【正文】 .39。Oh dear, 39。 I s t his Woodf or d Gr en ?39。Thi s is as f ar as we go.39。l l have t o get of f her e,39。 answer ed t he conductor. I sat i n t he fr ont of t he bus t o get a good vi ew of t he count r ysi de. Af ter som e tim e, t he bus st opped. Looki ng r ound, I r eal i zed wi t h a shock t hat I was t he onl y passenger left 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 m y way. I went on an excursi on r ecentl y, but m y tr ip t ook m e l onger t han I expect ed. 39。 230 ! Leson47 A t hirsty ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publi c house whi ch was r ecent l y bought by Mr I an Thom pson i s up f or sale. Mr Thompson is goi ng t o sel l it because it i s haunt ed. He t old m e t hat he coul d not go t o sleep one night because he heard a st range noi se ing f r om t he bar. The next m or ni ng, he f ound t hat t he door s had been bl ocked by chai rs and t he f ur ni t ur e had been m oved. Though Mr Thom pson had t ur ned t he l ights of f bef ore he went t o bed, t hey wer e on i n the m or ning. He also sai d t hat he had f ound f i ve em pt y whisky bott les whi ch t he ghost m ust have dr unk t he ni ght bef ore. When I suggested t hat som e 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 t ol d hi m t hat hey wil l not accept t he i nn even i f he gi ves it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o t el l me somet hi ng? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Dent i st s al ways ask quest i ons when it i s im possibl e for you t o answer. My dent ist had j ust pull ed out one of m y teet h a nd had t ol d me t o r est f or a whil e. I tr ied t o say somet hi ng, but my m out h was f ul l of cot ton wool . He knew I col l ect ed bi rds39。 l eson46 Expensi ve and unf ort able 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane fr om London ar i ved at Sydney air port, workers began to unl oad a num ber of wooden boxes which contai ned cl ot hi ng. No one coul d account for t he f act t hat one of t he boxes was ext remel y heavy. I t suddenly occur r ed t o one of t he wor kers t o open up the box. He was ast oni shed at what he found. A man was l yi ng i n the box on t op of a pi l e of wool len goods. He was so sur pr ised at bei ng di scovered t hat he di d not even tr y t o r un away. Aft er he was ar r est ed, t he m an admi t ed hidi ng i n t he box bef ore t he pl ane left London. He had had a long and unf ort abl e tr i p, f or he had been conf i ned t o t he wooden box f or over ten hours. 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 l ast 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 cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whol e vil lage soon l ear nt that a lar ge sum of m oney had been l ost. Sam Bent on, t he local but cher, had l ost his wal et whil e taki ng hi s savi ngs t o t he post of fi ce. Sam was sur e t hat t he wal let must have been found by one of t he vil lagers, but i t was not r et urned t o hi m. Thr e m ont hs passed, and t hen one m or ni ng, Sam f ound hi s wal l et outsi de hi s fr ont door. I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t cont ai ned hal f t he m oney he had l ost , toget her wit h a note whi ch sai d: 39。 said Mr s St erl ing l at er, 39。 sl owl y. It obvi ousl y coul d not tel t he dif fer ence bet we en Indian 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, t he Am eri can explor er , R. E. Byr d, successfull y f lew over t he Sout h Pol e f or t he fi r st ti m e. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and hi s m en wer e abl e t o t ake a gr eat m any photogr aphs of the m ount ai ns t hat l ay bel ow, t hey soon ran i nt o seri ous t r oubl e. At one poi nt, i t seem ed cer t ai n t hat t heir pl ane woul d crash. I t coul d onl y get over t he m ount ai ns if i t r ose t o 10, 000 feet. 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 . Byr d now knew t ha t he would be abl e t o r each t he Sout h Pol e whi ch was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no m or e m ount ai ns i n si ght. The air cr af t was abl e to f l y over t he endl ess whit e pl ai ns wit hout dif fi cul t y. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne St er li ng di d not t hi nk of t he ri sk she was t aking when she r an t hr ough a f orest af ter t wo men. They had r ushed up t o her whi l e she was having a pi i c at he edge of a f or est wi t h her chil dren and tr i ed t o steal her handbag. In t he st r uggl e, t he st rap br oke and, wit h t he bag i n t hei r possessi on, bot h men start ed r unni ng t hr ough t he tr ees. Mr s Sterl i ng got so angr y t hat she ran aft er them . She was soon out of br eat h, but she cont inued t o run. When she caught up wit h t hem, she saw t hat they had sat down and wer e goi ng t hr ough t he cont ent s of the bag, so she r an st rai ght at hem . The m en got such a f ri ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nut es lat er we wal ked out of t he shop t oget her. My wi f e was wear i ng a hat t hat l ooked li ke a li ghthouse ! Lesson42 Not very m usical 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong wal k t hr ough one of t he mar ket s of Old Del hi , we st opped at a square t o have a r est. Af t 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 other si de of t he squar e, so we went t o have a look at hi m. As soon as he saw us, he pi cked up a l ong pi pe whi ch was covered wi t h c oi ns and opened one of t he basket s. When he began t o pl ay a t une, we had our f ir st gli m pse of t he snake. It r ose out of t he basket and began t o f ol l ow t he m ovem ents of t he pi pe. We wer e ver y m uch sur pr ised when t he snake charm er suddenl y began t o pl ay j azz t unes and m oder