【正文】 rounds the president39?！本庉嬃⒓唇o那位記者發(fā)去傳真，要求他核實一下臺階的確切數(shù)字和圍墻的高度。不過，他終于獲準發(fā)回了一份傳真。他手下兩名店員從早上8點就開始忙碌，這時剛剛布置完畢。一個竊賊被一尊很重的雕像擊中，但由于他忙著搶鉆石首飾，竟連疼痛都顧不上了。I think they39?；丶液?，簡用微波爐煮了晚飯，無意中之中把她未婚夫的錢包也一起煮了。A famous monasteryThe Great St Bernard Pass connects Switzerland to Italy. At 2470 metres, it is the highest mountain pass in Europe. The famous monastery of St Bernard, which was founded in the eleventh century, lies about a mile away. For hundreds of years, St Bernard dogs have saved the lives of travellers crossing the dangerous Pass. These friendly dogs, which were first brought from Asia, were used as watchdogs even in Roman times. Now that a tunnel has been built through the mountains, the Pass is less dangerous, but each year, the dogs are still sent out into the snow whenever a traveller is in difficulty. Despite the new tunnel, there are still a few people who rashly 但每年還要派狗到雪山地里去幫助那些遇到困難的旅游者，盡管修通了隧道，但仍有一些人想冒險徒步跨越圣伯納德山口。冬天常來修道院參觀的只有一批批滑雪者。結果是人們已經學會尊重貓的獨立性。有一只叫薩伯瑞的貓從32層樓上掉下來，但只摔斷一顆牙。巨輪“泰坦尼克”號1912年4月10日從南安普敦起錨駛向紐約。突然，了望員發(fā)現(xiàn)一座冰山。 Lesson11 Not guiltyGoing through the Customs is a tiresome business. The strangest thing about it is that really honest people are often made to feel guilty. The hardened professional smuggler, on the other hand, is never troubled by such feelings, even if he has five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase. When I returned from abroad recently, a particularly officious young Customs Officer clearly regarded me as a smuggler.39。 I answered. The Officer went through the case with great care. All the things I had packed so carefully were soon in a dreadful mess. I felt sure I would never be able to close the case again. Suddenly, I saw the Officer39。t perfume,39。Try it!39?！蔽易孕诺鼗卮鹫f。 “香水，嗯？”他譏諷地說道，“你剛才應該申報，香水要上進口稅的。ate like kings39。 最近有兩個人在一座珊瑚島上呆了5天，他們真希望在那兒再多呆一些日子。5天后，一條油輪從那兒路過，搭救了他們。頭天晚上她已把化裝服做好，這時她急于想試試。突然貯藏門開了，一個男人走了進來。protechon money39。他80歲那年死去時,佛羅倫薩人為他舉行了國葬,并為他畫像以紀念這位驍勇無比的戰(zhàn)士、. Lesson15 Fifty pence worth of troubleChildren always appreciate small gifts of money. Father, of course, provides a regular supply of pocketmoney, but uncles and aunts are always a source of extra ine. With some children, small sums go a long way. If sixpences are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside moneyboxes. Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a moneybox. For most of them, sixpence is a small price to pay for a satisfying bar of chocolate.My nephew, George, has a moneybox but it is always empty. Very few of the sixpences I have given him have found their way there. I gave him sixpence yesterday and advised him to save it. Instead, he bought himself sixpence worth of trouble. On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his sixpence and it rolled along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain. George took offhis jacket, rolled up his sleeves and pushed his