【正文】 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？ O。cursed tree39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit her e in your spare ti me and read the carpet !39。 I answer ed. Leson51 Reward for virt ue 對美德的獎賞 My f ri end, Herbert, has always been f at, but t hi ngs got so bad recent ly t hat he decided to go on a diet. He began his diet a week ago. Fir st of al , he wrote out a l ong li st of al t he f oods which were for bi dden. The l ist i ncluded most of t he t hi ngs Herber t l oves: but ter, potatoes, ri ce, beer , milk, chocolate, and sweet s. Yesterday I paid hi m a visit . I r ang the bel and was not surpr ised to se t hat Her bert was sti l as f at as ever . He l ed me i nt o hi s room and hur ri edly hid a l ar ge par cel under his desk. I t was obvious t hat he was very embar rased. When I asked him what he was doing, he sm iled gui lti ly and t hen put the par cel on t he desk. He explained that his diet was so stri ct t hat he had t o rewar d hi mself occasional ly. Then he showed me t he cont ents of the parcel . It contained f ive large 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 moved i nto a new house and I have been wor ki ng hard al mor ning. I have been t rying to get my new room in order. Thi s has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To make maters worse, the room is r at her smal , so I have t emporari ly put my books on t he f loor . At t he moment , t hey cover every i nch of f loor space and I actualy have t o walk on them t o get i n or out of the room. A shor t whi le ago, my sister helped me t o car y one of my ol d bookcases up t he stairs. She went i nt o my room and got a big sur pr ise when she saw al those books on t he f loor. 39。l get off her e. 39。I t doesn39。Oh dear ,39。This is as f ar as we go.39。 answered the conduct or . I sat in t he f ront of the bus to get a good view of t he countr yside. Af ter some t ime, the bus st opped. Looki ng r ound, I realized wi th a shock that I was the onl y passenger l ef t on the bus. 39。 but I don39。t li ke l osing my way. I went on an excur si on r ecent ly, but my t ri p took me l onger than I expect ed. 39。 leson46 Expensi ve and unfort able 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane fr om London ar ived at Sydney ai rport, worker s began t o unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothi ng. No one could acount for t he f act that one of the boxes was extr emely heavy. I t suddenly occurr ed t o one of t he workers to open up the box. He was ast oni shed at what he found. A man was lying in t he box on t op of a pi le of wooll en goods. He was so surpr ised at being di scovered that he di d not even try t o run away. Af ter he was ar rested, t he man admi ted hiding in the box before t he plane l ef t London. He had had a long and unf or tabl e tri p, f or he had been confi ned to t he wooden box for over ten hours. The man was or dered to pay amp。 Only 25 per cent a thi ef now! 39。 Lesson45 A cl ear conscience 問心無愧 The whole vil lage soon lear nt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost. Sam Benton, t he local but cher, had lost his walet whi le taking hi s savi ngs to t he post offi ce. Sam was sure t hat the wal let must have been found by one of the vi lager s, but it was not r eturned t o hi m. Three mont hs passed, and then one mor ni ng, Sam f ound hi s wal let outsi de his f ront door . I t had been wrapped up i n newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost , t ogether wit h a note which said: 39。 sl owl y. I t obvi ously could not t el l t he dif ference bet wen Indian music and j azz! Lesson43 Over the South Pole 飛越南極 In 1929, thr e years aft er his fl ight over the Nor th Pole, t he Ameri can explorer, R. E. Byr d, successf ul ly f lew over the South Pol e for the f ir st ti me. Though, at f irst, Byrd and his men wer e able t o take a great many phot ogr aphs of the mountains that lay bel ow, they soon r an i nt o seri ous tr ouble. At one point, it seemed cer tain that heir plane would crash. I t could onl y get over t he mount ai ns i f i t r ose to 10,000 f et. Byrd at once order ed hi s men to t hr ow out two heavy food sacks. The pl ane was t hen able t o ri se and i t clear ed t he mount ai ns by 400 f et. Byrd now knew that he would be abl e t o reach t he Sout h Pole which was 300 miles away, f or t here were no mor e mountains in sight . The ai rcraft was able to f ly over the endles white plains wit hout dif fi cult y. Lesson44 Through the forest 穿過森林 Mrs Anne Sterl ing did not think of t he r isk she was t aking when she r an t hr ough a forest aft er two men. They had rushed up to her whil e she was havi ng a pii c at the edge of a f or est with her children and t ri ed to steal her handbag. I n the st rug