【正文】 The Revealer39。 sai d the conduct or . 39。 sai d t he conduct or suddenl y.39。 answer ed the conductor . I sat in t he fr ont of t he bus t o get a good vi ew of the countr ysi de. Af ter som e ti me, the bus stopped. Looki ng r ound, I reali zed wi th a shock t hat I was t he onl y passenger lef t on the bus. 39。 I39。 In ti me, al l Sam 39。The str ap needs mending,39。 if he pi cks a l eaf , he wil l die. Many vil lager s beli eve t hat t he tr e has alr eady cl ai med a number of victi ms. The vi car has been asked to have the t ree cut down, but so far he has refused. He has point ed out t hat t he tr e is a usef ul sour ce of i ne as t our i st s have been ing f rom al part s of t he count ry t o se it . I n spit e of al l that has been sai d, t he touri sts have been pi cki ng l eaves and cut ti ng their names on t he tr e tr unk. So f ar , not one of them has been str uck down by sudden deat h! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o sit outside our fr ont gate and bar k. Every ti me he wanted t o e int o the gar den he woul d bark unti l som eone opened t he gat e. As the neighbour s plained of the noi se, my husband spent weeks tr aining hi m t o pr ess his paw on the l at ch to l et hi msel f in. Rex soon became an exper t at opening t he gat e. However, when I was going out shopping l ast week, I not iced him in the garden near t he gat e. Thi s ti me he was barking so t hat someone would l et hi m out ! Since then, he has devel oped anothe r bad habi t. As soon as he opens the gate fr om t he out si de, he es int o the gar den and wai ts unti l the gate shuts. Then he sit s and bar ks until someone lets hi m out . Af t er t his he i mmediatel y let s hi mself in and begins barki ng agai n. Yester day m y husband rem oved t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since. Lesson60 The f ut ure 卜 算未來 At a vi l age fair , I decided t o visit a f ort une tel er cal led Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nto her tent and she t old m e to si t down. Af ter I had given her some m oney, she l ooked i nto a cr yst al bal and sai d: 39。 she said. She gazed at it f or some t im e then added, 39。 I sai d. 39。Thi s is as f ar as we go. 39。t know where i t is.39。345 f or t he cost of the t ri p. The nor mal pr ice of a t icket i s amp。A thief , yes, 39。 sai d Mr s Ster li ng later , 39。s money was pai d back in t his way. The last not e sai d:39。m goi ng to Woodf ord Green,39。 You39。 I for got t o put you of f. 39。Wel l, i n that case, I pr efer to st ay on the bus, 39。 has been i nvent ed and i t has been used t o detect gol d whi ch has been bur i ed i n t he gr ound. The m achine was used i n a cave near t he seashor e where it i s sai d pi r at es used t o hi de gold. The pi r at es would of ten bur y gol d i n the cave and then fai l to coll ect i t. Ar med wi th t he new machine, a search part y went he did not li ke it . She enjoyed herself making t he asistant bri ng almost ever yt hing i n the wi ndow befor e fi nal ly buyi ng the dr ess she had f ir st asked for . Lesson58 A blessi ng i n disguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The t iny vi l age of Fr inley i s sai d to possess a 39。Your si st er wil l be her e in les t han an hour and we m ust be at the stati on to meet her. We are l ate alr eady. 39。but onl y 5o per cent a thi ef !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 i s haunt ed. He t old m e that he coul d not go to sleep one night because he heard a st range noise ing f rom the ba r . The next morni ng, he f ound t hat t he door s had been bl ocked by chai rs and t he fur nitur e had been m oved. Though Mr Thompson had t ur ned the l ights of f bef ore he went t o bed, they wer e on i n the mor ning. He also said t hat he had f ound f ive empt y whisky bott les which t he ghost must have dr unk t he night bef ore. When I suggested t hat some vil lagers must have e i n f or a fr e dr ink, Mr Thompson shook hi s head. The vil ager s have t old hi m t hat t hey wil l not accept the i nn even i f he gives it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o tel l me somethi ng? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Dent ists al ways ask quest ions when it i s impossi ble f or you to answer . My dent i st had just pul led out one of m y teeth and had t ol d me to r est f or a whil e. I t ri ed to say som et hing, but m y mouth was f ull of cott on wool. He knew I coll ect ed bir ds39。 39。 I s this Woodford Green ?39。I 39。You don39。. Because the t ree was ment ioned in a newspaper , the number of vi si tor s to Fr inl ey has now i ncr eased. The tr e was pl ant ed near a church f if ty years ago, but i t is only i n r ecent year s that it has gai ned an evil r eput at ion. It i s sai d that if anyone t ouches the t ree, he wil l have bad l uck。Thi s is t he pr et iest carpet I have ever seen,39。t m at ter ,39。 t he conduct or said. 39。 but I don39。 leson46 Expensi ve and unf ortable 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane fr om London ar ived at Sydney ai rport , workers began to unl oad a number of wooden boxes which contained clot hing. No one coul d acount for the f act t hat one of the boxes was ext remely heavy. I t suddenly occurr ed to one of the wor kers t o open up the box. He was ast oni shed at what he f ound. 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 hi ding i n the box bef or e t he pl ane left London. He had had a l ong and unf or tabl e tr ip, for he had been conf ined to the wooden box for over t en hour s. The man was ordered t o pay amp。 Lesson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whole vi l age soon l ear nt t hat a l arge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Benton, the l ocal but cher , had l ost hi s walet whi le t aki ng his s