【正文】 per cent a t hi ef now! 39。t l ike l osing my way. I went on an excursion r ecentl y, but my tr ip t ook me l onger than I expected. 39。 answered t he conduct or. I sat i n the f ront of the bus to get a good view of t he count r ysi de. Aft er some t im e, t he bus st opped. Looking round, I r eal ized wi th a shock that I was the only pas senger l eft on t he bus. 39。Oh dear, 39。 39。t need bookcases at al. You can sit here in your spar e ti me and r ead t he car pet ! 39。 I answer ed. Lesson51 Reward f or vi rtue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My fr iend, Herbert , has always been fat , but thi ngs got so bad recent ly t hat he decided to go on a diet . He began his di et a wek ago. Fir st of al , he wr ot e out a l ong li st of al t he foods which wer e for bidden. The l ist included most of t he things Her ber t loves: butt er , pot atoes, r ice, beer, mi lk, chocolat e, and sweet s. Yester day I pai d him a visit . I rang the bel and was not sur pri sed t o se that Her bert was sti l as fat as ever . He led me into hi s r oom and hur r iedly hi d a lar ge par cel under hi s desk. It was obvious that he was ver y embar ased. When I asked him what he was doi ng, he sm iled gui lt ily and then put t he par cel on t he desk. He expl ained that his di et was so str ict that he had to r ewar d hi msel f occasi onal ly. Then he showed me the contents of the parcel. I t cont ai ned fi ve large bars of chocol at e and thr ee bags of sweet s! Lesson52 A pret ty carpet 漂亮的 地毯 We have just moved into a new house and I have been wor king hard al l morni ng. I have been t rying to get my new r oom i n order . Thi s has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make mat ers wor se, t he room i s r at her smal , so I have t em por ari ly put my books on the f loor . At the moment, t hey cover ever y inch of fl oor space and I actual y have to wal k on t hem to get i n or out of the r oom. A short whi le ago, m y sister hel ped me t o car r y one of m y old bookcases up the stai rs. She went i nt o m y room and got a bi g sur pri se when she saw al t hose books on the f loor. 39。I t doesn39。This i s as far as we go.39。 but I don39。 l eson46 Expensive and unf ort able 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane fr om London ar ived at Sydney air port , wor kers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clot hi ng. No one coul d acount f or the f act t hat one of the boxes was extr emely heavy. I t suddenl y occur red t o one of the wor ker s to open up t he box. He was astoni shed at what he f ound. A man was lyi ng in t he box on top of a pi le of wooll en goods. He was so sur pr i sed at being di scover ed that he did not even t ry to r un away. Af t er he was ar rested, t he man admi ted hi ding i n the box befor e the pl ane l eft London. He had had a l ong and unfor table t ri p, for he had been confi ned to t he wooden box f or over t en hour s. The man was or der ed to pay amp。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whole vi l age soon learnt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Benton, the local but cher , had l ost hi s wal let whil e taking hi s savings t o the post of f ice. Sam was sur e that the wal let must have been found by one of the vil lagers, but i t was not r et urned to him. Thr e m ont hs passed, and then one mor ni ng, Sam found his wal let outside his fr ont door. I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t contai ned half t he money he had lost, together wit h a note which sai d: 39。 And a woman can39。 if he picks a l eaf , he wil l di e. Many vil ager s bel ieve t hat the t ree has alr eady cl ai med a number of vi ctims. The vi car has been asked t o have the t ree cut down, but so f ar he has r e fused. He has point ed out t hat the t ree i s a usef ul source of i ne as t our ists have been i ng f rom al l par ts of t he countr y t o se i t. I n spi te of al l t hat has been said, t he touri st s have been pi cki ng l eaves and cut ti ng their names on t he tr e tr unk. So f ar , not one of them has been str uck down by sudden deat h! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o sit outside our fr ont gate and bar k. Every ti me he wanted t o e int o the gar den he woul d bar k unti l som eone opened t he gat e. As the neighbour s plained of the noise, my husband spent weeks tr ai ning hi m t o press his paw on the lat ch to l et hi msel f in. Rex soon became an exper t at opening t he gat e. However, when I was going out shopping l ast week, I not iced him in t he garden near t he gat e. Thi s ti me he was barking so t hat someone woul d l et hi m out ! Since then, he has devel oped another bad habi t. As soon as he opens the gate f r om t he out si de, he es int o the garden and wai ts unti l the gate shut s. Then he sit s and bar ks unt il someone lets hi m out. Af ter t hi s he im mediatel y lets hi msel f in and begins barki ng again. Yesterday m y husband removed t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since. Leson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vi l age f air , I deci ded t o vi si t a for tunet el ler cal led Madam Bel insky. I went into her t ent and she told me t o si t down. Af t er I had given her some money, she looked into a cr ystal bal l and said: 39。 she said. She gazed at it f or some ti me then added, 39。 I said. 39。 I s t hi s Woodf or d Gr een ?39。 I 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 Ian Thompson is up for sal e. Mr Thompson i s going t o sel l it because it is haunted. He tol d me 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 urnit ure had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had turned t he li ght s off befor e he went to bed, they were on in t he morni ng. He al so said that he had f ound f