he Nort h Pol e, the Am er i can expl or er , R. E. Byr d, successfull y f lew over t he Sout h Pole f or the f ir st t im 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, they soon ran i nt o seri ous t r ouble. At one poi nt, it seem ed cer tai n that their pl ane woul d cr ash. I t coul d onl y get over t he m ount ai ns if it r ose to 10, 000 f eet . Byrd at once or dered hi s m en t o t hr ow out t wo heavy food sacks. The pl ane was then abl e t o ri se and i t cl eared t he m ount ai ns by 400 f et. Byr d now knew t hat he woul d be abl e t o reach the South Pol e whi ch was 300 mi l es away, for t her e were no m ore m ount ai ns in si ght . The ai rcr af t was abl e t o fl y over t he endl ess whit e pl ai ns wit hout dif fi cul t y. Leson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne St er li ng did not t hi nk of t he ri sk she was taking when she r an t hr ough a f orest af ter t wo men. They had r ushed up t o her whi le she was havi ng a pi i c at t he edge of a f orest wit h her chil dr en and t ri ed to st eal her handbag. I n the str uggl e, t he st r ap br oke and, wit h t he bag i n t hei r possesi on, bot h m en st ar ted r unni ng t hr ough t he tr ees. Mr s St er li ng got so angry t hat she r an af t er t hem. She was soon out of br eat h, but s he conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi t h them , she saw t hat t hey had sat down and were goi ng thr ough t he cont ent s of t he bag, so she r an st rai ght at t hem . The m en got such a f ri ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and ran away. 39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whole vil l age soon lear nt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Bent on, t he l ocal but cher , had l ost hi s wal l et whil e t aki ng his savi ngs to t he post of fi ce. Sam was sure t hat t he wal et m ust have been f ound by one of t he vi l ager s, but it was not r et ur ned to hi m. Three m ont hs passed, and then one mor ni ng, Sam f ound his wal let out side hi s f r 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, t oget her wi th a not e whi ch said: 39。 Onl y 25 per cent a thi ef now!39。 l eson46 Expensi ve and unf ortable 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane fr om London ar i ved at Sydney ai rport , wor kers began t o unl oad a num ber of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl ot hi ng. No one coul d account f or t he fact that one of t he boxes was ext r em el y heavy. It suddenl y occurr ed t o one of t he wor ker s to open up t he box. He was astonishe d 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 surpri sed at bei ng di scover ed t hat he di d not even tr y t o run away. Aft er he was ar r est ed, the m an admi t ed hidi ng