【正文】 ght bef ore. When I suggested t hat some vil lagers m ust have e i n f or a fr ee dri nk, Mr Thom pson shook hi s head. The vil lager s have told hi m that hey wil l not accept the i nn even if he gives it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o t el l me somethi ng? 你想對(duì)我說(shuō)什么嗎？ Dent ists al ways ask quest ions when it i s impossi ble f or you to answer. My denti st had j ust pull ed out one of my t eet h and had told me t o rest for a whi le. I tr ied t o say somet hi ng, but my mout h was f ul l of cot tonwool . He knew I col lected bi rds39。s m oney was paid back in this way. The l as t note said:39。. Because the t ree was menti oned in a newspaper , t he number of visi tors t o Fr inley has now i ncr eased. The t ree was pl ant ed near a church f if t y year s ago, but it i s onl y in recent year s t hat it has gained an evi l reputati on. I t is said t hat i f anyone touches t he tr ee, he wi l have bad luck。 has been invent ed and it has been used to detect gol d whi ch has been bur i ed i n t he gr ound. The m achine was used in a cave near t he seashor e wherei t i s sai d pir at es used t o hide gold. The pir ates would of ten bury gol d i n the cave and then fai l t o coll ect it . Ar med wit h t he new machi ne, a search part y went into the cave hopi ng to f ind bur ied t reasur e. The l eader of t he part y was exami ning t he soi l near the entr ance t o the cave when the m achine showed that there was gol d under t he ground. Ver y exci ted, the part y dug a hole t wo f et deep. They fi nal ly found a smal gold coi n which was al most wor thl ess. The par ty t hen searched the whol e cave t hor oughl y but di d not fi nd anyt hi ng except an empty t in t runk. In spit e of thi s, many people are confi dent t hat 39。You don39。Wel , in t hat case, I pref er t o stay on t he bus, 39。l get off here.39。I t doesn39。Oh dear, 39。This i s as far as we go.39。 answered t he conductor. I sat i n t he fr ont of the bus t o get a good vi ew of the count ryside. Aft er some ti me, t he bus st opped. Looki ng round, I r eal ized wi th a shock that I was the only passenger left on t he bus . 39。t know wher e it i s. 39。 I39。345 f or t he cost of the t ri p. The nor mal pr ice of a t icke t i s amp。 I n ti me, al Sam39。 Only 25 per cent a thief now!39。 lesson46 Expensi ve and un fortabl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney ai rpor t, worker s began t o unl oad a number of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl othing. No one could account for t he fact that one of t he boxes was ext rem el y heavy. It suddenly occurr ed to one of t he workers t o open up the box. He was ast onished at what he found. A man was l ying i n the box on t op of a pil e of wool len goods. He was so sur pr ised at bei ng discovered t hat he di d not even tr y t o run away. Af ter he was ar est ed, the m an admit ed hiding in t he box bef ore t he plane lef t London. He had had a long and unf ort abl e tr ip, f or he had been conf ined t o the wooden box for over ten hours. The man was ordered t o pay amp。t l ike l osi ng my way. I went on an excursion r ecent ly, but m y tr ip took me l onger than I expect ed. 39。 but I don39。l l t el you where t o get of f, 39。 the conductor said. 39。 I asked. 39。 39。I 39。 said t he conductor . 39。 she sai d. She gazed at i t for some t ime t hen added, 39。The Revealer 39。cur sed t ree39。 I n ti me, al Sam39。345 f or t he cost of the t ri p. The nor mal pr ice of a t icket i s amp。 I39。t know wher e it i s. 39。 answered t he conductor. I sat i n t he fr ont of the bus t o get a good vi ew of the count ryside. Aft er some ti me, t he bus st opped. Looki ng round, I r eal ized wi th a shock that I was the only passenger left on t he bus. 39。This i s as far as we go.39。Oh dear, 39。I t doesn39。l get off here.39。Wel , in t hat case, I pref er t o stay on t he bus, 39。You don39。 has been invent ed and it has been used to detect gol d whi ch has been bur i ed i n t he gr ound. The m achine was used in a cave near t he seashor e wherei t i s sai d pir at es used t o hide gold. The pir ates would of ten bury gol d i n the cave and then fai l t o coll ect it . Ar med wit h t he new machi ne, a search part y went into the cave hopi ng to f ind bur ied t reasur e. The l eader of t he part y was exami ning t he soi l near the entr ance t o the cave when the m achine showed that there was gol d under t he ground. Ver y exci ted, the part y dug a hole t wo f et deep. They fi nal ly found a smal gold coi n which was al most wor thl ess. The par ty t hen searched the whol e cave t hor oughl y but di d not fi nd anyt hi ng except an empty t in t runk. In spit e of thi s, many people are confi dent t hat 39。. Because the t ree was menti oned in a newspaper , t he number of visi tors t o Fr inley has now i ncr eased. The t ree was pl ant ed near a church f if ty year s ago, but it i s onl y in recent year s t hat it has gained an evi l reputati on. I t is said t hat i f anyone touches t he tr ee, he wi l have bad luck。s m oney was paid back in this way. The l ast note said:39。230 ! Leson47 A thirsty ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr I an Thompson is up f or sale. Mr Thompson is goi ng to sel i t because i t is haunt ed. He told me that he coul d not go to sleep one night because he heard a st range noise ing f r om t he bar . The next morni ng, he f ound that he door s had been bl ocked by chai rs and t he fur nit ur e had been m ove d. Though Mr Thompson had t urned the l ights of f bef ore he went t o bed, t hey wer e on i n the m or ning. He also said t hat he had f ound f ive empt y whisky bott les whi ch the ghost must have dr unk the night bef ore. When I suggested t hat some vil lagers m ust have e i n f or a fr ee dri nk, Mr Thom pson shook hi s head. The vil lager s have told hi m that hey wil l not accept the i nn even