【正文】 f ter he had put it on t he fl oor, he prompt ly went t o sleep again. Leson50 Taken for a ri de 乘車兜風(fēng) I l ove tr avel ling in t he countr y, but I don39。 I sai d t o the conduct or as I got on the bus,39。 I39。l l have to get of f her e, 39。 I s thi s Woodfor d Gr een ?39。 I f or got to put you off .39。 I sai d. 39。We are going back now,39。Thi s is t he pr et iest carpet I have ever seen,39。 Lesson53 Hot snake 觸電的蛇 At last f ir emen have put out a big f orest fi re i n Cal i f orni a. Si nce t hen, t hey have been tr yi ng to fi nd out how the f ir e began. For est f ir e are of ten caused by br oken gl ass or by cigaret e ends whi ch peopl e car elesl y thr ow away. Yest er day the f ir em en exami ned the ground careful ly, but wer e not abl e to fi nd any br oken gl as. They wer e also quit e sure t hat a ci gar et te end di d not star t the f ir e. Thi s morni ng, however , a fi reman accidental y discover ed the caus e. He noticed t he remains of a snake which was wound r ound t he el ect ri c wi res of a 16,000volt power li ne. I n thi s way, he was able t o solve t he myst ery. The expl anati on was simpl e but ver y unusual . A bi rd had snatched up the snake f rom the gr ound and t hen dr opped it on to the wi res. The snake then wound it sel f round t he wir es. When i t did so, it sent spar ks down to the ground and these im medi ately st ar ted a fi re. Lesson54 St icky f ingers 粘糊的手指 Af ter breakf ast , I sent the chil dren t o school and t hen I went t o mar ket . It was sti l ear ly when I retur ned hom e. The chil dr en were at school , m y husband was at wor k and t he house was qui et . So I deci ded t o make some tar ts f or tea. I n a short t ime I was busy mi xing butt er and f lour and my hands were soon cover ed wit h sticky pastr y. At exact ly that m oment , the t el ephone r ang. Nothi ng coul d have been mor e annoying. I picked up the r eceiver between two sticky f ingers and was dismayed when I r ecogni zed the voice of Mr s Bates. It took m e ten m inutes to per suade her to r ing back lat er . At last I hung up t he receiver. What a m ess! Ther e was past ry on m y fi nger s, on t he tel ephone, and on t he door knobs. I had no sooner got back to the kit chen t han the door bel l rang loud enough to wake t he dead. This t ime it was the postman and he wanted m e to si gn for a r egi stered l et ter ! Leson55 Not a gold mine 并非金礦 Dr eam s of f i ndi ng lost tr easure alm ost came tr ue r ecentl y. A new machine cal ed 39。. Because the t ree was m ent ioned in a newspaper , the number of vi si tor s to Fr inl ey has now increased. The tr e was pl ant ed near a church f if ty years ago, but i t is only in r ecent year s that it has gai ned an evil r eput at ion. It i s sai d that if anyone touches t he tr e, he wil l have bad l uck。Wher e have you been hidi ng ?39。cl ock t his eveni ng. By that tim e, t he Astr a wil l have been fl yi ng t hr ough space f or sevent een hour s and wil have cir cl ed t he eart h a gr eat m any t im es. When t he f i rst radio m esages have been r ecei ved, the r esult s of t he t ri p wi l be announced imm edi at ely. Leson62 Aft er t he f i re 大火之后 Fir em en had been f i ghti ng t he f or est fi re f or nearl y t hree weeks bef ore t hey coul d get i t under cont rol. A shor t tim e befor e, gr eat tr ees had cover ed t he countr ysi de for mi les ar ound. Now, sm oke sti l r ose up f r om t he war m t ur o. Tazi ef f was able t o set up hi s cam p ver y close t o the volcano whil e i t was er upt ing vi olently. Though he managed t o take a number of br il li ant photographs, he could not stay near t he vol cano f or ver y l ong. He noti ced that a ri ver of l iquid r ock was ing t owar ds him. I t thr eat ened t o sur round him plet el y, but Tazi ef managed to escape j ust in ti me. He wait ed unt il t he vol cano be cam e quiet and he was able to r eturn two days l at er . This t ime, he managed t o cli mb i nto t he mouth of Ki tur o so that he coul d take photographs and measure 電子元器件零部件精密模具加工設(shè)備技術(shù)改造 項(xiàng) 目 可 行 性 研 究 報(bào) 告 2020年 6 月M y dentist had just puled out one of m y t eet h and had t old m e t o r est f or a while. I t r ied t o say som et hing, but m y m out h was f ul of cot t on wool. He knew I colect ed bir ds39。m going t o Woodf or d Gr een,39。 I 39。l l have t o get of f her e,39。 I asked. 39。 I t doesn39。l get of f her e.39。 I answer ed. Lesson51 Rewar d f or vir t ue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 M y f riend, Her ber t, has always been f at, but hings got so bad r ecently t hat he decided t o go on a diet . He began his diet a week ago. Fir st of al, he wr ot e out a long list of al t he f oods which wer e f or bidden. The list included m ost of t he t hings Her bert loves: but t er , pot at oes, r ice, beer , m ilk, chocolat e, and sweet s. Yester day I paid him a visit . I r ang t he bell and was not sur pr ised t o see t hat Her bert was stil as f at as ever . He led m e int o his r oom and hur riedly hid a lar ge par cel under his desk. I t was obvious t hat he was ver y em bar rassed. When Iasked him what he was doing, he sm iled guilt ily and t hen put t he par cel on t he desk. He explained t hat his diet was so st rict t hat he had t o r ewar d him self occasionaly. Then he showed m e t he cont ents of t he par cel. I t cont ained f ive lar ge bar s of chocolat e and t hr ee bags of sweets! Lesson52 A pr ett y car pet 漂亮的地毯 We have just m oved int o a new house and I have been wor king har d al m or ning. I have been t r ying t o get m y new r oom in or der. This has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To m ake m at ers wor se, t he r oom is r at her sm al, so Ihave t em por arily put m y books on t he f loor. At t he m om ent , t hey cover every inch of f loor space and I act ualy have t o walk on t hem t o get in or out of