【正文】 It sped downhi l at the end of the r ace and i ts dri ver had a lot of tr oubl e tr ying t o st op it . The r ace gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pl easur e. I t was very di f er ent 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 wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesit ated f or a m om ent , she fi nal y went i n and aske d to see a dr ess t hat was i n t he wi ndow. The assi st ant who ser ved her did not li ke t he way she was dr essed. Gl anci ng at her scor nf ull y, he t old her t hat t he dr ess was sol d. The woman wal ked out of the shop angr il y and deci ded t o puni sh t he assi st ant next day. She ret ur ned to t he shop t he f ol lowi ng mor ni ng dressed i n a f ur coat, wi t h a handbag in one hand and a l ong um br el l a in t he other. Af ter seeki ng out t he r ude asist ant she asked f or t he same dr es. Not reali zi ng who she was, t he asistant was eager t o ser ve her t hi s tim e wi t h gr eat di f icult y, he cli m bed i nt o t he shop wi ndow t o get t he dr es. As soon as she saw it , t he wom an sai d s many ti es.39。And a wom an can39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nut es l ater we wal ked out of t he shop t ogether. My wif e was weari ng a hat that l ooked l i ke a l i ght house ! Leson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong wal k t hr ough one of t he mar ket s of Ol d Del hi , we st opped at a square t o have a r est. Af t er a t im e, we not iced a snake charm er wi t h t wo l ar ge basket s at t he other si de of t he squar e, so we went t o have a look at hi m. As soon as he saw us, he pi cked up a l ong pipe whi ch was c overed wi t h coi ns and opened one of t he 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 oll ow t he m ovem ent s of t he pipe. We wer e very m uch sur pr i sed when t he snake charm er suddenl y began t o pl ay jazz tunes and m oder n pop songs. The snake, however , cont inued t o 39。 sl owly. It obvi ousl y could not t el l t he dif f er ence bet wen I ndi an music and j az! Leson43 O ver t he Sout h Pole 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hr ee year s af t er hi s fli ght over t he Nor t h Pol e, t he Am er ican expl orer, R. E. Byr d, successf ull y fl ew over t he Sout h Pol e f or t he fi r st ti me. Though, at f ir st, Byr d and hi s men wer e abl e t o t ake a gr eat m any photogr aphs of the m ount ai ns t hat l ay bel ow, t hey soon ran i nt o seri ous t r oubl e. At one poi nt , it seem ed cer tai n t hat hei r plane woul d cr ash. It coul d onl y get over t he m ount ai ns if i t rose to 10, 000 feet . Byr d at once or der ed hi s m en t o t hr ow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The plane was t hen abl e t o r ise and it cl ear ed t he m ount ai ns by 400 f eet . Byr d now knew t hat he would be abl e to r each t he Sout h Pol e which was 300 mi l es away, for t her e were no m ore m ount ai ns in si ght . The ai rcr af t was abl e t o fl y over t he endl es whi te pl ai ns wit hout di f icult y. Leson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mrs Anne St erl ing di d not t hink of t he r i sk she was t aki ng when she r an t hr ough a f or est aft er t wo m en. They had r ushed up t o her whil e she was havi ng a pi i c at t he edge of a f orest wit h her chil dr en and t ri ed to st eal her handbag. I n t he str uggl e, t he st r ap br oke and, wi th t he bag i n t hei r possesi on, both m en st art ed running t hr ough t he t rees. Mrs St erli ng got so angr y t hat she r an aft er t hem . She was soon out of br eat h, but she cont inued t o run. When she caught up wit h t hem, she saw t hat t hey had sat down and wer e goi ng t hr ough t he cont ent s of the bag, so she r an st rai ght at hem . The m en got such a f ri ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。 sai d Mr s St erl ing l at er, 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 m oney had been l ost. Sam Bent on, t he l ocal but cher, had l ost his wal let whil e t aki 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 vi l ager s, but i t was not r etur ned t o him . Thr ee mont hs passed, 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 , t oget her wit h a note whi ch sai d: 39。but only 5o per cent a t hief !39。 Onl y 25 per cent a t hi ef now! 39。s m oney was pai d back i n t hi s way. The last not e sai d: 39。 l eson46 Expensi ve and unf ortable 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane fr om London ar ri ved at Sydney ai rport , wor kers began t o unl oad a num ber of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl ot hi ng. 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 t o open up t he box. He was astonished at what he f ound. A m an was lyi ng i n t he box on top of a pil e of wooll en goods. He was so sur pri sed at being di scover ed t hat he di d not even t r y to r un away. Aft er he was ar rest ed, t he man admit t ed hi ding i n t he box bef or e t he pl ane l eft London. He had had a l ong 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。 230 ! Lesson47 A t hi 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 t ol d me t hat he could 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 that the doors had been blocked by chair s and the f urni ture had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had tur ned t he li ght s off befor e he went to bed, they were on in t he morni ng. He al so sa