【正文】 ng butt er and f lour and m y hands were soon cover ed wi th sticky past ry. At exactly t hat moment, the telephone r ang. Nothing could have been more annoyi ng. I picked up the recei ver between t wo st icky f ingers and was dismayed when I r ecognized the voice of Mr s Bates. I t ook me ten minutes to per suade her to r ing back later. At l ast I hung up the r ecei ver. What a mes! There was past ry on my fi ngers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner got back to t he kit chen t han the door bel r ang loud enough to wake t he dead. This t ime it was t he post man and he want ed me t o sign f or a regist er ed l et ter ! Lesson55 Not a gol d mine 并非金礦 Dreams of fi nding lost reasure al most came tr ue r ecent ly. A new machine cal led 39。Thi s is the pr et ti est carpet I have ever sen,39。 We ar e going back now,39。t mat er ,39。 said the conductor suddenl y. 39。 39。You39。t know where i t i s. 39。 I39。345 for the cost of the tr ip. The norm al pr ice of a t icket i s amp。 I n time, al l Sam39。A t hi ef , yes, 39。The str ap needs mending, 39。opened one of the baskets. When he began to play a tune, we had our f irst gl impse of the snake. I t rose out of the basket and began to f ollow t he movement s of the pipe. We were ver y much sur pr ised when the snake charmer suddenl y began t o pl ay j azz tunes and moder n pop songs. The snake, however, conti nued to 39。 sai d Mrs Sterl ing later, 39。but onl y 5o per cent a thief! 39。s money was pai d back in this way. The last note said:39。230 ! Lesson47 A t hirst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A public house whi ch was recently bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up for sale. Mr Thompson is goi ng t o sel it because i t i s haunt ed. He t ol d me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a st range noi se ing from t he bar. The next morning, he found that he door s had been bl ocked by chair s and the furnit ur e had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had turned the lights off bef or e he went to bed, they wer e on i n the mor ni ng. He al so sai d that he had found f ive empty whisky bott les which the ghost must have dr unk t he night before. When I suggest ed t hat some vil agers must have e in f or a fr ee dr ink, Mr Thompson shook his head. The vil agers have told him that they wi l not acept the inn even if he gives i t away. Leson48 Did you want to t el l m e somet hing? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Dent ists al ways ask quest ions when it is impossible for you t o answer. My denti st had j ust pull ed out one of my teeth and had t ol d me to r est f or a whil e. I tri ed t o say something, but my mouth was f ull of cot ton wool. He knew I col lect ed bir ds39。m goi ng t o Woodfor d Green,39。 I39。l have to get off her e, 39。 I s this Woodf or d Green ?39。 I for got to put you off .39。 I sai d. 39。 sai d the conduct or . 39。 she said. She gazed at it for some time t hen added, 39。The Revealer 39。 i f he pi cks a leaf , he wil l die. Many vil agers bel ieve t hat the t ree has already claimed a number of vi ct ims. The vi car has been asked to have the tr e cut down, but so far he has ref used. He has pointed out that he t ree is auseful sour ce of ine as t ouri st s have been ing fr om al l parts of the count ry to se i t. In spi te of al l t hat has been said, t he t ouri st s have been picking leaves and cutt ing thei r names on the tr et runk. So f ar, not one of t hem has been str uck down by sudden death! Leson59 In or out ？ 進來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to sit out si de our f ront gat e and bar k. Ever y time he wanted to e into the gar den he would bark unt il someone opened the gat e. As the neighbours plained of the noi se, my husband spent weeks tr ai ni ng hi m to pres his paw on t he l at ch t o let himself in. Rex soon became an exper t at openi ng t he gate. However, when I was goi ng out shopping last week, I noticed hi m in t he gar den near the gate. Thi s t ime he was bar ki ng so that someone would let hi m out ! Since t hen, he has devel oped another bad habi t. As soon as he opens the gate f rom t he outside, he es i nt o the garden and wai ts unt il the gate shuts. Then he sit s and barks unt il someone lets him out. After this he immedi at el y lets himself i n and begins barking again. Yesterday my husband r emoved t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him si nce. Leson60 The f ut ure 卜算未來 At avi l age fair , I decided to visi t a f ortune teler cal ed Madam Bel linsky. I went i nt o her tent and she t ol d me to sit down. Af ter I had gi ven her some money, she l ooked i nt o a cr ystal bal and sai d: 39。 she asked i mpati ent ly. 39。s cl osest f r i ends asked hi m t o m ake a speech at a weddi ng r ecept i on. Thi s i s t he sor t of t hi ng t hat opened one of the baskets. When he began to play a tune, we had our f irst gl impse of the snake. I t rose out of the basket and began to f ollow t he movement s of the pipe. We were ver y much sur pr ised when the snake charmer suddenl y began t o pl ay j azz tunes and moder n pop songs. The snake, however, conti nued to 39。 sai d Mrs Sterl ing later, 39。but onl y 5o per cent a thief! 39。s money was pai d back in this way. The last note said:39。230 ! Lesson47 A t hirst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A public house whi ch was recently bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up for sale. Mr Thompson is goi ng t o sel it because i t i s haunt ed. He t ol d me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a st range noi se ing from t he bar. The next morning, he found that he door s had been bl ocked by chair s and the furnit ur e had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had turned the lights off bef or e he went to bed, they wer e on i n the mor ni ng. He al so sai d that he had found f ive empty whisky bott les which the ghost must have dr unk t he night before. When I suggest ed t hat some vil agers must have e in f or a fr ee dr ink, Mr Thompson shook his head. The vil agers have told