【正文】 A man can never have t oo i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o fi nd bur i ed t r easur e. The l eader of t he part y was exam i ni ng the soi l near t he ent rance to t he cave when t he machi ne showed t hat t her e was gold under the gr ound. Very excit ed, t he part y dug a hol e t wo feet deep. They f i nal y f ound a sm al l gol d coi n whi ch was al most wort hl es. The par t y then sear ched t he whol e cave t hor oughl y but did not fi nd anyt hing except an empt y ti n tr unk. I n spi t e of t his, m a。 I fi nd it beaut if ul,39。 I need not r emi nd you of that er i bl e ti e you bought yest er day.39。t have sai d that,39。 I r em ar ked suddenl y. I r egret ed sayi ng i t alm ost at once. 39。t buy t hi ngs we don39。 Leson53 H ot snake 觸電的蛇 At last fi remen have put out a big f or est fi re i n Cali f or nia. Since t hen, t hey have been tr yi ng t o f ind 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 te ends whi ch people carel essl y t hrow away. Yest er day t he fi remen exam ined t he gr ound car ef ull y, but wer e not abl e to fi nd any br oken gl as. They were also quit e sure t hat a ci gar et te end di d not st ar t the f ir e. Thi s morni ng, however , a fi rem an accidental y discover ed the cause. He noti ced t he remai ns of a snake which was wound r ound t he elect ri c wi res of a 16,000volt power li ne. I n thi s way, he was able to solve t he myst ery. The expl anat ion was simpl e but ver y unusual. A bi rd had snatched up the snake f r om t he gr ound and t hen dropped it on t o the wi res. The snake then wound i tsel f round t he wir es. When i t did so, it sent spar ks down to the ground and these im medi ately st ar ted a fi re. Lesson54 St i cky f ingers 粘糊的手指 Af ter breakfast, I sent銅仁市金泉油脂有限責(zé)任公司 萬(wàn)噸菜籽油技改擴(kuò)建項(xiàng)目 資 金 申 請(qǐng) 報(bào) 告 2020 年 4 月m ir r or . I sat down on one of those m oder n chai r s wit h hol es i n i t and wait ed. We had been i n t he hat shop f or hal f an hour and m y wif e was st il l i n fr ont of t he m ir r or . 39。You don39。Thi s is t he pret iest car pet I have ever sen,39。Wel l, i n t hat case, I pr efer t o st ay on t he bus, 39。 We ar e going back now,39。I 39。t m at ter, 39。 I f or got t o put you of f. 39。Oh dear,39。 I s t hi s Woodf or d Gr een ?39。 t he conduct or sai d. 39。 You39。l l t el l you where t o get of f, 39。 39。 but I don39。m goi ng t o Woodf or d Gr een,39。t li ke losing m y way. I went on an excur si on r ecentl y, but my t ri p t ook m e l onger than I expected. 39。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 sal e. Mr Thom pson i s goi ng t o sel i t because i t is haunt ed. He tol d m e t hat he coul d not go t o sl eep one ni ght because he hear d a str ange noi se i ng fr om t he bar . The next m or ning, he found t hat t he doors had been blocked by chair s and t he f urnit ur e had been moved. Though Mr Thom pson had tur ned t he li ght s off bef or e he went to bed, they wer e on in t he mor ni ng. He al so sai d t hat he had f ound fi ve empt y whisky bot tl es which t he ghost m ust have dr unk t he ni ght bef ore. When I suggest ed t hat som e vil lager s m ust have e i n f or a fr ee dr i nk, Mr Thom pson shook hi s head. The vi l ager s have t old him t hat t hey wil l not accept t he i nn even i f he gi ves it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o t el l me somet hi ng? 你想對(duì)我說(shuō)什么嗎？ Dent i st s al ways ask quest i ons when it i s im possibl e for you t o answer . My denti st had j ust pull ed out one of m y t eet h and had t ol d m e t o rest for a whil e. I t r ied t o say s omet hi ng, but m y m out h was f ul l of cott on wool. He knew I col lected bir ds39。 l eson46 Expensi ve and unf ort able 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane fr om London ar i ved at Sydney air port , workers began to unl oad a num ber of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl ot hing. No one coul d account f or t he fact hat one of t he boxes was ext r em el y heavy. It suddenl y occurr ed t o one of t he wor ker s to open up t he box. He was astonished at what he f ound. A m an was l yi ng in t he box on t op of a pi le of wooll en goods. He was so surpri sed at bei ng di scover ed t hat he di d not even tr y t o r un awa y. Aft er he was ar r est ed, t he m an admi t ed hidi ng i n t he box bef ore t he plane left London. He had had a long and unf or t abl e tr ip, f or he had been confi ned t o t he wooden box for over t en hour s. The m an was ordered t o pay amp。s m oney was pai d back i n t hi s way. The l ast note sai d:39。 Onl y 25 per cent a thi ef now!39。but onl y 5o per cent a t hi ef !39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問(wèn)心無(wú)愧 The whol e vil l age soon learnt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost. Sam Bent on, t he l ocal but cher , had l ost hi s wal l et whi le t aki ng his savi ngs to t he post of fi ce. Sam was sur e t hat t he wal et m ust have been f ound by one of t he vil lager s, but it was not r et ur ned t o him . Three m ont hs passed, and t hen one m or ni ng, Sam found his wal let out si de his f r ont door . It had been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t cont ai ned half t he money he had lost, t oget her wit h a not e which sai d: 39。 said Mrs St erl ing l at er, 39。 slowl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not t el t he di f erence bet ween Indian m usi c and j azz! Lesson43 O ver t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hree year s aft er hi s fl i ght over t he Nort h Pol e, t he Am eri can expl or er , R. E. Byrd, succesf ul ly f l ew over t he Sout h Pole f or t he f ir st t im e. Though, at fi r st, Byr d and his m en were abl e t o t ake a gr eat m any phot ogr aphs of t he m ount ai ns t ha t lay bel ow, t hey soon r an int o ser ious tr oubl e. At one poi nt , it seem ed cert ain t hat t hei r plane would cr ash. It could onl y get over the m ount ai ns i f it r ose t o 10, 000 f eet . Byrd at once or dered h