【正文】 I a nswered. Lesson51 Reward f or virt ue 對美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My f ri end, Her ber t, has al ways been f at , but t hings got so bad r ecentl y that he deci ded t o go on a di et . He began hi s diet a week ago. Fir st of al l, he wr ot e out a long l ist of al l t he foods whi ch wer e f orbidden. The l ist included most of the thi ngs Her bert loves: but ter, potatoes, r i ce, beer , mil k, chocol ate, and sweets. Yest erday I pai d him a vi si t. I r ang t he bel l and was not surpr ised to see that Herbert was sti l as f at as ever . He l ed me int o his r oom and hurr iedly hi d a l arge parcel under his desk. I t was obvious t hat he was very embar rassed. When I asked him what he was doi ng, he smi led guil ti ly and t hen put t he par cel on the desk. He expl ai ned that hi s diet was so st ri ct hat he had t o rewar d him self occasi onal y. Then he showed me t he con。 said the conductor . 39。l l get off here. 39。 I s aid. 39。 I t doesn39。 sai d the conduct or suddenl y. 39。 I asked. 39。 39。 the conductor said. 39。 You39。l l tel you where to get off ,39。 39。 but I don39。m going t o Woodf ord Gr een,39。t l ike l osi ng my way. I went on an excursi on recent ly, but my tr ip took me l onger t han I expect ed. 39。 230 ! Lesson47 A t hirst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publi c house whi ch was recent ly bought by Mr I an Thompson i s up for sal e. Mr Thompson i s going t o sel l it because it is haunted. He tol d me t hat he could not go t o sl eep one ni ght because he hear d a str ange noi se i ng fr om the bar. The next mor ning, he found that the doors had been bloc ked by chair s and the f urni ture had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had tur ned t he li ght s off befor e he went to bed, they were on in t he morni ng. He al so sai d that he had found fi ve empty whi sky bot tl es whi ch the ghost m ust have dr unk the night bef ore. When I suggested t hat some vil lagers m ust have e i n f or a fr ee dri nk, Mr Thom pson shook hi s head. The vil lager s have told hi m that hey wil l not accept the i nn even if he gives it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o t el l me somethi ng? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Dent ists al ways ask quest ions when it i s im possible f or you to answer. My dent ist had j ust pull ed out one of my t eet h and had tol d me t o r est for a whi le. I tr ied t o say somet hi ng, but my m out h was f ull of cot tonwool . He knew I collected bi rds39。 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 astoni shed at what he f ound. A man was lyi ng in t he box on top of a pi le of wooll en goods. He was so sur pri sed at being di scover ed that he did not even t ry to r un away. Af t er he was ar rested, t he man admi ted hi ding i n the box befor e the pl ane l eft London. He had had a l ong and unfor table t ri p, for he had been confi ned to t he wooden box f or over t en hour s. The man was or der ed to pay amp。s money was paid back i n thi s way. The l a st note said: 39。 Onl y 25 per cent a thi ef now! 39。but only 5o per cent a t hief! 39。 Lesson45 A clear conscience 問心無愧 The whol e vil lage soon l ear nt that a large s um of m oney had been lost. Sam Benton, the l ocal butcher , had lost hi s wal et whi le t aking his savings to the post of fi ce. Sam was sure that the wal 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 , toget her wi t h a note whi ch sai d: 39。 said Mrs St er li ng l at er , 39。 slowl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not tel t he di f erence bet ween Indian m usi c and jazz! Lesson43 Over t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hree year s aft er hi s fl ight over t he Nort h Pole, the Am er ican explorer , R. E. Byr d, succe ssfull y f lew over the South Pol e f or t he fi rst ti me. Though, at f ir st, Byrd and hi s men wer e abl e to take a great many phot ogr aphs of t he mountains t hat lay below, t hey soon r an int o ser ious t r oubl e. At one poi nt , it semed cer tain t hat t hei r plane would cr ash. It could only get over the mountains i f it r ose t o 10,000 f et. Byr d at once or der ed his men t o t hr ow out two heavy f ood sacks. The plane was t hen abl e to r ise and i t cl ear ed the mountai ns by 400 f eet . Byrd now knew that he would be able t o r each t he Sout h Pole whi ch was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no mor e mountains i n sight. The air cr aft was able t o f ly over the endles white pl ains wi thout di f icult y. Lesson44 Through the f orest 穿過森林 Mrs Anne St erl ing di d not t hink of the r isk she was taki ng when she r an thr ough a forest af t er t wo men. They had rushed up t o her whil e she was having a pi i c at the edge of a for est wi th her chi ldr en and t ri ed to st eal her handbag. I n the st ruggle, the str ap broke and, wi th the bag in their possesion, both m en st ar ted r unning t hr ough the t rees. Mrs St er li ng got so angry that she r an af ter t hem. She was soon out of br eath, 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 f r i ght t hat they dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。 she answered. Ten mi nut es later we wal ked out of the shop together. My wi fe was wear ing a hat that l ooked l i ke a li ghthouse ! Lesson42 Not very musical 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a long wal k thr ough one of t he markets of Ol d Delhi , we stopped at a squar e t o have a rest .