【正文】 i l e of wooll en goods. He was so sur pr ised at bei ng discovered t hat he di d not even tr y t o r un away. Af ter he was ar est ed, the m an adm it ted hidi ng in t he box bef ore t he plane lef t London. He had had a long and unf ort abl e t ri p, f or he had been conf ined t o the wooden box for over ten hours. The man was ordered t o pay amp。345 f or the cost of the t ri p. The nor mal pr i ce of a t icket i s amp。230 ! Lesson47 A thi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up f or sale. Mr Thompson is goi ng to sel i t because i t is haunt ed. He told me that he coul d not go to sleep one night because he heard a st range noise ing f rom the bar . The next morni ng, he f ound t hat he door s had been bl ocked by chai rs and t he fur nit ur e had been m oved. Though Mr Thompson had t urned the l ights of f bef ore he went t o bed, t hey wer e on i n the m or ning. He also said t hat he had f ound f ive empt y whisky bott les whi ch t he ghost must have dr unk t he night bef ore. When I suggested t hat some vil lagers must have e i n f or a fr ee dri nk, Mr Thom pson shook hi s head. The vil ager s have t old hi m t hat hey wil l not accept the i nn even i f he gives it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o tel l me somethi ng? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Dent ists al ways ask quest ions when it i s impossi ble f or you to answer . My denti st had j ust pull ed out one of my t eet h and had told me t o rest for a whi le. I tr ied t o say somethi ng, but my m out h was f ul l of cot tonwool . He knew I col lected bi rds39。 eggs and asked me whether my col lection was gr owing. He t hen asked me how my brot her was and whether I li ked my new j ob in London. In answer to t hese quest ions I either nodded or made str ange noi ses. 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 my mouth, I was abl e t o tel hi m t hat he had pull ed out t he wrong t oot h. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢告終 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 bed. For t he fi rst t i m e i n his l if e, he became the pr oud owner of a bed whi ch had spri ngs and a mat ress. Because the weat her was very hot , he car i ed t he bed on to the r oof of his house. He sl ept very wel l for the f ir st two ni ght s, but on the t hir 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 cour tyard 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 raculousl 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 ecentl y, but my tr ip t ook me l onger than I expect ed. 39。 I 39。m going t o Woodf or d Gr een, 39。 I said to t he conduct or as I got on t he bus,39。 but I don39。t know wher e it i s. 39。 I 39。l t el you where t o get of f, 39。 answered t he conduct or . I sat in t he fr ont of t he bus t o get a good vi ew of the countr ysi de. Af ter som e ti me, the bus st opped. Looki ng round, I reali zed wi th a shock t hat I was the onl y passenger lef t on the bus. 39。 You39。l l have t o get of f her e,39。 the conduct or said. 39。This is as far as we go.39。 39。 Is t his Woodf ord Green ?39。 I asked. 39。Oh dear ,39。 sai d the conduct or suddenl y. 39。 I for got t o put you of f. 39。 I t doesn39。t mat ter, 39。 I said. 39。I 39。l l get off here. 39。 We ar e goi ng back now, 39。 said the conductor . 39。Wel l, in that case, I pr ef er to stay on the bus, 39。 I answered. Lesson51 Reward f or virt ue 對美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My f ri end, Her ber t, has al ways been f at , but t hings got so bad r ecentl y that he deci ded t o go on a di et . He began hi s diet a week ago. Fir st of al l, he wr ot e out a long l ist of al l t he foods whi ch wer e f orbidden. The l ist included most of the thi ngs Her bert loves: but ter, potatoes, r i ce, beer , mil k, chocol ate, and sweets. Yest erday I pai d him a vi si t. I r ang t he bel l and was not surpr ised to see that Herbert was sti l as f at as ever . He l ed m e int o his r oom and hurr iedly hi d a l arge parcel under his desk. I t was obvi ous that he was ver y embar assed. When I asked him what he was doi ng, he smil ed guilt il y and then put the parcel on the desk. He explai ned t hat hi s di et was so st ri ct t hat he had to reward hi mself occasional y. Then he showed me the contents of t he par cel . It cont ained fi ve lar ge bar s of chocolate and t hree bags of sweets! Lesson52 A pret t y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust moved int o a new house and I have been working har d al mor ni ng. I have been tr yi ng to get my new room in or der . This has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To m ake m at ter s worse, t he room is r ather sm al l, so I have temporar ily put m y books on t he fl oor . At the m oment , they cover ever y i nch of f loor space and I act ual ly have t o walk on them t o get i n or out of t he room. A shor t whi le ago, my sist er helped me to car y one of my ol d bookcases up t he st air s. She went into my r oom and got a bi g surpr ise when she saw al l those books on the f loor . 39。This i s the pr et ti est car pet I have ever seen, 39。 she sai d. She gazed at i t for some ti me t hen added, 39。You don39。t need bookcases at al . You can si t her e in your spar e ti me and r ead the car pet! 39。 Leson53 H