【正文】 Wel , in t hat case, I pref er t o stay on t he bus,39。We are goi ng back now, 39。l get of f here.39。 I said. 39。I t doesn39。 I f ot to put you off .39。Oh dear, 39。 Is t hi s Woodf or d Gr een ?39。This i s as far as we go.39。l l have to get of f her e, 39。 answered t he conduct or. I sat i n the f r ont of the bus t o get a good view of the count ryside. Aft er some t im e, t he bus st opped. Looking round, I r eal ized wi th a shock that I was the only passenger l eft on t he bus. 39。 I 39。 but I don39。m going t o Woodf or d Gr een, 39。t l ike l osi ng my way. I went on an excursion r ecentl y, but my tr ip t ook me l onger than I expected. 39。230 ! Lesson47 A thi 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 sale. Mr Thompson i s goi ng to sel i t because i t is haunt ed. He told me t hat he coul d not go to sl ep one night because he heard a str ange noise ing f r om t he bar . The next morni ng, he f ound that he door s had been bl ocked by chair s and t he fur nit ur e had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had t urned 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 whi sky bott les whi ch the ghost must have dr unk the night bef ore. When I suggested t hat some vil lagers m ust have e in for a f ree dr ink, Mr Thompson shook his head. The vi l l agers have told him that they wi l not accept t he inn even if he gives i t away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o t el l me somet hi ng? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Denti st s al ways ask quest ions when i t i s im possible for you to answer. My dent ist had just pul led out one of my teeth and had tol d me t o r est f or a whi le. I tr ied t o say som et hing, but my mouth was f ull of cot ton wool . He knew I coll ect ed bi rds39。 leson46 Expensi ve and unf ortable 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane 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 f or t he fact that one of t he boxes was extr em el y heavy. It suddenly occurr ed to one of t he worker s to open up the box. He was astonished at what he found. A m an was lying i n t he box on top of a pil e of wooll en goods. He was so sur pr ised at bei ng discover ed t hat he di d not even t ry t o r un away. Af ter he was ar est ed, t he man adm it 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 t ri p, f or he had been conf ined t o the wooden box f or over ten hours. The man was order ed t o pay amp。s money was pai d back in t his way. The last not e sai d:39。 Only 25 per cent a t hief now! 39。but onl y 5o per cent a thi ef ! 39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whole vi lage soon learnt that a l ar 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 savi ngs t o the post off ice. Sam was sur e t hat the wal let must have been found by one of the vil lagers, but i t was not r eturned t o him. Thr e months pased, and then one mor ning, Sam f ound hi s wal et outside hi s fr ont door. I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t cont ai ned hal f the money he had lost, t ogether wi th a not e which said: 39。 said Mr s Ster ling later, 39。 slowl y. I t obvi ously coul d not t el the di f er ence bet wen I ndian music and j az! Leson43 Over the Sout h Pole 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hr ee year s af ter hi s fl ight over the Nor th Pol e, the Amer 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 his men were abl e to t ake a great m any phot ogr aphs of t he m ount ai ns that lay below, t hey soon r an into seri ous tr oubl e. At one point , i t seemed cert ai n t hat their pl ane woul d crash. I t coul d only get over t he mount ains if i t rose to 10, 000 feet. Byrd at once ordered hi s men t o thr ow out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able t o r ise and it cleared t he mountains by 400 f et . Byr d now knew t hat he woul d be able t o reach the South Pol e whi ch was 300 m il es away, for t her e were no more m ount ai ns in si ght . The ai rcr af t was abl e t o fl y over t he endl ess whi te pl ai ns wit hout di f icult y. Leson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mrs Anne St er li ng did not thi 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 chil dren and t ri ed to steal her handbag. In the str uggl e, t he st rap br oke and, wi th the bag in their possesion, both men st ar ted r unning t hr ough t he t rees. Mrs St er li ng got so angry t hat she r an af ter t hem. She was soon out of breath, but she conti nued t o run. 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 st rai ght at them. The men got such a f r ight that they dropped the bag and ran away. 39。 she answered. Ten minutes l at er we walked out of the shop toget her. My wif e was weari ng a hat hat l ooked l ike a l ighthouse ! Lesson42 Not very musical 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong walk t hrough one of the mar ket s of Ol d Del hi, we stopped at a square t o have a rest. Af ter a t ime, we noti ced a snakechar mer wi th t wo l ar ge baskets at the ot her side of t he square, so we went to have a l ook at him . As soon as he saw us, he pi cked up a long pipe whi ch was cove red wi t h coi ns and opened one of t he baskets. When he began t o play a tune, we had our f ir st gli mpse of the snake. It r ose out of the basket and began t o fol low the movements of the pi pe. We wer e ver y much surpr ised when the snake charmer suddenl y began t o pl ay j azz t unes and modern pop songs. The snake, however , conti nued t o 39。 And a woman can39。The Reveal er 39。