【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 the post man and he wanted me to sign f or a r egi st er ed let ter ! Lesson55 Not a gol d mine 并非金礦 Dr eams of f inding l ost t reasur e almost came tr ue recent ly. A new machi ne cal led 39。The Revealer39。 has been i nvented and i t has been used t o detect gol d which has been bur ied i n the gr ound. The machi ne was used i n a cave near the seashore wher e it i s sai dpi rat es used to hi de gol d. The pi rat es woul d oft en bury gold in t he cave and t hen f ail t o col lect it . Ar med wi t h the new machi ne, a sear ch par ty went 五于天末開(kāi) 下理事畫(huà)現(xiàn) 玫珠表珍列 玉平不來(lái) 與屯妻到互 二寺城霜載 直是吉協(xié)南 才垢圾夫無(wú) 墳增示赫過(guò) 志地雪支 三奪大廳左 豐百右歷成 幫原胡春克 太磁砂灰達(dá) 成顧肆友龍 本村枯林械 相查可楞機(jī) 格析極檢構(gòu) 術(shù)樣檔杰棕 楊李要權(quán)楷 七革基苛式 牙劃或功貢 攻匠菜共區(qū) 芳燕東 芝 世節(jié)切芭藥 睛睦 盯虎 止舊占鹵貞 睡 肯具餐 眩瞳步瞇瞎 盧 眼皮此量時(shí)晨果虹 早昌蠅曙遇 昨蝗明蛤晚 景暗晃顯暈 電最歸緊昆 呈葉順呆呀 中雖呂另員 呼聽(tīng)吸只史 嘛啼吵 喧 叫啊哪吧喲 車(chē)m any t i es. 39。 39。And a wom an can39。t have too m any hats,39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nut es later we wal ked out of the shop together. My wi fe was wear ing a hat that looked li ke a li ght house ! Leson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂(lè) As we had had a long walk through one of the m ar ket s of Old Delhi, we st opped at a squar e to have a r est . Af t er a t im e, we not iced a snakecharm er wi th two large basket s at t he other si de of the squar e, so we went t o have a l ook at hi m. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pi pe which was cover ed wit h coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to pl ay a tune, we had our f ir st gl im pse of the snake. I t rose out of t he basket and began t o f ollow the m ovements of t he pipe. We wer e ver y much surpr ised when the snake charmer suddenl y began t o play j azz t unes and modern pop songs. The snake, however, conti nued t o 39。dance39。 slowly. I t obvi ously could not t el l the di f er ence between I ndian music and j azz! Leson43 Over the Sout h Pole 飛越南極 I n 1929, thr ee year s af ter his f li ght over t he Nor t h Pole, the Am er ican expl orer , R. E. Byr d, successf ull y fl ew over the South Pol e for t he fi rst ti me. Though, at f ir st , Byrd and hi s men were abl e to t ake a great many phot ogr aphs of t he mount ains that lay below, t hey soon r an into ser ious tr oubl e. At one point , i t seemed cert ai n t hat thei r pl ane woul d crash. I t coul d only get over t he mount ains if i t rose to 10, 000 feet. Byr d at once ordered hi s men t o thr ow out two he avy f ood sacks. The plane was then able t o r ise and it cleared t he mountains by 400 f et . Byr d now knew that he woul d be able t o reach the South Pol e whi ch was 300 mil es away, for t her e were no more mount ains in si ght . The ai rcr af t was abl e t o fl y over t he endl es whi te pl ai ns wit hout di f icult y. Leson44 Through t he f orest 穿過(guò)森林 Mrs Anne St er li ng did not t hi nk of the r isk she was taking when she ran t hrough a f orest af ter two men. They had r ushed up t o her whi le she was having a pi i c at t he edge of a f orest wit h her chi ldren and t ri ed to steal her handbag. In the str uggl e, t he st rap br oke and, wi t h t he bag in t hei r possesion, bot h men st ar ted r unni ng thr ough the tr ees. Mr s Ster li ng got so angry t hat she ran af ter them. She was soon out of breath, but she continued t o run. When she caught up wi th t hem, she saw t hat they had sat down and wer e going t hr ough the contents of the bag, so she r an st rai ght at them. The men got such a f r ight that hey dropped the bag and ran away. 39。The str ap needs mendi ng, 39。 said Mr s Sterl ing l ater, 39。but t hey di d not st eal anyt hing.39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問(wèn)心無(wú)愧 The whole vil lage soon learnt that a lar ge sum of money had been l ost. Sam Bent on, t he local but cher, had l ost his wal let whil e taking hi s savings t o the post off ice. Sam was sur e that the wal let must have been found by one of the vil lagers, but i t was not r et urned t o him. Thr e mont hs passed, and then one mor ning, Sam found hi s walet outside hi s fr ont door. I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t cont ai ned ha l f the money he had lost, together wi th a not e which said: 39。A thief , yes, 39。but onl y 5o per cent a thi ef !39。 Two m ont hs l ater, some mor e money was sent to Sam wi th another not e:39。 Only 25 per cent a thief now!39。 I n ti me, al Sam39。s m oney was paid back in this way. The l ast note said:39。 I am 100 per cent honest now!39。 lesson46 Expensi ve and un fortabl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney ai rpor t, wor ker s began t o unload a number of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl othing. No one could account for t he fact that one of t he boxes was extr em el y heavy. It suddenly occurr ed to one of t he workers to open up the box. He was astonis hed at what he found. A man was l ying i n the box on t op of a pil e of woollen goods. He was so sur pr ised at bei ng discovered t hat he di d not even tr y t o r un away. Af ter he was ar est ed, the man admit ted hidi ng in t he box bef ore t he plane lef t London. He had had a long and unf ort abl e tr i p, f or he had been conf ined t o the wooden box for over ten hours. The man was ordered t o pay amp。345 f or the cost of the t ri p. The nor mal pr i ce of a t icket i s amp。230 ! Lesson47 A thi rst y ghost 嗜酒 的 鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr I an Thompson is up f or sale. Mr Thompson is goi ng to sel i t because i t i s haunt ed. He t old m e that he coul d not go to sleep one night because he heard a st range noise ing f rom the bar . The next morni ng, he f ound t hat he door s had been bl ocked by chai rs and t he fur nitur e had been m oved. Though Mr Thompson had t ur ned the l ights of f bef ore he went t o bed, t hey wer e on i n the m or ning. He also said t hat he had f ound f ive empt y whisky bott les which t he ghost must have dr unk t he night bef ore. When I suggested t hat some