【正文】 The Reveal er39。 sai d t he conduct or. 39。 39。 t he conductor sai d. 39。 but I don39。 l eson46 Expensive and unf ort able 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane fr om London ar ived at Sydney air port , wor kers began to unl oad a number of wooden boxes which contained clot hing. No one coul d acount f or the f act t hat one of the boxes was ext remely heavy. I t suddenly occur red t o one of the wor ker s t o open up t he box. He was astoni shed at what he f ound. A man was lyi ng in the box on top of a pi le of wool len goods. He was so surpri sed at being di scover ed that he did not even tr y to r un away. Af t er he was ar rested, the man admi t ed hi ding i n the box befor e the pl ane l eft London. He had had a l ong and unfor table tr ip, for he had been confi ned to t he wooden box f or over t en hour s. The man was or der ed to pay amp。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問(wèn)心無(wú)愧 The whole vil lage soon learnt that a lar ge sum of money had been lost. Sam Bent on, t he local but cher, had lost his wal let whil e taking hi s savings t o the post off ice. Sam was sur e that the wal let must have been found by one of the vil lagers, but i t was not r et urned to him. Thr e m ont hs passed, and then one mor ning, Sam found his wal let outside hi s fr ont door. I t ha d been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t contai ned hal f t he money he had lost, together wit h a note which said: 39。Where have you been hi ding ?39。 Leson53 Hot snake 觸電的蛇 At last fi remen have put out a big for est fi re in Cal if or nia. Since then, they have been t rying t o f ind out how t he fi re began. Forest fi re ar e oft en caused by broken glas or by ci gar et te ends whi ch people carel essly t hrow away. Yesterday t he fi remen examined t he gr ound car ef ull y, but were not able t o f ind any broken glass. They wer e al so qui te sur e that a cigaret e end did not start t he fi re. This mor ning, however, a f ir eman aci dent al ly di scovered t he cause. He not iced the r emai ns of a snake whi ch was wound r ound the electr ic wir es of a 16, 000 vol t power l ine. In t his way, he was abl e to sol ve the myster y. The explanat ion was si mple but ver y unusual. A bir d had snat ched up t he snake fr om t he ground and then dr opped i t on t o t he wir es. The snake t hen wound itself r ound the wi res. When it di d so, i t sent spar ks down to the ground and these im medi ately st ar ted a fi re. Lesson54 St icky f ingers 粘糊的手指 Af ter breakf ast , I sent the chil dren t o school and t hen I went t o mar ket . I t was stil l ear ly when I retur ned home. The chil dr en were at school , m y husband was at work and t he house was quiet. So I decided to make some tart s for t ea. I n a shor t ti me I was busy mixi ng but ter and fl our and m y hands wer e soon covered wi th st icky past ry. At exactl y t hat moment, t he telephone rang. Not hing could have been more annoyi ng. I pi cked up t he receiver bet ween two st icky fi nger s and was dismayed when I r ecognized t he voi ce of Mr s Bat es. I t took me t en mi nut es to pe rsuade her t o ri ng back l ater. At l ast I hung up the r ecei ver . What a mes! There was pastr y on my f ingers, on the t elephone, and on the door knobs. I had no sooner got back t o t he ki tchen than t he door bel r ang l oud enough t o wake the dead. Thi s ti me it was t he post man and he want ed me t o sign f or a register ed let er ! Lesson55 Not a gol d m ine 并非金礦 Dreams of f inding l ost tr easur e al most came t r ue recent ly. A new machi ne cal led 39。We ar e going back now,39。 I f or got t o put you of f .39。l have to get off here, 39。 I said t o the conduct or as I got on the bus,39。 I am 100 per cent honest now! 39。but t hey di d not st eal anyt hing.39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問(wèn)心無(wú)愧 The whole vil lage soon learnt that a lar ge sum of money had been lost. Sam Bent on, t he local but cher, had lost his wal let whil e taking hi s savings t o the post off ice. Sam was sur e that the wal let must have been found by one of the vil lagers, but i t was not r et urned to him. Thr e m ont hs passed, and then one mor ning, Sam found his wal let outside hi s fr ont door. I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t contai ned hal f t he money he had lost, together wit h a note which said: 39。 l eson46 Expensive and unf ort able 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane fr om London ar ived at Sydney air port , wor kers began to unl oad a number of wooden boxes which contained clot hing. No one coul d acount f or the f a ct t hat one of the boxes was ext remely heavy. I t suddenly occur red t o one of the wor ker s t o open up t he box. He was astoni she d at what he f ound. A man was lyi ng in the box on top of a pi le of wool len goods. He was so surpri sed at being di scover ed that he did not even tr y to r un away. Af t er he was ar rested, the man admi t ed hi ding i n the box befor e the pl ane l eft London. He had had a l ong and unfor table tr ip, for he had been confi ned to t he wooden box f or over t en hour s. The man was or der ed to pay amp。 but I don39。 t he conductor sai d. 39。 39。 sai d t he conduct or. 39。The Reveal er39。 she asked i mpati ent ly. 39。A thief , yes, 39。 345 for t he cost of t he tr ip. The normal pr ice of a ti cket is amp。t know where it is.39。Thi s is as f ar as we go. 39。I t doesn39。Wel , i n t hat case, I pr efer t o st ay on the bus,39。 has been i nvent ed and it has been used to detect gol d whi ch has been bur ied i n t he gr ound. The machine was used in a cave near t he seashor e where i t i s sai d pir at es used to hide gold. The pir at es would of ten bury gol d in the cave and t hen fail t o coll ect it . Arm ed wit h t he new machi ne, a sear ch part y went he di d not li ke it. She enjoyed her sel f making t he assistant bri ng al most everyt hing i n the wi ndow befor e fi nal ly buying the dress she had f ir st asked for . Lesson58 A blessi ng in disgui