【正文】 d not even tr y t o r un away. Af ter he was ar est ed, the man admit 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 thi ef !39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whole vil lage soon learnt that a lar ge sum of money had been l ost. Sam Bent on, t he local but cher, had l ost his wal let whil e taking hi s savings t o the post off ice. Sam was sur e that the wal let must have been found by one of the vil lagers, but i t was not r et urned t o him. Thr e mont hs passed, and then one mor ning, Sam found hi s walet outside hi s fr ont door. I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t cont ai ned hal f the money he had lost, together wi th a not e which said: 39。 said Mr s Sterl ing l ater, 39。 slowly. I t obvi ously could not t el l the di f er ence between I ndian music and j azz! Leson43 Over the Sout h Pole 飛越南極 I n 1929, thr ee year s af ter his f li ght over t he Nor t h Pole, the Am er ican expl orer , R. E. Byr d, successf ull y fl ew over the South Pol e for t he fi rst ti me. Though, at f ir st , Byrd and hi s men were abl e to t ake a great many phot ogr aphs of t he mount ains that lay below, t hey soon r an into ser ious tr oubl e. At one point , i t seemed cert ai n t hat thei r pl ane woul d crash. I t coul d only get over t he mount ains if i t rose to 10, 000 feet. Byr d at once ordered hi s men t o thr ow out two heavy f ood sacks. The plane was then able t o r ise and it cleared t he mountains by 400 f et . Byr d now knew that he woul d be able t o reach the South Pol e whi ch was 300 mil es away, for t her e were no more mount ains 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 er li ng did not t hi nk of the r isk she was taking when she ran t hrough a f orest af ter two men. They had r ushed up t o her whi le she was having a pi i c at t he edge of a f orest wit h her chi ldren and t ri ed to steal her handbag. In the str uggl e, t he st rap br oke and, wi t h t he bag in t hei r possesion, bot h men st ar ted r unni ng thr ough the tr ees. Mr s Ster li ng got so angry t hat she ran af ter them. She was soon out of breath, but she continued t o run. When she caught up wi th t hem, she saw t hat they had sat down and wer e going t hr ough the contents of the bag, so she r an st rai ght at them. The men got such a f r ight that hey dropped the bag and ran away. 39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nut es later we wal ked out of the shop together. My wi fe was wear ing a hat that looked li ke a li ght house ! Leson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a long walk through one of the m ar ket s of Old Delhi, we st opped at a squar e to have a r est . Af t er a t im e, we not iced a snakecharm er wi th two large basket s at t he other si de of the squar e, so we went t o have a l ook at hi m. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pi pe which was cover ed wit h coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to pl ay a tune, we had our f ir st gl im pse of the snake. I t rose out of t he basket and began t o f ollow the m ovements of t he pipe. We wer e ver y much surpr ised when the snake charmer suddenl y began t o play j azz t unes and modern pop songs. The snake, however, conti nued t o 39。And a wom an can39。m any t i es. 39。 39。t have too m any hats,39。dance39。The str ap needs mendi ng, 39。but t hey di d not st eal anyt hing.39。A thief , yes, 39。 Two m ont hs l ater, some mor e money was sent to Sam wi th another not e:39。 I n ti me, al Sam39。 I am 100 per cent honest now!39。345 f or the cost of the t ri p. The nor mal pr i ce of a t icket i s amp。 eggs and asked m e whet her m y collecti on was growi ng. He then asked m e how my br other was and whet her I l iked my new job i n London. I n answer to these questi ons I eit her nodded or made st range noises. Meanwhil e, my tongue was busy sear chi ng out the hole wher e the t oot h had been. I suddenly f elt very wor ri ed, but coul d not say anything. When t he dent ist at l ast removed t he cot tonwool f rom my mout h, I was able to t el l him that he had pul led out the wr ong tooth. Leson49 The end of a dream 美夢告終 Ti r ed of sleeping on t he fl oor, a young man in Teher an saved up for year s t o buy a real bed. For the f ir st t ime in hi s li fe, he became t he proud owner of a bed whi ch had spr ings and a mat ress. Because t he weat her was ver y hot , he car ri ed the bed on t o the r oof of hi s house. He sl ept very wel f or t he fi rst two nights, but on t he thi rd ni ght , a st orm blew up. A gust of wind swept the bed off t he roof and sent it cr ashing i nto t he cour tyard bel ow. The young man di d not wake up unt i l t he bed had st ruck t he gr ound. Al though the bed was smashed t o pieces, the m an was mir acul ousl y unhur t. When he woke up, he was s til l on the m at tr es. Glancing at the bi ts of wood and metal that lay ar ound hi m, the m an sadly pi cked up t he mat ress and ca r ri ed it i nt o his house. Af ter he had put i t on the f loor, he pr om ptly went t o sleep agai n. Lesson50 Taken f or a ride 乘車兜風(fēng) I love tr avel li ng in the count ry, but I don39。 I 39。 I said t o t he conduct or as I got on the bus,39。t know wher e it is. 39。l t el l you wher e t o get of f, 39。 You39。 t he conductor sai d. 39。 39。 I asked. 39。 said t he conductor suddenly.39。 I t doesn39。 I said. 39。l l get off here. 39。 said the conductor . 39。 I answered. Lesson51 Reward f or virt ue 對美德的獎賞 My f ri end, Herber t, has al ways been f at , but t hings got so bad r ecentl y that he deci ded t o go on a di et