【正文】 After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to market. It was still early when I returned home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to make some tarts for tea. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Mrs Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a re。At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in California. Since then, they have been trying to find out how the fire began. Forest fire are often caused by broken glass or by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away. Yesterday the firemen examined the ground carefully, but were not able to find any broken glass. They were also quite sure that a cigarette end did not start the fire. This morning, however, a fireman accidentally discovered the cause. He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16,000volt power line. In this way, he was able to solve the mystery. The explanation was simple but very unusual. A bird had snatched up the snake from the ground and then dropped it on to the wires. The snake then wound itself round the wires. When it did so, it sent sparks down to the ground and these immediately started a fire. You don39。This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen,39。Lesson52 A pretty carpet 漂亮的地毯Lesson51 Reward for virtue 對美德的獎賞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。I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside. After some time, the bus stopped. Looking round, I realized with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus.ll tell you where to get off,39。 39。 but I don39。m going to Woodford Green,39。39。I love travelling in the country, but I don39。 had put it on the floor, he promptly went to sleep again.Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢告終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。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. 230 !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。s money was paid back in this way. The last note said:39。 Only 25 per cent a thief now!39。but only 5o per cent a thief!39。The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost. Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet while taking his savings to the postoffice. Sam was sure that the wallet must have been found by one of the villagers, but it was not returned to him. Three months passed, and then one morning, Sam found his wallet outside his front door. It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost, together with a note which said: 39。 said Mrs Sterling later, 39。The strap needsLesson44 Through the forest 穿過森林Lesson43 Over the South Pole 飛越南極dance39。Lesson42 Not very musical 并非很懂音樂 she answered.And a woman can39。Lesson57 Can I help you, madam? 你要買什么，夫人？綜上所述，本項目的建設(shè)，符合我國肉類消費發(fā)展的需求，項目產(chǎn)品的市場前景是廣闊的。在3728家企業(yè)中有200個企業(yè)設(shè)備引自德國、丹麥、荷蘭等發(fā)達(dá)國家。據(jù)統(tǒng)計，目前我國擁有肉類屠宰加工企業(yè)3728個，冷庫4000余座，庫容量約450萬噸，冷庫容量在萬噸以上的有60多座。二、生產(chǎn)能力分析肉類食品工業(yè)是新中國成立后發(fā)展起來的新興產(chǎn)業(yè)，在國計民生中占有重要地位，對促進(jìn)畜禽生產(chǎn)，發(fā)展農(nóng)村經(jīng)濟，繁榮穩(wěn)定城鄉(xiāng)市場，滿足人民生活需要、保證經(jīng)濟建設(shè)與改革的順利進(jìn)行，發(fā)揮著重要作用。在我國收入較高的發(fā)達(dá)城市，冷卻肉已占到人均年消費肉10%～15%，冷卻肉的問世曾被稱為“肉類消費的革命”，據(jù)統(tǒng)計，在北京、上海冷卻肉已占到生鮮豬肉消費10%左右的市場份額，在杭州市區(qū)小范圍內(nèi)已達(dá)到50%～60%，西方先進(jìn)國家基本上已經(jīng)達(dá)到100%冷鮮肉程度，深圳市前年冷卻肉市場占銷售份額的10%，去年就達(dá)到50%，市場反映強烈，發(fā)展勢頭迅猛，隨著人們生活水平的不斷提高，冷卻肉必將成為21世紀(jì)我國城鄉(xiāng)居民豬肉消費的主流。冷卻肉必將成為生肉消費主流近幾年，伴隨著冷卻肉在廣州、北京、上海等大中城市的出現(xiàn)，我國肉類消費結(jié)構(gòu)形成了“熱鮮肉廣天下，冷凍肉爭天下，冷卻肉甲天下”的三分天下的格局。安全、優(yōu)質(zhì)、營養(yǎng)、無污染、無公害的食品必將成為人們的“最愛”，XX省治理“餐桌污染”建設(shè)“食品放心工程”五年計劃明確了今后五年內(nèi)必須建立健全食品安全生產(chǎn)加工體系、食品安全流通體系、食品質(zhì)量安全標(biāo)準(zhǔn)和認(rèn)證體系、食品質(zhì)量安全監(jiān)督和預(yù)警體系、食品安全法制保障體系等五大體系。在肉類需求量增加的同時，隨著人們對生活質(zhì)量要求的提高，人們對肉類產(chǎn)品的要求也有了更高的要求，主要體現(xiàn)在：食品安全已成為新世紀(jì)社會性、世界性的重大課題，無公害食品需求呈現(xiàn)強勁發(fā)展趨勢。目前我國年均人食肉量已接近50千克，但與歐美各國的年人均食肉量90千克相比還有一段差距。隨著我國經(jīng)濟水平的進(jìn)一步提高，將進(jìn)一步刺激人們的消費欲望。%。其中城市消費品零售額2820億元，%；縣及縣以下零售額1442億元，增長11%。居民家庭恩格爾系數(shù)（即居民家庭食品消費支出占家庭消費總支出的比重），%，；%，城鎮(zhèn)居民人均可支配收入4815元，%，扣除價格因素，%。國民經(jīng)濟的快速發(fā)展將促進(jìn)人民生活水平進(jìn)入小康，消費性支出將越來越多。根據(jù)國家統(tǒng)計局公布的2003年我國人均GDP已超過1000美元的信息，這標(biāo)志著我國消費結(jié)構(gòu)將發(fā)生重要