【正文】 。I 39。t mat er ,39。 39。 sai d the conductor suddenl y.39。 I asked. 39。Thi s i s as f ar as we go.39。l l have to get off her e,39。 answer ed t he conductor. I sat i n the fr ont of t he bus t o get a good vi ew of the count rysi de. Aft er some tim e, t he bus stopped. Looking r ound, I r eali zed wit h a shock t hat I was the onl y pasenger left on the bus. 39。 I39。 but I don39。m goi ng t o Woodf or d Green,39。t li ke l osing m y way. I went on an excur si on r ecentl y, but m y t ri p t ook me l onger t han I expect ed. 39。230 ! Leson47 A t hi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house whi ch was r ecentl y bought by Mr I an Thom pson i s up f or sal e. Mr Thompson is going to sel i t because it is haunted. He t ol d m e t hat he coul d not go t o sl eep one ni ght because he hear d a st range noi se i ng fr om t he bar. The next m orning, he found t hat he doors had been blocked by chair s and t he f ur ni ture had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had t ur ned t he li ght s of before he went to bed, they were on in t he mor ni ng. He also sai d t hat he had found fi ve empty whisky bottl es which the ghost must have drunk t he ni ght before. When I suggest ed t hat some vil agers must have e i n f or a f ree dr ink, Mr Thom pson shook hi s head. The vil lagers have t ol d him t hat t hey wil l not accept t he i nn even if he gi ves it away. Lesson48 Di d you want to t el me som et hi ng? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Denti st s al ways ask questi ons when i t i s impossi bl e for you t o answer. My denti st had j ust pull ed out one of my t eth and had told me t o r est for a whil e. I tr ied to say som et hi ng, but m y m out h was f ul of cott on wool. He knew I coll ected bi rds39。 lesson46 Expensi ve and un fort abl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane fr om London ar ived at Sydney air port, wor kers began t o unl oad a number of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl ot hi ng. No one coul d account f or the fact t hat one of t he boxes was ext rem el y heavy. It suddenl y occur red to one of t he worker s to open up the box. He was astoni shed at what he f ound. A m an was lying in t he box on t op of a pi le of wooll en goods. He was so sur pri sed at bei ng di scovered that he di d not even tr y t o run away. Af ter he was ar rest ed, t he m an admi t ed hiding i n t he box bef or e t he pl ane left London. He had had a l ong and un fort able tr ip, for he had been conf ined t o the wooden box for over t en hour s. The man was or dered to pay amp。s m oney was pai d back i n this way. The l ast not e sai d: 39。 Onl y 25 per cent a thief now!39。but only 5o per cent a t hi ef !39。 Leson45 A clear consci ence 問心無愧 The whol e vi l age soon l ear nt that a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost. Sam Benton, t he l ocal but cher, had l ost his wal et whi le t aking hi s savi ngs t o t he post off ice. Sam was sur e that t he wal let m ust have been f ound by one of t he vil agers, but i t was not r et ur ned to him. Thr ee m onths pased, and t hen one morning, Sam f ound hi s wal et out si de his fr ont door. It had been wr apped up i n newspaper and it containe d half the money he had lost, t oget her wit h a note which sai d: 39。 said Mr s St er li ng l at er, 39。t he dif fer ence bet wen I ndian m usic and j az! Leson43 O ver t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hr e year s aft er his fl ight over t he Nort h Pole, t he Am eri can expl or er, R. E. Byrd, succesfull y f lew over the South Pole f or the fi rst t ime. Though, at f ir st, Byrd and hi s m en were abl e t o take a gr eat m any photogr aphs of t he mount ai ns t hat l ay bel ow, t hey soon ran into ser ious t roubl e. At one poi nt, it sem ed cert ai n t hat thei r pl ane woul d cr ash. It coul d only get over the m ountains i f it rose t o 10, 000 feet . Byr d at once or der ed his m en t o thr ow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The plane was then abl e to r ise and it cl ear ed t he mountai ns by 400 feet . Byr d now knew t hat he would be able t o r each the South Pol e whi ch was 300 mi les away, f or ther e wer e no m or e mount ai ns i n si ght. The air cr af t was abl e t o fl y ove r t he endl ess whi te plains wi thout dif icul ty. Lesson44 Through the forest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Sterli ng di d not think of t he r isk she was t aking when she r an t hr ough a f orest af ter t wo men. They had r ushed up to her whil e she was havi ng a pii c at the edge of a f or est wi th her chil dr en and t ri ed t o st eal her handbag. In t he str uggl e, t he str ap broke and, wit h the bag i n t heir possessi on, both men st ar ted runni ng t hr ough the tr es. Mr s St er li ng got so angry t hat she r an af ter t hem. She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued to r un. When she caught up wit h t hem, she saw t hat they had sat down and were goi ng t hr ough the content s of t he bag, so she r an str ai ght at t hem . The m en got such a f ri ght t hat they dr opped t he bag and ran away. 39。The st rap needs mending, 39。but t hey did not steal anythi ng.39。A t hi ef , yes, 39。 Two m ont hs later, some more money was sent t o Sam wit h another note:39。 I n t ime, al Sam39。 I am 100 per cent honest now! 39。 345 for the cost of t he t ri p. The normal pr ice of a ti cket i s amp。 eggs and asked me whether my coll ecti on was gr owi ng. He t hen asked m e how my br ot her was and whet her I l iked m y new j ob i n London. I n answer t o t hese ques ti ons I eit her nodded or m ade st range noi ses. Meanwhil e, m y tongue was busy searchi ng out the hole wher e the toot h had been. I suddenl y f el t very worr ied, but coul d not say anyt hi ng. When t he dent ist at last rem oved the cot on wool fr om m y m out h, I was abl e t o tel him t hat he had pull ed out t he wr ong t ooth. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢告終 Tir ed of sl epi ng on t he fl oor, a young m an i n Teheran saved up for year s to buy a r eal bed. For t he f ir st tim e in his li fe, he becam e t he pr oud owner of a bed which had s