【正文】 cursed tr ee39。The Revealer 39。t need bookcases at al . You can si t her e in your spar e t ime and r ead the car pet! 39。 she sai d. She gazed at i t for some ti me t hen added, 39。 I answer ed. Lesson51 Reward f or vi rtue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My fr i end, Herbert , has al ways been fat , but t hi ngs got so bad recent ly that he decided t o go on a diet . He began his di et a week ago. Fir st of al , he wrot e 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 , potatoes, r ice, beer, milk, chocol at e, and sweets. Yest er day I pai d hi m a visi t. I rang t he bel l and was not sur pri sed t o see that Herbert was sti l as fat as ever . He led m e int o his r oom and hurr iedly hi d a l ar ge par cel under hi s desk. It was obvious tha t he was ver y embar ased. When I asked him what he was doi ng, he smi led guil ti ly and t hen put the par cel on t he desk. He expl ai ned that hi s diet was so st ri ct hat he had t o rewar d him self occasi onal y. Then he showed me t he cont ent s of the parcel. It contained f ive l ar ge bars of chocolat e and three bags of sweets! Leson52 A pret y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just m oved i nto a new hous e and I have been worki ng har d al m or ning. I have been tr ying t o get my new r oom i n order. This has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make mat er s wor se, the r oom i s rather smal , so I have tempor ar il y put my books on the f loor. At t he moment, they cover every inch of fl oor space and I actual y have t o wal k on them to get in or out of the r oom. A shor t whil e ago, my si st er hel ped me to car ry one of my old bookcases up the stair s. She went i nto my r oom and got a bi g surpr ise when she saw al l those books on the f loor . 39。 said t he conductor. 39。 39。I 39。t mat er ,39。 39。 said the c onductor suddenly. 39。 I asked. 39。 39。 the conductor sai d. 39。 You39。l t el you where t o get of f, 39。t know wher e it i s. 39。 I said t o t he conduct or as I got on t he bus,39。 I39。 eggs and asked me whether my col lect ion was gr owing. He t hen asked me how m y brot her was a nd whether I li ked my new j ob in London. In answer to t hese quest ions I ei ther nodded or made str ange noises. 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 to tel hi m t hat he had pull ed out t he wrong t oot h. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美 夢(mèng)告終 Tir ed of sl eping on t he fl oor, a young man in Teher an saved up for years t o buy a r eal bed. For the f ir st im e in hi s li fe, he became t he proud owner of a bed whi ch had spr ings and a mat tr ess. Because t he weat her was ver y hot, he car ri ed the bed on t o the r oof of hi s house. He sl ept ver y wel f or t he fi rst two nights, but on t he thi rd ni ght , a st orm blew up. A gust of wi nd swept the bed of f the r oof and sent i t cr ashing i nto t he cour tyard bel ow. The young m an di d not wake up unt il t he bed had str uck the gr ound. Alt hough t he bed was sm ashed to pi eces, the man was m ir aculously unhurt . When he woke up, he was st il l on t he mat ress. Gl anci ng at he bit s of wood and m etal that lay around him , t he man sadl y picked up t he matr es and c ar ied i t into his house. Af ter he had put it on t he fl oor , he prompt ly went to sl eep again. Leson50 Taken for a ri de 乘車兜風(fēng) I l ove tr avel ing i n t he countr y, but I don39。345 f or t he cost of the t ri p. The nor mal pr ice of a t icket i s amp。 I am 100 per cent honest now! 39。 In ti me, al l Sam 39。 Two months lat er , som e more money was sent to Sam wit h another not e: 39。A thi ef , yes, 39。but they di d not steal anyt hi ng.39。The st rap needs m endi ng, 39。dance39。cl ock thi s evening. By t hat ti me, the Ast ra wi l have been f lyi ng thr ough space for seventeen hour s and wil l have ci rcled t he ear th a gr eat many times. When t he fi rst radi o mesages have been r ecei ved, the r esul ts of t he tr ip wi l be announced im medi ately. Leson62 Af ter t he fi re 大火之后 Fi remen had been f i ght ing t he for est fi re for near ly three weeks bef ore they coul d get i t under cont rol . A shor t ti me befor e, gr eat t rees had covered t he countr ysi de for mi les around. Now, sm oke st il r ose up fr om t he warm ground over t he desolat e hil ls. Wi nt er was i ng on and the hi l s threatened the surr oundi ng vil lages wi t h dest ructi on, f or heavy rai n would not only wash away t he soi l but would cause ser ious fl oods as wel l. When t he fi re had at last bee n put out , the f orest author it ies ordered sever al t ons of a special type of gras seed whi ch woul d gr ow quickly. The seed was sprayed over t he gr ound in huge quant it ies by aeroplanes. The planes had been planti ng sed f or near ly a mont h when i t began to ra in. By t hen, however , in many pl aces t he gr as had alr eady taken root. I n place of the great tr ees whi ch had been gr owi ng t he r e for centuri es, patches of gr en had begun to appear i n t he bl ackened soi l. Lesson63 She was not am used 她并不覺得好笑 Geof f r ey Ham pden has a l ar ge ci r cl e of f r i ends and i s ver y popul ar at par t i es. Ever ybody adm i r es hi m f or hi s f i ne sense of hu m or ever ybody, t hat i s, except hi s si x year ol d daught er , Jenny. Recent l y, one of Geof f r ey39。Your si st er wi l be here i n l ess than an hour and we must be at t he st at ion t o meet her . We ar e lat e alr eady.39。Wher e have you been hiding ?39。A r elati on of your s is ing to see you. She wi l be ar ivi ng thi s evening and i nt ends t o stay f or a few days. The moment you l eave t hi s tent , you wi l get a big surpr ise. A woman you know wel l wil