【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 he dead. This tim e it was t he postm an and he want ed me t o si gn f or a regi st er ed l et ter ! Lesson55 Not a gol d m ine 并非金礦 Dream s of fi ndi ng l ost t reasur e alm ost cam e tr ue r ecentl y. A new machi ne cal ed 39。The Reveal er 39。 has been i nvent ed and it has been used to det ect gold which has been bur ied in the ground. The machine was used in a cave near t he seashore where i t is said pi rates used t o hide gold. The pirates would of ten bury gold in t he cave and t hen f ail t o coll ect i t. Armed wit h the new machine, a search par ty went m any t ies.39。 39。And a wom an can39。t have too many hat s, 39。 she answered. Ten mi nutes later we walked out of t he shop toget her. My wi fe was wear ing a hat that l ooked l ike a l ight house ! Lesson42 Not very musical 并非很懂音樂(lè) As we had had a l ong wal k through one of the market s of Old Delhi, we st opped at a square t o have a r est. Aft er a t ime, we not iced a snake charmer wi th t wo l ar ge baskets at the other side of the squar e, so we went t o have a look at hi m. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a l ong pipe whi ch was cover ed wi th coi ns and opened one of t he basket s. When he began t o play a t une, we had our fir st gli mpse of the snake. It rose out of the basket and began t o foll ow the movements of the pi pe. We wer e very much surpri sed when the snake char mer suddenly began to play jaz t unes and modern pop songs. The snake, however , cont inued to 39。dance39。 slowly. It obviously coul d not tel the di f er ence between I ndian music and jaz! Leson43 Over t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 In 1929, t hr ee year s af ter his f light over t he Nor th Pole, t he Ameri can explorer, R. E. Byr d, successf ul ly fl ew over t he Sout h Pol e for t he f ir st ti me. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and his men wer e able t o take a great many phot ographs of the mountains that lay below, they soon r an i nt o seri ous tr ouble. At one poi nt, it seemed cer tain that heir plane would crash. I t coul d onl y get over t he mount ai ns if i t r ose to 10,000 f et. Byr d at once order ed his men to t hr ow out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able t o rise and i t clear ed t he mount ai ns by 400 f et. Byr d now knew that he would be abl e to reach the Sout h Pole which was 300 miles away, f or t here were no mor e mountains in sight . The ai rcraft was able to f ly over the endle s white plains wit hout dif fi cult y. Lesson44 Through the forest 穿過(guò)森林 Mrs Anne Sterl ing did not think of t he r isk she was t aking when she r an t hr ough a forest after two men. They had r ushed up to her whil e she was havi ng a pii c at the edge of a f or est with her children and t ried to steal her handbag. I n the st ruggl e, the st rap br oke and, wit h the bag in t heir possession, both men st ar ted running thr ough the trees. Mrs Sterl ing got so angr y that she r an aft er them. She was soon out of br eath, but she cont inued t o run. When she caught up wit h them, she saw that they had sat down and were going through the contents of t he bag, so she r an str ai ght at them. The men got such a f right that they dr opped t he bag and ran away. 39。The st rap needs mending, 39。 said Mr s Ster ling later, 39。but t hey did not st eal anything. 39。 Lesson45 A cl ear conscience 問(wèn)心無(wú)愧 The whole vil lage soon l earnt that alarge sum of money had been lost . Sam Bent on, the local butcher , had lost hi s wal let whil e taki ng his savings t o the postof fice. Sam was sure that he walet must have been f ound by one of t he vil lagers, but it was not retur ned to him. Thr e months pased, and then one morning, Sam found his wal et out side his fr ont door. It had been wr apped up in newspaper and i t cont ai ned hal f t he money he had l ost, together wi th a not e whi ch sai d: 39。A thief, yes, 39。but only 5o per cent a t hief !39。 Two months later, some more money was sent to Sam wi th another note:39。 Only 25 per cent a thief now!39。 In t ime, al Sam39。s money was paid back i n this way. The l ast note said:39。 I am 100 per cent honest now!39。 lesson46 Expensive and unfortable 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney air por t, wor kers began to unl oad a number of wooden boxes which cont ai ned clothing. No one coul d account f or the fact hat one of t he boxes was ext remel y heavy. It suddenly occur red to one of the worker s to open up the box. He was astoni shed at what he f ound. A man was l yi ng i n the box on top of a pil e of wool len goods. He was so sur prised at being discover ed t hat he did not even tr y to r un away. Aft er he was arested, the man admit ted hi di ng i n the box bef or e the pl ane left London. He had had a long and unfort able t rip, for he had been conf ined t o the wooden box f or over ten hours. The man was order ed to pay amp。345 for t he cost of t he t rip. The normal pri ce of a ticket is amp。230 ! Lesson47 A thirst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publi c house which was recentl y bought by Mr I an Thompson i s up f or sal e. Mr Thompson is goi ng t o sel it because it is haunted. He told me that he could not go to sleep one ni ght because he heard a str ange noise ing fr om the bar. The next morning, he found t hat the doors had been blocked by chai rs and the fur ni ture had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had t ur ned the li ghts off bef or e he went t o bed, t hey were on in the morning. He also said that he had f ound five empt y whi sky bot tles whi ch t he ghost must have drunk the ni ght befor e. When I suggested that some vil lagers must have e in f or a f ree dr ink, Mr Thompson shook hi s head. The vil lagers have told him that t hey wil not acept the inn even if he gi ves it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o tel me something? 你想對(duì)我說(shuō)什么嗎？ Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible f or you t o answer . My dent ist had just pul led out one of my t eth and had told me to r est for a whi le