【正文】 has been invented and it has ben used to det ect gold which has been buri ed i n the gr ound. The machine was used in a cave near t he seashore wher e i t i s said pi rates used t o ***市 **縣污水處理工程可行性研究報(bào)告 前言 20xx年 6月，我們受 **縣城市管理局的委托，承擔(dān)《 ***市 **縣污水處理工程可行性研究報(bào)告》編制工作。Wel l, i n t hat case, I pr ef er t o stay on t he bus,39。 I fot t o put you off. 39。l l have t o get off here,39。m goi ng t o Woodf or d Green,39。s money was paid back i n t hi s way. The l ast not e sai d:39。 said Mr s St er li ng l at er, 39。The Revealer39。 I answer ed. Leson51 Reward f or virtue 對美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My fri end, Her bert, has al ways been f at , but t hi ngs got so bad recentl y t hat he deci ded t o go on a di et . He began hi s di et a week ago. Fi rst of al l, he wrote out al ong list of al the foods which wer e forbidden. The li st incl uded m ost of t he t hi ngs Her bert l oves: but er , potatoes, ri ce, beer , mi lk, chocolate, and sweet s. Yes terday I pai d him a visit. I r ang the bel and was not sur pr ised t o see t hat Her bert was st il as fat as ever. He led m e i nto his r om and hurri edl y hi d a l arge parcel under hi s desk. It was obvi ous that he was ver y em bar assed. When I asked hi m what he was doing, he smil ed guilt il y and t hen put the parcel on t he desk. He explained t hat hi s di et was so st ri ct t hat he had t o rewar d him self occasi onal ly. Then he showed m e t he cont ents of the par cel . It contained f ive large bar s of chocolate and t hree bags of sweet s! Leson52 A pret y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust m oved i nt o a new house and I have been wor ki ng hard al m or ni ng. I have been t ryi ng t o get m y new r om i n or der. Thi s has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To m ake mat er s worse, t he r oom i s rather sm al , so I have tem por ari l y put m y books on the fl oor. At he m oment , t hey cover ever y inch of fl oor space and I act ual y have t o wal k on t hem t o get in or out of t he r oom. A short while ago, m y si st er hel ped me t o car r y one of my old bookc ases up the st air s. She went i nt o m y r om and got a bi g sur prise when she saw al l t hose books on the fl oor. 39。 I t does n39。 the conduct or sai d. 39。 I said t o t he conduct or as I got on t he bus,39。 I am 100 per cent honest now!39。but t hey did not steal anyt hi ng.39。 39。And a woman can39。 Leson45 A clear consci ence 問心無愧 The whol e vi l age soon l ear nt that a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost. Sam Benton, t he l ocal but cher, had l ost his wal et whi le taking hi s savi ngs to t he post offi ce. Sam was sur e t hat the wal let m ust have been f ound by one of the vi l ager s, but it was not returned t o him . Thr e m ont hs passed, and then one m or ni ng, Sam f ound hi s wal let outside hi s f r ont door . It had been wrapped up i n newspaper and it cont ai ned half t he money he had lost , t ogether wit h a not e whi ch sai d: 39。 l esson46 Expensive and unf ortabl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney air por t, wor ker s began to unl oad a num ber of wooden boxes which cont ai ned clothing. No one coul d account f or t he f act hat one of t he boxes was ext rem el y heavy. It suddenly occurr ed t o one of t he worker s t o open up t he box. He was astoni shed at what he f ound. A m an was l yi ng in t he box on t op of a pil e of wooll en goods. He was so sur pri sed at bei ng di scovered that he di d not even tr y t o r un away. After he was ar rest ed, the m an adm it ed hi di ng i n t he box bef or e the pl ane left London. He had had a l ong and un f ort abl e t ri p, f or he had been conf i ned t o t he wooden box f or over t en hour s. The m an was or der ed t o pay amp。 but I don39。This i s as far as we go.39。t mater, 39。This is t he preti est car pet I have ever seen,39。 m ay r eveal something of val ue fai rl y soon. Lesson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a race i s held f or old car s. A l ot of cars ent er ed f or t hi s r ace last year and t here was a gr eat deal of exci tem ent just bef or e it began. One of t he m ost handsome car s was a Rolls Royce Sil ver Ghost . The m ost unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y t hr ee wheel s. Bui lt in 1885, i t was t he oldest car t aki ng par t. Aft er agreat many l oud explosi ons, t he r ace began. Many of the cars broke down on t he cour se and som e dr iver s spent more tim e under t heir car s t han i n t hem ! A few car s, however, pleted the race. The wi nning car reached a speed of f or ty mil es an hourmuch f ast er than any of it s r ival s. It sped downhil at he end of t he r ace and it s dri ver had a l ot of t roubl e t ryi ng t o stop it . The race gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pleasure. I t was ver y di f er ent fr om m oder n car races but no les excit ing. Leson57 Can I help you, madam ? 你要買什么，夫人？ A woman in blue jeans st ood at t he wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesit at ed f or a mom ent, she f inal ly went i n and as ked t o see a dr ess t hat was i n the wi ndow. The asist ant who served her di d not l ike the way she was dr esed. Gl ancing at her scornf ul y, he told her t hat he dr ess was sol d. The wom an wal ked out of t he shop angri ly and deci ded to puni sh t he asist ant next day. She r et urned t o the shop t he f ol lowing morning dr esed i n a f ur coat, wit h a handbag in one hand and a l ong um brel la i n the ot her. Aft er seki ng out t he rude asistant she asked for t he sam e dr ess. Not r eali zi ng who she was, the assi st ant was eager t o serve her this tim e wit h gr eat dif fi cult y, he cl imbed i nt o the shop wi ndow t o get he dr ess. As soon as she saw i t, t he wom an s ai d s m any ti es.39。but t hey did not steal anyt hi ng.39。 I am 100 per cent honest now!39。 I said t o t he conduct or as I got on t he bus,39。 the conduct or sai d. 39。 I t doesn39。 I answer ed. Leson51 Reward f or virtue 對美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 M