【正文】 ur pri sed at being discover ed that he did not even t ry to r un away. Af t er he was ar rested, t he man admit ted hi di ng i n the box befor e the pl ane l ef t London. He had had a l ong and unfor table t ri p, for he had bee n confi 。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whole vi l age soon learnt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Benton, the local but cher , had l ost his wal let whil e t aki ng hi s savi ngs t o t he post off ice. Sam was sure t hat t he walet must have been found by one of the vi l agers, but i t was not r eturned t o him . Thr ee months pased, and t hen one m or ning, Sam f ound hi s wal et outsi de hi s fr ont door . I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and it cont ai ned hal f the money he had lost, t oget her wi th a not e which said: 39。And a woman can39。 39。Oh dear, 39。 answered t he conduct or. I sat i n the f ront of the bus to get a good view of t he count ryside. Aft er some t im e, t he bus stopped. Looking r ound, I r eal ized wit h a shock that I was the only passenger l eft on t he bus. 39。t l ike losing my way. I went on an excursion r ecentl y, but my tr ip t ook me l onger than I expected. 39。 Only 25 per cent a thi ef now! 39。 slowl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el the di f erence bet ween Indian musi c and jaz! 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 Pole, the Am eri can explor er , R. E. Byr d, successful ly f lew over the Sout h Pole f or the f ir st t ime. Though, at f i rst, Byr d and hi s men wer e abl e t o take a gr eat many phot ographs of t he mountains t hat l ay bel ow, they soon r an int o ser ious t rouble. At one poi nt , it seem ed cer tain t hat hei r plane would cr ash. It could onl y get over the mountains i f it r ose t o 10,000 f et . Byr d at once or der ed his men t o t hr ow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The pl ane was t hen abl e to r i se and i t cl ear ed the mountai ns by 400 feet. Byrd now knew that he would be able to r each t he Sout h Pole whi ch was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no mor e mountains i n sight. The air craft was able t o f ly over the endless whit e plains wi thout di f icul ty. Lesson44 Through the f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Sterl ing di d not t hink of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she r an thr ough a for est aft er t wo m en. They had rushed up to her whil e she was having a pi ic at the edge of a for est wi th her chi ldr en and tr ied to st eal her handbag. I n the st ruggle, the str ap broke and, wi th the bag in their possesi on, bot h m en st art ed running t hr 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 br eath, but she conti nued t o r un. 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 str ai ght at them. The men got such a fr ight that they dropped the bag and ran away. 39。 I answer ed. Leson51 Reward f or vi rtue 對美德的獎 賞 My fr iend, Herbert , has always been f at , but t hi ngs got so bad r ecent l y t hat he deci ded t o go on a di et . He began hi s di et a week ago. Fi r st of al l , he wr ot e out a l ong l i st of al l t he f oods whi ch wer e f or bi dden. The l i st i ncl uded m ost of t he t hi ngs Her ber t l oves: but t er , pot at oes, r i ce, beer , m i l k, chocol at e, and sweet s. Yest er day I pai d hi m a vi si t . I r ang t he bel l and was n ot sur pr i sed t o see t hat Her ber t was st i l l as f at as ever . He l ed m e i nt o hi s r oom and hur r i edl y hi d a l ar ge par cel under hi s desk. I t was obvi ous t hat he was ver y em bar r assed. When I asked hi m what he was doi ng, he sm i l ed gui l t i l y and t hen put t he par cel o n t he desk. He expl ai ned t hat hi s di et was so st r i ct t hat he had t o i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o f i nd buri ed tr easur e. The l eader of t he par t y was exami ning t he soil near the entr ance t o t he cave when t he m achi ne showed t hat t her e was gol d under t he gr ound. Ver y exci ted, t he part y dug a hol e t wo f eet deep. They fi nal l y found a sm al gol d coi n which was alm ost wor thl ess. The part y t hen searched the whol e cave t hor oughl y but di d not f i nd anyt hi ng except an em pt y t in t r unk. I n spit e of t hi s, m any peopl e ar e confi dent t hat 39。I t doesn39。Thi s i s as f ar as we go.39。 but I don39。 l esson46 Expensive and unf ort able 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane fr om London ar ived at Sydney air por t , wor ker s began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clot hi ng. No one could account f or the f act that one of the boxes was extr emely heavy. I t suddenl y occur red t o one of the wor ker s to open up t he box. He was astonished at what he f ound. A man was lyi ng in t he box on top of a pi le of wooll en goods. He was so sur pri sed at being discover ed that he did not even t ry to r un away. Af t er he was ar rested, t he man admit ted hi di ng i n the box befor e the pl ane l ef t London. He had had a l ong and unfor table t ri p, for he had bee n confi ned to t he wooden box f or over ten hour s. The man was or der ed to pay amp。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whole vi l age soon learnt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Benton, the local but cher , had l ost his wal let whil e t aki ng hi s savi ngs t o t he post off ice. Sam was sure t hat t he walet must have been found by one of the vi l agers, but i t was not r eturned t o him . Thr ee months pased, and t hen one m or ning, Sam f ound hi s wal et outsi de hi s fr ont door . I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and it cont ai ned hal f the money he had lost, t oget her wi th a not e which said: 39。And a woman can39。 39。but t hey di d not st eal anything.39。 I am 100 per cent honest now! 39。 I said t o t he conduct or