【正文】 li ght house ! Leson42 Not very m usi cal 并非很懂音樂(lè) As we had had a long walk through one of the m ar ket s of Old Delhi, we st opped at a squar e to have a r est . Af t er a t im e, we not iced a snakecharm er wi th two large basket s at t he other si de of the squar e, so we went t o have a l ook at hi m. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pi pe which was cover ed wit h coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to pl ay a tune, we had our f ir st gl im pse of the snake. I t rose out of t he basket and began t o f ollow the m ovements of t he pipe. We wer e ver y much surpr ised when the snake charm er suddenl y began t o play j azz t unes and modern pop songs. The snake, howe ver, conti nued t o 39。And a wom an can39。 has been invent ed and it has been used to detect gol d whi ch has been bur ied i n t he gr ound. The machine was used in a cave near t he seashor e wherei t i s sai d pir at es used t o hide gold. The pir at es would of ten bury gol d in the cave and t hen fail t o coll ect it . Arm ed wit h t he new machi ne, a search part y went m any t i es. 39。 Lesson53 H ot snake 觸電的蛇 At l ast fi r em en have put out a bi g f or est f ir e i n Cal if or ni a. Si nce t hen, t hey have been t r yi ng t o fi nd out how t he fi r e began. For est f ir e are of ten caused by br oken gl ass or by cigaret e ends which peopl e car elessl y t hr ow away. Yest er day t he f ir em en exami ned t he gr ound car ef ul l y, but were not abl e t o fi nd any broken glass. They wer e al so qui te sur e t hat a ci gar et e end di d not st art t he f i re. Thi s m or ning, however, a f ir em an acci dent al ly di scovered t he cause. He noti ced t he r em ai ns of a snake whi ch was wound round t he el ect ri c wir es of a 16, 000 vol t power l i ne. I n thi s way, he was able t o sol ve t he m yst er y. The expl anati on was sim pl e but ver y unusual . A bi r d had snatched up the snake f r om t he gr ound and t hen dr opped it on t o t he wi r es. The snake t hen wound i tself r ound t he wi res. When it di d so, it sent spar ks down t o t he gr ound and t hese im m edi at el y start ed a f ir e. Lesson54 Sti cky fi ngers 粘糊的手指 Aft er br eakf ast, I sent t he chi l dr en t o school and t hen I went t o mar ket. I t was st il l ear ly when I r et ur ned hom e. The chil dr en wer e at school, m y husband was at work and t he house was quiet. So I decided t o make som e tart s f or t ea. I n a short ti me I was busy mi xi ng butt er and f l our and m y hands were soon cover ed wit h sti cky past r y. At exact l y that m om ent , t he t el ephone r ang. Not hi ng coul d have been m or e annoyi ng. I pi cked up t he recei ver bet wen t wo sti cky fi nger s a nd was di sm ayed when I r ecogni zed t he voi ce of Mr s Bat es. I t took m e ten m inutes to per suade her to r ing back lat er . At last I hung up t he receiver. What a mess! Ther e was pastr y on m y fi nger s, on t he 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 loud enough to wake t he dead. This t ime i t was the postman and he wanted m e to si gn for a r egi st ered l et ter ! Leson55 Not a gold mine 并非金礦 Dr eam s of f indi ng lost reasur e alm ost came tr ue r ecently. A new machine caled 39。You don39。Thi s is t he pret i est car pet I have ever seen,39。Wel, i n t hat case, I pr ef er t o st ay on t he bus, 39。We ar e goi ng back now, 39。l l get off here.39。 I sai d. 39。 I t doesn39。 sai d the conduct or suddenl y. 39。 I asked. 39。 39。 t he conductor sai d. 39。 You39。l l t el you wher e t o get of f,39。 39。 but I don39。m goi ng t o Woodf ord Green, 39。t li ke l osi ng m y way. I went on an excur si on r ecent l y, but m y t ri p t ook m e l onger than I expect ed. 39。230 ! Lesson47 A thi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr I an Thom pson i s up f or sal e. Mr Thom pson i s going t o sel l it because it i s haunt ed. He t ol d m e t hat he coul d not go t o sleep one ni ght because he hear d a st range noi se i ng f rom the bar. The next m or ni ng, he f ound t hat t he door s had been bl ocked by chai rs and t he f ur ni tur e had been m oved. Though Mr Thom pson had t ur ned t he li ght s of f bef or e he went t o bed, they wer e on i n t he m or ni ng. He al so sai d t hat he had f ound fi ve empt y whisky bot tl es which t he ghost m ust have dr unk t he ni ght bef or e. When I suggest ed t hat som e vil ager s m ust have e i n f or a f r e dr i nk, Mr Thompson shook hi s head. The vi l ager s have t ol d him t hat t hey wil not accept the i nn even i f he gi ves it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o tel m e som ethi ng? 你想對(duì)我說(shuō)什么嗎？ Dent ists al ways ask questi ons when it i s i m possi bl e f or you t o answer . My denti st had j ust pull ed out one of m y t eet h and had t ol d m e t o rest for a whi le. I tr ied t o say somet hi ng, but m y m out h was f ul l of cot on wool. He knew I col lected bi rds39。 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 rport , wor ker s began t o unl oad a num ber of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl ot hing. No one coul d account f or t he fact t hat one of t he boxes was ext r em el y heavy. It suddenl y occurr ed to one of t he workers t o open up t he box. He was ast oni shed at what he found. A man was l yi ng i n t he box on t op of a pil e of wool len goods. He was so sur pr ised at bei ng di scovered t hat he di d not even tr y t o r un away. Aft er he was ar r est ed, t he m an admi t ed hidi ng i n t he box bef ore t he pl ane left London. He had had a l ong and unf ort abl e tr i p, f or he had been conf ined t o the wooden box f or over t en hour s. The m an was order ed t o pay amp。s m oney was pai d back i n 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 thi ef !39。 Lesson45 A cle