【正文】 d. For t he fi rst ti me i n his l if e, he becam e the pr oud owner of a bed which had spri ngs and a mat tr es. Because the weather was very hot, he car ied t he bed on to t he roof of his house. He slept ver y wel l for the f ir st wo ni ght s, but on t he t hi r d night, a st or m bl ew up. A gust of wi nd swept t he bed off t he roof and sent it crashing i nt o t he court yard below. The young man did not wake up unti l the bed had st ruck t he ground. Al though the bed was smashed t o pieces, t he man was mi racul ousl y unhur t. When he woke up, he was sti l on t he matr es. Gl ancing at t he bi ts of wood and met al t hat l ay ar ound hi m, the m an sadly picked up the mat tr ess and car ri ed it i nto hi s house. Af t er he had put i t on the f loor , he pr omptl y went to sleep agai n. Lesson50 Taken f or a ride 乘車兜風 I love t raveli ng in the count ry, but I don39。 Two m ont hs later , some m or e money was sent t o Sam wi th anot her note:39。dance39。And a woman can39。 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 whi le t aki ng his savi ngs t o t he post off ice. Sam was sure t hat t he wal l et m ust have been f ound by one of t he vil ager s, but it was not retur ned to hi m. Three mont hs passed, and then one morni ng, Sam found his wal let out si de his f ront door . It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half t he money he had l ost , together wit h a note whi ch sai d: 39。 l esson46 Expensive and unf ort abl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane f r om London ar r ived at Sydney air por t, wor ker s began t o unload a number of wooden boxes whi ch cont ained clothi ng. No one could account f or the f act that one of t he 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 lying in t he box on top of a pi le of wooll en goods. He was so sur pri sed at being dis cover ed that he di d not even t ry to r un away. Af ter he was ar est ed, t he man admit ted hi di ng i n t he box befor e the plane l ef t London. He had had a l ong and un for table t ri p, for he had been confi ned t o t he wooden box f or over ten hour s. The man was or der ed to pay amp。 but I don39。This i s as far as we go. 39。I t doesn39。Wel l, in that case, I pr ef er to stay on t he bus, 39。 has been invented and it has ben used to det ect gold whi ch has been buri ed in t he ground. The m achi ne was used in a cave near the seashor e wher ei t is said pir ates used t o hide gold. The pir ates would of ten bur y gold i n the cave and then f ai l to coll ect i t. Ar med wi th t he new machine, a search part y went he did not li ke it . She enj oyed herself making the asi st ant bri ng alm ost ever ything i n t he window bef or e f inal y buyi ng the dr ess she had fi r st asked f or . Lesson58 A bl essing i n disguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The tiny vi l age of Fr inl ey is sai d t o posses a 39。Your sister wi l be here i n l ess than an hour and we must be at t he st at ion t o meet her . We ar e lat e alr eady.39。The str ap needs mending,39。 I n t ime, al Sam39。 I39。 You39。 sai d the conduct or suddenly. 39。 39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit here i n your spare t ime and read the carpet! 39。 said the conductor . 39。 39。 the conductor said. 39。 I said to t he conductor as I got on t he bus,39。 I am 100 per cent honest now! 39。but t hey di d not st eal anything.39。cl ock t hi s eveni ng. By t hat t i m e, t he Ast r a wi l l have been f l yi ng t hr ough space f o r sevent een hour s and wi l l have ci r cl ed t he ear t h a gr eat m any t i m es. When t he f i r st r adi o m essages have been r ecei ved, t he r esul t s of t he t r i p wi l l be announced i m m edi at el y. Lesson62 Af t er t he f i re 大火之后 Fi r em en had been f i ght i ng t he f or est f i r e f or near l y t hr ee weeks bef or e t hey coul d get i t under cont r ol . A shor t t i m e bef or e, gr eat t r ees had cover ed t he count r ysi de f or m i l es ar ound. Now, sm oke st i l l r ose up f r om t he war m gr ound scor nf ul l y, he told her t hat t he dr es was sold. The woman wal ked out of the shop angr il y and deci ded t o punish the assi stant next day. She r et urned to the shop the f ol lowi ng mor ning dressed i n a f ur coat, wi th a handbag in one hand and a l ong um br el a in t he other. Af ter seeki ng out t he rude asi st ant she asked for t he same dr es. Not reali zi ng who she was, t he asistant was eager to ser ve her t hi s ti me wi th gr eat di f icult y, he cl imbed i nt o t he shop wi ndow to get t he dr es . As soon as she saw i t, the wom an sai d s many ti es. 39。. Because t he tr e was m ent ioned in a newspaper , the number of vi si tor s to Fr inl ey has now increased. The tr ee was planted near a church f if ty year s ago, but i t is only in r ecent year s that it has gai ned an evi l r eput ati on. I t is sai d t hat i f anyone touches t he tr e, he wi l have bad l uck。Thi s is t he pr et iest carpet I have ever seen,39。 I said. 39。 Is t his Woodf ord Gr een ?39。 I 39。 230 ! Lesson47 A t hi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publi c house whi ch was recent ly bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up for sal e. Mr Thom pson i s going t o sel l it because it is haunted. He tol d me t hat he could not go to sl eep one ni ght because he hear d a str ange noi se i ng fr om t he bar . The next mor ning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chair s and the f urnit ure had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had turned t he li ght s off befor e he went to bed, t hey were on i n t he morni ng. He al so said that he had f ound fi ve em pty whi sky bot tl es whi ch the ghost m ust have dr unk the ni ght befor e. When I suggest ed that some vi l ager s must have e in for a f ree dri