【正文】 hree bags of sweets! Lesson52 A pret t y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust m oved i nt o a new house and I have been worki ng har d al m or 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 m ake m at t er s worse, the r oom i s rat her sm al l, so I have tempor ar il y put m y books on t he fl oor. At t he m om ent , t hey cover every i nch of f l oor space and I act ual l y have t o wal k on them t o get in or out of t he r oom. A shor t whil e ago, m y si st er hel ped m e t o car ry one of m y ol d bookcases up t he stair s. She went i nt o my r oom and got a bi g sur pr ise when she saw al t hose books on t he fl oor. 39。 sai d the conduct or . 39。 39。 I said. 39。I t doesn39。 I f ot t o put you off .39。Oh dear,39。 I s t hi s Woodf or d Gr een ?39。 t he conduct or sai d. 39。 You39。l l t el l you wher e t o get of f,39。 39。 but I don39。m goi ng to Woodf or d Gr en,39。t l ike l osi ng m y way. I went on an excursi on recent ly, but m y tr i p took m e l onger t han I expect ed. 39。 230 ! Leson47 A t hirst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publi c house whi ch was r ecentl y bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up for sal e. Mr Thom pson i s going t o sel l it because it i s haunt ed. He t old m e t hat he coul d not go t o sl eep one ni ght because he hear d a str ange noi se i ng f rom the bar. The next m orni ng, he f ound t hat t he door s had been bl ocked by chair s and the f urnit ure had been moved. Though Mr Thom pson had t ur ned t he li ghts of f bef ore he went t o bed, t hey wer e on i n t he m orni ng. He al so sai d that he had found fi ve em pt y whi sky bot tl es which t he ghost must have dr unk t he night bef ore. When I suggest ed t hat some vi l agers m ust have e i n for a f r 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 t he inn even if he gi ves i t away. Leson48 Di d you want to t el m e som et hi ng? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Denti st s al ways ask questi ons when i t is i mpossi bl e f or you t o answer . My denti st had j ust pull ed out one of my t eet h and had tol d m e t o r est f or a whi le. I tr i ed t o say s om et hi ng, but m y m outh was f ull of cot t on wool . He knew I coll ect ed bi r ds39。 lesson46 Expensi ve and un fortabl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney ai r port , wor ker s began t o unl oad a num ber of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl ot hi ng. No one coul d account f or t he fact hat one of t he boxes was ext r em el y heavy. It suddenl y occurr ed t o one of t he workers t o open up t he box. He was ast oni shed at what he f ound. A m an was lyi ng i n t he box on t op of a pi le of wool len goods. He was so sur pr ised at bei ng di scover ed t hat he di d not even t ry t o r un away. Af t er he was ar rest ed, t he man admi t ed hi ding i n t he box bef or e t he pl ane left London. He had had a l ong and un fort able t ri p, f or he had been confi ned to t he wooden box for over t en hour s. The m an was or der ed t o pay amp。s m oney was pai d back in t his way. The l ast not e sai d:39。 Only 25 per cent a t hief now!39。but onl y 5o per cent a t hi ef !39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whol e vil lage soon l earnt t hat a l ar ge sum of m oney had been l ost. Sam Bent on, t he local but cher, had l ost his wal et whil e taki ng hi s savi ngs t o t he post of fi ce. Sam was sur e t hat t he wal let must have been found by one of the vil lagers, but i t was not r et ur ned t o him. Thr ee m ont hs passed, and t hen one m or ni ng, Sam f ound hi s wal l et outsi de hi s fr ont door. I t had been wr apped up i n newspaper and i t cont ai ned hal f t he m oney he had l ost, t oget her wit h a not e which said: 39。 said Mr s St erl ing l at er, 39。 sl owl y. It obvi ousl y coul d not tel t he di f fer ence bet ween I ndi an m usi c and jazz! Lesson43 O ver t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 In 1929, t hr e years aft er hi s f li ght over t he Nort h Pol e, t he Am eri can expl or er , R. E. Byrd, succesf ul ly f l ew over t he Sout h Pole f or t he fi r st ti m e. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and hi s m en wer e able t o t ake a gr eat m any photogr aphs of the m ount ai ns t hat l ay bel ow, t hey soon ran i nt o seri ous t r oubl e. At one poi nt, i t seem ed cer t ai n t hat t heir pl ane woul d crash. I t coul d onl y ge t over t he m ount ai ns if i t r ose t o 10, 000 feet. Byr d at once or der ed hi s men t o t hr ow out t wo heavy f ood sacks. The pl ane was t hen abl e to r ise and it cl ear ed t he m ountai ns by 400 f eet . Byr d now knew t hat he would be abl e t o r each t he Sout h Pol e whi ch was 300 mi les away, f or there wer e no m or e m ount ai ns i n si ght. The air cr af t was abl e to f l y over t he endl ess whit e pl ai ns wit hout dif fi cul t y. Lesson44 Through t he f orest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne St er li ng di d not t hi nk of t he ri sk she was t aking when she r an t hr ough a f orest af ter t wo men. They had r ushed up t o her whi l e she was having a pi i c at he edge of a for est wit h her chi ldr en and t ri e d t o st eal her handbag. I n t he st ruggl e, the str ap broke and, wi t h the bag i n their possessi on, both m en st art ed running t hrough t he t r es. Mrs St erli ng got so angr y t hat she r an aft er t hem . She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued to r un. When she caught up wit h t hem, she saw that they had sat down and wer e goi ng t hr ough t he cont ent s of t he bag, so she r an st rai ght at t hem . The m en got such a f ri ght t hat t hey dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nut es l ater we wal ked out of t he shop t oget her. My wi fe was weari ng a hat that looked li ke a li ght house ! Leson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a long wal k thr ough one of t he m ar ket s of Ol d Delhi, we st opped at a squar e t o have a r est . Aft