right arm through the drain cover. He could not find his sixpence anywhere, and what is more, he could not get his arm out. A crowd of people gathered round him and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and butter, but George was firmly stuck. The firebrigade was called and two firemen freed George using a special type of grease. George was not too upset by his experience because the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles and rewarded him with a large box of chocolates. 我給了不少50便士的硬幣，但沒有幾個存到儲蓄罐里。Lesson16 Mary had a little lambMary and her husband Dimitri lived in the tiny village of Perachora in southern Greece. One of Mary39。繩子被人割斷，很明顯小羔羊是被人偷走了。就在他倆說話的時候，天下起了雨，迪米特里便呆在阿列科家里避雨，一直等到雨停為止。不錯，他的確剛買了一只羔羊，阿列科解釋說，但他的羔羊是黑色的。白天，瑪麗把羔羊拴在地里的一顆樹上，每天晚上把它牽回家。有人打電話叫來消防隊，兩位消防隊員使用了一種特殊的潤滑劑才使喬治得以解脫。對大部分孩子來說，用50便士來買一大塊好的巧克力，是算不了什么的。和平時期,當生意蕭條時,霍克伍德便帶領士兵進入某個城邦,縱火燒毀一兩個農場,然后提出,如向他們繳納保護金,他們便主動撤離。 protection39。理查茲夫人不想嚇唬這個可憐人，便趕緊躲到了樓梯下的小儲藏室里。那天上午，她興奮得什么家務活都不想做，因為晚上她要同丈夫一起參加一個化裝舞會。由于他們隨身帶了一支捕魚槍，因此，吃飯不愁。也許，這兩種都像都有可信之處。幾分鐘后，我終于被放行，手提劃著寶貴的粉筆記號的行李，匆匆離去。突然，我看到官員臉上露出了得意的神色。 “您有什么需要申報的嗎？”他直盯著我的眼睛問。s a strange mixture I make myself.39。39。39。于是，他發(fā)出棄船的命令，幾百人跳進了冰冷刺骨的海水里。人們將永遠記著這艘巨輪的沉沒慘劇。這樣就加大了空氣阻力，并減少了它們著地時沖擊力帶來的震動。所有這些貓有一個共同的經歷：它們都曾從高層建筑上摔下來過，但只有其中的8只貓死于震蕩或跌傷。但是，它們又有自己神秘的生活方式。因為在冬天，他們可以更多地過無人打擾的生活。那些最先從亞洲引進的狗，待人友好，早在羅馬時代就給人當看門狗了。“去年，我們對21，000 起索賠要求支付了150萬英鎊。有一天約翰的生意很好，他把一只裝有3,000 英鎊的錢包放進微波爐內保存。dead39。這開始發(fā)生時，泰勒先生正在樓上。在早晨的這個時候，拱廊街上幾乎空無一人。一周之后，編輯終于接到記者的傳真。稿子寄來后，編輯看第一句話就拒絕予以發(fā)表。 Lesson 5 The factsEditors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been instructed by a wellknown magazine to write an article on the president39。每天早晨，他穿上一身漂亮的黑色西裝離家上班，然后換上工作服，當8個小時清潔工。, not 39。Lesson4 The double life of Alfred BloggsThese days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than clerks who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently referred to as39。其中有一尊雕像，她的軀體是在公元前15世紀的歷史文物中發(fā)現(xiàn)的，而她那身異處的腦袋卻碰巧是在公元前5世紀的文物中找到的。” Lesson 3 An unknown goddess(女神)Some time ago，an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean（；n.）island of Kea．An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory（海角） of Ayia Irini．The city at one time must have been prosperous（繁榮的），for it enjoyed a high level of civilization．Housesoften three storeys（樓層） highwere built of stone．They had large rooms with beautifully decorated walls．The city was even equipped with a drainage system，for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets．The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship（禮拜） from the fifteenth century . until Roman times. In the most sacred room of the temple, clay fragments（碎片） of fifteen statues were found. Each of these represented 嗯，我是想讓你大吃一驚。教堂的鐘很大，以前不分晝夜打點報時，但很多年前遭到毀壞，從此便無聲無息了。We39。s the trouble, vicar,39。39。 39。有人抱怨說夜里聽見“像貓一樣的叫聲”；一位商人去釣魚，看見那只美洲獅在樹上。 at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it e from ? As no