【正文】 , he wi l have bad l uck。 has been invented and it has ben used to det ect gold whi ch has been buri ed in t he ground. The m achi ne was used in a cave near the seashor e wher ei t is said pir ates used t o hide gold. The pir ates would of ten bur y gold i n the cave and then f ai l to coll ect i t. Ar med wi th t he new machine, a search part y went he did not li ke it . She enj oyed herself making the asi st ant bri ng alm ost ever ything i n t he window bef or e f inal y buyi ng the dr ess she had fi r st asked f or . Lesson58 A bl essing i n disguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The tiny vi l age of Fr inl ey is sai d t o posses a 39。 Lesson53 Hot snake 觸電的蛇 At last f ir emen have put out a big f orest f ir e i n Cali for ni a. Si nce then, t hey have been tr ying t o fi nd out how the f ir e bega n. Forest f ir e are of ten caused by br oken gl ass or by cigaret te ends which peopl e carelessl y t hr ow away. Yest er day the f ir emen exami ned the gr ound caref ully, but were not abl e t o fi nd any broken glas. They were al so qui te sure t hat a ci gar ete end di d not st ar t the f ir e. Thi s morni ng, however , a f ir em an accidental y discover ed the cause. He noti ced t he remai ns of a snake which was wound r ound t he electr ic wi res of a 16,000volt power li ne. I n t hi s way, he was abl e to solve t he mystery. The expl anat ion was sim pl e but ver y unusual. A bi rd had snatc hed up the snake f r om t he gr ound and then dropped it on t o the wi r es. The snake then wound i tself r ound t he wir es. When it did so, it sent spar ks down to the gr ound and t hese im mediately st art ed a fi re. Leson54 Sti cky fi ngers 粘糊的手指 Af ter breakfast, I sent the chil dren t o school and then I went to m ar ket . It was sti l earl y when I ret ur ned hom e. The chil dren wer e at school , my husband was at work and t he house was quiet . So I decided t o make som e tar ts f or t ea. I n a shor t ti me I was busy mi xi ng butt er and f lour and my hands wer e soon covered wi th st icky past ry. At exact ly t hat m om ent , the tel ephone rang. Nothi ng coul d have been m or e annoyi ng. I picked up the r ecei ver between t wo sti cky fi nger s and was di sm ayed when I r ecognized the voi ce of Mrs Bat es. It t ook me t en minutes t o persuade her to ri ng back l at er. At l ast I hung up the r eceiver. What a m ess! Ther e was past ry on my f ingers, on the t el ephone, and on t he door knobs. I had no sooner got back t o the ki tchen than the door bel rang l oud enough to wake the dead. This t im e it was t he postm an and he want ed me t o si gn f or a register ed let er ! Lesson55 Not a gol d mi ne 并非金礦 Dr eams of fi ndi ng lost tr easure al most came t rue r ecentl y. A new m achine cal ed 39。You don39。Thi s is t he pr et iest carpet I have ever seen,39。Wel l, in that case, I pr ef er to stay on t he bus, 39。We are goi ng back now, 39。l get off here.39。 I said. 39。I t doesn39。 I f ot to put you off .39。Oh dear ,39。 Is t his Woodf ord Gr een ?39。This i s as far as we go. 39。l l have t o get of f her e, 39。 answered t he conductor. I sat i n the f r ont of the bus t o get a good view of the count ryside. Aft er some time, t he bus st opped. Looki ng round, I r eal ized wi th a shock that I was the only passenger left on t he bus. 39。 I 39。 but I don39。m going t o Woodf or d Gr een, 39。t l ike l osi ng my way. I went on an excursion r ecent ly, but my tr ip t ook me l onger than I expect ed. 39。 230 ! Lesson47 A t hi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publi c house whi ch was recent ly bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up for sal e. Mr Thom pson i s going t o sel l it because it is haunted. He tol d me t hat he could not go to sl eep one ni ght because he hear d a str ange noi se i ng fr om t he bar . The next mor ning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chair s and the f urnit ure had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had turned t he li ght s off befor e he went to bed, t hey were on i n t he morni ng. He al so said that he had f ound fi ve em pty whi sky bot tl es whi ch the ghost m ust have dr unk the ni ght befor e. When I suggest ed that some vi l ager s must have e in for a f ree dri nk, Mr Thompson shook his head. The vil lage rs have tol d him that they wi l not accept t he inn even if he gi ves i t away. Lesson48 Did you want to t el me somet hing? 你想對我說什么 嗎？ Dent ists al ways ask quest ions when it i s impossi ble f or you to answer . My denti st had j ust pull ed out one of my t eet h and had told me t o rest for a whi le. I tr ied t o say somethi ng, but my m out h was f ul l of cot tonwool . He knew I col lected bir ds39。 l esson46 Expensive and unf ort abl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane f r om London ar r ived at Sydney air por t, wor ker s began t o unload a number of wooden boxes whi ch cont ained clothi ng. No one could account f or the f act that one of t he boxes was extr emely heavy. I t suddenl y occur red t o one of the wor ker s to open up t he box. He was astonished at what he f ound. A man was lying in t he box on top of a pi le of wooll en goods. He was so sur pri sed at being dis cover ed that he di d not even t ry to r un away. Af ter he was ar est ed, t he man admit ted hi di ng i n t he box befor e the plane l ef t London. He had had a l ong and un for table t ri p, for he had been confi ned t o t he wooden box f or over ten hour s. The man was or der ed to pay amp。s money was paid back i n thi s way. The l ast note said: 39。 Onl y 25 per cent a thi ef now! 39。but only 5o per cent a t hief! 39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whole vi l age soon learnt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Benton, the local but cher , had l ost his wal let whi le t aki ng his savi ngs t o t he post off ice. Sam was sure t hat t he wal l et m ust have been f ound by one of t he vil ager s, but it was not retur ned to hi m. Three mont hs p