【正文】 t hat the wal let must have been found by one of the vi lagers, but i t was not r eturned t o him. Thr e months pased, and t hen one mor ning, Sam f ound hi s wal et 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, t ogether wi th a not e which said: 39。 Only 25 per cent a t hief now! 39。 leson46 Expensi ve and unf ortable 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane f rom London ar i ved at Sydney ai rport , workers began to unl oad a num ber of wooden boxes which contai ned cl ot hing. No one coul d acount for the f act t hat one of the boxes was ext remely heavy. It suddenly occurr ed to one of the wor kers t o open up the box. He was ast oni shed at what he found. A man was l yi ng in the box on t op of a pi le of wool len goods. He was so surpr ised at being di scovered t hat he did not even tr y to run away. Aft er he was ar rested, the man admi t ed hiding i n t he box bef or e t。s money was pai d back in t his way. The last not e sai d:39。but onl y 5o per cent a thi ef !39。 said Mr s Ster ling later, 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(lè) 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 bega n t o f ollow the m ovements of t he pipe. We wer e ver y much surpr ised when the snake charm er suddenl y began t o play j azz t unes a nd modern pop songs. The snake, however, conti nued t o 39。 has been i nvented and i t has been used t o det ect gold which has been bur ied in the gr ound. The machi ne was used i n a cave near the seashore wher e it is saidpi rates used to hi de gol d. The pi rates woul d oft en bur y gold in t he cave and then f ail to col lect it. Ar m ed wi t h t he new machine, a search part y went 生豬養(yǎng)殖基地建設(shè) 項(xiàng)目 可行性研究報(bào)告 項(xiàng)目單位：烏蘭察布市 金都能源開(kāi)發(fā) 有限公司 項(xiàng)目地點(diǎn)： 烏蘭察布市 集寧區(qū) 白海子 鎮(zhèn) 可研報(bào)告編制時(shí)間：二 O 一 O 年 二 月 m any t i es. 39。You don39。Wel l, i n that case, I pr efer to st ay on the bus, 39。I 39。 I for got t o put you of f. 39。 I s thi s Woodfor d Gr en ?39。l have to get off here, 39。 I39。 I said t o the conduct or as I got on the bus,39。 eggs and asked m e whether my coll ect ion 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 t o these questi ons I ei ther nodded or made st range noises. Meanwhil e, m y tongue was busy sear ching out the hole wher e the t oot h had been. I suddenly f elt very wor r ied, but coul d not say anything. When t he dent ist at l ast r em oved t he cot tonwool f rom my mout h, I was able to t el him that he had pul led out the wr ong tooth. Leson49 The end of a dream 美夢(mèng)告終 Tir ed of sl eping on t he fl oor, a young man in Teher an saved up for years t o buy a r eal bed. For the f ir st ime in hi s li fe, he became t he proud owner of a bed which had spr ings and a mat tr ess. Because t he weather was ver y hot, he car ri ed the bed on t o the r oof of hi s house. He sl ept ver y wel f or t he fi rst two nights, but on t he thi rd ni ght , a storm blew up. A gust of wi nd swept the bed of f the r oof and sent i t cr ashing i nto the cour tyar d bel ow. The young m an did not wake up until t he bed had st ruck the gr ound. Al though the bed was smashed t o pieces, the m an was mir acul ously unhur t. When he woke up, he was st il l on the mat tr ess. Glancing at the bit s of wood and metal that lay ar ound hi m, the man sadly pi cked up t he mat ress and car ri ed it int o his house. Af ter he had put i t on the f loor, he prompt ly went t o sleep agai n. Lesson50 Taken f or a ride 乘車兜風(fēng) I love tr avel li ng in t he count ry, but I don39。 I am 100 per cent honest now!39。 Two mont hs l ater, some mor e money was sent t o Sam wi th another note:39。but they did not steal anythi ng. 39。dance39。 39。t need bookcases at al . You can si t her e i n your spar e ti me and r ead the carpet!39。 I answered. Lesson51 Reward for vi rt ue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My fr iend, Her ber t, has al ways been fat, but thi ngs got so bad recent ly t hat he decided t o go on a di et. He began hi s di et a week ago. Fir st of al , he wr ot e out a long li st of al l t he f oods whi ch were f or bi dden. The li st i ncl uded m ost of t he t hi ngs Her bert l oves: but t er, pot at oes, ri ce, beer, mi lk, chocolat e, and sweet s. Yester day I pai d hi m a visit . I rang t he bel and was not sur pri sed t o see that Herbert was sti l as f at as ever . He l ed m e i nt o his r oom and hurr i edl y hid a l ar ge pa r cel under his desk. I t was obvi ous t hat he was ver y em bar r assed. When I asked hi m what he was doi ng, he sm il ed guilt il y and t hen put t he par cel on t he desk. He expl ai ned t hat hi s di et was so str ict that he had t o r ewar d him sel f occasi onal ly. Then he showed m e the cont ent s of t he par cel. I t cont ai ned fi ve lar ge bar s of chocol ate and t hr ee bags of sweet s! Lesson52 A pret t y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust m oved i nt o a new house and I have been worki ng har d al m or ning. I have been tr yi ng t o get m y new r oom i n order. 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 r at her smal , so I have t em por ari ly put my books on t he f l oor . At the m om ent, t hey cover ever y i nch of f loor space and I act ual ly have t o walk on t hem t o get i n or out of t he