【正文】 j. 有信心的 19 value n. 價值 參考譯文 最近，找到失蹤寶藏的夢想差一點兒變成現(xiàn)實。當(dāng)聽出是海倫 .貝茨的聲音時，非常喪氣。 What two interruptions did the writer have? After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops. It was still early when I returned home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter! New words and expressions 生詞和短語 1 sticky adj. 粘的 2 finger n. 手指 3 pie n. 餡餅 4 mix v. 混合，拌和 5 pastry n. 面糊 6 annoying adj. 惱人的 7 receiver n. 電話的話筒 8 dismay v. 失望，泄氣 9 recognize v. 認出，聽出 10 persuade v. 說服，勸說 11 mess n. 亂七八糟 12 doorknob n. 門把手 13 sign v. 簽字 14 register v. 掛號郵寄 參考譯文 早飯后，我送孩子們上學(xué)，然后就去了商店。然而今天上午，一個消防隊員偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)了起火的原因。她走進我的房間，當(dāng)她看到地板 上的那些書時，大吃一驚。s carpet made of? We have just moved into a new house and I have been working hard all morning. I have been trying to get my new room in order. This has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To make matters worse, the room is rather small, so I have temporarily put my books on the floor. At the moment, they cover every inch of floor space and I actually have to walk on them to get in or out of the room. A short while ago, my sister helped me to carry one of my old bookcases up the stairs. She went into my room and got a big surprise when she saw all those books on the floor. ‘This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen,39。我按響了門鈴，當(dāng)看到休仍和往常一樣胖時，我并不感到驚奇。 Lesson 51:Reward for virtue 對美德的獎賞 First listen and then answer the question. 聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。我環(huán)視了一下身旁，驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)車里就只剩我一個乘客了。re going back now,39。 ‘Is this Woodford Green?39。 Why did the writer not get off the bus at Woodford Green? I love travelling in the country, but I don39。但第三天晚上起了風(fēng)暴。頭兩天晚上，他睡得非常好。 Lesson 50:Taken for a ride乘車兜風(fēng) First listen and then answer the question. 聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。 the conductor said. ‘This is as far as we go.39。 ‘We39。過了一些時候，車停了?！蔽一卮鹫f。昨天我去看望了他。 What is the writer39。幾分鐘前，我妹妹幫我把一個舊書櫥抬上了樓。他們還十分肯定火災(zāi)也不是由煙頭引起的。 Lesson 54: Sticky fingers 粘糊的手指 First listen and then answer the question. 聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。我用兩個沾滿面糊的手指捏起了話筒。 has been invented and it has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground. The machine was used in a cave near the seashore where it is said pirates used to hide gold. The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it. Armed with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure. The leader of the party was examining the soil near the entrance to the cave when the machine showed that there was gold under the ground. Very excited, the party dug a hole two feel deep. They finally found a small gold coin which was almost worthless. The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk. In spite of this, many people are confident that ‘The Revealer39。隊員們接著又把整個洞徹底搜尋了一遍，但除了一只空鐵皮箱外什么也沒找到。在好一陣喧鬧的爆炸聲之后，比賽開始了。 Did the woman get what she wanted? A woman in jeans stood at the window of an expensive shop. Though she hesitated for a moment, she finally went in and asked to see a dress that was in the window. The assistant who served her did not like the way she was dressed. Glancing at her scornfully, he told her that the dress was sold. The woman walked out of the shop angrily and decided to punish the assistant next day. She returned to the shop the following morning dressed in a fur coat, with a handbag in one hand and a long umbrella in the other. After seeking out the rude assistant, she asked for the same dress. Not realizing who she was, the assistant was eager to serve her this time. With great difficulty, he climbed into the shop window to get the dress. As soon as she saw it, the woman said she did not like it. She enjoyed herself making the assistant bring almost everything in the window before finally buying the dress she had first asked for. New words and expressions 生詞和短語 1 madam n. （對婦女的尊稱）太太，夫人 2 jeans n. 牛仔褲 3 hesitate v. 猶豫，遲緩 4 serve v. 接待（顧客） 5 scornfully adv. 輕蔑地 6 punish v. 懲罰 7 fur n. 裘皮 8 eager adj. 熱切的，熱情的 參考譯文 一位穿著牛仔褲的婦女站在一家高檔商店的櫥窗前。這位婦女對那件衣服只看一眼，就說不喜歡。由于鄰居們對狗叫很有意見，所以我丈夫花了幾個星期的時間訓(xùn)練它用腳爪按住門閂把自己放進來。 Lesson 60:The future 卜算未來 First listen and then answer the question. 聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。您一走出這個帳篷，就會大吃一驚。 Lesson 61:Trouble with the Hubble 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 First listen and then answer the question. 聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。當(dāng)宇航員進行必要的修復(fù)工作時，“奮進”號上的一只機器手將抓住望遠鏡并托住它。冬季即將來臨，這些山丘對周圍的村莊 具有毀滅性的威脅，因為大雨不僅會沖走土壤，而且還會引起嚴重的水災(zāi)。s closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception. This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny. he had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she hadn39。這不免使杰里米有點掃興，但他還是按照女兒的要求做了。他提議建一條雙軌隧道，這樣就解決了通風(fēng)問題。s hospital. Dressed up as Father Christmas and acpanied by a 39。一個警察走過來告訴吉米，他應(yīng)該走一條小路，因為江泊阻礙了交通。sweet as honey39。一群熱心人計劃修復(fù)這架飛機。盡管他設(shè)法拍了一些十分精彩的照片，但他卻不能在火山附近停留太