【正文】 You needn39。 I sai d. 39。t know wher e it i s.39。A thi ef , yes, 39。 39。 sai d t he conduct or . 39。 answer ed t he conductor. I sat i n t he fr ont of t he bus t o get a good vi ew of t he count r ysi de. Af ter som e tim e, the bus st opped. Looki ng r ound, I reali zed wi t h a shock t hat I was t he onl y pasenger l ef t on the bus. 39。 I n ti m e, al Sam 39。The Reveal er 39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。 she answered. Ten m i nut es l at er we wal ked out of the shop toget her. My wif e was weari ng a hat t hat l ooked l i ke a l i ght house ! Lesson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong walk t hrough one of t he m ar ket s of Old Del hi, we st opped at a squar e t o have a r est. Af t er a t im e, we noti ced a snakecharm er wi t h t wo l arge basket s at t he ot her si de of t he squar e, so we went t o have a l ook at him . As soon as he saw us, he pi cked up a l ong pi pe whi ch was cover ed wit h coi ns and opened one of the baskets. When he began t o pl ay a tune, we had our f ir st gl im pse of t he snake. It r ose out of t he basket and began t o f ol ow t he m ovem ent s of t he pi pe. We were ver y much s ur pri sed when t he snake charm er suddenl y began t o play j azz t unes and m oder n pop songs. The snake, however, conti nued t o 39。230 ! Lesson47 A thi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up f or sal e. Mr Thom pson i s goi ng t o sel i t because i t is haunt ed. He tol d m e t hat he coul d not go t o sl eep one ni ght because he hear d a str ange noi se i ng fr om t he bar . The next m or ning, he found t hat t he doors had been blocked by chair s and t he f urnit ur e had been moved. Though Mr Thom pson had tur ned t he li ght s off bef or e he went to bed, they wer e on in t he mor ni ng. He al so sai d t hat he had f ound fi ve empt y whisky bot tl es which t he ghost m ust have dr unk t he ni ght bef ore. When I suggest ed t hat som e vil lager s m ust have e i n f or a fr ee dr i nk, Mr Thom pson shook hi s head. The vi l ager s have t old him t hat t hey wil l not accept t he i nn even i f he gi ves it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o t el l me somet hi ng? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Dent i st s al ways ask quest i ons when it i s im possibl e for you t o answer . My denti st had j ust pull ed out one of m y t eet h and had t ol d m e t o rest for a whil e. I t r ied t o say s omet hi ng, but m y m out h was f ul l of cott on wool. He knew I col lected bir ds39。 I s t hi s Woodf or d Gr een ?39。You don39。 m ay r eveal somet hi ng of val ue f air l y soon. Lesson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace is held f or old cars. A l ot of car s ent er ed f or t hi s r ace l ast year and t her e was a gr eat deal of excit em ent j ust bef or e i t began. One of the m ost handsom e car s was a Rol ls Royce Sil ver Ghost. The m ost unusual car was a Benz whi ch had onl y thr e wheels. Buil t i n 1885, i t was t he ol dest car t aki ng par t. Af t er a gr eat many l oud expl osi ons, t he r ace began. Many of t he car s br oke down on t he course and som e dri ver s spent mor e tim e under t hei r car s t han i n t hem ! A f ew cars, howeve r, pl et ed t he r ace. The wi nni ng car r eached a speed of f or ty m il es an hourm uch faster t han any of it s ri val s. I t sped downhil at t he end of t he race and it s dr i ver had a l ot of tr oubl e t ryi ng t o st op i t. The r ace gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pl easure. It was ver y di f erent fr om m oder n car r aces but no less excit i ng. Lesson57 Can I help you, m adam ? 你要買什么，夫人？ A wom an i n bl ue j eans st ood at t he wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesi tat ed f or a m om ent, she fi nal l y went i n and as ked t o se a dr es t hat was i n t he window. The assistant who ser ved her di d not l i ke t he way she was dr esed. Glanci ng at her scor nf ul y, he tol d her t hat t he dr es was sol d. The wom an wal ked out of t he shop angri l y and deci ded t o puni sh the assi st ant next day. She ret ur ned to t he shop t he f ol lowi ng m or ni ng dressed i n a f ur coat, wi th a handbag in one hand and a l ong um br el l a i n t he ot her. Af ter seki ng out t he r ude asist ant she asked f or t he same dr es. Not real i zi ng who she was, t he assi stant was eager to ser ve her t hi s tim e wi th gr eat dif fi cult y, he cli mbed i nt o t he shop wi ndow t o get t he dr es. As soon as she saw it , the wom an sai d s m any ti es.39。s m oney was pai d back i n t hi s way. The l ast note sai d:39。 You39。Wel l, i n t hat case, I pr efer t o st ay on t he bus, 39。 I fi nd it beaut if ul,39。 Leson53 H ot snake 觸電的蛇 At last fi remen have put out a big f or est fi re i n Cali f or nia. Since t hen, t hey have been tr yi ng t o f ind out how t he f ir e began. Forest fi re ar e oft en caused by br oken gl as or by ci gar et te ends whi ch people carel essl y t hrow away. Yest er day t he fi remen exam ined t he gr ound car ef ull y, but wer e not abl e to fi nd any br oken gl as. They were also quit e sure t hat a ci gar et te end di d not st ar t the f ir e. Thi s morni ng, however , a fi rem an accidental y discover ed the cause. He noti ced t he remai ns of a snake which was wound r ound t he elect ri c wi res of a 16,000volt power li ne. I n thi s way, he was able to solve t he myst ery. The expl anat ion was simpl e but ver y unusual. A bi rd had snatched up the snake f r om t he gr ound and t hen dropped it on t o the wi res. The snake then wound i tsel f round t he wir es. When i t did so, it sent spar ks down to the ground and these im medi ately st ar ted a fi re. Lesson54 St i cky f ingers 粘糊的手指 Af ter breakfast, I sent銅仁市金泉油脂有限責任公司 萬噸菜籽油技改擴建項目 資 金 申 請 報 告 2020 年 4 月m ir r or . I sat down on one of those m oder n chai r s wit h hol es i n i t and wait ed. We had been i n t he hat shop f or hal f an hour and m y w