【正文】 he was dr esed. Glanci ng at her scor nf ul y, he tol d her t hat t he dr es was sol d. The wom an wal ked out of t he shop angr il y and deci de d t o punish t he assi stant next day. She r et urned t o the shop the f ol l owi ng m or ning dr essed i n a f ur coat, wit h a handbag i n one hand and a l ong um br el a i n t he ot her. Af t er seeki ng out t he r ude assi st ant she asked f or t he sam e dr ess. Not r eali zi ng who she was, t he asist ant was eager t o serve her t hi s t im e wi th gr eat dif fi cul t y, he cli mbed i nt o t he shop wi ndow t o get t he dr es. As soon as she saw it , the wom an sai d s m any ti es.39。 39。And a wom an can39。t have t oo many hats,39。 she answered. Ten m i nut es l at er we wal ked out of the shop together. My wif e was weari ng a hat hat l ooked l i ke a l i ght house ! Leson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong wal k t hr ough one of t he m ar ket s of Ol d Delhi, we st opped at a squar e to have a r est. Aft er a t im e, we not iced a snake charm er wit h t wo lar ge basket s at t he other si de of the squar e, so we went t o have a look at hi m. As soon as he saw us, he pi cked up a l ong pi pe whi ch was covered wi th coi ns and opened one of t he basket s. When he began t o play a t une, we had our fi rst glim pse of t he snake. It r ose out of t he basket and began t o foll ow t he movem ent s of the pi pe. We were ver y m uch sur pri sed when t he snake char mer suddenly began t o pl ay jazz t unes and m oder n pop songs. The snake, however, cont i nued t o 39。dance39。 sl owly. It obvi ousl y could not t el t he di f erence bet ween I ndi an m usi c and jazz! Lesson43 O ver t he South Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hree year s aft er hi s fl i 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 the f ir st t im e. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and his m en wer e able t o t ake a gr eat m any phot ogr aphs of t he m ount ai ns tha t l ay below, t hey soon r an i nto seri ous t r oubl e. At one point, i t seemed cert ai n t hat t heir pl ane woul d cr ash. I t coul d only ge t over t he m ount ains i f i t r ose t o 10, 000 f et. 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 i se and it cl ear ed the m ount ai ns by 400 feet . Byr d now knew t hat he would be abl e to r each t he Sout h Pol e which was 300 mi les away, f or t her e wer e no m or e m ount ai ns i n si ght. The ai rcr af t was abl e t o fl y over t he endl ess whit e pl ai ns wit hout dif fi cul t y. Leson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne St er li ng did not t hi nk of the r isk she was taking when she r an t hr ough a f orest af ter t wo men. They had r ushed up t o her whi le she was havi ng a pi i c at t he edge of a f or est wit h her chi ldr en and t ri ed t o st eal her handbag. I n t he st ruggle, the str ap br oke and, wi t h t he bag i n t heir possessi on, bot h m en start ed r unni ng t hr ough t he tr ees. Mr s Sterl i ng got so angr y t hat she r an af ter t hem. She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi t h them , she saw that hey 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 r ai ght at t hem. The m en got such a fr i ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。The st rap needs m endi ng,39。 sai d Mrs St erli ng l at er, 39。but t hey di d not st eal anyt hi ng. 39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whol e vil l age soon lear nt t hat a l ar ge sum of m oney had been l ost . Sam Bent on, the l ocal but cher , had lost hi s wal et whi l e t aki ng hi s savings t o the post of fi ce. Sam was sur e t hat t he wal let must have been f ound by one of t he vi l ager s, but i t was not r et ur ned t o him . Three m ont hs passed, and t hen one m or ni ng, Sam found his wal let out side his f r ont door. I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and it contai ned half t he money he had lost, t oget her wit h a not e which said: 39。A t hi ef , yes, 39。but onl y 5o per cent a t hi ef! 39。 Two m ont hs l at er, som e m or e m oney was sent t o Sam wi t h anot her note:39。 Onl y 25 per cent a t hi ef now! 39。 I n tim e, al l Sam39。s money was pai d back i n t his way. The l ast not e sai d:39。 I am 100 per cent honest now!39。 l esson46 Expensi ve and un f ort abl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane fr om London ar i ved at Sydney air port, workers began to 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 f act that one of t he boxes was extr em el y heavy. I t suddenl y occur red t o one of the wor ker s t o open up t he box. He was ast oni shed at what he f ound. A m an was l ying i n t he box on t op of a pil e of wooll en goods. He was so sur pri sed at being di scover ed t hat he did not even tr y t o r un awa y. Aft er he was ar r est ed, t he m an admi t ed hi di ng in t he box bef or e t he plane l ef t London. He had had a l ong and un f or table t ri p, for he had been confi ned to t he wooden box f or over t en hour s. The m an was or der ed t o pay amp。 345 f or t he cost of t he tr i p. The norm al pr ice of a ti cket i s amp。230 ! Leson47 A t hi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up f or sal e. Mr Thom pson i s goi ng t o sel l i t because i t is haunted. He t ol d me t hat he coul d not go t o sleep one ni ght because he heard a st range noi se ing f r om t he bar. The next m or ni ng, he f ound t hat t he door s had been bl ocked by chair s and t he f ur nit ure had been m oved. Though Mr Thompson had tur ned t he li ght s off bef or e he went to bed, they wer e on in t he m or ni ng. He al so sai d t hat he had f ound f ive em pt y whisky bott les whi ch t he ghost m ust have dr unk t he ni ght bef or e. When I suggest ed t hat some vi l agers m ust have e i n f