【正文】 i s desk. It was obvious that he was ver y embar ased. When I asked him what he was doi ng, he smil ed guil til y and then put the parcel on the desk. He explai ned t hat hi s diet was so st ri ct t hat he had to rewar d himself occasional y. Then he showed me t he contents of t he par cel . It contained f ive lar ge bar s of chocolate and t hree bags of sweets! Lesson52 A pret y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust moved i nt o a new house and I have been worki ng har d al mor ning. I have been tr yi ng t o get m y new r oom in or der. This has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To m ake m at ter s wor se, t he 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 inch 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 old bookcases up the stair s. She went int o my room and got a big sur pr ise when she saw al those books on t he fl oor. 39。cur sed tr e39。 she said. She gazed at it f or some t im e then added, 39。I 39。 I asked. 39。l l t el you where t o get of f, 39。t l ike l osi ng my way. I went on an excursion r ecent ly, but m y tr ip t ook me l onger than I expect ed. 39。 Only 25 per cent a thief now! 39。 s lowl y. I t obvi ously coul d not t el the di f er ence bet wen I ndian music and j az! Leson43 Over the Sout h Pole 飛越南極 I n 1929, thr ee year s af ter his fl ight over the Nor th Pol e, t he Amer ican expl orer, R. E. Byr d, successf ull y fl ew over the South Pol e for t he fi rst ti me. Though, at f ir st , Byrd and his men were able to t ake a great m any phot ogr aphs of the m ount ai ns that lay below, t hey soon ran i nto seri ous tr oubl e. At one point , i t seemed cert ai n t hat their pl ane woul d crash. I t coul d only get over t he mount ains if i t rose to 10, 000 feet. Byrd at once ordered hi s men t o thr ow out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able t o r ise and it cleared t he mountains by 400 f et . Byr d now knew t hat he woul d be able t o reach the South Pol e which was 300 m il es away, for t her e were no more m ount ai ns in si ght . The ai r cr af t was able t o f ly over the endles whit e plains wi thout di f icult y. Lesson44 Through the f orest 穿過(guò)森林 Mrs Anne Sterl ing di d not t hink of the r isk she was taki ng when she r an thr ough a for est aft er t wo men. They had rushed up t o her whil e she was having a pi i c at the edge of a for est wi th her chi ldr en and t r ied to st eal her handbag. I n the st ruggle, the str ap broke and, wi th the bag in their possesion, both m en st ar t ed r unning t hr ough the t rees. Mrs St er li ng got so angry that she r an af ter t hem. She was soon out of br eath, but she conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi th t hem, she saw t hat t hey had sat down and wer e going t hrough the contents of t he bag, so she r an str ai ght at them. The men got such a fr ight that they dropped the bag and ran away. 39。 As soon as I went outside, I fot al about Madam Beli nsky because my wif e hurr ied t owards me. 39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit here i n your spare t im e and read the carpet! 39。 39。 said the conductor suddenly. 39。 You39。m going t o Woodf or d Gr een, 39。s m oney was paid back i n thi s way. The l ast note said:39。 sai d Mr s Ster li ng later , 39。The str ap needs mendi ng,39。 I n t ime, al Sam39。 I39。 answered t he conductor. I sat i n t he f r ont of the bus t o get a good view of the count ryside. Aft er some ti me, t he bus st opped. Looki ng round, I r eal ized wi th a shock that I was the only passenger left on t he bus. 39。Oh dear, 39。l get off here.39。You don39。A rela t ion of your s is i ng to see you. She wi l l be ar ri ving t hi s eveni ng and i ntends to st ay f or a f ew days. The moment you leave this t ent , you wil l get a bi g sur pri se. A wom an you know wel wi l r ush t owards you. She wi l speak to you and t hen she wi l lead you away f rom this pl ace. That i s al. 39。dance39。 Two months l ater, some mor e money was sent to Sam wi th another note:39。 eggs and asked me whet her my col lecti on was growi ng. He then asked me how my br other was and whet her I l iked my new job i n London. I n answer to these questions I eit her nodded or made st range noi ses. Meanwhil e, my tongue was busy sear chi ng out the hole wher e the t oot h had been. I suddenly f elt ver y wor ri ed, but coul d not sa y anything. When t he denti st at l ast removed t he cot tonwool f rom my mout h, I was able t o t el l him that he had pul led out the wr ong tooth. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢(mèng)告終 Ti red of sleeping on t he fl oor , a young man in Teheran saved up for year s to buy a real bed. For the f ir st t ime in hi s li fe, he became t he proud owner of a bed whi ch had spr ings and a mat ress. Because t he weat her was very hot , he car ri ed the bed on t o the r oof of hi s house. He sl ept very wel for t he fi rst two nights, but on t he thir d ni ght , a st orm blew up. A gust of wind swept the bed off t he roof and sent it cr ashing i nto t he cour tyard bel ow. The young man di d not wake up unt il the bed had str uck the ground. Alt hough t he bed was smashed t o pieces, t he man was mi raculousl y unhur t. When he woke up, he was sti l on t he mat res. Gl ancing at t he bi ts of wood and met al t hat l ay ar ound hi m, t he m an sadly picked up the mat tr ess and car ri ed it i nto hi s house. Af t er he had put i t on the f loor , he pr omptl y went to sleep agai n. Lesson50 Taken f or a ride 乘車兜風(fēng) I love t raveli ng in the count ry, but I don39。 I 39。 Is t his Woodf ord Gr een ?39。 I said. 39。Thi s is t he pr et iest carpet I have ever seen,39。. Because t he tr e was ment ioned in a newspaper , the number of vi sitor s to Fri nl ey has now increased. The tr ee was p