【正文】 t was st il earl y when I r et urned home. The chi ldren wer e at school, my husband was at wor k and the house was qui et . So I deci ded t o make some t ar ts f or tea. I n a short t ime I was busy mi xing butt er and f lour and my hands were soon cover ed wit h sti cky pastr y. At exact ly that m oment , the t el ephone r ang. Nothi ng coul d have been mor e annoying. I picked up the r ecei ver between two sti cky f ingers and was dismayed when I r ecognized the voice of Mr s Bates. It t ook m e ten m inutes t o per suade her to r ing back lat er . At last I hung up t he receiver. What a m ess! Ther e was past ry on m y f inger s, on the tel ephone, and on t he door knobs. I had no sooner got back to the kit chen t han the door bel l rang loud enough to wake t he dead. This t ime it was the postman and he wanted m e to si gn for a r egi stered l eter ! Leson55 Not a gold mi ne 并非金礦 Dr eam s of fi ndi ng lost tr easure alm ost came t rue r ecentl y. A new m achi ne caled 39。Where have you been hi ding ?39。t li ke losing my way. I went on an excur si on recent ly, but my t ri p took m e longer t han I expected. 39。t . Geoff rey asked her why t hi s was so and she t old hi m t hat she did not l ike to see so many peopl e l aughing at him ! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l858, a French engi neer , Ai m e Thom e de Gamond, ar ived in Engl and wit h a plan f or a twent y one mi le t unnel acr oss t he English Channel . He said t hat i t woul d be possibl e to bui ld a pl atf orm in t he cent re of t he Channel. This pl at f or m woul d serve as a port and a r ai lway st at ion. The tunnel woul d be wel venti lated i f tal l chim neys wer e built above seal evel . I n 1860, a bet ter plan was put for ward by an 化學(xué)工程學(xué)院 專業(yè) 班 學(xué)生 xxx 畢業(yè)設(shè)計（論文）任務(wù)書 化學(xué)工程與工藝 化工優(yōu) 0502 畢業(yè)設(shè)計（論文）題目： 年產(chǎn) /乙二醇車間環(huán)氧乙烷合成工段工藝設(shè)計 畢業(yè)設(shè)計（論文）內(nèi)容： 工藝流程設(shè)計 物料衡算 熱量衡算 設(shè)備計算 畢業(yè)設(shè)計（論文）專題部分： 氧化反應(yīng)器 脫輕組分塔 指導(dǎo)教 師 ： 教研室主任： 院 長： 簽字 簽字 簽字 2020 2020 2020 年 年 年 月 月 月 日 日 日 帶控制點工藝流程圖 My dent i st had j ust pull ed out one of my teet h and had tol d me t o r est for a whi le. I tr ied t o say somet hi ng, but my mout h was f ull of cot tonwool . He knew I collected bi rds39。A rel at ion of yours i s ing t o se you. She wil l be ar r iving t his eveni ng and int ends to st ay for a f ew days. The mom ent you leave thi s tent, you wi l get a bi g surpri se. A woman you know wel l wi l l r ush towar ds you. She wil l speak to you and t hen she wi l l ead you away f rom thi s place. That is al .39。You don39。I 39。 Is t his Woodf ord Green ?39。 I 39。 eggs and asked me whet her my col lecti on was growi ng. He t hen asked me how my br ot her was and whet her I l iked my new job i n London. In answer to t hese quest ions I eit her nodded or m ade str ange noi ses. Meanwhi le, my t ongue was busy sear chi ng out t he hol e where the toot h had been. I suddenl y f el t ver y wor ri ed, but could not say anyt hing. When the denti st at last removed the cot on wool fr om m y mouth, I was able t o tel l hi m that he had pull ed out t he wr ong tooth. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢告終 Ti red of sleepi ng on t he fl oor , a young m an in Teheran saved up for year s to buy a real bed. For the f ir st t ime i n his lif e, he became t he pr oud owner of a bed whi ch had spr ings and a mat ress. Because t he weat her was very hot , he car ri ed the bed on to the r oof of his house. He sl ept very wel l for t he fi rst two ni ghts, but on t he thir d night , a st or m blew up. A gust of wind swept the bed off t he roof and sent it crashing i nt o t he cour tyard below. The young man did not wake up unti l the bed had str uck t he gr ound. Al t hough t he bed was smashed to pi eces, t he man was mi raculously unhurt . When he woke up, he was sti l on t he mat res s. Gl anci ng at t he bit s of wood and m et al t hat l ay around him, t he man sadl y picked up the m at tr es and car ied i t into hi s house. Aft er he had put it on t he fl oor , he promptl y went to sl ep again. Leson50 Taken for a ri de 乘車兜風(fēng) I l ove t r avel ing i n the countr y, but I don39。 As soon as I went outside, I for got al about Madam Bel insky because my wi fe hur ri ed towards me. 39。t need bookcases at al . You can si t her e in your spar e t ime and r ead the carpet! 39。l l get off here. 39。 I asked. 39。l l tel you where to get off ,39。t li ke l osi ng my way. I went on an excur si on recent ly, but m y tr ip took me longer t han I expect ed. 39。 I sai d to the conductor as I got on t he bus, 39。l l have t o get of f her e,39。 I for got t o put you of f. 39。Wel l, in that case, I pr ef er to st ay on the bus, 39。 has been invent ed and it has been used to detect gol d whi ch has been bur ied i n t he gr ound. The machine was used in a cave near t he seashor e wherei t i s sai d pir at es used t o hide gold. The pir at es would of ten bury gol d in the cave and t hen fai l t o coll ect it . Arm ed wit h t he new machi ne, a search part y went he di d not li ke it. She enjoyed hersel f making t he ass istant bri ng al most everyt hing i n the wi ndow befor e fi nal ly buying the dress she had f ir st asked for . Lesson58 A blessi ng in disguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The t iny vil lage of Fri nley i s sai d to possess a 39。Your sister wi l be her e i n less than an hour and we must be at the st at ion t o meet her . We ar e late al ready.39。m goi ng to Woodf ord Green,39。 You39。 sai d the conduct or suddenl y.39。 said the conductor . 39。The Revealer 39。 she asked i mpati ent ly. 39。 I 39。s closest f ri ends asked hi m t o make a s peech at a wedding r ecepti on. Thi s is t he sor t of t hing t hat Geoff rey l oves. He pr epared t he speech car efull y and went to t he weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a large number of funny stori es in t he