【正文】 “這是我見過的最漂亮的地毯，”她說。幾分鐘前，我妹妹幫我把一個舊書櫥抬上了樓。更糟糕的是房間還非常小，所以我暫時把書放在了地板上。我們剛剛搬進一所新房子，我辛辛苦苦地干了整整一個上午。t need bookcases at all. You can sit here in your spare time and read the carpet!39。 she said. She gazed at it for some time then added, 39。里面裝了5大塊巧克力和3袋糖果！ Lesson52 A pretty carpet 漂亮的地毯We have just moved into a new house and I have been working hard all morning. I have been trying to get my new room in order. This has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To make matters worse, the room is rather small, so I have temporarily put my books on the floor. At the moment, they cover every inch of floor space and I actually have to walk on them to get in or out of the room. A short while ago, my sister helped me to carry one of my old bookcases up the stairs. She went into my room and got a big surprise when she saw all those books on the floor. 39。他解釋說，他的飲食控制得太嚴格了，以致不得不偶爾獎賞自己一下。顯然他感到很尷尬。我按響了門鈴，當看到休仍和往常一樣胖時，我并不感到驚奇。這張單子上的大多數(shù)食物都是休喜歡吃的：黃油、土豆、米飯、啤酒、牛奶、巧克力和糖果。他是一星期前開始節(jié)食的。Lesson51 Reward for virtue 對美德的獎賞My friend, Herbert, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet. He began his diet a week ago. First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden. The list included most of the things Herbert loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate, and sweets. Yesterday I paid him a visit. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Herbert was still as fat as ever. He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk. It was obvious that he was very embarrassed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk. He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally. Then he showed me the contents of the parcel. It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets! ”我回答說?！? “我們現(xiàn)在要返回去，”售票員說。 “哎呀，”售票員突然說，“我忘了讓您下車了。 “您得在這里下車，”售票員說，“我們的車就到此為止了。過了一些時候，車停了?！? “我來告訴您在哪兒下車，”售票員回答說。最近我作了一次短途旅行，但這次旅行所花費的時間比我預計的要長。Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus,39。We are going back now,39。ll get off here.39。 I said. 39。It doesn39。 I forgot to put you off.39。Oh dear,39。 Is this Woodford Green ?39。This is as far as we go.39。ll have to get off here,39。39。ll tell you where to get off,39。 39。 but I don39。m going to Woodford Green,39。39。 Lesson50 Taken for a ride 乘車兜風I love travelling in the country, but I don39。年輕人看了一眼周圍的碎木片和碎金屬片，傷心地撿起了床墊，把它拿進了屋。盡管床摔成了碎片，但年輕人卻奇跡地沒有受傷。一陣大風把床從屋頂上刮了下來，把它摔碎在下面的院子里。頭兩天晚上，他睡得非常好。他平生第一次自豪地擁有了一張既有彈簧又帶床墊的床。 had put it on the floor, he promptly went to sleep again.當那位牙醫(yī)最后將藥棉從我嘴中取出時，我總算有可能告訴他，他拔錯了牙。與此同時，我的舌頭正在忙著尋找剛拔掉的那顆牙的傷口。接著他又問我的兄弟近來如何，問我是否喜歡倫敦的新工作。我想說點什么，但我嘴里塞滿了藥棉。牙科醫(yī)生們總是在你無法作出回答的時候向你提出問題。 Lesson48 Did you want to tell me something? 你想對我說什么嗎？Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer. My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while. I tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cottonwool. He knew I collected birds39。當我暗示說一定是村里有些人來喝不花錢的酒時，湯普森先生搖了搖頭。雖然湯普森臨睡覺時把燈關(guān)了，但早晨燈卻都亮著。他告訴我有天夜里他怎么也睡不著，因為他聽到酒吧里傳來一陣奇怪的響聲。此人被責令交付旅費3,500英鎊，而正常票價是2,000英鎊！ Lesson47 A thirsty ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂A public house which was recently bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up for sale. Mr Thompson is going to sell it because it is haunted. He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise ing from the bar. The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning. He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost must have drunk the night before. When I suggested that some villagers must have e in for a free drink, Mr Thompson shook his head. The villagers have told him that they will not accept the inn even if he gives it away. 此人被逮捕后，承認他是在飛機離開倫敦前躲進箱里的。看到的情景使吃驚，箱內(nèi)有一個人正躺在一堆毛織品之上。其中有只箱子特別重，可誰也弄不清是怎么回事。230 !最后的那張字條上寫道：“我現(xiàn)在是一個100%的誠實人了！”lesson46 Expensive and unfortable 既昂貴又受罪When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport, workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing. No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy. It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box. He was astonished at what he found. A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woollen goods. He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away. After he was arrested, the man admitted hiding in the box before the plane left London. He had had a long and unfortable trip, for he had been confined to the wooden box for over ten hours. The man was ordered to pay amp。3個月過去了，后來在一天早晨，薩姆在自己的大門外發(fā)現(xiàn)了他的錢包。整個村子很快知道，有一大筆錢丟失了。 I am 100 per cent honest now!39。 In time, all Sam39。 Two months later, some more money was sent to Sam with another note:39。A thief, yes, 39?！斑@提包帶需要修理，”斯特林夫人事后說道，“不過他們什么也沒偷走。于是她直沖過去。只追了一會兒便上氣不接下氣了，但她還是繼續(xù)追趕。在爭搶中，手提包的帶斷了，包落入這兩個人手里，他們拔腿跑進了樹林。她并沒有考慮到所冒的風險。but they did not steal anything.39。 mending,39。Lesson44 Through the forest 穿過森林Mrs Anne Sterling did not think of the risk she was taking when she ran through a forest after two men. They had rushed up to her while she was having a piic at the edge of a forest with her children and tried to steal her handbag. In the struggle, the strap broke and, with the bag in their possession, both men started running through the trees. Mrs Sterling got so angry that she ran after them. She was soon out of breath, but she continued to run. When she caught up with them, she saw that they had sat down and were going through the contents of the bag, so she ran straight at them. The men got such a fright that they dropped the bag and ran away. 39。伯德這時知道他能夠順利飛抵300英里以外