【正文】 op f or hal f an hour and m y wif e was st il l i n fr ont of t he m ir r or . 39。You don39。Thi s is t he pret iest car pet I have ever sen,39。Wel l, i n t hat case, I pr efer t o st ay on t he bus, 39。 We ar e going back now,39。I 39。t m at ter, 39。 I f or got t o put you of f. 39。Oh dear,39。 I s t hi s Woodf or d Gr een ?39。 t he conduct or sai d. 39。 You39。l l t el l you where t o get of f, 39。 39。 but I don39。m goi ng t o Woodf or d Gr een,39。t li ke losing m y way. I went on an excur si on r ecentl y, but my t ri p t ook m e l onger than I expected. 39。230 ! Lesson47 A thi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up f or sal e. Mr Thom pson i s goi ng t o sel i t because i t is haunt ed. He tol 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 ning, he found t hat t he doors had been blocked by chair s and t he f urnit ur e had been moved. Though Mr Thom pson had tur 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 f ound fi ve empt y whisky bot tl es which t he ghost m ust have dr unk t he ni ght bef ore. When I suggest ed t hat som e vil lager s m ust have e i n f or a fr ee dr i nk, Mr Thom pson shook hi s head. The vi l ager s have t old him t hat t 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 denti st had j ust pull 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 r ied t o say s omet hi ng, but m y m out h was f ul l of cott on wool. He knew I col lected bir ds39。 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 whi ch cont ai ned cl ot hing. No one coul d account f or t he fact hat one of t he boxes was ext r em el y heavy. It suddenl y occurr ed t o one of t he wor ker s to open up t he box. He was astonished at what he f ound. A m an was l yi ng in t he box on t op of a pi le of wooll en goods. He was so surpri sed at bei ng di scover ed t hat he di d not even tr y t o r un awa y. 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 plane left London. He had had a long and unf or t abl e tr ip, f or he had been confi ned t o t he wooden box for over t en hour s. The m an was ordered t o pay amp。s m oney was pai d back i n t hi s way. The l ast note sai d:39。 Onl y 25 per cent a thi ef now!39。but onl y 5o per cent a t hi ef !39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whol e vil l age soon learnt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost. Sam Bent on, t he l ocal but cher , had l ost hi s wal l et whi le t aki ng his savi ngs to t he post of fi ce. Sam was sur e t hat t he wal et m ust have been f ound by one of t he vil lager s, but it was not r et ur ned t o him . Three m ont hs passed, and t hen one m or ni ng, Sam found his wal let out si de his f r ont door . It had been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t cont ai ned half t he money he had lost, t oget her wit h a not e which sai d: 39。 said Mrs St erl ing l at er, 39。 slowl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el t he di f erence bet ween 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 Pol e, t he Am eri can expl or er , R. E. Byrd, succesf ul ly f l ew over t he Sout h Pole f or t he f ir st t im e. Though, at fi r st, Byr d and his m en were abl e t o t ake a gr eat m any phot ogr aphs of t he m ount ai ns t ha t lay bel ow, t hey soon r an int o ser ious tr oubl e. At one poi nt , it seem ed cert ain t hat t hei r plane would cr ash. It could onl y get over the m ount ai ns i f it r ose t o 10, 000 f eet . Byrd at once or dered his m en t o t hr ow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The pl ane was t hen able t o ri se and it cleared t he mount ai ns by 400 f eet . Byr d now knew that he woul d be able t o r each t he Sout h Pole whi ch was 300 mil es away, f or t here wer e no m or e m ountai ns i n sight. The air craft was abl e to f l y over t he endl ess whit e plai ns wit hout di f i cult y. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Sterl i ng di d not t hi nk of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she ran t hr ough a f or est aft er t wo m en. They had r ushed up t o her whi le she was havi ng a pi i c at t he edge of a f or est wit h her chi ldr en and t ri ed t o st eal her handbag. I n t he str uggl e, the str ap broke and, wi t h the bag i n their possessi on, bot h m en st art ed r unni ng t hrough t he t r es. Mr s St erl ing got so angr y t hat she ran aft er t hem . She was soon out of breat h, but she cont i 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 r an str ai ght at t hem. The m en got such a fr i ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。 she answered. Ten m i nut es l at er we wal ked out of the shop toget her. My wif e was weari ng a hat t hat l ooked l i ke a l i ght house ! Lesson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong walk t hrough one of t he m ar ket s of Old Del hi, we st opped at a squar e t o have a r est. Af t er a t im e, we noti ced a snakecharm er wi t h t wo l arge basket s at t he ot her si de of t he squar e, so we went t o have a l ook at him . As soon as he saw us, he pi cked up a l ong pi pe whi ch was cover ed wit h coi ns and opened one of the baskets. When he began t o pl ay a tune, we had our f ir st gl im pse of t he snake. It r ose out of t he basket and began t o f ol ow t he m ovem ent s of t he pi pe. We were ver y much s ur pri sed when t he snake charm er suddenl y began t o play j azz t unes and m oder n pop