【正文】 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 sal e. Mr Thom pson 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 hear d a str ange noise ing fr om t he bar . The next mor ni ng, he f ound that the doors had been bl ocked by chair s and the f ur nit ure had been moved. Though Mr Thom pson had t urned t he l ight s of f before he went t o bed, t hey wer e on i n the m orning. He also said t hat he had f ound f i ve em pt y whi sky bott les whi ch the ghost must have dr unk the night before. When I suggested t hat some vi lagers m ust have e in f or a fr ee dri nk, Mr Thom pson shook hi s head. The vil lager s have told him that they wi l not accept t he inn even if he gives it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o t el l me somethi ng? 你想對(duì)我說什么嗎？ Dentist s al ways ask quest ions when i t i s im possible for you t。 l esson46 Expensive and unf ort able 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane fr om London ar ived at Sydney air port , wor kers began to unl oad a number of wooden boxes whi ch cont ained clothi ng. No one could account f or t he fact that one of t he boxes was extr em el y heavy. I t suddenl y occur red t o one of t he worker s to open up t he box. He was astonished at what he f ound. A m an was lying i n t he box on top of a pil e of wooll en goods. He was so sur pri sed at bei ng discover ed that 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 the box bef ore the plane l ef t London. He had had a long and un for table 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 to pay amp。s money was pai d back i n t hi s way. The last note said: 39。 Onl y 25 per cent a thi ef now! 39。but only 5o per cent a thief !39。 Lesson45 A clear conscience 問心無愧 The whol e vil lage soon lear nt that a lar ge sum of money had been lost. Sam Bent on, t he local butcher, had lost his wal et whil e taking hi s savings to the post of fi ce. Sam was sur e that the wal let must have been f ound by one of t he vil lager s, but i t was not ret urned to hi m. Three m ont hs passed, and then one mor ni ng, Sam found his wal let outside his f r ont door. I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t contai ned half t he money he had lost, together wit h a note which sai d: 39。 said Mrs St erl ing l at er, 39。 sl owl y. It obviousl y could not tel l t he dif fer ence betwe en I ndi an musi c and jazz! Lesson43 Over t he South Pol e 飛越南極 In 1929, three years af ter his f li ght over t he Nor th Pole, the 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 mountains t hat l ay bel ow, they soon r an int o ser ious t rouble. At one poi nt , i t seemed cer t ai n that 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 to thr ow out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able t o r ise and it cleared t he mount ains by 400 f et. Byr d now kne w t hat he woul d be abl e t o reach the South Pol e which was 300 m il es away, for t her e were no more mount ai ns in si ght . The ai rcr af t wa s abl e to fl y over t he endl ess whi te plai ns wit hout dif f iculty. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Ster li ng did not thi nk of the r isk she was taking when she ran t hrough a f or est af ter two men. They had r ushed up to her whi le she was havi ng a piic at t he edge of a f orest wi t h her chil dren and tr i ed t o steal her handbag. In t he str uggl e, t he st rap br oke and, wit h t he bag i n t hei r possession, bot h men star ted r unni ng through t he tr es. Mr s Sterl ing got so angr y t hat she ran aft er them. She was soon out of br eath, but she cont inued to run. When she caught up wit h them, she saw that they had sat down and were goi ng thr ough t he cont ent s of the bag, so she r an st r aight at them. The men got such a f ri ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。 she answered. Ten mi nut es l ater we wal ked out of the shop together. My wif e was weari ng a hat that l ooked l ike a l ight house ! Leson42 Not very musi cal 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong walk t hrough one of t he market 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 snake char 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 covered 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 ba sket and began to fol low t he movements of the pi pe. We were ver y much sur pri sed when t he snake char mer suddenly began to pl ay jazz tunes and moder n pop songs. The snake, however, cont inued to 39。 And a woman can39。The Reveal er39。 I sai d. 39。 39。 my wif e answer ed. 39。You needn39。t need,39。 We mustn39。t be so r ude about it, 39。 I said t o my wif e. 39。 l esson41 Do you cal l that a hat ? 你把那個(gè)叫帽子嗎？ 39。 she answer ed, 39。 she answer ed. I n despair , I asked her whet her she was enj oyi ng her di nner . 39。 I asked. 39。 she answered. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 39。 I sai d. 39。 Leson40 Food and t al k 進(jìn)餐與交談 Last week at a di nner part y, the host es asked m e to si t next to Mr s Rumbold. Mr s Rumbold was a large, unsmi li ng lady i n a ti ght bl ack dr es. She did not even l ook up when I took my seat beside her . Her eyes were f ixed on her plate and i n a shor t ti me, she was busy eat ing. I tr ied t o make conversati on. 39。 t he pat ient answered,39。s oper ati on had been succesf ul and t he doct or t old hi m t hat i t had been. He then ask