【正文】 y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just m oved i nto a new house and I have been worki ng har d al m or ning. I have been tr ying t o get m y new r oom i n order. This has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make mat er s wor se, the r oom i s rather smal , so I have tempor ar il y put my books on the f loor. At t he mome nt, they cover every i nch of fl oor space and I actual y have t o wal k on them to get in or out of the r oom. A shor t whil e ago, my si st er hel ped me to car ry one of my ol d bookcases up t he st ai rs. She went i nto m y room and got a bi g sur pri se when she saw al t hose books on the f loor. 39。cursed tr ee39。t need bookcases at al . You can si t her e in your spar e ti me and r ead t he car pet !39。 39。 said t he conductor suddenly.39。 You39。m goi ng to Woodfor d Gr en,39。s money was pai d back in t his way. The last not e sai d: 39。 said Mr s Sterl ing l ater, 39。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 ge t a bi g surpr ise. 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 plac e. That is al .39。You don39。l l get of f her e.39。Oh dear, 39。 answer ed the conduct or. I sat in the f ront of the bus to get a good view of t he countr ysi de. Af t er some t ime, the bus stopped. Looking r ound, I r eali zed wit h a shock t hat I was t he only pasenger l ef t on the bus. 39。 I 39。 In ti me, al l Sam39。The str ap needs mendi ng, 39。but onl y 5o per cent a thi ef !39。230 ! Lesson47 A t hirst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publi c house whi ch was recent ly bought by Mr I an Thompson i s up for sal e. Mr Thompson i s going t o sel l it because it is haunted. He tol d m e t hat he could not go t o sl eep one ni ght because he hear d a str ange noi se i ng fr om t he bar. The next mor ning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chair s and the f urni ture had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had tur ned t he li ght s off befor e he went to bed, they were on in t he morni ng. He al so sai d that he had f ound fi ve empty whi sky bot tl es whi ch the ghost m ust have dr unk the ni ght befor e. When I suggest ed that some vi l ager s must have e in for a f ree dr ink, Mr Thompson shook his head. The vi lagers have tol d him that they wi l not accept t he inn even if he gi ves i t away. Leson48 Did you want to t el me somet hing? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Denti st s always ask questi ons when i t is i mpossibl e for you t o answer. My dent ist had just pul led out one of m y teeth and had t ol d me to r e st f or a whil e. I t ri ed to say som ething, but m y mouth was full of cott on wool. He knew I coll ect ed bir ds39。 39。 39。t mater ,39。 I answer ed. Leson51 Reward for vi rt ue 對美德的獎賞 My fr iend, Her ber t , has always been fat, but things got so bad r ecent ly t hat he deci ded to go on a diet. He began his di et a week ago. Fi rst of al l, he wr ote out a l ong list of al the f oods whi ch were for bi dden. The li st i ncl uded m ost of t he thi ngs Her ber t loves: butt er, potatoes, r ice, beer , m il k, chocol at e, and sweets. Yest er day I pai d him a vi si t. I rang t he bel l and was not sur pri sed to see that Herbert was sti l as fat as ever . He led m e int o his r oom and hurr iedly hi d a l ar ge parcel under hi s desk. It was obvious t hat he was very embar ased. When I asked him what he was doi ng, he smi led guil ti ly and t hen put t he par cel on t he desk. He expl ai ned that hi s diet was so st ri ct that he had t o r ewar d him self occasi onal y. Then he showed me t he cont ent s of the parcel. It contained f ive l ar ge bars of chocolat e and three bags of sweets! Leson52 A pret y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just m oved i nto a new house and I have been worki ng har d al m or ning. I have been tr ying t o get m y new r oom i n order. This has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make mat er s wor se, the r oom i s rather smal , so I have tempor ar il y put my books on the f loor. At t he moment, they cover every i nch of fl oor space and I actual y have t o wal k on them to get in or out of the r oom. A shor t whil e ago, my si st er hel ped me to car ry one of my ol d bookcases up t he st ai rs. She went i nto m y room and got a bi g sur pri se when she saw al t hose books on the f loor. 39。cursed tr ee39。 As she wal ked away, I f ol lowed her out of t he fai r. Lesson61 Troubl e wit h t he Hubble 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 In futur e, astr onaut s wil l be requir ed to descend f rom a spaceship whil e it i s st il l in space and t o r et urn t o i t. The abi li ty to do t his wi l be necessar y i n fut ur e f li ght s to di st ant pl as. Scienti st s ar e now t r yi ng to di scover if t hi s is possi ble. The spaceship Ast r a whi ch left t he ear th a short t ime ago, wi l be tr avel li ng thr e hundred m il es i nto space. At a cert ai n point, t he Astr a wil l st op f or a short t ime and an astr onaut wi l at em pt t o l eave the st at ionary spaceship and t hen r etur n to it. We shal l not know whet her t he experi ment has been successful until we have r eceived a r adio m essage. The fi rst message is expect ed to ar ri ve at 7 o39。 Two months lat er , some more m oney was sent t o Sam wit h anot her not e: 39。 eggs and asked m e whether my coll ect ion was growi ng. He then asked m e how my br other was and whet her I l iked my new job i n London. I n answer t o these questi ons I ei ther nodded or made st range noises. Meanwhi l e, m y tongue was busy searching out the hole wher e the t ooth had been. I suddenly f elt very wor r ied, but coul d not say anything. When t he dent ist at l ast r em oved t he cot tonwool f rom my m out h, I was abl e to t el him that he had pul led out the wr ong tooth. Leson4