【正文】 so said that he had f ound five empt y whi sky bot tles whi ch t he ghost must have drunk the ni ght bef or e. When I suggested that some vil lagers must have e i n for a f ree drink, Mr Thompson shook his head. The vil lagers have tol d hi m that hey wil l not accept the inn even if he gi ves it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o tel me something? 你想對(duì)我說(shuō)什么嗎？ Dentists always ask questions when it is i mpossible f or you to answer . My dent ist had just pul led out one of my t eth and had told me t o rest for a whi le. I t r i ed to say something, but my mouth was full of cottonwool . He knew I collected bi rds39。 39。 39。t mat er ,39。Thi s is the pr et ti est carpet I have ever sen,39。. Because the t ree was mentioned i n a newspaper, the number of vi si tors to Fri nley has now i nc reased. The t ree was plant ed near a church fi fty year s ago, but i t i s only i n recent year s t hat it has gai ned an evi l r eputation. I t is said t hat if anyone touches t he t ree, he wil have bad luck。clock this eveni ng. By that ti me, the Ast ra wil l have been f lying through s pace for sevent en hours and wil have ci rcled the eart h a gr eat many ti mes. When the fi rst radi o messages have been received, the result s of the tr ip wi l be announced i mmediately. Leson62 Aft er t he f ire 大火之后 Firemen had been fighti ng t he f or est fir e for near ly t hr e weeks bef or e t hey coul d get i t under cont r ol . A shor t t i m e bef or e, gr eat t r ees had cover ed t he count r ysi de f or m i l es ar ound. Now, s m oke st i l l r ose up f r om t he war m t en hours. The man was order ed t o pay amp。 but I don39。 t he conductor said. 39。 39。 said t he conduct or . 39。The Revealer39。 she asked i mpati ent ly. 39。 I 39。 You39。 I fot t o put you off. 39。Wel l, in t hat case, I pr ef er t o stay on t he bus,39。t m at ter,39。 t he conductor said. 39。 I sai d t o the conductor as I got on t he bus,39。 As she walked away, I followed her out of t he f ai r. Leson61 Troubl e with t he Hubble 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n future, astr onaut s wi l be r equir ed t o descend f rom a spaceshi p whi le it is sti l in space and to return t o it . The abil ity t o do t hi s wil be necessary i n future fl ights to distant plas. Scient ists are now trying to discover i f t hi s is possi bl e. The spaceshi p Ast ra which left the eart h a short time ago, wil l be tr aveli ng t hr e hundr ed mi les i nt o space. At a cer tain poi nt , t he Astr a wil st op for a shor t ime a nd an astr onaut wil l at empt to l eave t he stati onar y spaceship and then r et ur n to i t. We shal not know whet her the exper iment has been succesful unti l we have r ecei ved a radio mesage. The fir st mesage is expect ed t o ar ri ve at 7 o39。cur sed tr e39。 I answered. Lesson51 Reward f or virtue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My fr iend, Her ber t, has al ways been fat, but things got so bad r ecentl y that he decided t o go on a di et . He began his di et a week ago. First of al, he wrote out a long list of al the foods which wer e f orbidden. The list incl uded most of the things Her bert loves: butt er , potatoes, r ice, beer, mil k, chocol at e, and swets. Yest er day I pai d hi m a visi t. I rang t he bel and was not surprised to see that Herbert was stil l as fat as ever. He led me into his r oom and hurr iedl y hi d a large parce l under hi s desk. It was obvi ous that he was ver y embar assed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smil ed guilt il y and then put the parcel on the desk. He explained t hat hi s diet was so st rict that he had to r eward himsel f occasional y. Then he showed me the contents of t he par cel. I t cont ained fi ve l ar ge bar s of chocol at e and three bags of swets! Lesson52 A prety carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just moved into a new house and I have been working har d al l morning. I have been tr yi ng t o get my new r oom in order . This has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make mat er s wor se, t he r oom is rather smal l, so I have tempor ar ily put m y books on the floor. At the moment, they cover ever y inch of fl oor space and I act ual y have to walk on them to get in or out of t he r oom. A short while ago, my si st er hel ped me to car ry one of my old bookcases up the stair s. She went i nt o my room and got a big sur pr ise when she saw al those books on t he f loor. 39。t mat er ,39。 39。 39。230 ! Lesson47 A thirst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publi c house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr I an Thompson i s up f or sal e. Mr Thompson is going to sel i t because it is haunted. He told me t hat he could not go t o sleep one night because he heard a str ange noise ing fr om the bar . The next morning, he found t hat the doors had been blocked by chai rs and t he f ur ni ture had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had t ur ned the li ghts off bef ore he went t o bed, t hey were on in the morning. He also sa id that he had f ound five empt y whi sky bot tles whi ch t he ghost must have drunk the ni ght bef or e. When I suggested that some vil lage rs must have e i n for a f ree drink, Mr Thompson shook his head. The vil lagers have tol d hi m that hey wil l not accept the inn even if he gi ves it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o tel me something? 你想對(duì)我說(shuō)什么嗎？ Dentists always ask questions when it is i mpossible f or you to answer . My dent ist had just pul led out one of my t eth and had told me t o rest for a whi le. I t r i ed to say something, but my mouth was full of cottonwool . He knew I collected bi rds39。A relation of your s is i ng t o see you. She wil be ar ri vi ng t hi s evening and i nt ends to st ay f or a f ew days. The moment you l eave t hi s tent , you wil get a big sur pr ise. A woman you know wel wil rush towar ds you. She wi l speak to you and then she wil lead you away f rom this place. That is al l.39。You don39。I 39。 I asked. 39。l l t el l you where t o get of f, 39。t li ke l osing my way. I went on an