【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 ds mendi ng,39。 said Mr s Ster li ng l at er , 39。but they did not steal anything.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 wrappe d up i n newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost , t ogether wit h a note which said: 39。A t hi ef , yes, 39。but onl y 5o per cent a thief! 39。 Two months l at er , some mor e money was sent to Sam with anot her note:39。 Onl y 25 per cent a thief now! 39。 I n time, al l Sam39。s money was pai d back in this way. The last note sai d:39。 I am 100 per cent honest now! 39。 leson46 Expensi ve and unf ort able 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane fr om London ar ived at Sydney ai rport, worker s began t o unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing. No one could acount f or t he f act that one of the boxes was extr emely heavy. It suddenly occurr ed t o one of t he workers to open up the box. He was astonished at what he found. A man was lying in t he box on t op of a pi le of woollen goods. He was so surpri sed at bei ng di scovered that he di d not even t ry t o run away. Af ter he was ar ested, t he man admi ted hiding in the box before the plane l ef t London. He had had a l ong and unf or tabl e tri p, f or he had been confined to the wooden box for over t en hour s. The man was or dered to pay amp。345 for the cost of the tri p. The normal pr ice of a ti cket i s amp。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。 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(chē)兜風(fēng) I love travel ling in t he countr y, but I don39。t li ke l osing my way. I went on an excur si on r ecent ly, but my t ri p took me l onger than I expect ed. 39。 I39。m goi ng t o Woodfor d Green,39。 I said to t he conduct or as I got on the bus,39。 but I don39。t know where i t i s. 39。 I39。l l tel l you wher e t o get of f, 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。 You39。l have to get off her e, 39。 t he conduct or sai d. 39。This is as f ar as we go.39。 39。 I s this Woodf or d Green ?39。 I asked. 39。Oh dear ,39。 said the conductor suddenl y. 39。 I f or got to put you of f.39。 39。I t doesn39。t mat er ,39。 I said. 39。I 39。l l get off her e. 39。 We ar e going back now, 39。 sai d the conduct or . 39。Wel, in t hat case, I pr ef er to stay on the bus, 39。 I answer ed. Leson51 Reward f or virtue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My fri end, Herbert, has always been f at , but t hi ngs got so bad recently t hat he decided to go on a diet. He began his diet a week ago. Fir st of al , he wr ot e out a l ong l ist of al l t he f oods which were for bi dden. The l ist i ncluded most of the t hings Herber t l oves: but ter, potatoes, ri ce, be er , milk, chocolate, and sweet s. Yesterday I paid him a visit . I r ang the bel and was not surpr ised to see t hat Her bert was sti l as f at as ever . He l ed me i nt o hi s room and hur ri edly hid a l ar ge parcel under his desk. I t was obvious t hat he was very embar rased. When I asked