【正文】 gh the forest 穿過森林 Mrs Anne Sterl ing di d not think of t he r isk she was taking when she r an thr ough a forest af ter two men. They had r ushed up to her whil e she was having a pii c at the edge of a for est wi th her chi ldren and tr ied to steal her handbag. I n the str uggle, the str ap br oke and, wi th the bag i n thei r possessi on, bot h men started runni ng through the tr es. Mr s St er li ng got so angry t hat she ran af ter t hem. She was oon out of br eath, but she conti nued to run. When she caught up with t hem, she saw that hey had sat down and wer e going through t he cont ents of the bag, so she ran st raight at them. The men got such a fr ight that hey dropped the bag and r an away. 39。 Onl y 25 per cent a thief now! 39。t li ke l osing my way. I went on an excur si on r ecent ly, but my t ri p took me l onger than I expect ed. 39。 answered the conduct or. I sat in t he f ront of the bus to get a good view of t he countr yside. Af ter some time, the bus st opped. Looki ng r ound, I realized wi th a shock that I was the onl y passenger l ef t on the bus. 39。Oh dear ,39。l l get off her e. 39。t need bookcases at al . You can sit here i n your spar e time and read t he car pet !39。 sai d the conduct or . 39。 I f or got to put you of f.39。l have to get off her e, 39。m goi ng t o Woodfor d Green,39。s money was pai d back in this way. The last note sai d:39。 said Mr s Ster li ng l at er , 39。Wel, in t hat case, I pr ef er to stay on the bus, 39。 39。 t he conduct or sai d. 39。 I said to t he conduct or as I got on the bus,39。 I am 100 per cent honest now! 39。but they did not steal anything.39。 I answer ed. Lesson51 Reward f or vi rt ue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My fr iend, Her ber t, has al ways been fat, but things got so bad r ecent ly t hat he decided t o go on a diet. He began his diet a wek ago. Fir st of al , he wr ot e out a l ong l ist of al l t he f oods whi ch we re f or bi dden. The l ist i ncl uded m ost of t he thi ngs Her bert l oves: butt er, potat oes, r ice, beer, mil k, chocol at e, and swets. Yesterday I pai d him a visit. I rang the bel and was not sur pri sed t o see t hat Her bert was sti l as f at as ever . He l ed m e i nt o hi s room and hurri edl y hi d a l ar ge parcel under hi s desk. It was obvi ous that he was ver y em bar assed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smi led guil til y and t hen put the par cel on t he desk. He explai ned that his di et was so stri ct t hat he had t o rewar d hi mself occasi onal ly. Then he showed m e the content s of t he par cel. It contai ned fi ve l ar ge bar s of chocol at e and three bags of swets! Lesson52 A pret y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust moved i nt o a new house and I have been wor ki ng har d al l m or ni ng. I have been t rying to get m y new r om i n or der. Thi s has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make m at er s wor se, the room is r at her smal l, so I have t empor aril y put m y books on t he fl oor. At the m om ent, t hey cover every i nch of f loor space and I actual ly have t o walk on them to get i n or out of t he room. A shor t whil e ago, my sister helped m e t o car y one of m y ol d bookcases up t he st ai rs. She went into my r oom and got a bi g surpri se when she saw al l those books on t he fl oor. 39。t mat er ,39。Thi s i s as f ar as we go.39。 but I don39。 lesson46 Expensi ve and un fort abl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane fr om London ar ived at Sydney air port, wor kers began t o unl oad a number of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl ot hi ng. No one coul d account f or the fact t hat one of t he boxes was ext rem el y heavy. It suddenl y occur red to one of t he worker s to open up the box. He was astoni shed at what he f ound. A m an was lying in t he box on t op of a pi le of wooll en goods. He was so sur pri sed at bei ng di scovered that he di d not even tr y t o run away. Af ter he was ar rest ed, t he m an admi t ed hiding i n t he box bef or e t he pl ane left London. He had had a l ong and un fort able tr ip, for he had been conf ined t o the wooden box for over t en hour s. The man was or dered to pay amp。 Leson45 A clear consci ence 問心無愧 The whol e vi l age soon l ear nt that a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost. Sam Benton, t he l ocal but cher, had l ost his wal et whi le t aking hi s savi ngs t o t he post off ice. Sam was sur e that t he wal let m ust have been f ound by one of t he vil agers, but i t was not r et ur ned to him. Thr ee m onths pased, and t hen one morning, Sam f ound hi s wal et out si de his fr ont door. It had been wr apped up i n newspaper and it containe d half the money he had lost, t oget her wit h a note which sai d: 39。but t hey did not steal anythi ng.39。 I am 100 per cent honest now! 39。 I said t o t he conduct or as I got on t he bus,39。 t he conductor said. 39。It doesn39。Wel, i n t hat case, I pr ef er t o st ay on the bus, 39。 said Mr s Ster li ng l at er , 39。s money was pai d back in this way. The last note sai d:39。m goi ng t o Woodfor d Green,39。l have to get off her e, 39。 I f or got to put you of f.39。 sai d the conduct or . 39。The str ap needs mendi ng,39。 I n time, al l Sam39。 I39。 You39。 said the conductor suddenl y. 39。 We ar e going back now, 39。 Lesson53 Hot snake 觸電的蛇 At l ast f ir emen have put out a bi g forest f ire i n Cal iforni a. Since then, they have been t rying to f ind out how t he f ir e began. Forest f ire are oft en caused by broken glas or by cigar et te ends whi ch people car elessly throw away. Yesterday the fir emen examined the gr ound carefull y, but were not abl e to fi nd any br oken gl ass. They were also quit e sure that a cigarete end di d not star t he f ire. Thi s mor ni ng, however, afi reman acident al ly discover ed t he cause. He not i ced t he r emains of a snake which was wound r ound the el ectr ic wir es of a 16,000 volt power li ne. I n t hi s way, he was abl e t o sol ve t he m yst er y.