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y. He had no sooner retur ned than he bought a f ine house and went to li ve there. Alm ost i mmediatel y he began t o plain about the weather, f or even t hough i t was st il l summer , it rai ned conti nual ly and i t was of ten bi t er ly col d. Af t er so many years of sunshine, Har ison got a shock. He act ed as i f he had never li ved in England befor e. I n t he end, it was mor e than he could bear. He had hardl y had ti me t o set tl e down when he sol d t he house and left t he count ry. The dream he had had f or so m any years ended there. Ha r ison had thought of everythi ng except t he weather. Leson39 Am I all right ? 我是否痊愈? Whi le John Gil ber t was in hospit al , he asked his doctor to tel hi m whether hi s oper at i on had been succesf ul , but t he doct or r efused to do so. The fol lowi ng day, the pati ent asked for a bedsi de tel ephone. When he was al one, he tel ephoned the hospi tal exchange and asked for Doctor Mil ington. When t he doct or answered t he phone, Mr Gi lbert said he was i nqui ri ng about a cert ai n patient , a Mr John Gil ber t. He asked if Mr Gil ber t39。 l eson46 Expensive and unf ortable 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane fr om London ar ived at Sydney air port , workers began to unl oad a number of wooden boxes which contained clot hing. No one coul d acount for the f act t hat one of the boxes was ext remely heavy. I t suddenly occur r ed to one of the wor ker s t o open up the box. He was ast oni shed at what he f ound. A man was l yi ng in the box on t op of a pi le of wool len goods. He was so surpr ised at being di scover ed that he did not even tr y to run away. Aft er he was ar rested, the ma n admi t ed hi ding i n the box befor e the pl ane l eft London. He had had a l ong and unf or table tr ip, for he had been confi ned to t he wooden box f or over t en hour s. The man was ordered t o pay amp。s money was pai d back in t his way. The last not e sai d:39。 Only 25 per cent a t hief now! 39。but onl y 5o per cent a thi ef !39。 Lesson45 A clear conscience 問心無愧 The whol e vil lage soon l ear nt that a large sum of m oney had been lost. Sam Benton, the l ocal butcher, had lost hi s wal et whi le taking his savings to the post of fi ce. Sam was sure that the wal et must have been f ound by one of t he vil lager s, but it was not ret ur 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 i t cont ai ned hal f the money he had lost, t ogether wi th a not e which said: 39。 said Mrs St erl ing l at er, 39。 slowl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el the di f f er ence between I ndi an music and jazz! Lesson43 O ver the South Pole 飛越南極 In 1929, thr e years af ter his f li ght over the Nor th Pol e, t he 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 mountai ns t hat l ay bel ow, they soon ran i nt o seri ous t rouble. At one poi nt, it seem ed cer tain that their plane would cr ash. I t could onl y get over the m ountai ns if it r ose to 10,000 f eet . Byrd 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 to ri se and i t cl ear e d the m ount ai ns by 400 feet. Byr d now knew t hat he would be abl e to r each t he South Pole which was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no mor e mountai ns i n sight. The air craf t was able to f ly over the endless whit e plains wi thout dif fi cul ty. Lesson44 Through t he forest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Sterl ing di d not think of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she r an thr ough a for est aft er t wo men. They had rushed up to her whil e she was havi ng a piic at t he edge of a f orest wi t h her chil dren and tr ied t o steal her handbag. In t he s tr 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 ran st raight at hem . The men 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 nutes lat er we walked out of t he shop t oget her . My wi fe was wear ing a hat that looked li 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 m arkets of Ol d Delhi , we st opped at a squar e to have a r est . Aft er a ti me, we noticed a sna ke char mer wit h two lar ge basket s at the other si de of the squar e, so we went t o have a look at him. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a l ong pi pe which was cover ed wi th coins and opened one of the basket s. When he began to pl ay a t une, we had our fi rst glim pse of t he snake. I t rose out of t he basket and began to f oll ow t he movem ent s of t he pipe. We wer e very much surpr ised whe n the snake char mer suddenl y began t o play j az t unes and modern pop songs. The snake, however , conti nued t o 39。And a woman can39。 m ay r eveal som et hing of val ue f ai rl y soon. Leson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快! Once a year a r ace i s hel d f or ol d car s. A l ot of car s ent er ed f or thi s r ace last year and t here was a gr eat deal of exci t em ent j ust bef ore i t began. One of t he m ost handsom e car s was a Roll s Royce Sil ver Ghost. The m ost unusual car was a Benz which had only t hree wheels. Bui lt i n 1885, i t was the ol dest car t aki ng par t. Af ter a gr eat m any l oud explosi ons, t he race began. Many of the cars br oke down on the course and som e dri ver s spent m or e t im e under t hei r car s than i n them ! A f ew car s, however , pl eted the r ace. The wi nni ng car r eached a speed of f ort y mi les an