【正文】 l, but t he doct or ref used t o do so. The f ol l owi ng day, t he pat ient asked f or a bedsi de t el ephone. When he was al one, he telephoned the hospi tal exchange and asked f or Doctor Mi l ington. When t he doct or answer ed the phone, Mr Gil bert sai d he was i nquir i ng about a cer tai n pat ient, a Mr John Gi lber t. He asked i f Mr Gi lber t39。 lesson46 Expensi ve and un fortabl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney ai rpor t, wor ker s began t o unload a number of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl othing. No one could account for t he fact that one of t he boxes was extr em el y heavy. It suddenly occurr ed to one of t he workers to open up the box. He was astonished at what he found. A man was l ying i n the box on t op of a pil e of woollen goods. He was so sur pr ised at bei ng discove red t hat he di d not even tr y t o r un away. Af ter he was ar est ed, the m an adm it ted hidi ng in t he box bef ore t he plane lef t London. He had had a long and unf ort abl e tr i p, f or he had been conf ined t o the wooden box for over ten hours. The man was ordered t o pay amp。s m oney was paid back in this way. The l ast note said:39。 Only 25 per cent a thief now!39。but onl y 5o per cent a t hi ef! 39。 Lesson45 A cl ear consci ence 問(wèn)心無(wú)愧 The whole vi l age soon lear nt t hat a l arge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Benton, the l ocal but cher , had l ost hi s walet whi le t aki ng his savi ngs to t he post off ice. Sam was sure t hat t he wal et must have been f ound by one of the vi l ager s, but it was not r etur ned t o him . Thr ee months pased, and t hen one m orning, Sam f ound hi s wal et out si de hi s f ront door . It had been wr apped up in newspaper and it cont ained hal f the m oney he had l ost , t oget her wi th a not e whi ch said: 39。 sai d Mr s Ster li ng later , 39。 sl owly. It obviously could not tel l the dif fer ence between I ndi an music and jazz! Lesson43 Over 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, succesf ul ly fl ew over t he Sout h Pole f or the f ir st t im e. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and his men wer e able t o take a gr eat many photographs of the mountai ns that 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 ount ai ns if i t r ose to 10,000 f eet . Byrd at once or dered his m en to t hrow out t wo heavy food sacks. The pl ane was then abl e to ri se and i t cl ear ed the mount ai ns by 400 feet. Byr d now knew t hat he would be abl e to reach the South Pol e which was 300 mi les away, f or there were no mor e mountai ns in sight. The air craf t was abl e to f ly over t he endless whit e plains wi thout dif fi cul ty. Lesson44 Through t he forest 穿過(guò)森林 Mr s Anne Ster ling di d not think of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she ran t hr ough a for est aft er two men. They had r ushed up to her whil e she was having a piic at the edge of a for est wi th her childr en and tr ied t o st eal her handbag. I n t he st ruggle, the str ap broke and, wi th the bag in their posessi on, both m en st art ed running t hrough the t rees. Mrs St er l ing got so angry that she r an aft er t hem . She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi th them, she saw t hat t hey had sat down and were going t hrough t he contents of t he bag, so she ran str ai ght at t hem. The m en got such a fr ight that they dropped the 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 markets of Ol d Delhi , we stopped at a squar e to have a r est . Aft er a ti me, we noti ced a snake char mer wit h two lar ge basket s at the other side 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 covered wi th coins and opened one of t he basket s. When he began to play a t une, we had our fi rst gli mpse of t he snake. I t rose out of t he basket and began to f oll ow t he movement s of t he pi pe. We were ver y much surpri sed when the snake charmer suddenly began to pl ay jazz tunes and moder n pop songs. The snake, however, cont inued to 39。And a woman can39。 may r eveal somet hing of value f ai rl y soon. Lesson56 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 enter ed f or thi s race last year and t here was a gr eat deal of exci t em e nt j ust bef ore i t began. One of the m ost handsom e car s was a Rol s Royce Sil ver Ghost. The m ost unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y t hr e wheels. Built i n 1885, i t was the ol dest car t aki ng par t. Af ter a gr eat many l oud explosions, t he race began. Many of t he cars br oke down on t he 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, ple t ed t he r ace. The winni ng car r eached a speed of fort y mi l es an hourm uch fast er than any of i t s ri val s. I t sped downhi l at t he end of t he r ace and i t s dr i ver had a l ot of tr oubl e tr yi ng t o stop i t. The r ace gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pl easur e. It was very di f erent fr om m oder n car r aces but no less excit i ng. Lesson57 Can I hel p you, madam? 你要買什么，夫人？ A wom an i n bl ue j eans st ood at t he window of an expensive shop. Though she hesi t at ed f or a m om ent , she f inal y went i n and asked t o see a dress t hat wa s i n t he wi ndow. The asist ant who served her di d not li ke t he way she was dressed. Glancing at her scornf ul l y, he t ol d her t hat t he dress was sol d. The wom an walked out of t he shop angri ly and decided to puni sh t he asistant next day. She