【正文】 a goddess and had, at one time, been painted. The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the fifteenth centur y . It39。 每一尊雕像代表一位女神，而且一度上過色。 Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs 阿爾弗雷德 .布洛格斯的雙重生活 These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently referred to as whitecollar workers39。許多人常常情愿放棄較高的薪水以換取做白領(lǐng)工人的殊榮，此乃人之常情。他將來掙的錢只有他現(xiàn)在的一半。. The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall. The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but the took a long time to send them Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press. He sent the journalist two more faxes, but received no reply. He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired. When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written. A week later, the editor at last received a fax from the journalist. Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well. However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he informed the editor that the he had been arrested while counting the 1,084 steps leading to the fifteenfoot wall which surrounded the president39。但記者還是沒有回復(fù)。s. One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stocking over their faces jumped out and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars. While this was going on, Mr. Taylor was upstairs. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade. One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue, but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain. The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed. Just as it was leaving, Mr. Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases, but it was impossible to stop the thieves. They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds. smashandgrab n. 砸櫥窗搶劫 arcade n. 有拱廊的街道（兩旁常設(shè)商店） Piccadilly n. 皮卡迪利大街 jewllery n. 珠寶（總稱） Necklace n. 項鏈 ring n. 戒指 background n. 背景 Velvet n. 天鵝絨，絲絨 headlight n. （汽車等）前燈 Blare v. 發(fā)嘟嗜聲，吼叫 staff n. 全體工作人員 raid n. 偷襲 Scramble n. 偷襲 scramble v. 爬行 fantastic adj. 非常大的 Ashtray n. 煙灰缸 皮卡迪利大街附近的一條著名拱廊街道上，幾家高檔商店剛剛開始營業(yè)。他們用鐵棒把商店櫥窗的玻璃砸碎。 Lesson 7 Mutilated ladies 殘鈔鑒別組 Has it ever happened to you? Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine and then remembered there was a large bank note in your back pocket? When you rescued your trousers, did note in your back pocket? When you rescued your trousers, did you find the note was whiter than white? People who live in Britain needn39。Last year, we paid $ on 21,000 claims. Damaged bank notes. The Queen39。然后，他和簡一起去騎馬?！? Lesson 8 A famous monastery 著名的修道院 The Great St. Bernard Pass connects Switzerland to Italy. At 2,473 metres, it is the highest mountain pass in Europe. The famous monastery of St. Bernard, witch was founded in eleventh century, lies about a mile away. For hundreds of years, St. Bernard dogs have saved the lives of travellers crossing the dangerous Pass. These friendly dogs, which were first brought from Asia, were used as watchdogs even in Roman times. Now that a tunnel ahs been built through the mountains, the Pass is less dangerous, but each year, the dogs are still sent out into the snow whenever a traveller is in difficulty. Despite the new tunnel, there are still a few people who rashly attempt to cross the Pass on foot. During the summer months, the monastery is very busy, for it is visited by thousands of people who cross the Pass in cars. As there are so many people about, the dogs have to be kept in a special enclosure. In winter, however, life at the monastery is quite different. The temperature drops to 30 o and very few people attempt to cross the Pass. The monks prefer winter to summer of they have more privacy. The dogs have greater freedom, too, for they are allowed to wander outside their enclosure. The only regular visitors to the monastery in winter are parties of skiers who go there at Christmas and Easter. These young people, who love the peace of mountains, always receive a warm wele at St. Bernard39。由于來人太多，狗被關(guān)在專門的圍欄里。這些熱愛高山清靜環(huán)境的年輕人每年都受到圣伯納德道院的熱烈歡迎。結(jié)果是人們已經(jīng)學(xué)會尊重貓的獨立性。有一只叫薩伯瑞的貓從 32 層樓上掉下來，但只摔斷一顆牙。船上載有 1,316名乘客與 891 名船員。警報響過不久，巨輪急轉(zhuǎn)彎，以避免與冰山正面相撞。Have you anything to declare?39。s face light up. He had spotted a tiny bottle at the bottom of my case and he pounced on it with delight. 39。It39。但是，當(dāng)你通過綠色通道，沒有任何東西需要申報時，他們?nèi)钥梢詳r住你。 那位官員十分仔細地把箱子檢查了一遍?！? “你就聞一聞吧！”我催促說。在那里，生活簡單又美好。然后在加勒比海上劃行了幾英里，到了一座珊瑚島上。 “是我，別害怕” After her husband had gone to work. Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too excited to do any housework that morning, for in the evening she would be going to a fancydress part with her husband. She intended to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try it on. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective. After putting it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs. She wanted to find out whether it would be fortable to wear. Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dinning room, there was a knock on the front door. She knew that it must be the baker. She had told him to e straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the kitchen table. Not wanting t