【正文】 You don39。I 39。 Is t hi s Woodf or d Gr een ?39。 I 39。230 ! Lesson47 A thi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up f or sal e. Mr Thom pson i s goi ng to sel i t because i t is haunt ed. He told me t hat he coul d not go to sl ep one night because he hear d a str ange noise ing f r om t he ba r . The next mor ni ng, he f ound that the door s had been bl ocked by chair s and t he fur nit ur e had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had t urned the l ight s of f before he went t o bed, t hey wer e on i n the m orning. He also said t hat he had f ound f ive em pt y whi sky bott les whi ch the ghost must have dr unk the night before. When I suggested t hat some vi lagers m ust have e in f or a fr ee dri nk, Mr Thom pson shook hi s head. The vil lager s have told hi m that they wi l not accept t he inn 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？ Dentist s al ways ask quest ions when it i s impossible for you to answer. My dent ist had j ust pull ed out one of my teeth and had tol d me t o r est f or a whi le. I tr i ed t o say som et hing, but my mouth was f ull of cot ton wool. He knew I coll ect ed bi rds39。but onl y 5o per cent a thi ef !39。 she answered. Ten mi nut es later we wal ked out of the shop together. My wi fe was wear ing a hat that looked li ke a li ght house ! Leson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂(lè) As we had had a long walk through one of the m ar ket s of Old Delhi, we st opped at a squar e to have a r est . Af t er a t im e, we not iced a snakecharm er wi th two large basket s at t he other si de of t he squar e, so we went to have a l ook at hi m. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pi pe which was cover ed wit h coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to pl ay a tune, we had our f ir st gl im pse of the snake. I t r ose out of the basket and began t o f ol low the m ovements of t he pi pe. We wer e ver y much surpr ised when the snake charm er suddenl y began t o play j azz t unes and modern pop songs. The snake, however, conti nued t o 39。You don39。Il l get off her e.39。 I asked. 39。l t el you where t o get of f, 39。 eggs and asked me whet her m y col lecti on was growi ng. He t hen asked m e how my br ot her was and whet her I l iked m y new job i n London. I n answer t o these questi ons I eit her nodded or m ade st range noi ses. Meanwhil e, m y t ongue was busy sear ching out the hole wher e t he t oot h had been. I suddenl y felt ver y worr ied, but coul d not say anyt hi ng. When t he dent ist at l ast r em oved t he cot t on wool f r om m y m outh, I was abl e t o tel him t hat he had pull ed out t he wr ong t oot h. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢(mèng)告終 Ti red of sleepi ng on t he f l oor , a young m an in Teheran saved up for year s t o buy a real bed. For t he f ir st t im e i n hi s li fe, he becam e t he proud owner of a bed whi ch had spr ings and a mat r ess. Because t he weat her was ver y hot , he car ri ed t he bed on t o t he r oof of hi s house. He slept ver y wel f or the f ir st t wo ni ght s, but on the t hi r d ni ght, a st orm bl ew up. A gust of wi nd swept t he bed of f t he r oof and sent i t crashi ng i nt o t he cour t yar d bel ow. The young m an di d not wake up unt il t he bed had str uck t he gr ound. Alt hough t he bed was sm ashed t o pi eces, the m an was m ir acul ousl y unhurt . When he woke up, he was st il l on the m at tr es. Glanci ng at the bit s of wood and m etal t hat lay ar ound him , the m an sadly pi cked up t he mat ress and car ri ed it i nt o his house. Af ter he had put i t on the f loor, he pr om pt l y went t o sleep agai n. Lesson50 Taken f or a ri de 乘車(chē)兜風(fēng) I love tr avel li ng i n t he count r y, but I don39。 Two m ont hs later, some m or e m oney was sent t o Sam wi t h anot her note:39。dance39。i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o f i nd bur ied t reasur e. The l eader of t he part y was exami ning t he soi l near t he entr ance t o t he cave when t he m achi ne showed t hat t her e was gol d under t he gr ound. Ver y exci t ed, t he part y dug a hol e t wo feet deep. They f i nal y f ound a sm al l gol d coi n whi ch was al m ost wort hl es. The par t y then sear ched t he whol e cave thor oughly but di d not f ind anythi ng except an em pt y ti n tr unk. I n s pit e of t his, many peopl e are confi dent t hat 39。 sl owl y. It obvi ousl y coul d not tel t he dif fer ence bet we en Indian m usi c and j azz! Lesson43 O ver t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hree year s aft er hi s fl i ght over t he Nort h Pole, t he Am eri can explor er , R. E. Byr d, successfull y f lew over t he Sout h Pol e f or t he fi r st ti m e. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and hi s m en wer e abl e t o t ake a gr eat m any photogr aphs of the m ount ai ns t hat l ay bel ow, t hey soon ran i nt o seri ous t r oubl e. At one poi nt, i t seem ed cer t ai n t hat t heir pl ane woul d crash. I t coul d onl y get over t he m ount ai ns if i t r ose t o 10, 000 feet. Byr d at once or der ed hi s men t o t hr ow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The pl ane was t hen abl e t o r ise and it cl ear ed t he m ountai ns by 400 f eet . Byr d now knew t ha t he would be abl e t o r each t he Sout h Pol e whi ch was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no m or e m ount ai ns i n si ght. The air cr af t was abl e to f l y over t he endl ess whit e pl ai ns wit hout dif fi cul t y. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過(guò)森林 Mr s Anne St er li ng di d not t hi nk of t he ri sk she was t aking when she r an t hr ough a f orest af ter t wo men. They had r ushed up t o her whi l e she was having a pi i c at he edge of a f or est wi t h her chil dren and tr i ed t o steal her handbag. In t he st r uggl e, t he st rap br oke and, wit h t he bag i n t hei r possessi on, bot h men start ed r unni ng t hr ough t he tr ees. Mr s Sterl i ng got so angr y t hat she ran aft er them . She