【正文】 if he pi cks a leaf , he wil l di e. Many vil agers bel ieve t hat the tr e has alr eady claimed a number of vi ct ims. The vi car has been asked t o have t he t ree cut down, but so far he has r ef used. He has poi nt ed out t hat the tr e is a usef ul source of i n e as tourists have been i ng f rom al part s of t he countr y t o se it . I n spit e of al that has been sai d, t he t ouri st have been picki ng l eaves and cutti ng t heir nam es on the t r etr unk. So f ar , not one of t hem has been str uck down by sudden death! Leson59 In or out ？ 進來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o sit out si de our f ront gat e and bar k. Ever y tim e he want ed t o e into t he gar den he woul d bark unt il someone opened t he gat e. As the nei ghbours pl ai ned of t he noi se, m y husband spent weks t raining him t o pr ess hi s paw on the latch to l et him self i n. Rex soon becam e an expert at opening the gate. However, when I was goi ng out shoppi ng l ast wek, I noti ced him i n the gar den near t he gate. This tim e he was bar ki ng so that someone woul d let him out ! Si nce t hen, he has devel oped anot her bad habit . As oon as he opens the gate f rom t he out si de, he es i nt o t he garden and wai t s unt il the gat e shut s. Then he sit s and bar ks unt il someone lets him out. Aft er this he immediately lets himsel f i n and begins bar ki ng agai n. Yesterday my husband r em oved t he gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen hi m 1XX 商品育肥豬飼料原料生產(chǎn)基地建設項目 第一章 總 論 第一節(jié) 項目提要 一、項目名稱 XX 育肥豬飼料原料生產(chǎn)基地建設項目 二、建設性質(zhì) 新建項目 三、項目建設單位 公司名稱：山西 XX 養(yǎng)殖有限公司 地 址：山西省 XXX 市 XX 縣 XX 鎮(zhèn) XXX村 法定代表人： XXX 注冊資本：叁佰萬元 企業(yè)類型：有限責任公司 經(jīng)營范圍：生豬的養(yǎng)殖、大棚蔬菜的種植（需國家專項審批的項目除外） 四、項目依托。cursed t ree39。The Reveal er39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit her e in your spare tim e and r ead the car pet !39。 she said. She gazed at it for som e tim e t hen added, 39。 I answer ed. Lesson51 Reward f or virtue 對 美德的獎賞 My fri end, Her bert, has al ways been f at , but t hi ngs got so bad recentl y t hat he deci ded to go on a di et. He began hi s di et a week ago. Fi rst of al l, he wr ot e out a long l ist of al l the foods whi ch wer e f orbidden. The li st incl uded m ost of t he t hi ngs Her bert l oves: butt er , potatoes, r ice, beer, mil k, chocol at e, and sweets. Yesterday I pai d him a visit. I rang t he bel and was not surpri sed to se t hat Her bert was ti l as f at as ever . He l ed me i nt o hi s room and hur ri edly hid a l ar ge par cel under his desk. I t was obvious t hat he was ver y embar rased. When I asked him what he was doi ng, he sm il ed gui lti ly and t hen put t he par cel on t he desk. He expl ai ned t hat his diet was so str ict hat he had to r eward himsel f occasi onal y. Then he showed me t he c ontent s of t he par cel. It cont ai ned fi ve l ar ge bar s of chocol at e and three bags of swets! Lesson52 A pret t y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just moved i nt o a new house and I have been working har d al mor ni ng. I have been tr yi ng t o get m y new r oom i n or der . This has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make m at er s wor se, t he r oom i s rather sm al l, so I have tempor ar il y put m y books on the fl oor. At the m om ent, they cover ever y inch of fl oor space and I act ual y have to wal k on them to get i n or out of t he r oom. A short whil e ago, m y si st er hel ped me t o car r y one of my old bookcases up the st air s. She went i nt o m y room and got a big sur prise when she saw al t hose books on t he fl oor. 39。 sai d t he conduct or . 39。 39。I 39。t mat er, 39。 I for got t o put you off .39。Oh dear,39。 I s t hi s Woodf or d Gr een ?39。 t he conductor said. 39。 You39。l l tel you wher e to get off ,39。t know wher e i t is. 39。 I said t o t he conduct or as I got on t he bus,39。 I39。 eggs and asked m e whet her m y coll ecti on was gr owi ng. He then asked m e how m y br ot her was and whet her I li ked m y new j ob i n London. In answer t o t hese questi ons I ei ther nodded or made str ange noises. Meanwhil e, my t ongue was busy sear ching out the hol e where t he t ooth had been. I suddenl y felt ver y wor ri ed, but coul d not say anything. When the dentist at last r emoved t he cot ton wool fr om m y mout h, I was abl e to t el him that he had pul led out the wrong t oot h. Leson49 The nd of a dream 美夢告終 Tir ed of sl eeping on t he f loor, a young m an i n Teher an saved up f or years t o buy a r eal bed. For t he fi rst ime i n hi s l if e, he becam e the pr oud owner of a bed whi ch had spri ngs and a m at tr ess. Because the weat her was ver y hot, he cari ed t he bed on t o the roof of hi s house. He slept ver y wel l for t he f ir st t wo ni ghts, but on t he thir d ni ght, a storm bl ew up. A gust of wind swept t he bed of f t he r oof and sent it cr ashi ng into t he court yar d below. The young m an did not wake up unt il the bed had str uck t he ground. Al though the bed was mashed t o pi eces, the m an was m ir acul ously unhurt. When he woke up, he was sti l on the m at tr ess. Glancing at t he bit s of wood and m et al that l ay around him, t he m an sadl y pi cked up t he mat res and car ri ed i t i nt o hi s house. Af ter he had put i t on t he fl oor, he prom pt ly went t o sleep agai n. Lesson50 Taken f or a ri de 乘車兜風 I love t ravel ing in t he countr y, but I don39。 345 f or the cost of the tri p. The norm al pr ic e of a ti cket i s amp。 I am 100 per cent honest now! 39。 I n t ime, al Sam39。 Two mont hs l at er, som e m or e m oney was sent t o Sam wi th anot her note:39。A thief, yes, 39。but t hey did not steal anyt hi ng.39。The str ap needs mendi ng,39。da nce39。t have too m any hat s,39。 39。. Because t he tr e was m enti oned in a newspaper, t he num ber of visit or s t o Fr inley has now incr eased. The tr e was pl anted near a chur ch f ift y years ago, but it is onl y in r ecent years that