【正文】 You don39。Wel l, in that case, I pr ef er to stay on t he bus, 39。l get off here.39。I t doesn39。Oh dear ,39。This i s as far as we go. 39。 answered t he conductor. I sat i n the f r ont of the bus t o get a good view of the count ryside. Aft er some time, t he bus st opped. Looki ng round, I r eal ized wi th a shock that I was the only passenger left on t he bus. 39。 but I don39。t l ike l osi ng my way. I went on an excursion r ecent ly, but my tr ip t ook me l onger than I expect ed. 39。 l esson46 Expensive and unf ort abl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane f r om London ar r ived at Sydney air por t, wor ker s began t o unload a number of wooden boxes whi ch cont ained clothi ng. No one could account f or the f act that one of t he boxes was extr emely heavy. I t suddenl y occur red t o one of the wor ker s to open up t he box. He was astonished at what he f ound. A man was lying in t he box on top of a pi le of wooll en goods. He was so sur pri sed at being discover ed that he di d not even t ry to r un away. Af ter he was ar est ed, t he man admit ted hi di ng i n t he box befor e the plane l ef t London. He had had a l ong and un for table t ri p, for he had been confi ned t o t he wooden box f or over ten hour s. The man was or der ed to pay amp。 Onl y 25 per cent a thi ef now! 39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whole vi l age soon learnt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Benton, the local but cher , had l ost his wal let whi le t aki ng his savi ngs t o t he post off ice. Sam was sure t hat t he wal l et m ust have been f ound by one of t he vil ager s, but it was not retur ned to hi m. Three mont hs passed, and then one morni ng, Sam found his wal let out si de his f ront door . It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half t he money he had l ost , together wit h a note whi ch sai d: 39。 sl owl y. It obviously could not tel l t he dif fer ence between I ndi an musi c and jazz! Lesson43 O ver t he South Pol e 飛越南極 In 1929, three years af ter his f li ght over the Nor th Pole, t he Ameri can explor er , R. E. Byrd, succesful ly f lew over t he Sout h Pole f or the f ir st t ime. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and his men wer e able t o take a gr eat many photographs of the mountai ns t hat l ay bel ow, they soon ran i nt o ser ious t rouble. At one poi nt, it seem ed cer tain that their plane would cr ash. I t could onl y get over the mountai ns if it r ose t o 10,000 f eet . Byr d at once or der ed his m en to t hrow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The pl ane was t hen abl e to ri se and i t cl ear ed the mount ai ns by 400 feet. Byrd now knew that he would be abl e to r each t he Sout h Pole which was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no mor e mountains i n si ght . The air craft was able to f ly over the endless whit e plains wi thout di f fi cul ty. Lesson44 Through the forest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Sterl ing di d not t hink of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she r an thr ough a for est aft er t wo m en. The y had rushed up to her whil e she was having a piic at the edge of a for est wi th her chi ldr en and tr ied t o st eal her handbag. I n t he st ruggle, the str ap broke and, wi th the bag in their possesi on, both m en st art ed running t hr ough the t rees. Mrs St er li ng got so angry that she r an af t er t hem. She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi th t hem, she saw t hat t hey had sat down and wer e going t hrough the contents of t he bag, so she r an str ai ght at them. The men got such a fr ight that they dropped the bag and ran away. 39。 And a woman can39。 she asked impati ent ly. 39。 i f he pi cks a leaf, he wi l die. Many vil lagers beli eve that he tr ee has al ready cl aimed a num ber of victi ms. The vi car has been asked to have t he tr e cut down, but so far he has ref used. He has poi nt ed out hat t he tr ee is a useful sour ce of i n e as touri st s have been ing f r om al part s of the count ry to see it . In spit e of al that has been sai d, the tour istshave been pi cki ng leaves and cutt ing t hei r nam es on the t reet runk. So far , not one of them has been st ruck down by sudden death! Leson59 In or out ？ 進來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to si t out si de our f ront gate and bark. Ever y t ime he want ed to e into the garden he would bar k until s omeone opened the gate. As t he nei ghbour s plained of the noise, my husband spent weeks tr ai ning hi m t o press his paw on t he lat ch to l et hi msel f in. Rex soon became an exper t at openi ng the gat e. However, when I was going out shopping l ast week, I noti ced him in t he gar den near t he gat e. This time he was bar king s o t hat someone woul d l et hi m out ! Since then, he has devel oped another bad habi t. As soon as he opens the gate f r om t he out si de, he es int o the garden and wait s unti l t he gat e shut s. Then he sit s and bar ks unt il someone l ets hi m out. Af ter t hi s he immediately lets hi msel f in and begins barki ng again. Yesterday my husband removed the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since. Leson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vi l age f air , I decided t o visit a f ort une tel er cal ed Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nto her tent and she t ol d me to sit down. Af ter I had gi ven her some money, she l ooked i nt o a cr yst al bal and sai d: 39。The Reveal er 39。 she said. She gazed at it f or some t ime then added, 39。 said the conductor . 39。I 39。 39。 I asked. 39。 the conductor said. 39。l l t el you where t o get of f, 39。 I said to t he conductor as I got on t he bus,39。 eggs and asked me whether my col lect ion was gr owing. He t hen asked me how m y brot her was and whether I li ked my new j ob in London. In answer to t hese quest ions I either nodded or made str ange noises. Meanwhi le, my t ongue was busy searching out t he hol e where t he tooth had been. I suddenl