【正文】 The Revealer39。 said t he conductor. 39。 I f or got t o put you of f. 39。l l have t o get of f here,39。m goi ng t o Woodf or d Green, 39。 As soon as I went out si de, I f ot al l about Madam Bel li nsky because my wi f e hur r ied towar ds me. 39。t need bookcases at al. You can sit here in your spar e ti me and read t he car pet !39。l l get off here. 39。 I asked. 39。l l tel you wher e to get off ,39。 eggs and asked me whet her my col lecti on was growi ng. He t hen asked me how my br ot her was and whet her I l iked my new job i n London. In answer to t hese quest ions I eit her nodded or m ade str ange noi ses. Meanwhi le, my t ongue was busy sear chi ng out t he hol e where the toot h had been. I suddenl y f el t ver y wor ri ed, but could not say anyt hing. When the denti st at last removed the cott on wool fr om m y mouth, I was able t o tel l hi m that he had pull ed out t he wr ong tooth. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢告終 Ti red of sleepi ng on t he fl oor , a young m an in Teheran saved up for year s to buy a real bed. For the f ir st t ime i n his lif e, he became t he pr oud owner of a bed whi ch had spr ings and a mat ress. Because t he weat her was very hot , he car ri ed the bed on to the r oof of his house. He sl ept very wel l for t he fi rst two ni ghts, but on t he thir d night , a st or m blew up. A gust of wind swept the bed off t he roof and sent it crashing i nt o t he court yard bel ow. The young man di d not wake up unti l the bed had st r uck t he ground. Al t hough t he bed was smashed t o pi eces, t he m an was mi racul ousl y unhur t. When he woke up, he was sti l on t he m at ress. Gl anci ng at t he bi ts of wood and m et al t hat l ay ar ound hi m, t he m an sadl y picked up the m at tr es and car ri ed it i nto hi s house. Aft er he had put it on t he f l oor , he pr omptl y went to sl ep again. Lesson50 Taken for a ri de 乘車兜風(fēng) I l ove t r avel ing i n t he count r y, but I don39。. Because t he t ree was m enti oned in a news paper , t he num ber of vi si t or s to Fr i nl ey has now increased. The tr ee was pl ant ed near a chur ch f if t y year s ago, but i t is onl y i n r ecent year s that it has gai ned an evil r eput at i on. It i s sai d t hat if anyone touches t he tr ee, he wil l have bad l uck。Thi s is t he pr et iest car pet I have ever sen,39。 I sai d. 39。 39。t know wher e i t i s. 39。My denti st had j ust pul l ed out one of m y t eet h and had tol d m e t o r est f or a whi le. I tr i ed t o say som et hing, but m y m outh was f ull of cott on wool. He knew I coll ect ed bir ds39。 I 39。 I s t his Woodf or d Gr en ?39。I 39。 she sai d. She gazed at it f or som e t im e t hen added, 39。 i f he pi cks a leaf, he wi l die. Many vil l agers beli eve t hat t he tr ee has al ready cl aim ed a num ber of victi ms. The vi car has been as ked t o have t he tr ee cut down, but so f ar he has r ef used. He has poi nted out that he tr ee is a usef ul sour ce of in e as t ouri st s have been i ng fr om al part s of t he count r y t o see it . I n spi te of al t hat has been said, t he t our ist s have been picking l eaves and cut ti ng their names on t he t r et r unk. So f ar , not one of t hem has been st r uck down by sudden deat h! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o si t outside our fr ont gat e and bar k. Ever y tim e he wanted t o e i nt o t he gar den he woul d bark unti l s om eone opened t he gat e. As t he nei ghbour s plai ned of t he noi se, my husband spent weeks tr aini ng hi m t o pr es hi s pa w on t he l at ch t o let hi mself i n. Rex soon became an expert at openi ng t he gat e. However, when I was goi ng out shoppi ng last week, I not i ced him i n t he gar den near t he gate. Thi s ti me he was bar ki ng so t hat som eone woul d l et hi m out ! Si nce t hen, he has developed anot her bad habi t. As soon as he opens t he gat e fr om the outsi de, he es i nto t he gar den and wait s unt il t he gat e s hut s. Then he si t s and bar ks unti l som eone l et s him out. Af ter t hi s he imm edi at ely l ets him sel f in and begi ns barki ng again. Yest er day m y husband removed t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him si nce. Leson60 The f ut ure 卜算未來 At a vi l age f air , I deci ded t o visit a f ort une tel er cal ed Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nto her t ent and she t old m e t o si t down. Af ter I had given her some m oney, she l ooked i nto a cr yst al bal and said: 39。t l i ke l osi ng my way. I went on an excur si on recent ly, but m y tr i p took m e l onger t han I expect ed. 39。 answer ed t he conduct or . I sat i n t he fr ont of t he bus t o get a good vi ew of t he countr ysi de. Af ter som e ti me, the bus st opped. Looki ng r ound, I reali zed wi t h a shock t hat I was t he onl y pasenger l ef t on the bus. 39。Oh dear ,39。 We ar e goi ng back now, 39。 Lesson53 Hot snake 觸電的蛇 At last fi remen have put out a big f orest fi re i n Cali for nia. Since then, they have been tr ying t o f ind out how the f ir e began. Forest fi re ar e oft en caused by br oken gl as or by ci gar et te ends which people carel essly t hrow away. Yest erday t he fi remen examined the gr ound car ef ull y, but were not able t o f ind any broken glass. They were al so qui te sur e that a ci garet e end did not st art t he fi re. This mor ning, however , a fi reman accident al y discovered t he cause. He not iced t he remains of a snake whi ch was wound round t he el ect ri c wi res of a 16,000 volt power li ne. I n thi s way, he was able t o solve the m yst er y. The expl anati on was simpl e but very unusual . A bi rd had snat c hed up the snake f rom the gr ound and t hen dr opped i t on to the wi res. The snake then wound it sel f round the wi r es. When i t di d so, i t sent spar ks down to t he ground and these imm edi at ely st ar ted a f ir e. Lesson54 St icky f ingers 粘糊的手指 Af ter breakf ast , I s