【正文】 e pr oud owner of a bed whi ch had spri ngs and a m at ress. Because t he weat her was ver y hot , he c ar ri ed t he bed on t o t he r oof of hi s house. He slept ver y wel f or t he f ir st t wo ni ght s, but on t he t hir d ni ght, a st or m bl ew up. A gust of wi nd swept t he bed off t he r oof and sent i t cr ashi ng int o the court yar d bel ow. The young m an did not wake up unti l the bed had st r uck t he ground. Al t hough t he bed was sm ashed to pi eces, t he man was mi r acul ously unhurt . When he woke up, he was st il l on the m at tr es. Glancing at t he bi ts of wood and met al t hat l ay ar ound hi m, t he m an sadl y picked up t he m at tr es and car ied i t int o hi s house. Aft er he had put it on t he fl oor, he pr om pt l y went t o sleep agai n. Lesson50 Taken f or a ri de 乘車兜風 I l ove t ravel li ng i n t he count r y, but I don39。 I sai d t o t he conduct or as I got on t he bus,39。 I39。l l have t o get of f her e,39。 I s thi s Woodfor d Gr en ?39。 I f or got t o put you of f. 39。I 39。 sai d t he conduct or. 39。 she said. She gazed at it f or some t im e then added, 39。The Reveal er 39。 i f he picks a leaf, he wi l di e. Many vi l ager s bel ieve that the t ree has alr eady clai med a number of vi ct im s. The vicar has been asked t o have t he tr ee cut down, but so f ar he has r ef used. He has pointed out that the t ree i s a usef ul source of ine as tour ists have been m i r r or . I sat down on one of t hose modern chair s wi th holes i n it and wai ted. We had been in t he hat shop for half an hour and m y wi fe was sti l i n fr ont of t he mi r or. 39。 I r emarked suddenly. I regr et ted sayi ng it alm ost at once. 39。 I need not r emind you of t hat ter ri ble t ie you bought yest erday.39。A man can never have too i nto t he cave hoping t o f ind buri ed tr easure. The leader of t he par ty was exami ni ng the soil near the entr ance t o the cave when the machine showed that there was gol d under the gr ound. Ver y exci ted, t he par ty dug a hol e t wo f et deep. They fi nal ly f ound a smal gold coin which was almost wor thless. The part y then sear ched the whole cave thor oughly but di d not f ind anythi ng except an empt y ti n t runk. In spit e of this, many peopl e are confi dent t hat 39。And a woman can39。 slowl y. I t obvi ously coul d not t el the di f er ence bet wen I ndian music and j az! Leson43 Over the Sout h Pole 飛越南極 I n 1929, thr ee year s af ter his f l ight over the Nor th Pol e, t he Amer ican expl orer, R. E. Byr d, successf ull y fl ew over the South Pol e for the f ir st tim e. Though, at f ir st , Byr d and his m en were able to t ake a gr eat m any photogr aphs of the mount ai ns that lay below, they soon ran i nto seri ous tr oubl e. At one point, i t seemed cert ai n that their pl ane woul d crash. I t coul d only get over t he mount ains if i t rose to 10, 000 feet. Byrd at once ordered hi s men to thr ow out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able t o r ise and it cleared t he mount ains 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 les away, f or there wer e no mor e mountains i n sight. The air cr aft was able t o f ly over the endles white pl ains wi thout di f icult y. Lesson44 Through the f orest 穿過森林 Mrs Anne St erl ing di d not t hink of the r isk she was taking when she r an thr ough a forest af ter t wo men. They had r ushed up t o her whil e she was having a pi i c at the edge of a for est wit h her chi ldr en and t ri ed to st eal her handbag. I n the str uggle, the str ap broke and, wi th t he bag in t heir possesion, both m en st ar ted r unni ng thr ough the t rees. Mrs St er li ng got so angry that she r an af ter t hem. She was soon out of breath, but she conti nued t o run. When she caught up wi th t hem , she saw t hat t hey had sat down and wer e going t hrough the contents of t he bag, so she r an st rai ght at them. The men got such a f r ight that they dropped the bag and ran away. 39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whole vi lage soon learnt that 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 walet whi le t aki ng his savi ngs to t he post off ice. Sam was sure t hat t he wal et must have been f ound by one of the vi l ager s, but it was not r etur ned t o him . Thr ee months pased, and t hen one m or ning, Sam f ound hi s wal et out si de hi s f ront door . It had been wr apped up in newspaper and it cont ained hal f the m oney he had l ost, t oget her wi th a not e whi ch said: 39。 Only 25 per cent a thief now!39。 lesson46 Expensi ve and un fortabl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney ai rpor t, worker s began to unl oad a num ber of wooden boxes whi ch contai ned cl othing. No one coul d account for t he fact hat one of t he boxes was ext remel y heavy. It suddenly occurr ed to one of t he workers t o open up the box. He was ast oni shed at what he found. A man was l ying i n the box on t op of a pi l e of wooll en goods. He was so sur pr ised at bei ng discovered t hat he di d not even tr y t o r un away. Af ter he was ar est ed, the m an adm it ted hidi ng in t he box bef ore t he plane lef t London. He had had a long and unf ort abl e t ri p, f or he had been conf ined t o the wooden box for over ten hours. The man was ordered t o pay amp。t l ike l osi ng my way. I went on an excursion r ecentl y, but my tr ip t ook me l onger than I expect ed. 39。 but I don39。 answered t he 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。This is as far as we go.39。Oh dear ,39。t mat ter, 39。 We ar e goi ng back now, 39。This i s the pr et ti est car pet I have ever seen, 39。 Leson53 H