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【正文】 ed. Lesson51 Reward f or virt ue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My f ri end, Her bert , has al ways been f at , but t hings got so bad r ecentl y t hat he deci ded t o go on a di et . He began hi s diet a week ago. Fi rst of al l, he wr ote out a l ong l ist of al l t he f oods whi ch wer e for bi dden. The li st i ncl uded m ost of t he t hings Her bert l oves: but t er , pot at oes, ri ce, beer, mi l k, chocol at e, and sweet s. Yest er day I pai d hi m a visit . I rang t he bel and was not sur pri sed t o see that Her bert was sti l as f at as ever . He l ed m e i nt o his r oom and hurr iedl y hi d a l ar ge parcel under hi s desk. It was obvi ous t hat he was ver y em bar rassed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smi l ed gui lti l y and t hen put t he par cel on t he desk. He expl ai ned t hat his di et was so str i ct t hat he had to r ewar d hi msel f occasional l y. Then he showed m e t he contents of t he par cel . It cont ained fi ve l ar ge bar s of chocolat e and t hree bags of sweets! Lesson52 A pret y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust m oved i nt o a new house and I have been wor ki ng har d al m or ni ng. I have been tr yi ng t o get m y new r oom i n or der. This has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To m ake m at t er s wor se, the r oom i s rat her sm al, so I have tem por ar il y put m y books on t he fl oor. At t he m oment, t hey cover every i nch of fl oor space and I actual y have t o wal k on t hem to get i n or out of the r oom. A shor t whil e ago, m y si st er hel ped m e t o car r y one of m y ol d bookcases up the stair s. She went i nt o m y room and got a bi g sur pr i se when she saw al t hose books on t he fl oor. 39。Thi s is t he pr et iest car pet I have ever sen,39。 she sai d. She gazed at it f or som e t im e t hen added, 39。You don39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit her e i n your spar e tim e and r ead t he car pet !39。 Leson53 H ot snake 觸電的蛇 At last fi remen have put out a bi g for 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 fi re bega n. For est fi re ar e oft en caused by broken gl ass or by ci gar et t e ends whi ch people car el essly t hrow away. Yester day t he fi remen exam i ned t he gr ound car efull y, but wer e not able t o f ind any br oken gl ass. They wer e al so qui t e sur e t hat a cigaret e end did not start t he fi r e. This m or ni ng, however, a f ir em an acci dent al ly di scover ed t he cause. He noti ced the r em ai ns of a snake whi ch was wound round t he el ectr i c wir es of a 16, 000 vol t power l i ne. I n t his way, he was able t o sol ve t he m yst er y. The expl anati on was si mpl e but ver y unusual . A bi rd had snat c hed up t he snake f r om t he gr ound and t hen dr opped i t on t o the wi r es. The snake t hen wound it sel f r ound t he wir es. When i t did so, it sent spar ks down t o the gr ound and t hese imm edi atel y st art ed a fi re. Leson54 Sti cky fi ngers 粘糊的手指 Af t er br eakfast, I sent t he chil dr en t o school and t hen I went to m ar ket . It was sti l earl y when I r et urned hom e. The chi ldr en wer e at school, m y husband was at wor k and t he house was qui et . So I deci ded t o m ake some t ar t s for t ea. I n a short t im e I was busy m ixi ng but ter and fl our and m y hands wer e soon cover ed wi th sti cky pastr y. At exactl y t hat m om ent, t he tel ephone rang. Not hing could have been m ore annoyi ng. I pi cked up t he r eceiver bet ween t wo st icky fi nger s and was dismayed when I recogni zed t he voi ce of Mr s Bates. I t t ook m e ten mi nut es t o per suade her t o r ing back lat er . At last I hung up t he r ecei ver . What a mess! Ther e was pastr y on m y fi nger s, on t he tel ephone, and on t he door knobs. I had no sooner got back t o the kit chen t han the door bel l rang l oud enough t o wake t he dead. This t im e it was t he postm an and he want ed m e t o si gn f or a regist er ed let er ! Lesson55 Not a gol d mi ne 并非金礦 Dreams of fi nding l ost t reasur e al m ost cam e t r ue recent ly. A new m achi ne cal led 39。The Revealer39。 has been i nvent ed and i t has been used t o detect gol d whi ch has been bur i ed i n t he gr ound. The m achine was used in a cave near t he seashor e wherei t i s sai d pir at es used t o hi de gol d. The pir ates woul d of t en bur y gol d i n t he cave and t hen f ai l to coll ect i t. Ar med wi t h t he new m achi ne, a sear ch par ty went he di d not l ike it . She enj oyed her self m aki ng t he assi st ant br i ng alm ost everyt hi ng i n t he wi ndow bef or e f i nal y buyi ng t he dress she had f ir st asked f or. Lesson58 A blessi ng i n di sgui se? 是因禍得福嗎？ The ti ny vil l age of Fri nley i s sai d t o possess a 39。cur sed t ree39。. Because t he t ree was m enti oned in a news paper , t he num ber of vi si t or s to Fr i nl ey has now increased. The tr ee was pl ant ed near a chur ch f if t y year s ago, but i t is onl y i n r ecent year s that it has gai ned an evil r eput at i on. It i s sai d t hat if anyone touches t he tr ee, he wil l have bad l uck。 i f he pi cks a leaf, he wi l die. Many vil l agers beli eve t hat t he tr ee has al ready cl aim ed a num ber of victi ms. The vi car has been as ked t o have t he tr ee cut down, but so f ar he has r ef used. He has poi nted out that he tr ee is a usef ul sour ce of in e as t ouri st s have been i ng fr om al part s of t he count r y t o see it . I n spi te of al t hat has been said, t he t our ist s have been picking l eaves and cut ti ng their names on t he t r et r unk. So f ar , not one of t hem has been st r uck down by sudden deat h! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來(lái)還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o si t outside our fr ont gat e and bar k. Ever y tim e he wanted t o e i nt o t he gar den he woul d bark unti l s om eone opened t he gat e. As t he nei ghbour s plai ned of t he noi se, my husband spent weeks tr aini ng hi m t o pr e