【正文】 t have t oo many hat s,39。 39。The Reveal er39。 I sai d. 39。 39。 m y wif e answer ed. 39。You needn39。t need, 39。 We m ust n39。t be so rude about i t,39。 I sai d t o m y wi f e. 39。 l esson41 Do you call t hat a hat? 你把那個叫帽子嗎？ 39。 she answer ed, 39。 she answered. I n despai r, I asked her whet her she was enj oyi ng her di nner. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 I asked. 39。 she answer ed. 39。 39。 I sai d. 39。 Lesson40 Food and t al k 進餐與交談 Last wek at a dinner par t y, t he hostess asked me t o sit next t o Mr s Rum bol d. Mrs Rum bol d was a l ar ge, unsm il ing l ady in a t i ght black dr ess. She di d not even l ook up when I t ook m y seat besi de her . Her eyes wer e fi xed on her pl at e and i n a short t im e, she was busy eati ng. I t ri ed t o m ake conversat i on. 39。 the pati ent answer ed, 39。s operati on had been successf ul and t he doct or t old him t hat i t had been. He t hen asked when Mr Gil bert woul d be al l owed t o go home and t he doct or t ol d him t hat he woul d have t o stay i n hospit al f or anot her t wo weks. Then Dr Mil li ngt on asked t he cal er i f he was a r el ati ve of t he pat i ent. 39。230 ! Leson47 A thi rsty ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up f or sale. Mr Thompson is goi ng to sel i t because i t is haunt ed. He told me that he coul d not go to sleep one night bec ause he heard a st range noise ing f rom the bar . The next morni ng, he f ound that he door s had been bl ocked by chai rs and t he fur nit ur e had been m oved. Though Mr Thompson had t urned the l ights of f bef ore he went t o bed, t hey wer e on i n the m or ning. He a lso said t hat he had f ound f ive empt y whisky bott les whi ch the ghost must have dr unk the night bef ore. When I suggested t hat some vil lagers m ust have e i n 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. 1桃江縣供銷社“香爐山”優(yōu)質(zhì)品牌茶 精加工及有機茶種植基地建設(shè)項目 可行性研究報告 第一章 總 論 項目概要 項目名稱 年產(chǎn) 5249 噸“香爐山”優(yōu)質(zhì)品牌茶精加工及 萬畝有機茶種植基地項目（以下簡稱本項目）。 l eson46 Expensive and unf ort able 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane fr om London ar ived at Sydney air port , wor kers began to unl oad a number of wooden boxes which contained clot hi ng. No one coul d acount f or the f act t hat one of the boxes was ext remely heavy. I t suddenly occur red t o one of the wor ker s t o open up t he box. He was astoni shed at what he f ound. A man was lyi ng in the box on top of a pi le of wool len goods. He was so surpr ised at being di scover ed that he did not even tr y to run a way. Af t er he was ar rested, the man admi t ed hi ding i n the box befor e the pl ane l eft London. He had had a l ong and unf or ta ble tri p, f or he had been conf ined t o the wooden box for over ten hours. The man was ordered t o pay amp。s money was pai d back in t his way. The last not e sai d: 39。 Onl y 25 per cent a t hi ef now! 39。but onl y 5o per cent a thief !39。 Lesson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whole vi l age soon l ear nt t hat a l arge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Benton, the l ocal but cher , had l ost hi s walet whi le t aki ng his savi ngs to t he post off ice. Sam was sure t hat t he wal et must have been f ound by one of the vil lagers, but i t was not r et urned to him. Thr e m ont hs passed, and then one mor ni ng, Sa m found his wal let outside his fr ont door. I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t contai ned hal f t he money he had lost, together wit h a note which sai d: 39。 sai d Mr s Ster li ng later , 39。 slowl y. It obviousl y coul d not tel t he dif ference bet ween Indi an musi c and jazz! Lesson43 O ver t he South Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hree year s aft er hi s fl ight over t he Nort h Pole, the Am eri can explor er , R. E. Byr d, successful ly f lew over the South Pol e f or t he fi rst ti me. Though, at f ir st, Byrd and hi s men wer e abl e to take a great many phot ographs of t he mounta ins t hat l ay bel ow, t hey soon r an int o ser ious tr ouble. At one poi nt , it semed cer tain t hat t hei r plane would cr ash. It could only get over the mountains i f it r ose t o 10,000 f et . Byr d at once or der ed his men t o t hr ow out two heavy f ood sacks. The pl ane was t hen abl e to r ise and i t cl ear ed the mountai ns by 400 f eet . Byrd now knew that he would be able to r each t he Sout h Pole whi ch was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no mor e mountains i n sight. The air craf t was able to f ly over the endless whit e plains wi thout dif fi cul ty. Lesson44 Through t he forest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Sterl ing di d not think of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she r an thr ough a for est aft er t wo m en. They had rushed up to her whil e she was havi ng a piic at the edge of a for est wi th her childr en and tr ied t o steal her handbag. I n t he st ruggle, the str ap broke and, wi th the bag in their possessi on, both men st art ed running t hrough the t rees. Mrs St erl ing got so angr y that she r an aft er t hem . She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi th them, she saw t hat t hey had sat down and were going t hrough t he contents of t he bag, so she ran str ai ght at t hem. The men got such a fr ight that they dropped the bag and r an away. 39。 she ans wer ed. Ten mi nut es later we wal ked out of t he shop t ogether . My wi fe was wear ing a hat that looked li ke a li ght house ! Leson42 Not very musi cal 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a long walk thr ough one of the m ar kets of Ol d Delhi , we st opped at a squar e to have a r e st . Aft er a ti me, we not iced a snake charm er wi t h two lar ge basket s at he other si de of the squar e, so we