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【正文】 whether I li ked my new j ob in London. In answer to t hese quest ions I either nodded or made str ange noises. Meanwhi le, my t ongue was busy searching out t he hol e where t he tooth had been. I suddenl y fel t ver y worr ied, but could not say anyt hi ng. When the denti st at last r emoved the cott on wool fr om m y mouth, I was abl e to tel hi m t hat he had pull ed out t he wrong t oot h. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢(mèng)告終 Tir ed of sl eepi ng on the f loor , a young man i n Teher an saved up f or year s to buy a r eal be d. For t he fi rst ti me i n his l if e, he becam e the pr oud owner of a bed which had spri ngs and a mat tr es. Because the weather was very hot, he car ied t he bed on to t he roof of his house. He slept ver y wel l for the f ir st wo ni ght s, but on t he t hi r d night, a st or m bl ew up. A gust of wi nd swept t he bed off t he roof and sent it crashing i nt o t he court yard below. The young man did not wake up unti l the bed had st ruck t he ground. Al though the bed was smashed t o pieces, t he man was mi racul ousl y unhur t. When he woke up, he was sti l on t he matr es. Gl ancing at t he bi ts of wood and met al t hat l ay ar ound hi m, the m an sadly picked up the mat tr ess and car ri ed it i nto hi s house. Af t er he had put i t on the f loor , he pr omptl y went to sleep agai n. Lesson50 Taken f or a ride 乘車兜風(fēng) I love t raveli ng in the count ry, but I don39。t l ike l osi ng my way. I went on an excursion r ecent ly, but my tr ip t ook me l onger than I expect ed. 39。 I39。m going t o Woodf or d Gr een, 39。 I said to t he conductor as I got on t he bus,39。 but I don39。t know wher e it i s. 39。 I 39。l l t el you where t o get of f, 39。 answered t he conductor. I sat i n the f r ont of the bus t o get a good view of the count ryside. Aft er some time, t he bus st opped. Looki ng round, I r eal ized wi th a shock that I was the only passenger left on t he bus. 39。 You39。l l have t o get of f her e, 39。 the conductor said. 39。This i s as far as we go. 39。 39。 Is t his Woodf ord Gr een ?39。 I asked. 39。Oh dear ,39。 sai d the conduct or suddenly. 39。 I f ot to put you off .39。 39。I t doesn39。t mat er, 39。 I said. 39。I 39。l get off here.39。 39。We are goi ng back now, 39。 said the conductor . 39。Wel l, in that case, I pr ef er to stay on t he bus, 39。 I answer ed. Lesson51 Reward f or virtue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My f ri end, Herber t, has al ways been f at , but t hings got so bad r ecentl y that he decided t o go on a di et . He began hi s diet a week ago. Fir st of al , he wrot e out a long li st of al t he foods which wer e f or bidden. The l ist included most of t he thi ngs Her ber t loves: butt er, potatoes, r ice, beer , m il k, chocol ate, and sweets. Yest er day I pai d him a vi si t. I rang t he bel l and was not sur pri sed to see that Herbert was sti l as fat as ever . He led me int o his r oom and hurr iedly hi d a l ar ge parcel under his desk. It was obvious t hat he was very embar rased. When I asked him what he was doi ng, he smi led guil ti ly and t hen put t he par cel on t he desk. He expl ai ned that hi s diet was so st ri ct that he had t o r ewar d himself occasi onal y. Then he showed me t he cont ent s of the pa rcel. I t contained f ive l arge bars of chocol at e and three bags of sweets! Leson52 A pret y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just m oved i nto a new house and I have been worki ng har d al m or ning. I have been tr ying t o get m y new r oom i n order. This has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make mat er s wor se, the r oom i s rather smal , so I have tempor ar il y put my books on the f loor. At t he moment, they cover every inch of fl oor space and I actual y have t o wal k on them to get in or out of the r oom . A shor t whil e ago, my si st er hel ped me to car ry one of my old bookcases up the stair s. She went int o my room and got a big sur pr ise when she saw al those books on t he fl oor. 39。Thi s is t he pr et iest carpet I have ever seen,39。 she said. She gazed at it f or some t ime then added, 39。You don39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit here i n your spare t ime and read the carpet! 39。 Lesson53 Hot snake 觸電的蛇 At last f ir emen have put out a big f orest f ir e i n Cali for ni a. Si nce then, t hey have been tr ying t o fi nd out how the f ir e bega n. Forest f ir e are of ten caused by br oken gl ass or by cigaret te ends which peopl e carelessl y t hr ow away. Yest er day the f ir emen exami ned the gr ound caref ully, but were not abl e t o fi nd any broken glas. They were al so qui te sure t hat a ci gar ete end di d not st ar t the f ir e. Thi s morni ng, however , a f ir em an accidental y discover ed the cause. He noti ced t he remai ns of a snake which was wound r ound t he electr ic wi res of a 16,000volt power li ne. I n t hi s way, he was abl e to solve t he mystery. The expl anat ion was sim pl e but ver y unusual. A bi rd had snatc hed up the snake f r om t he gr ound and then dropped it on t o the wi r es. The snake the n wound i tself r ound t he wir es. When it did so, it sent spar ks down to the gr ound and t hese im mediately st art ed a fi re. Leson54 Sti cky fi ngers 粘糊的手指 Af ter breakfast, I sent the chil dren t o school and then I went to m ar ket . It was sti l earl y when I ret ur ned hom e. The chil dren wer e at school , my husband was at work and t he house was quiet . So I decided t o make som e tar ts f or t ea. I n a shor t ti me I was busy mi xi ng butt er and f lour and my hands wer e soon covered wi th st icky past ry. At exact ly t hat m om ent , the tel ephone rang. Nothing coul d have been m or e annoyi ng. I picked up the r ecei ver between t wo sti cky fi nger s and was di sm ayed when I r ecognized the voi ce of Mrs Bat es. It t ook me t en minutes t o persuade her to ri ng back l at er. At l ast I hung up the r eceive