【正文】 m goi ng to Woodf or d Gr en,39。t l ike l osi ng m y way. I went on an excursi on recent ly, but m y tr i p took m e l onger t han I expect ed. 39。 230 ! Lesson47 A t hi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publi c house whi ch was recent ly bought by Mr I an Thom pson i s up f or sal e. Mr Thom pson i s going t o sel l it because it i s haunted. He t ol d m e t hat he coul d not go t o sl eep one ni ght because he hear d a str ange noi se i ng fr 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 ni tur e had been m oved. Though Mr Thom pson had t ur ned t he li ght s off bef or e he went to bed, they wer e on in t he mor ni ng. He al so sai d t hat he had found fi ve em pt y whi sky bot tl es which t he ghost m ust have drunk t he ni ght bef or e. When I suggest ed t hat som e vi l ager s must have e i n f or a f r e dr ink, Mr Thompson shook his head. The vi l ager s have t ol d him t hat t hey wi l not accept the i nn even i f he gi ves i t away. Leson48 Di d you want t o tel m e som et hi ng? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Denti sts al ways ask questi ons when i t is i mpossi bl e f or you t o answer . My denti st had j ust pull ed out one of my t eet h and had tol d me t o r est f or a whi le. I tr i ed t o say s om et hi ng, but m y m out h was f ull of cot t on wool . He knew I coll ect ed bi r ds39。 l eson46 Expensi ve and unf ort able 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane fr om London ar i ved at Sydney ai rport , workers began t o unl oad a num ber of wooden boxes whi ch contai ned cl ot hing. No one coul d account for t he f act t hat one of t he boxes was ext rem el y heavy. It suddenl y occurr ed to one of t he workers 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 wool l en goods. He was so sur pr i sed at bei ng discover ed t hat he di d not even t ry t o r un awa y. Af ter he was ar est ed, t he m an adm it ted hi di ng i n t he box bef or e t he plane l ef t London. He had had a l ong and un fort able t ri p, f or he had been confi ned t o t he wooden box f or over t en hour s. The m an was or der ed t o pay amp。s m oney was pai d back i n t hi s way. The last not e sai d: 39。 Onl y 25 per cent a t hi ef now! 39。but onl y 5o per cent a t hief !39。 Lesson45 A clear conscience 問心無愧 The whol e vil lage soon l ear nt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Benton, the l ocal but cher , had l ost hi s wal et whi le t aki ng his 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 it was not ret ur ned to him . Three m ont hs passed, and then one m or ni ng, Sam f ound hi s wal l et outsi de hi s fr ont door. I t had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contai ned half t he m oney he had l ost , toget her wit h a note whi ch sai d: 39。 sai d Mr s St er li ng lat er , 39。 slowl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el l t he di f erence bet ween I ndi an m usi c and j azz! Lesson43 O ver t he Sout h 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 Pole, the Am er i can expl or er , R. E. Byr d, successfull y f lew over t he Sout h Pol e f or t he fi rst ti me. Though, at f ir st , Byr d and hi s m en wer e abl e t o take a gr eat m any phot ogr aphs of t he m ount ains t hat l ay bel ow, t hey soon r an int o ser ious tr oubl e. At one poi nt , it seem ed cert ai n t hat t hei r pl ane woul d cr ash. It coul d onl y get over t he mountai ns i f it 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 t o r ise and it cl ear ed t he m ountai ns by 400 f eet . Byrd now knew that he woul d be able t o r each t he Sout h Pole whi ch was 300 m il es away, f or t her e wer e no mor e m ount ains i n si ght . The air cr aft was able t o fl y over the endl es whi t e pl ai ns wi thout di f icult y. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mrs Anne St erl ing di d not t hi nk of t he r isk she was t aki ng when she r an thr ough a f or est af t er t wo m en. They had r ushed up t o her whil e she was havi ng a piic at t he edge of a f or est wi t h her chil dren and t ri ed to st eal her handbag. I n t he str uggl e, t he str ap broke and, wi t h the bag i n their 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 wit h t hem, she saw t hat t hey had sat down and wer e going t hrough t he contents of t he bag, so she ran str aight at t hem. The m en got such a f ri ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and ran away. 39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nut es l ater we wal ked out of t he shop t ogether. My wi fe was weari ng a hat that 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 Del hi, 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 wi t h t wo l ar ge basket s at t he ot her si de of t he squar e, so we went t o have a l ook at hi m. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a l ong pi pe which was cover ed wit h coins and opened one of t he basket s. When he began t o pl ay a t une, we had our f ir st gl im pse of t he snake. I t rose out of t he basket and began t o f ol l ow t he m ovem ent s of t he pipe. We wer e ver y m uch sur pr ised when t he snake charm er suddenl y began t o play j az t unes and m oder n pop songs. The snake, however, conti nued t o 39。And a wom an can39。 I answered. Lesson51 Reward for virt ue 對美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My f r iend, Her ber t, has always been f at, but things got so bad r ecentl y t hat he deci ded to go on a di et. He began his diet a week ago. Fi rst of al l, he wr ote out a long l ist of al l the f oods whi ch were f orbi dden. The li st i ncl uded m ost of th