【正文】 ng t o Woodf ord Gr een,39。 I said t o t he conduct or as I got on t he bus,39。 but I don39。t know wher e it is. 39。 I 39。l t ell you wher e t o get of f , 39。 answer ed t he conductor . I sat in t he f r ont of t he bus t o get a good view of t he count ryside. Af t er some t im e, t he bus stopped. Looking r ound, I r ealized wit h a shock t hat I was t he only passenger lef t on t he bus. 39。You39。l have t o get of f her e, 39。 t he conduct or said. 39。This is as f ar as we go. 39。 I s t his Woodf ord Gr een ?39。 I asked. 39。Oh dear ,39。 said t he conductor sudenly. 39。 I f or got o put you of .39。 I t doesn39。t m at ter ,39。 I said. 39。I 39。l get of f her e.39。 We ar e going back now,39。 said t he conductor . 39。Well, in t hat case, I pr ef er t o s t ay on t he bus,39。 I answer ed. Lesson51 Rewar d f or vir t ue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My f r iend, Her bert , has always been f at , but t hings got so bad r ecent ly t hat he decided t o go on a diet . He began his diet a week ago. Fir st of al, he wr ot e out a long list of al t he f oods which wer e f orbidden. The list included most of the t hings Her ber t loves: but er, potat oes, r ice, beer, milk, chocolat e, and sweet s. Yest erday Ipaid him a visit . I r ang the bell and was not sur pr ised t o see t hat Her ber t was stil as f at as ever . He led m e int o his r oom and hur iedly hid a lar ge par cel under his desk. I t was obvious t hat he was ver y em bar ased. When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guilt ily and t hen put t he par cel on t he desk. He explained t hat his diet was so st rict t hat he had t o r eward him self occasionaly. Then he showed m e t he cont ent s of t he par cel. I t cont ained five lar ge bar s of chocolate and t hree bag s of sweet s! Lesson52 A pr et t y car pet 漂亮的地毯 We have just moved int o a new house and I have been wor king har d al m or ning. I have been t rying t o get m y new r oom in or der . This has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To m ake m at ers wor se, t he r om is r ather smal, so I have t empor arily put m y books on t he f loor . At t he mom ent , t hey cover ever y inch of f loor space and Iact ualy have t o walk on t hem t o get in or out of t he r oom. A shor t while ago, m y sist er helped m e t o car y one of m y old bookcases up t he stair s. She went int o my r oom and got a big sur pr ise when she saw al t hose books on t he f loor . 39。This is t he pr ett iest car pet I have ever seen, 39。 she said. She gazed at i f or some t im e then added, 39。You don39。t need bookcases at al. You can s it her e in your spare t im e and r ead t he car pet! 39。 Lesson53 Hot snake 觸電的蛇 At last f ir emen have put out a big f or est f ire in Calif or nia. Since t hen, t hey have been t rying t o f ind out how t he f ir e began. For est f ir e are of t en caused by br oken glass or by c igar et t e ends which people car elessly t hr ow away. Yester day t he f ir emen exam ined t he gr ound car efuly, but wer e not able t o f ind any br oken glass. They wer e also quit e sure t hat a cigar et te end did not st ar t t he f ir e. This m or ning, however, a f ir eman acident aly discover ed t he cause. He not iced t he r emains of a snake which was wound r ound t he elect ric wir es of a 16, 00 volt power line. I n t his way, he was able t o solve t he m yst ery. The explanation was sim ple but ver y unusual. A bir d had snatched up t he snake fr om t he gr ound and t hen dropped it on t o t he wir es. The snake t hen wound it self r ound t he wir es. When it did so, it sent spar ks down t o t he ground and t hese im m ediat ely st art ed a f ir e. Lesson54 St icky f ingers 粘糊的手指 Af t er br eakf ast , I sent he childr en t o school and t hen I went o m arket. I t was st il ear ly when I r et urned home. The childr en were at school, m y husband was at wor k and t he house was quiet . So I decided t o m ake some t ar ts f or t ea. I n a short t im e I was busy mixing but t er and f lour and my hands wer e soon covered wit h st icky past ry. At exactly t hat mom ent , t he t elephone r ang. Not hing could have been m or e annoying. I picked up t he r eceiver between t wo st icky f inger s and was dism ayed when I r ecognized t he voice of M rs Bat es. It t ook m e t en minut es t o per suade her t o r ing back lat er. At last Ihung up t he r eceiver . What a m ess! There was pastr y on m y f inger s, on t he telephone, and on t he door knobs. Ihad no sooner got back to t he kit chen t han t he door bell r ang loud enough t o wake t he dead. This t im e it was t he post man and he want ed m e t o sign f or a r egister ed let ter ! Lesson55 Not a gold m ine 并 非金礦 Dr eams of inding lost t r easure almost came t r ue recently. A new machine caled 39。The Revealer 39。 has been invent ed and it has been used t o det ect gold which has been bur ied in t he gr ound. The m achine was used in a cave near t he seashore where it is saidpir ates used t o hide gold. The pir at es would of t en bur y gold in t he cave and t hen f ail t o colect it . Ar m ed wit h t he new m achine, a sear ch par t y went he did not like it . She enjoyed her self making t he asist ant br ing alm ost ever ything in t he window bef or e f inaly buying t he dr ess he had f ir st asked f or . Lesson58 A blessing in disguise? 是 因禍得福嗎？ The t iny vilage of Fr inley is said t o possess a 39。cur sed t r ee39。. Because t he t ree was m ent ioned in a newspaper , t he number of visit or s t o Fr inley has now incr eased. The t r ee was plant ed near a church f ift y years ago, but it is only in r ecent years t hat i has gained an evil r eput ation. I t is said t hat if anyone t ouches t he t r ee, he wil have bad luck。 if he picks a leaf , he wil die. M any vilager s believe t hat t he t ree has alr eady claim ed a num ber of victim s. The vicar