【正文】 wi ndow bef ore fi nal ly buying t he dress she had f ir st asked f or. Lesson58 A blesi ng in di sgui se? 是因禍得福嗎？ The ti ny vil lage of Fri nley is said to possess a 39。Wel l, i n that case, I pr efer t o st ay on the bus, 39。 39。l l have t o get off here,39。 I sai d 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 hi ng. 39。 39。 sl owl y. It obvi ousl y coul d not tel t he di f fer ence bet ween I ndi an m usi c and jazz! Lesson43 O ver t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 In 1929, t hr e years aft er hi s f li ght over t he Nort h Pol e, t he Am eri can expl or er , R. E. Byrd, succesf ul ly f l ew over t he Sout h Pole f or t he fi r st ti m e. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and hi s m en wer e able t o t ake a gr eat m any photogr aphs of the m ount ai ns t hat l ay bel ow, t hey soon ran i nt o seri ous t r oubl e. At one poi nt, i t seem ed cer t ai n t hat t heir pl ane woul d crash. I t coul d onl y ge t over t he m ount ai ns if i t r ose t o 10, 000 feet. Byr d at once or der ed hi s men t o t hr ow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The pl ane was t hen abl e to r ise and it cl ear ed t he m ountai ns by 400 f eet . Byr d now knew t hat he would be abl e t o r each t he Sout h Pol e whi ch was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no m or e m ount ai ns i n si ght. The air cr af t was abl e to f l y over t he endl ess whit e pl ai ns wit hout dif fi cul t y. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne St er li ng di d not t hi nk of t he ri sk she was t aking when she r an t hr ough a f orest af ter t wo men. 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 ldr en and t ri e d t o st eal her handbag. I n t he st ruggl e, the str ap broke and, wi t h the bag i n their possessi on, both m en st art ed running t hrough t he t r es. Mrs St erli ng got so angr y t hat she r an aft er t hem . She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued to r un. When she caught up wit h t hem, she saw that they had sat down and wer e goi ng t hr ough t he cont ent s of t he bag, so she r an st rai ght at t hem . The m en got such a f ri ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。 Only 25 per cent a t hief now!39。t l ike l osi ng m y way. I went on an excursi on recent ly, but m y tr i p took m e l onger t han I expect ed. 39。l l t el l you wher e t o get of f,39。Oh dear,39。 39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit her e i n your spar e tim e and r ead t he car pet !39。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 whil e t aki ng his 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 etur ned 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 ained hal f the m oney he had lost, t oget her wi th a not e which said: 39。 lesson46 Expensi ve and unfortabl 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 number of wooden boxes whi ch contai ned cl othing. No one coul d account for t he fact hat one of the 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 onished at what he f ound. A m an was lying 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 di d not even t ry to r un away. Af ter he was ar est ed, t he man admit te d hi di ng in the box befor e the plane l ef t London. He had had a long and un for table t ri p, f or he had been confi ned t o t he wooden box f or over ten hours. 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 , in t hat case, I pref er t o stay on t he bus, 39。 has been invent ed and it has been used to detect gol d whi ch has been buri ed in t he ground. The machine was used i n a cave near t he seashor e wher e it i s sai dpi rat es used to hi de gold. The pir at es woul d oft en bury gol d in the cave and t hen fail t o col lect it . Arm ed wit h the new machi ne, a sear ch par ty went he di d not l ike i t. She enjoyed her sel f making t he assistant br ing al most everyt hi ng in the wi ndow bef ore fi nal ly buying t he dress she had f ir st asked f or. Lesson58 A blesi ng in di sgui se? 是因禍得福嗎？ The ti ny vil lage of Fri nley is said to possess a 39。dance39。. Because the tr ee was menti oned i n a newspaper, t he num ber of visit ors t o Fri nley has now i ncr eased. The t ree was plant ed near a chur ch fi ft y year s ago, but it i s onl y i n recent years t hat i t has gained an evil reputat ion. It is said that i f anyone t ouches the t ree, he wi l l have bad luck。Thi s is t he pret iest car pet I have ever seen,39。 I said. 39。 Is t his Woodf or d Gr een ?39。 I 39。 230 ! Lesson47 A thi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A public house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up f or sal e. Mr Thom pson i s goi ng to se l l i t because i t is haunted. He tol d me t hat he could not go to sl ep one ni ght because he hear d a str ange noise i ng fr om t he bar . The next mor ning, he f ound that the doors had been bl ocked by chair s and the f ur nit ure had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had turned t he li ght s off befor e he went t o 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 tles whi ch the ghost m ust have dr unk the ni ght befor e. When I suggest ed that some vi l agers must have e in f or a f ree dri nk, Mr Thom pson shook his head. The vil lagers have tol d him that they wi l not accept t he inn even i f he gi ves i t away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o tel l m e som ething? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Dent ists always ask q