【正文】 This i s the pr et ti est car pet I have ever seen, 39。t mat ter, 39。This is as far as we go.39。 but I don39。 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。 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。And a woman can39。 I need not r emind you of t hat ter ri ble t ie you bought yest erday.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。 she said. She gazed at it f or some t im e then added, 39。I 39。 I s thi s Woodfor d Gr en ?39。 I39。 eggs and asked me whet her m y col lect i on was gr owi ng. He t hen asked me how m y br ot her was and whet her I li ked m y new j ob i n London. I n answer to t hese quest i ons I eit her nodded or m ade str ange noi ses. Meanwhi l e, my t ongue was busy sear chi ng out t he hol e wher e the t oot h had been. I suddenl y f el t ver y wor ri ed, but coul d not say anyt hing. When t he denti st at l ast r em oved t he cot on wool f rom m y m out h, I was able t o t el l hi m that he had pul led out the wr ong t oot h. Leson49 The end of a dream 美夢告終 Ti r ed of sl epi ng on t he fl oor, a young m an i n Teher an saved up f or years t o buy a r eal bed. For t he f ir st t im e i n hi s li f e, he becam e the 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(fēng) I l ove t ravel li ng i n t he count r y, but I don39。 Two m ont hs lat er , some m ore m oney was sent t o Sam wit h anot her not e:39。dance39。 I said. 39。t need,39。 I r em ar ked suddenl y. I r egret ed sayi ng i t alm ost at once. 39。A man can never have t oo i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o fi nd bur i ed t r easur e. The leader of t he part y was exam i ni ng the soi l near t he ent rance to t he cave when t he machi ne showed t hat t her e was gold under the gr ound. Very excit ed, t he par ty dug a hol e t wo feet deep. They f i nal y f ound a sm al l gol d coi n whi ch was al m ost wort hl es. The par t y then sear ched t he whol e cave thor oughly but did not fi nd anyt hi ng except an empt y ti n tr unk. I n spi t e of t his, m any peopl e ar e conf i dent t hat 39。 sl owl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el l t he di f er ence bet ween I ndian m usi c and j azz! Leson43 Over 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 Pol e, the Am er ican expl orer, R. E. Byr d, successf ull y fl ew over the Sout h Pol e f or t he fi rst tim e. Though, at f ir st , Byr d and hi s m en wer e abl e t o take a gr eat m any phot ogr aphs of t he mount ai ns t hat l ay bel ow, t hey soon r an i nt o ser i ous tr oubl e. At one poi nt , it seem ed cert ai n t hat t hei r plane woul d cr ash. It could onl y get over the m ount ai ns i f it r ose t o 10, 000 f eet . Byr d at once or der ed his m en to t hrow out t wo heavy food 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 f et. Byr d now knew t hat he woul d be abl e t o rea ch the South Pol e whi ch was 300 m il es away, f or t her e wer e no mor e m ount ains i n si ght . The air cr aft was able t o f ly over t he endless whit e pl ai ns wi t hout di f fi cult y. Lesson44 Through t he forest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Sterl i ng di d not thi nk of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she ran t hrough a f or est af ter t wo m en. They had r ushed up t o her whi l e she was having a pi i c at he edge of a for est wit h her chi l dr en and t ri ed t o st eal her handbag. I n t he st r uggle, t he str ap 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 S