【正文】 pect ed t o ar ri ve at 7 o39。clock this eveni ng. By that ti me, the Ast ra wil l have been f lying through space for sevent en hours and wil have ci rcled the eart h a gr eat many ti mes. When the fi rst radi o messages have been received, the result s of the tr ip wi l be announced i mmediately. Leson62 Aft er t he f ire 大火之后 Firemen had been fighti ng t he f or est fir e for near ly t hr e weeks bef or e they coul d get it under contr ol . A short ti me before, gr eat trees had cover ed t he countr yside for miles ar ound. Now, smoke sti l rose up fr om the war m **有限公司 1000噸 /年 涂料生產(chǎn) 項目 可行性研究報告 t en hour s. The m an was or dered t o pay amp。 345 f or the cost of the tri p. The norm al pr ice of a ti cket i s amp。 230 ! Lesson47 A t hirst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publi c house whi ch was recentl y bought by Mr I an Thom pson i s up f or sal e. Mr Thom pson is goi ng t o sel it because it is haunt ed. He told me t hat he coul d not go t o sleep one ni ght because he hear d a str ange noise i ng fr om the bar. The next m or ni ng, he f ound t hat the doors had been bl ocked by chai rs and t he f ur ni tur e had been m oved. Though Mr Thom pson had t urned t he l ight s of f before he went to bed, they were on i n t he m or ni ng. He also sai d t hat he had found fi ve empty whisky bottl es which the ghost must have dr unk t he night before. When I sugge st ed t hat som e vi l ager s m ust have e in f or a fr ee dri nk, Mr Thompson shook hi s head. The vil agers have told him t hat they wi l not acept the inn even if he gi ves i t away. Leson48 Di d you want t o t el l m e som ething? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Dent ists al ways ask quest i ons when it is im possible f or you t o answer. My dent ist had j ust pul ed out one of my t eth and had told me t o rest for a whi le. I t ri ed t o say somet hing, but my mout h was f ul l of cot on wool. He knew I col ect ed bir ds39。 eggs and asked m e whether m y collect ion was gr owi ng. He t hen asked m e how my brother was and whet her I l iked m y new j ob i n London. I n answer to t hese questi ons I eit her nodded or m ade st range noi ses. Meanwhi le, m y tongue was busy searchi ng out t he hole wher e t he t oot h had been. I suddenly f elt ver y wor ri ed, but could not say anyt hi ng. When t he denti st at l ast r em oved t he cott on wool f rom my mout h, I was able t o t el l him that he had pul led out the wrong t oot h. Leson49 The nd of a dream 美夢告終 Tir ed of sl eeping on t he f loor, a young man in Teher an saved up f or years t o buy a real bed. For the fi rst ime i n hi s l if e, he becam e the pr oud owner of a bed whi ch had spri ngs and a mat tr ess. Because the weather was ver y hot, he car ri ed t he bed on t o the roof of hi s house. He slept ver y wel l f or t he f ir st t wo night s, but on the thir d ni ght, ast or m blew up. A gust of wi nd swept t he bed off t he r oof and sent i t cr ashi ng i nt o the court yard bel ow. The young man di d not wake up unti l t he bed had str uck the gr ound. Al though the bed was smashed t o pi eces, the m an was m ir acul ously unhurt. When he woke up, he was sti l on t he m at ress. Glancing at t he bit s of wood and m et al that l ay a round him, the m an sadl y pi cked up t he matr es and car ri ed it i nt o hi s house. Af ter he had put it on the fl oor, he pr om ptl y went to sleep agai n. Leson50 Taken f or a ride 乘車兜風(fēng) I l ove tr aveli ng i n the count ry, but I don39。t l ike losi ng m y way. I went on an excursion recentl y, but m y tri p t ook m e longer t han I expected. 39。 I 39。m going to Woodf ord Gr en,39。 I sai d t o the conductor as I got on t he bus,39。 but I don39。t know wher e it is.39。 I39。l l tel you where t o get of ,39。 answer ed t he conduct or. I sat i n the fr ont of t he bus t o get a good vi ew of the count rysi de. Aft er some tim e, t he bus stopped. Looking r ound, I r eali zed wit h a shock t hat I was the only pasenger left on the bus. 39。 You39。l l have t o get off her e,39。 t he conductor said. 39。Thi s i s as f ar as we go. 39。 Is t hi s Woodfor d Gr en ?39。 I asked. 39。Oh dear,39。 sai d t he conduct or suddenly.39。 I fot t o put you off. 39。 I t doesn39。t m at ter,39。 I sai d. 39。Il l get of f here.39。 39。We are goi ng back now,39。 said t he conduct or. 39。Wel l, in t hat case, I pr ef er t o stay on t he bus,39。 I answer ed. Leson51 Reward f or virtue 對美德的獎賞 My fri end, Her bert, has al ways been f at, but t hi ngs got so bad recentl y t hat he deci ded to go on a di et. He began hi s di et a wek ago. Fi rst of al l, he wr ot e out a long l ist of al l t he f oods whi ch wer e f or bi dden. The list i ncl uded m ost of the things Her bert loves: butt er, pot at oes, r ice, beer, mil k, chocol at e, and swets. Yest er day I pai d him a vi si t. I rang t he bel l and was not surpri se d to se t hat Her bert was stil l as f at as ever. He l ed me i nt o hi s r oom and hur riedly hid a lar ge par cel under his desk. It was obvi ous t hat he was very em bar ased. When I asked him what he was doing, he smi led guil til y and t hen put the par cel on t he des k. He expl ai ned that his di et was so stri ct t hat he had t o rewar d him self occasi onal ly. Then he showed m e t he cont ent s of the par ce l. It contained f ive large bar s of chocolate and t hree bags of sweet s! Leson52 A pret ty carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust m oved into a new house and I have been working har d al morning. I have been tr yi ng t o get my new r oom i n or der. This has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To m ake m at ters worse, t he r om i s r at her sm al , so I have tem por ari ly put m y books on the fl oor. At the m oment, they cover ever y i nch of fl oor space and I act ual y have to walk on them to get i n or out of the room. A shor t whil e ago, m y si ter helped m e t o car ry one of m y ol d bookcases up t he stair s. She went i nt o m y room and got a