【正文】 aimed a num ber of victi ms. The vi car has been asked to have t he tr e cut down, but so far he has ref used. He has poi nt ed out t hat t he tr ee is a useful sour ce of i n e as touri st s have been ing f r om al part s of the count ry to see it . In spit e of al that has been sai d, the tour is ts have been pi cki ng leaves and cutt ing t hei r nam es on the t reet runk. So far , not one of them has been st ruck down by sudden death! Leson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來(lái)還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to si t out si de our f ront gate and bark. Ever y t ime he want ed to e into the garden he would bar k until someone opened the gate. As t he nei ghbours pl ai ned of the noise, m y husband spent weeks t rai ni ng him to pres hi s paw on t he latch t o let him self i n. Rex soon became an expert at openi ng the gate. However , when I was goi ng out shoppi ng last week, I noti ced hi m i n t he gar den near the gate. This t ime he was bar king so that someone woul d let him out ! Si nce t hen, he has devel oped another bad habi t. As soon as he opens the gate fr om t he out si de, he es int o the gar den and wai ts unti l the gate shuts. Then he sit s and bar ks unt il someone lets hi m out . Af t er t his he i mmediatel y lets hi mself in and begins barki ng agai n. Yester day m y husband removed t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since. Leson60 The f ut ure 卜算未 來(lái) At a vi l age fair , I decided t o visit a f ort une tel er cal led Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nto her tent and she t old m e to si t down. Af ter I had given her some m oney, she l ooked i nto a cr yst al bal and sai d: 39。 And a woman can39。 Lesson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無(wú)愧 The whole vi l l age soon lear nt that a lar ge sum of money had been lost. Sam Bent on, t he local butcher, had lost his wal et whil e taking hi s savings t o the post of fi ce. Sam was sur e that the wal let must have been f ound by one of t he vil lager s, but i t was not ret urned to hi m. Three m ont hs passed, and then one mor ni ng, Sam found his wal let outside his f r 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。 l esson46 Expensive and unf ort able 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane 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 account 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 astonished at what he f ound. A m an was lying i n t he box on top of a pil e of wooll en goods. He was so sur pri sed at bei ng discover ed that he di d not even t ry t o r un away. Af ter he was ar est ed, t he man adm it ted hidi ng in t he box bef ore the plane lef t London. He had had a long and un fort able t ri p, f or he had been conf ined t o the wooden box f or over ten hours. The man was order ed to pay amp。 but I don39。Thi s i s as f ar as we go.39。I t doesn39。 I answer ed. Leson51 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 week ago. Fir st of al , he wr ote 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. Yest er day I paid hi m a vi sit. I r ang the bel and was not surpr ised to see t hat Her ber t was st il l as f at as ever. He l ed me i nto hi s room and hur ri edl y hid a large parcel under his desk. I t was obvi ous t hat he was very em bar rassed. When I asked hi m what he was doing, he sm il ed gui lt il y and then put t he par cel on t he desk. He expla ined t hat his di et was so str ict that he had to r eward hi msel f occasional ly. Then he showed m e the contents of the par cel . I t cont ai ned fi ve large bar s of chocol ate 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 ryi ng to get my new room in or der . Thi s has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To make mat ters wor se, t he room is r at her smal l, so I have t empor ari ly put my books on t he fl oor . At the mom ent , t hey cover ever y inch of f loor space and I act ual ly have to walk on t hem t o get i n or out of t he room. A short whi le ago, my sister helped me t o car y one of my old bookcases up t he st air s. She went into my r oom and got a big surpr ise when she saw al l those books on t he fl oor . 39。 she said. She gazed at i t for some t ime t hen added, 39。 I sai d. 39。 I s thi s Woodfor d Gr een ?39。 I 39。230 ! Lesson47 A thi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up f or sal e. Mr Thom pson i s goi ng to sel i t because i t is haunt ed. He told me t hat he coul d not go to sl ep one night because he hear d a str ange noise ing fr om t he bar . The next mor ni ng, he f ound that the doors had been bl ocked by chair s and the f ur nit ur e had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had t urned t he l ight s of f before he went t o bed, t hey wer e on i n the m orning. He also said t hat he had f ound f i ve em pt y whi sky bott les whi ch the ghost m ust have dr unk the night bef ore. When I suggested t hat some vil lagers m ust have e in f or a fr ee dri nk, Mr Thom pson shook hi s head. The vil lager s have told hi m that hey wil l not accept the i nn even if he gives it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o t el l me somethi ng? 你想對(duì)我說(shuō)什么嗎？ Dent ists al ways ask quest ions when it i s im possible f or you to answer. My dent ist 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