【正文】 告終 Tir ed of sleeping on t he fl oor, a young man in Teher an saved up for year s t o buy a real bed. For the f ir st t im e in hi s li fe, he became t he proud owner of a bed whi ch had spr ings and a mat ress. Because t he weat her was ver y hot , he car ri ed the bed on t o the r oof of hi s house. He sl e pt very wel f or t he fi rst two nights, but on t he thi rd ni ght , a st orm blew up. A gust of wind swept the bed off t he roof and sent it cr ashing i nto t he cour tyard bel ow. The young man di d not wake up unt il t he bed had str uck the ground. Alt hough t he bed was sm as hed to pi eces, t he man was m ir aculously unhurt . When he woke up, he was st il on t he mat ress. Gl anci ng at he bit s of wood and m et al that l ay ar ound hi m , t he man sadl y picked up t he matr es and car ied i t into his house. Af ter he had put it on t he fl oor , he prompt ly went to sl eep again. Leson50 Taken for a ri de 乘車兜風 I l ove tr avel ing i n t he countr y, but I don39。 I39。 I asked. 39。I 39。 she said. She gazed at it f or some t ime then added, 39。 I answered. Lesson51 Reward for virt ue 對美德的獎賞 My f r iend, Her ber t, has always been f at, but things got so bad r ecentl y t hat he deci ded to go on a di et. He began his diet a week ago. Fi rst of al l, he wr ote out a long l ist of al l the f oods whi ch were f orbi dden. The li st i ncl uded most of the t hi ngs Herbert l oves: but ter, potat oes, ri ce, beer , mil k, chocol ate, and sweets. Yest erday I paid hi m a vi si t. I r ang t he bel l and was not surpr ised to see that Herber t was st il as f at as ever . He l ed me i nt o his r oom and hurr iedly hid a l arge parcel under his desk. I t was obvi ous t hat he was very em bar rassed. When I asked hi m what he was doing, he smi led gui lti ly and t hen put t he par cel on t he desk. He expl ained that his diet was so str ict that he had t o r ewar d hi msel f occasi onal ly. Then he showed me the cont ent s of the parcel. I t contai ned f i ve large bars of chocol at e and thr e bags of swet s! Leson52 A pret ty carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just moved into a new house and I have been wor king hard al l morni ng. I have been t rying to get my new r oom i n order . Thi s has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make mat ers wor se, t he room i s r at her smal , so I have t empor ari ly put my books on the f loor . At the moment, t hey cover ever y inch of fl oor space and I ac tual y have to wal k on t hem to get i n or out of the r oom. A shor t whi l e ago, my si st er hel ped m e to car ry one of my ol d bookcases up the stair s. She went int o my r oom and got a big surpr ise when she saw al those books on t he fl oor . 39。t mat ter ,39。Thi s is as f ar as we go. 39。t know where i t is.39。345 for t he cost of the tr ip. The norm al pr ice of a ti cket i s amp。A thief , yes, 39。t have too many hats,39。 As soon as I went out si de, I f ot al l about Madam Bel li nsky because my wi f e hur r ied towar ds me. 39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit here i n your spare t im e and read the carpet! 39。 39。 sai d t he conduct or suddenl y.39。 answer ed the conductor . I sat in t he fr ont of t he bus to get a good vi ew of t he countr ysi de. Af ter some ti me, the bus stopped. Looking r ound, I reali zed wi t h a shock t hat I was t he onl y pasenger lef t on the bus. 39。 I 39。 In ti me, al l Sam39。The st rap needs m endi ng, 39。 And a woman can39。 Lesson45 A clear conscience 問心無愧 The whol e vil lage soon lear nt that a lar ge sum of money had been lost. Sam Bent on, t he local butcher, had lost his wal et whil e taking hi s savings to the post of fi ce. Sam was sur e that the wal let must have been f ound by one of t he vil lager s, but i t was not ret urned to hi m. Three m ont hs passed, and then one mor ni ng, Sam found his wal let outside his f r ont door. I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t cont ai ned hal f the money he had lost, together wi th a not e 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 , workers began to unl oad a num ber of wooden boxes which contained clot hing. No one coul d acount for the f act t hat one of the boxes was ext remely heavy. I t suddenly occur r ed to one of the wor kers t o open up the box. He was ast oni shed at what he f ound. A man was l yi ng in the box on t op of a pi le of wool len goods. He was so surpr ised at being di scovered t hat he did not even tr y to run away. Aft er he was ar rested, the man a dmi t ed hi ding i n the box befor e the pl ane l eft London. He had had a l ong and unf or table tr ip, for he had been confi ned to t he wooden box for over t en hour s. The m an was or dered t o pay amp。 but I don39。 t he conduct or said. 39。It doesn39。Wel l, i n that case, I pr efer to st ay on the bus,39。 has been invent 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 it 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 se? 是因禍得福嗎？ The t iny vil lage of Fri nley i s said to possess a 39。Your sist er wi l be here in l ess t han an hour and we must be at t he st ati on to m et her. We ar e l at e alr eady.39。 slowl y. It obviousl y coul d not tel t he dif ference bet ween Indi an musi c and jazz! Lesson43 O ver t he South Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hree year s aft er hi s fl ight over t he Nort h Pole, the Am eri can explor er , R. E. Byr d, successful ly f lew over the South Pol e f or t he fi rst ti me. Th