【正文】 cur sed tr e39。 I answer ed. Leson51 Reward for vi rt ue 對美德的獎賞 My f ri end, Herbert, has always been fat, but t hi ngs got so bad recent ly t hat he decided to go on a diet. He began his diet a week ago. Fir st of al , he wrote out a l ong li st of al the f oods which were forbi dden. The l ist i ncluded most of t he t hi ngs Herber t l oves: but ter, potatoes, ri ce, beer , mi lk, chocolate, and sweet s. Yesterday I paid him a visit . I rang the bel and was not surpri sed to s e t hat Her bert was sti l as f at as ever . He l ed me i nt o hi s room and hur ri edly hid a l ar ge par cel under his desk. I t was obvious t hat he was very embar rased. When I asked him what he was doing, he smi led gui lti ly and t hen put the par cel on t he desk. He explained that his diet was so stri ct that he had t o rewar d hi mself occasional ly. Then he showed me t he cont ents of the parcel . I t contained f ive large bars of chocolate and t hr ee bags of sweet s! Lesson52 A pret ty carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just moved into a new house and I have been working har d al morning. I have been tr yi ng t o get my new r oom i n or der . This has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make mat er s wor se, t he r oom is rather smal l, so I have tempor ar il y put my books on the fl oor. At the moment, they cover ever y inch of fl oor space and I act ual y have to walk on them to get in or out of t he r oom. A short while ago, my si st er hel ped me to car ry one of my old bookcases up the stair s. She went i nt o my room and got a big sur pr ise when she saw al t hose books on t he f loor. 39。It doesn39。Thi s is as f ar as we go.39。cl ock this evening. By that ime, t he Astr a wil have been flyi ng t hr ough space for sevente en hour s and wil l have cir cl ed t he ear th a great many t imes. When t he f ir st radio mesages have been r ecei ved, t he r esul ts of the t ri p wil be announced immedi at el y. Lesson62 Af ter the fi re 大火之后 Fir emen had been f ight ing the forest fi re f or nearl y three weks before t hey could get it under cont rol. A shor t ime bef or e, great tr es had covered the count rysi de f or mil es around. Now, smoke st il r ose up f rom t he warm gr ound over the desol at e hi ls. Winter was i ng on and t he hil ls threat ened the surr oundi ng vil lages wit h dest ruct ion, f or heavy rain woul d not only wash away the soil but woul d cause seri ous fl oods as wel. When the fir e had at l ast been put out, the forest aut hori ti es order ed several tons of a special t ype of gr ass seed which woul d gr ow quickly. The seed was spr ayed over t he ground i n huge quanti ti es by aeroplanes. The pl anes had been pla nting sed for near ly a month when i t began to r ai n. By then, however, in many pl aces t he grass had al ready taken r oot. In place of the great tr es whi ch had been gr owi ng t here f or centur ies, patches of gr en had begun to appear in t he blackened soil . Lesson63 She was not amused 她并不覺得好 笑 Geof fr ey Hampden has a large circle of fr iends and is ver y popular at part ies. Everybody admi res hi m for his fi ne sense of humorever ybody, that is, except his sixyear old daught er , Jenny. Recent ly, one of Geof fr ey39。. Because the tree was mentioned i n a newspaper, the number of vi si tors to Fr inley has now i ncreased. The t ree was plant ed near a church fi ft y year s ago, but i t i s only i n recent year s t hat it has gai ned an evil reputati on. It is sai d that if anyone t ouches the tr e, he wil l have bad l uck。Thi s i s the pr et tiest car pet I have ever sen,39。 I sai d. 39。 I s t hi s Woodford Gr en ?39。Your sis ter wi l be here in l ess than an hour and we must be at the st ati on to meet her . We are l at e al ready.39。 has been invented and i t has been used to detect gol d whi ch has been bur ied in t he ground. The machine was used in a cave near the seashor e where it is sai dpir at es used to hide gol d. The pir at es woul d often bur y gold i n the cave and then f ai l to col lect it . Ar med wi th the new machi ne, a sear ch party went he di d not like it . She enjoyed herself making the assi stant br ing al most ever yt hi ng i n the window before f inal ly buying the dres she had f ir st asked f or . Leson58 A blesing in di sgui se? 是因禍得福嗎？ The t iny vi l age of Fri nl ey i s said to possess a 39。Wel, in t hat case, I pr ef er to stay on t he bus, 39。 39。 t he conduct or said. 39。Oh dear, 39。l get off her e. 39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit her e in your spare ti me and read the carpet !39。 As soon as I went outside, I fot al about Madam Bel linsky because my wif e hurr ied towar ds me. 39。 the conductor said. 39。 39。 said t he conductor . 39。The Reveal er 39。 she asked impat ient ly. 39。 、 效益分析 本項目實施后，每年向環(huán)境排放的畜禽污水可以減少 2044噸左右，生產(chǎn) 噸的有機(jī)生物復(fù)合肥年收入 萬元，替代能源收入 40 萬元。 sai d the conductor suddenl y. 39。 We ar e going back now,39。 Leson53 Hot snake 觸電的蛇 At last fi remen have put out a big f or est f ir e in Calif or ni a. Since t hen, t hey have been tr yi ng t o find out how the fi re began. For est f ir e ar e of ten caused by broken glas or by ci gar et te ends whi ch people car el essl y throw away. Yesterday t he f ir emen examined t he ground carefull y, but wer e not abl e t o fi nd any br oken gl ass. They were also quite sure that a cigar et te end did not start the f ire. This morning, however, a fir eman acident al ly discovered the cause. He noti ced the remai ns of a snake which was wound round t he electri c wires of a 16,000volt power l ine. I n this way, he was able t o solve the mystery. The explanat ion was simple but ver y unusual. A bird had snat ched up t he snake from the gr ound and then dr opped i t on to t he wi res. The snake then wound i tself r ound the wires. When it di d so, it sent sparks down t o the gr ound and these immediately started a fi re. Leson54 St icky