【正文】 tm as and ac pani ed by a 39。 of si x pret y gir l s, he set of f down t he m ai n str eet of t he ci ty r i di ng a baby el ephant cal ed Jum bo. He, shoul d have known t hat t he pol i ce woul d never al ow t hi s sor t of thi ng. A pol icem an appr oached Jimm y and t ol d him he ought t o have gone al ong a si de st reet as Jumbo was hol di ng up t he t r af fi c. Though Ji mm y agr eed to go at once, Jum bo r ef used t o m ove. Fi ft een pol icem en had t o push ver y har d t o get him off t he mai n st r et. The poli ce had a di f i cult t im e, but they wer e m ost am used. 39。 sai d a pol i ceman aft er war ds, 39。t have t o car r y hi m. Of course, we shoul d ar r est him, but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et him of f this t im e. 39。Hul l o, Ber t,39。Fancy m eet i ng you her e !39。Hul lo, Eli zabet h,39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he m or ni ngunti l I saw you. You39。 39。 I answered.39。m goi ng to.. .39。Woul d you m i nd m y i ng wi t h you ?39。 I li ed, 39。m goi ng t o t he denti st .39。 Then I 39。 he answer ed.39。s al ways pl ent y t o read i n the 39。 l esson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng tested f or a dr i vi ng l icence f or the t hi rd ti me. I had been asked t o dri ve in heavy tr af ic and had done so successf ull y. Af t er having been instr uct ed to dr ive out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sur e that I had passed, I was almost begi nni ng to enj oy my t est . The examiner must have been ple ased wi th my perf ormance, f or he sm il ed and said, 39。 I cont inued dri ving and aft e r some t im e, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though the sound coul d be hear d clearl y, i t took me a long ti me t o r eact. I suddenly pr es ed the br ake pedal har d and we wer e bot h t hr own f orwar d. The examiner looked at me sadl y. 39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce, 39。 leson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed int o the m iddle of t he ri ng. The crowd began t o shout, but the dr unk was i n Cal i f orni a. Si nce t hen, t hey have been tr yi ng to fi nd out how the f ir e began. For est f ir e are of ten caused by br oken gl ass or by cigaret e ends whi ch peopl e car elesl y thr ow away. Yest er day the f ir em en exami ned the ground careful ly, but wer e not abl e to fi nd any br oken gl as. They wer e also quit e sure t hat a ci gar et te end di d not star t the f ir e. Thi s morni ng, however , a fi reman accidental y discover ed the cause. He noticed t he remains of a snake which was wound r ound t he el ect ri c wi res of a 16,000volt power li ne. I n thi s way, he was able t o solve t he myst ery. The expl anati on was simpl e but ver y unusual . A bi rd had snatched up the snake f rom the gr ound and t hen dr opped it on to the wi res. The snake then wound it sel f round t he wir es. When i t did so, it sent spar ks down to the ground and these im medi ately st ar ted a fi re. Lesson54 St icky f ingers 粘糊的手指 Af ter breakf ast , I sent the chil dren t o school and t hen I went t o mar ket . It was sti l ear ly when I retur ned hom e. The chil dr en were at school , m y husband was at work and t he house was quiet. So I decided to make some tart s for t ea. I n a shor t ti me I was busy m i xi ng butt er and f lour and my hands were soon cover ed wi t h sticky past r y. At exact ly t hat m oment , the t el ephone r ang. Nothi ng coul d have been mor e annoying. I picked up the r eceiver between two st icky f ingers and was dismayed when I recogni zed the voice of Mr s Bates. It 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 r easur e alm ost came tr ue r ecentl y. A new machine caled 39。 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 he di d not li ke it. She enjoyed her sel f making t he assistant br i ng al most ever yt hing i n t he wi ndow befor e f inaly buyi ng the dr ess she had fi rst asked for . Lesson58 A blessi ng i n disguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The t iny vi l age of Fr inley i s sai d to possess a 39。. Because the t ree was m ent ioned in a newspaper , the number of vi si tor s to Fr inl ey has now increased. The tr e was pl ant ed near a church f if ty years ago, but i t is only in r ecent year s that it has gai ned an evil r eput at ion. It i s sai d that if anyone touches t he t r e, he wil l have bad l uck。A r el ati on of your s is ing to see you. She wi l be ar ivi ng this evening a nd i nt ends t o stay f or a few days. The moment you l eave t hi s tent, you wi l get a bi g sur pr ise. A wom an you know wel wi 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 pl ace. That i s al l. 39。Wher e have you been hiding ?39。Your si st er wi l be here in l es t han an hour and we must be at he stati on to m eet her. We are l at e alr eady.39。cl ock t his eveni ng. By that ti me, t he Astr a wi l have been f lying t hrough space f or sevent en hours and wi l l have cir cl ed the eart h a gr eat many t imes. When the f ir st radio m essages have been r eceived, the r esult s of the t ri p wi l be announced i mm edi at ely. Lesson62 Af t er the f ire 大火之后 Fir em en had been f ighti ng the f orest f ir e f or nearl y t hr ee weeks bef or e t hey could get it under c