【正文】 of f here,39。 t he conduct or sai d. 39。This is as far as we go.39。 39。 Is this Woodf ord Gr en ?39。 I asked. 39。Oh dear ,39。 said t he conduct or suddenl y. 39。 I f or got to put you of f.39。 39。I t doesn39。t m at er ,39。 I said. 39。I 39。l l get of f here. 39。 We are goi ng back now, 39。 sai d the conductor. 39。Wel , i n that case, I pr ef er t o st ay on the bus,39。 I answered. Lesson51 Reward f or virt ue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My fr iend, Her bert , 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 . He began hi s di et aweek ago. Fi rst of al l, he wr ot e out a long l ist of al l the foods whi ch wer e f orbidden. The li st incl uded m ost of t he t hi ngs Her bert l oves: butt er, potat oes, r ice, beer, mil k, chocol at e, and swets. Yest er day I pai d him a vi si t. I rang t he bel l and was not surpri sed to se t hat Her bert was stil l as f at as ever. He led me i nt o his r oom and hur iedl y hi d a large par cel under hi s desk. It was obvi ous t hat he was very em bar assed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smil ed guil til y and t hen put the parcel on the desk. He explained t hat hi s di et was o st ri ct that he had t o r ewar d himself occasional y. Then he showed me t he cont ents of t he parcel . I t cont ai ned fi ve l ar ge bars of chocolate and t hr e bags of sweet s! Leson52 A pret y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust m oved i nt o a new house and I have been wor ki ng hard al m orning. I have been t r yi ng t o get m y new r om i n or der. Thi s has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make mat er s wor se, t he r oom i s rather sm al l, so I have t empor ar il y put m y books on the fl oor. At the m om ent, they cover every i nch of f loor space and I actual ly have t o walk on t hem t o get i n or out of the room. A shor t whil e ago, m y sister helped m e t o car y one of m y ol d bookcases up t he stair s. She went i nt o m y r oom and got a bi g sur pr ise when she saw al t hose books on t he f loor . 39。Thi s i s the pr et ti est carpet I have ever s een,39。 she said. She gazed at it for som e time t hen added, 39。You don39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit here i n your spare t ime and r ead the car pet!39。 Lesson53 Hot snake 觸電的蛇 At last fi remen have put out a bi g forest fi re i n Cali fornia. Si nce then, they have been t rying to f ind out how t he f ir e began. Forest fi re are oft en caused by broken glas or by cigar et te ends whi ch peopl e carel esl y t hr ow away. Yester day the fir em en exami ned the gr ound caref ul y, but were not abl e to fi nd any br oken gl as. They were also quit e sure t hat a ci garet e end di d not st ar t he f ir e. Thi s m or ni ng, however, a fi rem an acci dental y discover ed t he cause. He not iced t he r emains of a snake whi ch was wound r ound t he el ectr ic wi res of a 16, 000 vol t power li ne. In t hi s way, he was abl e to sol ve t he m yst ery. The explanati on was sim pl e but ver y unusual. A bi rd had snat ched up t he snake f rom t he gr ound and t hen dr opped it on to t he wir es. The snake t hen wound it self r ound t he wi res. When i t di d so, i t sent sparks down t o t he gr ound and these immediat el y st ar ted a fi re. Lesson54 St icky f i ngers 粘糊的手指 Aft er breakf ast, I sent t he chi ldren to school and t hen I went t o market . I t was st il ear ly when I r et ur ned hom e. The chi ldren wer e at school, my husband was at wor k and t he house was qui et. So I decided t o m ake some t art s for t ea. In a short tim e I was busy mi xi ng but ter and fl our and my hands wer e soon covered wit h sti cky pastr y. At exactl y that moment, t he t el ephone rang. Not hi ng coul d have been m or e annoying. I picked up the receiver bet ween t wo sti cky fi ngers and was di smayed when I r ecognized t he voice of Mr s Bat es. I t ook me t en mi nutes t o per suade her t o r i ng back later. At last I hung up t he r ecei ver. What a m ess! Ther e was past r y on my fi ngers, on t he t el ephone, and on t he door knobs. I had no sooner got back t o the ki tchen than t he door bel rang l oud enough t o wake t he dead. This tim e it was t he postm an and he want ed me t o si gn f or a regist er ed l et ter ! Leson55 Not a gol d mi ne 并非金礦 Dr eam s of fi ndi ng l ost reasure almost came tr ue recent ly. A new m achi ne cal led 39。The Revealer39。 has been invented and it has been used to det ect gol d whi ch has been bur ied in t he gr ound. The machi ne was used i n a cave near t he seashore wher eit i s ai d pir at es used t o hi de gol d. The pi rates would oft en bury gol d in t he cave and t hen fail t o coll ect i t. Armed wit h t he new machi ne, a search par ty went he di d not li ke it . She enj oyed hersel f m aking the assi st ant br ing almost ever yt hing in t he wi ndow bef or e f inal ly buyi ng t he dr ess he had fi rst asked for. Lesson58 A bl essi ng i n di sguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The ti ny vil age of Fr inley is sai d t o posses a 39。cursed t ree39。. Because the tr e was m enti oned i n a newspaper, t he num ber of visi tors t o Fr inley has now i ncr eased. The tr e was pl anted near a chur ch f ift y years ago, but it is onl y in r ecent year s that it has gai ned an evil r eput at ion. It i s said t hat i f anyone touches t he tr ee, he wi l have bad luck。 if he pi cks a leaf , he wil l die. Many vil agers bel ieve t hat he t ree has al ready claimed a number of vi ctim s. The vi car has been asked to have t he tr ee cut down, but so far he has r ef used. He has poi nt ed out t hat he t ree is a useful sour ce of ine as t ouri st s have been ing fr om al par ts of the count ry t o see i t. In spi te of al t hat has been said, t he t ouri st s have been pi cking leaves and cutt ing thei r nam es on the tr et runk. So far, not one of t hem has been str uck down by sudden death! Leson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o sit out