【正文】 I asked him what he was doing, he smiled gui lti ly and t hen put the par cel on t he desk. He explained that his diet was so str ict t hat he had t o rewar d hi mself occasional ly. Then he showed me t he cont ents of the parcel. It contained f ive large bars of chocolate and t hr e bags of sweet s! Leson52 A pret ty carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust moved into a new house and I have been wor ki ng hard al mor ning. I have been t rying to get my new room in or der. Thi s has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make maters worse, t he r oom i s r ather smal , so I have temporari ly put my books on t he f loor. At he moment , t hey cover ever y inch of floor space and I actualy have t o wal k on t hem t o get in or out of the room. A short whi le ago, my si ter helped me to car ry one of my ol d bookcases up t he stair s. She went into my r oom and got abi g surpr ise when she saw al those books on t he f loor . 39。 I am 100 per cent honest now! 39。 t he conduct or sai d. 39。Wel, in t hat case, I pr ef er to stay on the bus, 39。I 39。l l tel l you wher e t o get of f, 39。 Two months l at er , some mor e money was sent to Sam with anot her note:39。l l get off her e. 39。 answered the conduct or. I sat in t he f ront of the bus to get a good view of t he countr yside. Af ter some time, the bus st opped. Looki ng r ound, I realized wi th a shock that I was the onl y passenger l ef t on the bus. 39。 Onl y 25 per cent a thief now! 39。We ar e goi ng back now,39。 You39。 I n t ime, al Sam39。but only 5o per cent a t hi ef !39。 I39。I 39。A t hi ef , yes, 39。t know where i t i s. 39。t mat er ,39。 Leson45 A clear conscience 問(wèn)心無(wú)愧 The whol e vi l age soon lear nt that a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost. Sam Benton, the local but cher, had lost his walet whi le taking hi s savi ngs to t he post offi ce. Sam was sure t hat the wal let must have been found by one of the vi lager s, but it was not r et urned t o hi m. Three mont hs passed, and then one mor ni ng, Sam f ound hi s wal let outsi de his f ront door . I t had been wrapped up i n newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost , t ogether wit h a note which said: 39。 but I don39。I t doesn39。 she s aid. She gazed at i t f or some t ime then added, 39。 I s this Woodf or d Green ?39。230 ! Leson47 A t hi rsty ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecent ly bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up for sale. Mr Thompson i s going to sel l it because i t i s haunted. He t ol d me that he coul d not go to sl ep one night because he hear d a st range noi se i ng f rom t he bar . The next mor ni ng, he f ound that t he door s had been bl ocked by chairs and the furnitur e had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had turned t he l ight s of f before he went to bed, they were on in t he mor ni ng. He also said t hat he had found fi ve empty whisky bottl es which the ghost must have dr unk t he night bef ore. When I suggest ed t hat some vi lager s must have e in for afr e dri nk, Mr Thompson shook his head. The vi lager s have t ol d him t hat they wi l not accept t he i nn even i f he gives i t away. Leson48 Did you want to t el me som et hi ng? 你想對(duì) 我說(shuō)什么嗎？ Denti st s always ask questi ons when i t i s impossi bl e for you to answer. My denti st had just pulled out one of my teet h and had t ol d me to rest f or a while. I t ri ed t o say somet hing, but my mout h was f ul l of cott on wool. He knew I coll ected birds39。You don39。 I asked. 39。 eggs and asked me whether my col l ect ion was growing. He then asked me how my br ot her was and whether I li ked my new j ob in London. In answer t o these quest ions I ei ther nodded or made str ange noises. Meanwhil e, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been. I suddenly f el t very worr ied, but could not say anyt hi ng. When t he dent ist at l ast removed the cott onwool f rom my mouth, I was able t o tel hi m that he had pulled out the wrong toot h. Leson49 The end of a dream 美 夢(mèng)告終 Ti red of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran saved up f or years t o buy a real bed. For the fi rst ime in his l ife, he became the pr oud owner of a bed which had spr ings and a mat tress. Because the weather was very hot, he car ri ed t he bed on to t he r oof of his house. He sl ept ver y wel f or the fi rst wo ni ght s, but on t he t hi rd night, a st or m blew up. A gust of wi nd s wept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into t he cour tyar d below. The young man did not wake up until the bed had str uck t he ground. Although the bed was smashed t o pieces, the man was mir aculously unhurt . When he woke up, he was stil l on t he mat res. Gl anci ng at the bi ts of wood and metal t hat lay ar ound hi m, t he man sadly picked up the mat tress and car ied it into his house. Aft er he had put it on t he f loor , he promptly went t o sl ep again. Lesson50 Taken for a ri de 乘車兜風(fēng) I love travel ling in t he countr y, but I don39。t need bookcases at al . You can sit her e i n your spar e tim e and read t he car pet !39。 sai d the conductor suddenl y.39。t li ke l osing m y way. I went on an excur si on r ecentl y, but m y t ri p t ook me l onger t han I expect ed. 39。t he dif fer ence bet wen I ndian m usic and j az! Leson43 O ver t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hr e year s aft er his fl ight over t he Nort h Pole, t he Am eri can expl or er, R. E. Byrd, succesfull y f lew over the South Pole f or the fi rst t ime. Though, at f ir st, Byrd and hi s m en were abl e t o take a gr eat m any photogr aphs of t he mount ai ns t hat l ay bel ow, t hey soon ran into ser ious t roubl e. At one poi nt, it sem ed cert ai n t hat thei r pl ane woul d cr ash. It coul d only get over the m ountains i f it rose t o 10, 000 feet . Byr d at once or der ed his m en t o thr ow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The plane was then abl e to r ise and it cl ear ed t he mountai ns by 400 feet . Byr d now knew t hat he