【正文】 l rush t owar ds you. She wi l speak t o you and then she wil l lead you away fr om t his place. That is al l. 39。. Because the t ree was menti oned i n a newspaper, t he number of visit ors t o Fr inley has now i ncr eased. The t ree was pl ant ed ne ar a chur ch fi f ty years ago, but it i s onl y i n recent years t hat i t has gained an evil r eputat ion. It is said that if anyone t ouches the t ree, he wi l l have bad luck。 has been i nvent ed and i t has been used t o detect gol d which has been bur ied i n the gr ound. The machine was used in a cave near t he seashor e where it i s sai dpi rat es used to hi de gold. The pir at es woul d of ten bury gol d in the cave and t hen fail t o collect it . Armed wit h the new machi ne, a sear ch part y went he di d not like i t. She enjoyed her sel f making t he assistant br i ng al most everyt hi ng in the wi ndow before fi nal ly buying t he dress she had f ir st asked f or. Lesson58 A blesi ng in disgui se? 是因禍得福嗎？ The ti ny vil lage of Fri nley is said to possess a 39。 Leson53 Hot snake 觸電的蛇 At l ast fi rem en have put out a bi g for est f ir e in Cal if orni a. Since t hen, they have been t ryi ng to f ind out how t he fi re bega n. For est fi r e ar e of ten caused by broken glass or by ci gar et e ends whi ch people car el esly throw away. Yester day t he fi remen exami ned t he ground car eful ly, but wer e not able to f ind any br oken gl ass. They wer e also quit e sur e that a cigaret te end did not star t he fi re. This morning, however , a fi reman acci dent aly discovered t he cause. He not iced the r emains of a snake whi ch was wound round t he el ect ri c wir es of a 16, 000 volt power line. In this way, he was able t o sol ve the myst er y. The explanati on was si mple but very unusual . A bir d had snat c hed up t he snake f rom the gr ound and t hen dr opped i t on t o t he wir es. The snake t hen wound i tself r ound the wi res. When it did so, it sent sparks down t o the gr ound and t hese i mmediat el y start ed a f ir e. Leson54 Sti cky fi ngers 粘糊的手指 Af t er br eakf ast, I sent t he chi ldr en to school and then I went to market. I t was st il earl y when I r et urned home. The chi ldren wer e at school, my husband was at wor k and the house was qui et . So I deci ded t o make some t ar ts f or tea. I n a short t ime I was busy mi xing butt er and f lour and my hands were soon cover ed wit h sti cky pastr y. At exact ly that moment, the t el ephone r ang. Nothi ng coul d have been mor e annoying. I picked up the r ecei ver between two sti cky f ingers and was di smayed when I r ecognized the voice of Mrs Bates. It t ook m e ten m inutes t o per suade her to r ing back lat er . At last I hung up t he receiver. What a m ess! Ther e was past ry on m y f inger s, on the tel ephone, and on t he door knobs. I had no sooner got back to the kit chen t han the door bel l rang l oud enough to wake t he dead. This t ime it was the postman and he want ed m e to si gn for a r egi st ered l et ter ! Leson55 Not a gold m ine 并非金礦 Dr eams of f inding lost t reasur e alm ost cam e tr ue recent ly. A new machi ne cal led 39。You don39。This i s the pr et ti est car pet I have ever seen, 39。Wel , in t hat case, I pref er t o stay on t he bus,39。We are goi ng back now, 39。l get of f here.39。 I said. 39。I t doesn39。 I f ot to put you off .39。Oh dear, 39。 Is t hi s Woodf or d Gr een ?39。This i s as far as we go.39。l l have to get of f her e, 39。 answered t he conduct or. I sat i n the f ront of the bus to get a good view of the count ryside. Aft er some t im e, t he bus st opped. Looking round, I r eal ized wi th a shock that I was the only passenger l eft on t he bus. 39。 I 39。 but I don39。m goi ng t o Woodf or d Gr een, 39。t li ke losing my way. I went on an excur si on recent ly, but my t ri p took m e longer t han I expected. 39。230 ! Leson47 A thirsty ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr I an Thompson is up f or sale. Mr Thompson is goi ng to sel i t because i t i s haunt ed. He t old m e that he c oul d not go to sleep one night because he heard a st range noise ing f rom the bar . The next morni ng, he f ound t hat t he door s had been bl ocked by chai rs and t he fur nitur e had been m oved. Though Mr Thom pson had t ur ned the l ights of f bef ore he went t o bed, they wer e on in the mor ning. He also said t hat he had f ound f ive empt y whisky bott les which t he ghost must have dr unk t he night bef ore. When I suggested that som e vil lager s must have e i n f or a fr e dr ink, Mr Thompson shook hi s head. The vi l ager s have t old hi m t hat t hey wil l not accept the i nn even i f he gives it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o tel l m e som ethi ng? 你想對(duì)我說什么嗎？ Dent ists always ask questi ons when it i s impossi ble f or you t o answer . My denti st had j ust pull ed out one of my t et h and had told me to 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。 leson46 Expensi ve and unf ortable 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney ai rport , workers began to unl oad a number of wooden boxes which contai ned cl ot hing. No one coul d account for the f act t hat one of the boxes was ext remely heavy. It suddenly occurr ed to one of the wor kers t o open up the box. He was ast oni shed at what he found. A man was l ying i n the box on t op of a pil e of wool len goods. He was so surpr ised at bei ng discovered t hat he di d not even tr y t o run away. Af ter he was ar ested, the m an admi t ed hiding in t he box bef ore t he plane lef t London. He had had a long and unf ort abl e tr ip, f or he had been conf ined to the wooden box for over ten hour s. The man was ordered t o pa y amp。s money was pai d back in t his way. The last not e sai d:39。 Only 25 per cent a t hief now! 39。but onl y