【正文】 d so, it sent spar ks down t o t he gr ound and t hese i mm edi at el y start ed a f ir e. Lesson54 Sti cky fi ngers 粘糊的手指 Aft er br eakf ast, I sent t he chi l dr en t o school and t hen I went t o mar ket. I t was st il l ear ly when I r etur ned hom e. The chi l dr en wer e at school, m y husband was at wor k and t he house was qui et. So I deci ded t o m ake som e t art s f or t ea. I n a shor t tim e I was busy m i xi ng but t er and fl our and m y hands wer e soon covered wi t h st icky past ry. At exactl y t hat m om ent, t he tel ephone rang. Not hi ng coul d have been m or e annoyi ng. I pi cked up t he r eceiver bet ween t wo st icky fi nger s and was dismayed when I recogni zed t he voi ce of Mr s Bates. I t t ook m e ten mi nut es t o per sua de her t o r ing back lat er . At last I hung up t he recei ver . What a m ess! Ther e was pastr y on m y fi nger s, on t he tel ephone, and on t he door knobs. I had no sooner got back t o t he kit chen t han the door bel l rang l oud enough to wake t he dead. This t im e i t was t he postm an and he want ed m e t o si gn f or a r egi ster ed l et t er ! Lesson55 Not a gol d mi ne 并非金礦 Dr eam s of fi ndi ng l ost tr easure alm ost cam e t rue r ecentl y. A new m achi ne cal ed 39。You don39。Thi s i s t he pr eti est car pet I have ever seen, 39。Wel , in t hat case, I pr ef er t o stay on t he bus,39。We are goi ng back now,39。l l get of f her e.39。 I s ai d. 39。 I t doesn39。 sai d t he conduct or suddenl y.39。 I asked. 39。 39。 t he conduct or sai d. 39。 You39。l l t el you wher e t o get of f,39。 39。 but I don39。m goi ng t o Woodf or d Gr een,39。t l i ke l osi ng m y way. I went on an excur si on r ecent l y, but m y t ri p t ook m e l onger than I expected. 39。 230 ! Lesson47 A t hi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ i c house whi ch was r ecentl y bought by Mr I an Thom pson i s up for 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 sleep one ni ght because he hear d a st range noi se i ng f rom the bar. The next m orni 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 i ghts of f bef or e he went t o bed, t hey wer e on i n t he m or ni ng. He also said t hat he had f ound f i ve em pt y whi sky bott l es whi ch the ghost m ust have dr unk the ni ght befor e. Whe n I suggest ed t hat some vi l ager s m ust have e i n for a f ree dri nk, Mr Thom pson shook his head. The vi l ager s have t ol d him t hat t hey wi l not accept t he 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 st s 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 pul l ed out one of m y t eet h and had t ol d m e t o rest for a whil e. I t ri ed t o say somet hi ng, but m y m out h was f ul l of cot on wool. He knew I col lected bi rds39。 lesson46 Expensi ve and un fort abl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney ai r port , wor ker s began t o unl oad a num ber of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl othi ng. No one could account f or t he f act that one of t he boxes was extr em el y heavy. It suddenl y occur red t o one of t he wor ker s to open up t he box. He was ast oni shed at what he f ound. A m an was l yi ng in t he box on t op of a pi le 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 money was pai d back in t his 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 conscience 問心無愧 The whol e vi l age soon l ear nt t hat a lar ge s um of m oney had been l ost. Sam Bent on, t he local but cher, had l ost his wal let whil e taki ng hi s savi ngs t o t he post off ice. Sam was sur e t hat t he wal l et m ust have been f ound by one of t he vil l agers, but i t was not r etur ned t o him . Thr ee months pased, and t hen one m orni ng, Sam f ound hi s wal et out si de hi s f ront door . It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it cont ai 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。 sl owl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el l t he di f er ence bet ween I ndian m usi c and j azz! Leson43 Over t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hr ee year s aft er hi s fl ight over t he Nort h Pol e, the Am er ican expl orer, R. E. Byr d, successf ull y fl ew over the Sout h Pol e f or t he fi rst tim e. 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 mount ai ns t hat l ay bel ow, t hey soon r an i nt o ser i ous tr oubl e. At one poi nt , it seem ed cert ai n t hat t hei r plane woul d cr ash. It could onl y get over the m ount ai ns i f it r ose t o 10, 000 f eet . Byr d at once or der ed his m en to t hrow out t wo heavy food sacks. The pl ane was t hen abl e t o ri se and i t cl ear ed t he m ount ai ns by 400 f et. Byr d now knew t hat he woul d be abl e t o rea ch the South Pol e 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 f ly over t he endless whit e pl ai ns wi t hout di f fi cult y. Lesson44 Through t he forest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Sterl i ng di d not thi nk of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she ran t hrough a f or est af ter t wo m en. They had r ushed up t o her whi l e she was having a pi i c at he edge of a for est wit h her chi l dr en and t ri ed t o st eal her handbag. I n t he st r uggle, t he str ap br oke and, wit h t he bag i n t heir possessi on, b