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【正文】 esson52 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 orni ng. I have been tr yi ng t o get m y new r oom i n or der. Thi s has not been easy be cause I own over a thousand books. To m ake m at ter s worse, t he r oom is r ather sm al l, so I have tempor ar il y put m y books on t he fl oor. At t he m om ent, t hey cover every i nch of fl oor space and I actual y have t o wal k on t hem t o get i n or out of t he r oom . A short whi le ago, m y sist er helped me t o car y one of m y ol d bookcases up t he st ai r s. She went int o m y r oom and got a bi g sur pr is e when she saw al l t hose books on t he fl oor . 39。Thi s i s t he pr et iest car pet I have ever sen,39。 she sai d. She gazed at it f or som e tim e t hen added, 39。You don39。t need bookcases at al . You can si t her e i n your spar e ti me and r ead t he carpet!39。 Lesson53 H ot snake 觸電 的蛇 At l ast fi r em en have put out a bi g f or est f ir e i n Cali for ni a. Si nce t hen, t hey have been tr yi ng t o fi nd out how t he f ir e began. Forest fi re ar e oft en caused by br oken gl as or by ci gar et t e ends whi ch people car el esly t hr ow away. Yester day t he f i remen exam i ned t he gr ound car ef ull y, but wer e not abl e t o f i nd any br oken gl ass. They wer e also quit e sur e t hat a ci gar et te end di d not st ar t the f ir e. Thi s m or ni ng, however , a fi r em an accidental y discover ed the cause. He noti ced t he r em ai ns of a snake whi ch was wound r ound the el ectr ic wir es of a 16, 000 vol t power l ine. In t his way, he was abl e 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 the snake f r om t he gr ound and t hen dropped it on t o t he wi r es. The snake t hen wound i tself r ound t he wi res. When it di d so, it sent spar ks down t o t he gr ound and t hese i mm edi at el y start ed a f ir e. Lesson54 St icky f ingers 粘糊的手指 Aft er br eakf ast , I sent the chil dr en t o school and t hen I went t o m ar ket . It was sti l ear l y when I r et ur ned hom e. The chil dren wer e at school , m y husband was at wor k and the house was qui et . So I deci ded t o m ake som e 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 covered wi t h st icky past ry. At exactl y t hat m om ent, t he t el ephone r ang. Nothi ng coul d have been mor e annoyi ng. I pi cked up t he r eceiver bet ween t wo st icky f inger s and was dismayed when I r ecogni zed t he voice of Mr s Bates. I t t ook m e ten mi nutes t o per suade her t o r i ng back l at er . At last I hung up t he r eceiver. What a m ess! Ther e was past ry on m y fi nger s, on t he t el ephone, and on t he door knobs. I had no sooner got back t o the kit chen t han t he door bel l r ang 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 e r ! Lesson55 Not a gol d mi ne 并非金礦 Dreams of fi nding l ost tr easur e al most cam e t r ue recent ly. A new m achi ne cal ed 39。The Reveal er39。 has been i nvent ed and i t has been used t o det ect gol d which has been bur ied i n t he gr ound. The machi ne was used i n a cave near t he seashor e wher e it i s sai dpi r at es used t o hi de gold. The pi r at es woul d of ten bur y gol d i n the cave and t hen fail t o coll ect it . Arm ed wit h t he new machi ne, a search part y went he di d not li ke it. She enj oyed hersel f maki ng t he asist ant bri ng alm ost ever yt hing i n t he window bef or e fi nal l y buyi ng t he dr ess she had fi rst asked f or . Lesson58 A bl essi ng i n disguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The ti ny vi l age of Fr i nl ey is said t o posses a 39。cur sed tr ee39。. Because t he tr ee was m ent i oned i n a newspaper, t he num ber of visit or s t o Fri nley has now i ncr eased. The t ree was pl ant ed near a chur ch fi ft y year s ago, but it i s onl y i n r ecent years t hat i t has gained an evi l r eput ati on. It i s sai d that i f anyone t ouches the t ree, he wil l have bad l uck。 if he pi cks a l eaf , he wil l di e. Many vi l ager s bel i eve t hat t he t r e has alr eady cl ai med a number of vi ctim s. The vi car has been asked t o have t he t ree cut down, but so far he has ref used. He has poi nt ed out t hat t he tr ee i s a usef ul sour ce of i n e as t ouri st s have been i ng f r om al part s of t he count r y t o see it . In spit e of al l t hat has been sai d, t he t our ists have been pi cki ng l eaves and cutt i ng t hei r nam es on the t reet runk. So far, not one of them has been st r uck down by sudden death! Leson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來(lái)還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o si t out si de our fr ont gate and bar k. Every t im e he wanted t o e i nt o t he gar den he woul d bar k unti l s om eone opened t he gat e. As the neighbour s plai ned of t he noi se, m y husband spent weks t r ai ning him t o press hi s paw on t he lat ch t o l et him sel f in. Rex soon becam e an exper t at openi ng t he gat e. However, when I was going out shoppi ng l ast week, I noti ced hi m in t he gar den near t he gat e. Thi s t im e he was barki ng so t hat someone woul d l et him out ! Si nce t hen, he has devel oped anot he r bad habi t. As soon as he opens t he gat e fr om t he out si de, he es i nt o t he gar den and wai ts unti l the gate shuts. Then he sit s and bar ks unt il someone lets him out. Aft er t his he im mediat el y l et s hi mself i n and begi ns bar ki ng agai n. Yest er day m y husband r em oved t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not sen him si nce. Lesson60 The f ut ure 卜算未來(lái) At a vil lage f ai r, I deci ded t o vi si t a f or tunet el ler cal led Madam Beli nsky. I went int o her t ent and she tol d m e t o si t down. Aft er I had gi ven her som e m oney, she looked int o a crystal bal l and sai d: 39。A r el at i on of yours i s ing t o see you. She wil