【正文】 y 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. Yesterday 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 wa s 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 cove r 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 bookcases 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。在工作期間，得到了 **縣政府及各有關(guān)部門(mén)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)和技術(shù)人員的大力支持與配合，工作進(jìn)展順利。The Revealer39。 sai d t he conduct or . 39。 sai d t he conduct or suddenly.39。 You39。 I39。 In tim e, al Sam39。The str ap needs mendi ng,39。 has been invented and it has been 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 ei t i s said pi rates used t o i nt o the cave hoping to fi nd buri ed t reasur e. The leader of the part y was exami ni ng t he soi l near t he ent rance to t he cave when t he mac hi ne showed t hat ther e was gol d under t he gr ound. Ver y excited, t he part y dug a hole t wo feet deep. They f inal ly f ound a small gol d coin which was almost wort hl ess. The par ty t hen searched the whol e cave t hor oughl y but di d not fi nd anyt hi ng except an empty ti n tr unk. I n spit e of t hi s, m any people are confi dent t hat 39。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。 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(mǎi)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 sai d s m any ti es.39。t have t oo many hats,39。A t hi ef , yes, 39。 345 f or t he cost of t he tr ip. The norm al pri ce of a t icket is amp。t know wher e i t i s. 39。 39。 I sai d. 39。 she sai d. She gazed at it f or some tim e then added, 39。 And a woman can39。 Leson45 A clear consci ence 問(wèn)心無(wú)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