【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 li ng got so angry t hat she r an af t er t hem. She was soon out of br eat h, but s he conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi t h them , she saw t hat t hey had sat down and were goi ng thr 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 ran away. 39。The st r ap needs m endi ng,39。 sai d Mr s Sterl i ng l at er, 39。but t hey di d not st eal anyt hing.39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whole vil l age soon lear nt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Bent on, t he l ocal but cher , had l ost hi s wal l et whil e t aki ng his savi ngs to t he post of fi ce. Sam was sure t hat t he wal et m ust have been f ound by one of t he vi l ager s, but it was not r et ur ned to hi m. Three m ont hs passed, and then one mor ni ng, Sam f ound his wal let out side hi s f r ont door. I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t cont ai ned hal f t he m oney he had l ost, t oget her wi th a not e whi ch said: 39。A t hi ef , yes, 39。but onl y 5o per cent a t hi ef!39。 Two mont hs l at er, som e m or e money was sent t o Sam wi th anot her not e:39。 Onl y 25 per cent a thi ef now!39。 I n t im e, al Sam 39。s m oney was pai d back i n t hi s way. The last not e sai d: 39。 I am 100 per cent honest now! 39。 l eson46 Expensi ve and unf ortable 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane fr om London ar i ved at Sydney ai rport , wor kers began t o unl oad a num ber of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl ot hi ng. No one coul d account f or t he fact that one of t he boxes was ext r em el y heavy. It suddenl y occurr ed t o one of t he wor ker s to open up t he box. He was astonishe d at what he f ound. A m an was l yi ng in t he box on t op of a pi le of wooll en goods. He was so surpri sed at bei ng di scover ed t hat he di d not even tr y t o run away. Aft er he was ar r est ed, the m an admi t ed hidi ng i n t he box bef ore t he pl ane left London. He had had a long and unf ort abl e tr i p, f or he had been conf i ned t o t he wooden box f or over ten hours. The man was or der ed to pay amp。 345 f or t he cost of t he tr ip. The norm al pri ce of a ti cket is amp。 230 ! Lesson47 A t hi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publi c house whi ch was recent l y bought by Mr I an Thom pson i s up f or sale. Mr Thompson is goi ng t o sel l it because it i s haunt ed. He t ol d m e t hat he coul d not go t o sl eep one ni ght because he hear d a str ange noi se i ng fr om t he bar. The next m or ni ng, he f ound t hat t he door s had bee n bl ocked by chai rs and t he f ur ni t ur e had been m oved. Though Mr Thom pson had t urned t he l i ght s of f befor e he went t o bed, t he y were on i n t he m or ni ng. He al so sai d t hat he had found fi ve em pt y whisky bot tl es which t he ghost m ust have dr unk t he night bef ore. When I suggested t hat som e vil l agers m ust have e in f or a fr ee dri nk, Mr Thom pson shook his head. The vil l agers have t ol d him t hat t hey wi l not accept t he i nn even i f he gi ves it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o t el l m e som et hi ng? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Dent ists al ways ask quest ions when it i s im possi ble f or you t o answer. My dent ist had just pul ed out one of m y t et h and had t ol d m e to r est f or a whil e. I t ri ed t o say somet hi ng, but m y m out h was f ul l of cot ton wool. He knew I col l ect ed bi rds39。 eggs and asked me whet her m y col l ecti on was gr owi ng. He then asked m e how m y br ot her was and whet her I l i ked m y new j ob in London. I n answer to these questions I eit her nodded or made st range noi ses. Meanwhil e, my tongue was busy sear chi ng out the hole wher e the t oot h had been. I suddenly f elt ver y wor ri ed, but coul d not say anyt hing. When t he denti st at l ast removed t he cot tonwool f rom my mout h, I was able t o t el l him that he had pul led out the wr ong tooth. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢告終 Ti red of sleeping on t he fl oor , a young man in Teheran saved up for year s to buy a real bed. For the f ir st t ime in hi s li fe, he became t he pr oud owner of a bed whi ch had spr ings and a mat ress. Because t he weat her was very hot , he car ri ed the bed on t o the r oof of his house. 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Last Tuesday he r ecei ved a l et er f r om t he l ocal pol i ce. I n t he l et ter he was asked t o cal l at t he st at i on. Ted wonder ed why he was wanted by t he pol i ce, but he went t o the s tati on yest er day and now he is not wor ri ed any m or e. At the stati on, he was t old by a smi li ng poli cem an t hat hi s bi cycl e had been f ound. Fi ve days ago, t he pol icem an t ol d him, t he bicycl e was pi cked up i n a sm al l vil lage f our hundr ed mi les away. I t is now bei ng sent to hi s hom e by tr ain. Ted was most sur pr i sed when he hear d t he news. He was amused too, because he never expect ed the bi cycle t o be f ound. It was st ol en t went y year s ago when Te