【正文】 she said. She gazed at it f or some ti me then added, 39。 I said. 39。 I s t hi s Woodf or d Gr een ?39。 I 39。 230 ! Lesson47 A t hirst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publi c house whi ch was recent ly bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up for sal e. Mr Thompson i s going t o sel l it because it is haunted. He tol d me t hat he could not go t o sl eep one ni ght because he hear d a str ange noi se i ng fr om t he bar . The next mor ning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chair s and the f urnit ure had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had turned t he li ght s off befor e he went to bed, they were on in t he morni ng. He al so said that he had f ound fi ve em pty whi sky bot tl es whi ch the ghost m ust have dr unk the ni ght befor e. When I suggest ed that some vi l ager s must have e in for a f ree dr ink, Mr Thompson shook his head. The vil lagers have t ol d 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? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Dent ists al ways ask quest ions when it i s im possi ble f or you to answer. My dent ist had j ust pull ed out one of my t eet h and had tol d me t o rest for a whi le. I tr ied t o say somet hi ng, but my m out h was f ull of cot tonwool . He knew I col lected bi rds39。but only 5o per cent a thief !39。 she answered. Ten mi nut es l ater we wal ked out of the shop together. My wif e was weari ng a hat that l ooked l ike a l ight house ! Leson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong walk t hrough one of the mar ket s of Old Del hi, we stopped at a square to have a rest. Af ter a t ime, we not iced a snakecharmer wi th t wo l arge baskets at t he ot her side of t he square, so we went to have a l ook at hi m. As soon as he saw us, he pi cked up a long pipe whi ch was cover ed wit h coi ns and opened one of t he baskets. When he began to pl ay a tune, we had our f ir st gl impse of the snake. It r ose out of the basket and began t o f ol low the movements of t he pi pe. We were ver y much surpr ised when the snake charmer suddenly began to play jazz t unes and modern pop songs. The snake, however, c ontinued t o 39。 As soon as I went outside, I for got al about Madam Bel insky beca use m y wi fe hur ri ed towards m e. 39。t need bookcases at al. You can sit here in your spar e ti me and r ead t he car pet ! 39。 39。Oh dear, 39。 answered t he conduct or. I sat i n the f ront of the bus to get a good view of t he count r ysi de. Aft er some t im e, t he bus st opped. Looking round, I r eal ized wi th a shock that I was the only passenger l eft on t he bus. 39。t l ike l osing my way. I went on an excursion r ecentl y, but my tr ip t ook me l onger than I expected. 39。 Onl y 25 per cent a t hi ef now! 39。 sl owly. I t obviously could not t el l the dif fer ence between I ndi an music and j azz! Lesson43 Over the South Pole 飛越南極 In 1929, thr e years af ter his f li ght over the Nor th Pol e, t he Ameri can expl or er, R. E. Byrd, succesf ul ly fl ew over t he Sout h Pole f or the f ir st t im e. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and his m en wer e able t o t ake a gr eat many photographs of the mountai ns that l ay bel ow, they soon ran i nt o seri ous t rouble. At one poi nt, i t seemed cer tai n that their plane would cr ash. I t could onl y get over the m ount ai ns if i t r ose to 10,000 f eet . Byrd at once or dered his m en to t hrow out t wo heavy food sacks. The pl ane was then abl e to ri se and i t cl ear ed the mount ai ns by 400 feet. Byr d now knew t hat he would be abl e to reach the South Pol e which was 300 m i l es away, f or there wer e no mor e mountains i n sight. The air craft was able to f ly over the endless whit e plains wi thout dif fi cul ty. Lesson44 Through the forest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Sterl ing di d not t hink of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she r an thr ough a for est aft er t wo m en. They had rushed up to her whil e she was having a pi ic at the edge of a for est wi th her chi ldr en and tr ied to st eal her handbag. I n t he st ruggle, the str ap broke and, wi th the bag in their possesi on, both m en st art ed running t hr ough the t rees. Mrs St er li ng got so angry that she r an af ter t hem. She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi th t hem, she saw t hat t hey had sat down and wer e going t hrough the contents of t he bag, so she r an str ai ght at them. The men got such a fr ight that they dropped the bag and ran away. 39。t have too many hats,39。A thief , yes, 39。 345 for the cost of t he tr ip. The normal pri ce of a ti cket is amp。t know wher e it i s. 39。 39。t mat er ,39。Thi s is t he pret iest car pet I have ever sen,39。. Because the t ree was menti oned in a newspaper , t he num ber 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 years ago, but i t i s only i n r ecent years t hat i t has gained an evil r eput at ion. It i s said that if anyone t ouches the t ree, he wil l have bad luck。clock thi s evening. By t hat t ime, the Ast ra wi l have been f l yi ng thr ough space for seventeen hour s and wi l have ci rcled t he ear th a great many ti mes. When t he fi rst r adi o messages have been recei ved, t he resul ts of t he tr ip wi l be announced im mediately. Leson62 Af ter t he fi re 大火之后 Fi r em en had been f i ght i ng t he f or est f i r e f or near l y t hr ee weeks bef or e t hey coul d get i t under cont r ol . A shor t t i m e bef or e, gr eat t r ees had cover ed t he count r ysi de f or m i l es ar ound. Now, sm oke st i l l r ose up f r om t he war m gr ound scor nf ul l y, he told her t hat t he dr es was sold. The woman wal ked out of the shop angr il y and deci ded t o punish the assi stant next day. She ret urned to the shop the f ol lowi ng mor ning dressed i n a f ur coat, wi th a handbag in one hand and a l ong um br el