【正文】 to possess a 39。Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus,39。It doesn39。This is as far as we go.39。t know where it is.39。345 for the cost of the trip. The normal price of a ticket is amp。A thief, yes, 39。 said Mrs Sterling later, 39。s money was paid back in this way. The last note said:39。m going to Woodford Green,39。 You39。 said the conductor suddenly.39。 39。t need bookcases at all. You can sit here in your spare time and read the carpet!39。 As soon as I went outside, I fot all about Madam Bellinsky because my wife hurried towards me. 39。but t hey di d not st eal anyt hi ng.39。 I am 100 per cent honest now!39。 I sai d to the conductor as I got on t he bus, 39。l l have t o get of f here,39。 I t doesn39。 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. Fi rst 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 sur prised to see that Herbert was st i l l as fat as ever. He led me into his room and hurr iedl y hi d a large parcel under hi s desk. It was obvi ous that he was ver y embar assed. When I asked hi m what he was doi ng, he smil ed guilt ily and then put t he parcel on the desk. He explai ned that his diet was so str ict that he had to r eward himsel f occasi onal y. Then he showed me the content s of the par cel. It contained five large bar s of chocol at e and three bags of sweets! Lesson52 A pret ty carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just moved into a new house and I have been working hard al morning. I have been tr yi ng t o get my new r oom i n or der . This has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To ma ke mat er s wor se, t he r oom is rather smal l, so I have tempor ar ily put my books on the fl oor. 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。cursed t ree39。 As she walked away, I foll owed her out of t he f ai r. Leson61 Troubl e with the Hubble 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 In fut ur e, astr onaut s wil be requir ed t o descend f rom a spaceshi p whi le it i s ti l in space and to retur n to it . The abil ity t o do this wil be necessary i n future f lights to distant plas. Scientists are now tryi ng t o di scover i f this is possi bl e. The spaceship Ast ra which left the ear th a short ti me ago, wil l be tr avel ing three hundr ed mi les i nto space. At a cer tain poi nt , the Astr a wil stop for a shor t ime and an ast ronaut wi l at tempt to l eave the stati onary spaceshi p and then r eturn to i t. We shal not know whet her the exper iment has been successful unt il we have r eceived a r adio mesage. The fi rst mesage i s expect ed t o ar ri ve at 7 o39。 Lesson45 A clear conscience 問(wèn)心無(wú)愧 The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost. Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet while taking his savings to the postoffice. Sam was sure that the wallet must have been found by one of the villagers, but it was not returned to him. Three months passed, and then one morning, Sam found his wallet outside his front door. It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost, together with a note which said: 39。 lesson46 Expensive and unfortable 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport, workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing. No one could account for the fact that one of the box。but only 5o per cent a thief!39。 針對(duì)你單位燃?xì)赓M(fèi)年耗費(fèi)較高，想利用太陽(yáng)能熱水器節(jié)省一些能源耗費(fèi)，但又擔(dān)心太陽(yáng)能熱水器不穩(wěn)定，不能保障上萬(wàn)學(xué)生都有熱水使用這一問(wèn)題，本文先從太陽(yáng)能技術(shù)參數(shù)（產(chǎn)水量、產(chǎn)水溫度、樓面負(fù)載），太陽(yáng)能熱水系統(tǒng)的防凍技術(shù)，太陽(yáng)能熱水系統(tǒng)的輔助加熱設(shè)備（即太陽(yáng)能熱水與常規(guī)加熱設(shè)備的切換）幾方面闡述，希望能夠讓各位了解太陽(yáng)能中央熱水系統(tǒng) 完全能保障上萬(wàn)人都有熱水使用；接著從太 陽(yáng)能熱水器的社會(huì)效益、 經(jīng)濟(jì)效益、 投資及回報(bào)率 、 太陽(yáng)能的運(yùn)行費(fèi)用及維護(hù)費(fèi)用幾方面闡述，希望能夠讓各位了解太陽(yáng)能熱水系統(tǒng)應(yīng)該并且值得投資。 if he picks a leaf , he wi l di e. Many vil lagers believe t hat the tr e has alr eady claimed a number of vi ct ims. The vi car has been asked to have t he t ree cut down, but so far he has r ef used. He has poi nt ed out t hat the tree is a useful sour ce of ine as tour ists have been ing fr om al l part s of the count ry t o see it. I n spite of al l t hat has been said, the tour ists have been pi cking leaves and cut ting their names on the tr e trunk. So far, not one of them has been str uck down by sudden death! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來(lái)還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o si t outsi de our front gate and bark. Ever y ti me he want ed t o e into t he garden he woul d bark until someone opened t he gat e. As the neighbours plained of the noi se, my husband spent weeks t raining hi m to pr ess hi s paw on the latch to let hi mself in. Rex soon became an exper t at openi ng the gate. However, when I was going out shopping last week, I noticed hi m in t he garden near the gat e. Thi s time he was barking so t hat someone would l et him out ! Since t hen, he has developed another bad habi t. As soon as he opens the gat e from t he outside, he es i nt o the garden and wai ts unt il the gate shut s. Then he sit s and barks unt il someone lets him out. Aft er this he immediat el y lets himsel f i n and begins barki ng again. Yesterday my husband r emoved t he gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen hi m si nce. Leson60 The f uture 卜算未來(lái) At a vil age fair , I decided to visit a fort une tel er cal led Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nt o her tent and she told me to sit down. Af ter I had gi ven her some money, she looked into a cr ystal bal and sai d: 39。 she said. She gazed at it for some time t hen added, 39。 I said. 39。This i s as far as we go.