【正文】 t need bookcases at al . You can si t her e i n your spar e t ime and r ead the carpet! 39。 she said. She gazed at i t for some t ime t hen added, 39。 I answer ed. Leson51 Reward f or vi rtue 對美德的獎賞 My fr iend, Herbert , has always been fat , but thi ngs got so bad recent ly t hat he decided to go on a diet. He began his di et a week ago. Fir st of al , he wr ote out a l ong li st of al t he foods which wer e for bidden. The l ist included most of t he things Her ber t loves: butt er , pot atoes, r ice, beer, mi lk, chocolat e, and sweet s. Yest er day I paid hi m a vi sit. I r ang the bel and was not surpr ised to see t hat Her ber t was st il l as f at as ever. He l ed me i nto hi s room and hur ri edl y hid a large parcel under his desk. I t was obvi ous t hat he was very em bar rassed. When I asked hi m what he was doing, he sm il ed gui lt il y and then put t he par cel on t he desk. He expla ined t hat his di et was so str ict that he had to r eward hi msel f occasional ly. Then he showed m e the contents of the par cel . I t cont ai ned fi ve large bar s of chocol ate and thr ee bags of sweet s! Lesson52 A pret ty carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just moved into a new house and I have been wor king hard al l morni ng. I have been t ryi ng to get my new room in or der . Thi s has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To make mat ters wor se, t he room is r at her smal l, so I have t empor ari ly put my books on t he fl oor . At the mom ent , t hey cover ever y inch of f loor space and I act ual ly have to walk on t hem t o get i n or out of t he room. A short whi le ago, my sister helped me t o car y one of my old bookcases up t he st air s. She went into my r oom and got a big surpr ise when she saw al l those books on t he fl oor . 39。 sai d t he conduct or. 39。 39。 I sai d. 39。I t doesn39。 I f ot to put you off .39。Oh dear, 39。 I s thi s Woodfor d Gr een ?39。Thi s i s as f ar as we go.39。l have to get off her e, 39。 answered t he conduct or. I sat i n the f ront of the bus to get a good view of t he count ryside. Af t er some t im e, t he bus stopped. Looking r ound, I r eal ized wit h a shock that I was the only passenger l eft on t he bus. 39。 I 39。 but I don39。m going t o Woodfor d Gr een, 39。t li ke losing m y way. I went on an excur sion r ecentl y, but my t ri p t ook me longer than I expect ed. 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 to sel i t because i t is haunt ed. He told me t hat he coul d not go to sl ep one night because he hear d a str ange noise ing fr om t he bar . The next mor ni ng, he f ound that the doors had been bl ocked by chair s and the f ur nit ur e had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had t urned t he l ight s of f before he went t o bed, t hey wer e on i n the m orning. He also said t hat he had f ound f i ve em pt y whi sky bott les whi ch the ghost m ust have dr unk the night bef ore. When I suggested t hat some vil lagers m ust have e in f or a fr ee dri nk, Mr Thom pson shook hi s head. The vil lager s have told hi m that hey wil l not accept the i nn even if he gives it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o t el l me somethi ng? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Dent ists al ways ask quest ions when it i s im possible f or you to answer. My dent ist had j ust pull ed out one of my teet h and had tol d me t o r est for a whi le. I tr ied t o say somet hi ng, but my mout h was f ull of cot tonwool . He knew I collected bi rds39。 l esson46 Expensive and unf ort able 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane fr om London ar ived at Sydney air port , wor kers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clot hi ng. No one coul d account f or the f act t hat one of the boxes was extr emely heavy. I t suddenl y occur red t o one of the wor ker s to open up t he box. He was astonished at what he f ound. A m an was lying i n t he box on top of a pil e of wooll en goods. He was so sur pri sed at bei ng discover ed that he di d not even t ry t o r un away. Af ter he was ar est ed, t he man adm it ted hidi ng in t he box bef ore the plane lef t London. He had had a long and un fort able t ri p, f or he had been conf ined t o the wooden box f or over ten hours. The man was order ed to pay amp。s money was pai d back i n t hi s way. The last note said: 39。 Onl y 25 per cent a thi ef now! 39。but only 5o per cent a thief !39。 Lesson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whole vi l l age soon lear nt that a lar ge sum of money had been lost. Sam Bent on, t he local butcher, had lost his wal et whil e taking hi s savings t o the post of fi ce. Sam was sur e that the wal let must have been f ound by one of t he vil lager s, but i t was not ret urned to hi m. Three m ont hs passed, and then one mor ni ng, Sam found his wal let outside his f r ont door. I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t contai ned half t he money he had lost, together wit h a note which sai d: 39。 sai d Mr s Ster li ng later , 39。 sl owly. I t obvious ly could not t el l the dif f er ence between I ndi an music and j azz! Leson43 Over the Sout h Pole 飛越南極 In 1929, thr e years af ter his f li ght over the Nor th Pol e, t he Amer ican expl or er, R. E. Byrd, succesf ul ly fl ew over t he Sout h Pole for the f ir st im e. Though, at fi rst , Byr d and his m en were able t o t ake a gr eat m any photogr aphs of the mount ai ns that lay below, they soon ran i nto seri ous t rouble. At one point, i t seemed cer tai n that their pl ane woul d crash. I t coul d onl y get over the mount ai ns if i t rose to 10, 000 f eet . Byrd at once ordered hi s men to throw out t wo heavy food sacks. The pl ane was then able t o ri se and it cleared t he mount ains by 400 feet. Byr d now knew t hat he would be abl e to r each t he Sout h Pole which was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no mor e m