【正文】 hat one of t he boxes was ext r em el y heavy. It suddenl y occurr ed to one of t he workers t o open up t he box. He was ast oni shed at what he found. A man was l yi ng i n t he box on t op of a pil 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 l ong and unf ort a bl e tr i p, f or he had been conf ined t o the wooden box f or over t en hour s. The m an was order ed t o pay amp。 Only 25 per cent a t hief now!39。 Lesson45 A clear conscience 問(wèn)心無(wú)愧 The whol e vil age soon l ear nt t hat a large sum of m oney had been lost. Sam Benton, the l ocal butcher , had lost hi s wal et whi le t aki ng his savings to t he post of fi ce. Sam was sure that he wal et m ust have been f ound by one of t he vi l ager s, but it was not retur ned to hi m. Three months passed, and t hen one morni ng, Sam f ound his wal let out si de his f ront door . It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half t he money he had l ost , toget her wi t h a note whi ch sai d: 39。 slowly. I t obvi ously could not t el l the di f er ence between I ndian music and j azz! Leson43 Over the Sout h Pole 飛越南極 I n 1929, thr ee year s af ter his f li ght over the Nor th Pol e, t he Am er i can expl orer , R. E. Byr d, successf ull y fl ew over the South Pol e for t he fi rst ti me. Though, at f ir st , Byrd and his men were abl e to t ake a great m any phot ogr aphs of t he mount ains that lay below, t hey soon r an into seri ous tr oubl e. At one point , i t seemed cert ai n t hat thei r pl ane woul d crash. I t coul d only get over t he mount ains if i t rose to 10, 000 feet. Byr d at once ordered hi s men t o thr ow out two heavy f ood sacks. The plane was then able t o r ise and it cleared t he mountains by 400 f et . Byr d now knew that he woul d be able t o reach the South Pol e whi ch was 300 m il es away, for t her e were no more mount ains in si ght . The ai rcr af t was abl e t o fl y over t he endl es whi te pl ai ns wit hout di f icult y. Leson44 Through t he f orest 穿過(guò)森林 Mrs Anne St er li ng did not t hi nk of the r isk she was taking when she ran t hrough a f orest af ter two men. They had r ushed up t o her whi le she was having a pi i c at t he edge of a f orest wit h her chi ldren and t ri ed to steal her handbag. In the str uggl e, t he st rap br oke and, wi th t he bag in t hei r possession, bot h men st ar t ed running t hrough t he tr es. Mr s Sterl ing got so angr y that she r an aft er t hem. She was soon out of br eat h, but she cont inued to r un. When she caught up wi t h them, she saw that they had sat down and were goi ng thr ough t he cont ent s of the bag, so she ran str aight at t hem . The m en got such a fr i ght t hat they dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。And a wom an can39。 Lesson53 H ot snake 觸電的蛇 At l ast fi r em en have put out a bi g f or est f ir e i n Cal if or ni a. Si nce t hen, t hey have been t r yi ng t o fi nd out how t he fi r e began. For est f ir e are of ten caused by br oken gl ass or by cigaret e ends which peopl e car elessl y t hr ow away. Yest er day t he f ir em en exami ned t he gr ound car ef ul l y, but were not abl e t o fi nd any broken glass. They wer e al so qui te sur e t hat a ci gar et e end di d not st art t he f i re. Thi s m or ning, however, a f ir em an acci dent al ly di scovered t he cause. He noti ced t he r em ai ns of a snake whi ch was wound round t he el ect ri c wir es of a 16, 000 vol t power l i ne. I n thi s way, he was able t o sol ve t he m yst er y. The expl anati on was sim pl e but ver y unusual . A bi r d had snatched up the snake f r om t he gr ound and t hen dr opped it on t o t he wi r es. The snake t hen wound i tself r ound t he wi res. When it di d so, it sent spar ks down t o t he gr ound and t hese im m edi at el y start ed a f ir e. Lesson54 Sti cky fi ngers 粘糊的手指 Aft er br eakf ast, I sent t he chi l dr en t o school and t hen I went t o mar ket. I t was st il l ear ly when I r et ur ned hom e. The chil dr en wer e at school, m y husband was at work and t he house was quiet. So I decided t o make som e tart s f or t ea. I n a short ti me I was busy mi xi ng butt er and f l our and m y hands were soon cover ed wit h sti cky past r y. At exact l y that m om ent , t he t el ephone r ang. Not hi ng coul d have been m or e annoyi ng. I pi cked up t he recei ver bet wen t wo sti cky fi nger s a nd was di sm ayed when I r ecogni zed t he voi ce of Mr s Bat es. I t took m e ten m inutes to per suade her to r ing back lat er . At last I hung up t he receiver. What a mess! Ther e was pastr y on m y fi nger s, on t he tel ephone, and on t he door knobs. I had no sooner got back to the kit chen t han the door bel l rang loud enough to wake t he dead. This t ime i t was the postman and he wanted m e to si gn for a r egi st ered l et ter ! Leson55 Not a gold mine 并非金礦 Dr eam s of f indi ng lost reasur e alm ost came tr ue r ecently. A new machine caled 39。Thi s is t he pret i est car pet I have ever seen,39。We ar e goi ng back now, 39。 I sai d. 39。 sai d the conduct or suddenl y. 39。 39。 You39。 39。m goi ng t o Woodf ord Green, 39。230 ! Lesson47 A thi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr I an Thom pson i s up f or sal e. Mr Thom pson i s going t o sel l it because it i s haunt ed. He t ol d m e t hat he coul d not go t o sleep one ni ght because he hear d a st range noi se i ng f rom the bar. The next m or ni ng, he f ound t hat t he door s had been bl ocked by chai rs and t he f ur ni tur e had been m oved. Though Mr Thom pson had t ur ned t he li ght s of f bef or e he went t o bed, they wer e on i n t he m or ni ng. He al so sai d t hat he had f ound fi ve empt y whisky bot tl es which t he ghost m ust have dr unk t h