【正文】 she said. She gazed at it for some time then added, 39。I39。 I asked. 39。ll tell you where to get off,39。t like losing my way. I went on an excursion recently, but my trip took me longer than I expected. 39。 Only 25 per cent a thief now!39。Your sister will be here in less than an hour and we must be at the station to meet her. We are late already.39。 has been invented and it has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground. The machine was used in a cave near the seashore whereit is saidpirates used to hide gold. The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it. Armed with the new machine, a search party went he did not like it. She enjoyed herself making the assistant bring almost everything in the window before finally buying the dress she had first asked for. Lesson58 A blessing in disguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The tiny village of Frinley is said to possess a 39。Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus,39。It doesn39。This is as far as we go.39。t know where it is.39。345 for the cost of the trip. The normal price of a ticket is amp。A thief, yes, 39。s money was paid back in this way. The last note said:39。m going to Woodford Green,39。 You39。 said the conductor suddenly.39。 39。t need bookcases at all. You can sit here in your spare time and read the carpet!39。 As soon as I went outside, I fot all about Madam Bellinsky because my wife hurried towards me. 39。A thief, yes, 39。345 for the cost of the trip. The normal price of a ticket is amp。t know where it is.39。This is as far as we go.39。It doesn39。Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus,39。 Lesson53 Hot snake 觸電的蛇 At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in California. Since then, they have been trying to find out how the fire began. Forest fire are 。We are going back now,39。 I fot to put you off.39。ll have to get off here,39。 I said to the conductor as I got on the bus,39。 I am 100 per cent honest now!39。s closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception. This is the sort of thing that Geoffrey loves. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny. He had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Geoffrey was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she hadn39。 if he picks a leaf, he will die. Many villagers believe that the tree has already claimed a number of victims. The vicar has been asked to have the tree cut down, but so far he has refused. He has pointed out that the tree is a useful source of ine as tourists have been ing from all parts of the country to see it. In spite of all that has been said, the touristshave been picking leaves and cutting their names on the treetrunk. So far, not one of them has been struck down by sudden death! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to sit outside our front gate and bark. Every time he wanted to e into the garden he would bark until someone opened the gate. As the neighbours plained of the noise, my husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in. Rex soon became an expert at opening the gate. However, when I was going out shopping last week, I noticed him in the garden near the gate. This time he was barking so that someone would let him out ! Since then, he has developed another bad habit. As soon as he opens the gate from the outside, he es into the garden and waits until the gate shuts. Then he sits and barks until someone lets him out. After this he immediately lets himself in and begins barking again. Yesterday my husband removed the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since. Lesson60 The future 卜算未來 At a village fair, I decided to visit a fortuneteller called Madam Bellinsky. I went into her tent and she told me to sit down. After I had given her some money, she looked into a crystal ball and said: 39。 she said. She gazed at it for some time then added, 39。I39。 I asked. 39。ll tell you where to get off,39。t like losing my way. I went on an excursion recently, but my trip took me longer than I expected. 39。 Only 25 per cent a thief now!39。 Two months later, some more money was sent to Sam with another note:39。 eggs and asked me whether my collection was growing. He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London. In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises. Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been. I suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything. When the dentist at last removed the cottonwool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢(mèng)告終 Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed. For the first time in his life, he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress. Because the weather was very hot, he carried the bed on to the roof of his house. He slept very well for the first two nights, but on the third night, a storm blew up. A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard below. The young man did not wake up until the bed had struck the ground. Although the bed was smashed to pieces, the man was miraculously unhurt. When he woke up, he was still on the mattress. Glancing at the bits of wood and metal that lay around him, the man sadly picked up the mattress and carried it into his house. After he had put it on the floor, he promptly went to sleep again. Lesson50 Taken for a ride 乘車兜風(fēng) I love travelling in the country, but I don39。 I39。 Is this Woodford Green ?39。 I said. 39。This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen,39。. Because the tree was mentioned in a newspaper, the number of visitors to Frinley has now increased. The tree was planted near a church fifty yea