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t he tr i p. The norm al pri ce of a ti cket is amp。 eggs and asked m e whet her m y col l ecti on was gr owi ng. He then asked m e how m y br other was and whet her I l i ked m y new j ob i n London. I n answer t o t hese questi ons I ei ther nodded or made st r ange noises. Meanwhil e, m y t ongue was busy searching out t he hol e wher e t he t ooth had been. I suddenl y felt ver y worr ied, but could not say anyt hi ng. When the dent i st at last r em oved the cott on wool fr om m y mouth, I was abl e t o tel him t hat he had pull ed out t he wr ong t oot h. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢(mèng)告終 Ti red of sleepi ng on t he fl oor , a young m an in Teher an saved up for year s t o buy a real bed. For the f ir st t im e in hi s li fe, he became t he proud owner of a bed whi ch had spr i ngs and a mat r ess. Because t he weat her was ver y hot, he car ri ed t he bed on t o t he roof of hi s house. He slept ver y wel f or the f ir st t wo ni ght s, but on the t hi r d ni ght, a st orm bl ew up. A gust of wind swept t he bed off t he r oof and sent it cr ashing i nt o t he cour tyar d bel ow. The young m an di d not wake up unt il t he bed had str uck t he gr ound. Alt hough t he bed was sm ashed t o pieces, t he m an was m ir acul ousl y unhur t. When he woke up, he was stil l on t he m at tr es. Gl anci ng at t he bi ts of wood and m et al t hat l ay ar ound him, t he m an sadl y picked up t he m at tr es and car ied i t int o hi s house. Aft er he had put it on t he fl oor, he pr om pt l y went t o sleep agai n. Lesson50 Taken f or a ride 乘車兜風(fēng) I love tr avel li ng i n t he count r y, but I don39。 I39。 I sai d t o the conduct or as I got on t he bus, 39。t know wher e it i s.39。 I39。 answered t he conduct or. I sat i n t he f r ont of t he bus t o get a good vi ew of t he count r ysi de. Af ter som e ti me, the bus st opped. Looki ng r ound, I reali zed wit h a shock t hat I was t he onl y pasenger l ef t on t he bus. 39。l l have t o get off her e, 39。Thi s is as f ar as we go. 39。 I asked. 39。 sai d t he conduct or suddenl y.39。 I t doesn39。 I sai d. 39。l l get of f her e. 39。 sai d the conduct or . 39。 I answered. Lesson51 Reward for virt ue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My f r iend, Her ber t, has always been f at, but things got so bad r ecentl y t hat he deci ded to go on a di et. He began his diet a week ago. Fi rst of al l, he wr ote out a long l ist of al l the f oods whi ch were f orbi dden. The li st i ncl uded m ost of the t hings Herbert l oves: but ter , potat oes, ri ce, beer , mi lk, chocolate, and sweets. Yesterday I paid hi m a vi si t. I r ang the bel and was not surpr ised to see t hat Her ber t was st il l as f at as ever. He l ed me i nto hi s room and hur ri edl y hid a large parcel under his desk. I t was obvi ous t hat he was very em bar ra ssed. When I asked hi m what he was doing, he sm il ed gui lt il y and then put t he par cel on t he desk. He explained that his di et was so str ict that he had to A f ew car s, however , pl eted the r ace. The wi nni ng car r eached a speed of f ort y mi les an hour much f aster t han any of i ts r ivals. It sped downhi l at he end of the r ace and i ts dri ver had a l ot of t rouble tr yi ng to st op it . The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasur e. I t was ver y dif fer ent f rom moder n car races but no l ess exci ti ng. Leson57 Can I hel p you, m adam ? 你要買什么,夫人? A wom an in bl ue jeans st ood at t he window of an expensive shop. Though she hesit at ed for a moment , she f inal y went in and asked to see a dress that was in t he wi ndow. The asi st ant who served her did not li ke the way she was dressed. Glancing at her scornf ully, he t ol d her that the dress was sol d. The woman walked out of t he shop angri ly and decide d to puni sh the asist ant next day. She r etur ned t o t he shop t he foll owing morning dr esed in a fur coat, wit h a handbag i n one ha nd and a long umbrel la i n the ot her . Aft er seeking out the r ude assistant she asked f or the same dress. Not r eal izing who she was, the assi st ant was eager t o ser ve her t his t im e wit h great dif fi cul ty, he clim bed into the shop window t o get the dress. As soon as she saw it, t he woman sai d s m any t ies.39。And a woman can39。 she answer ed. Ten mi nutes lat er we walked out of t he shop t oget her . My wi fe was wear ing a hat that looked li ke a li ghthouse ! Lesson42 Not very musical 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a long wal k thr ough one of t he markets of Ol d Delhi , we stopped at a squar e to have a r est . Aft er a ti me, we noticed a snake char mer wit h two lar ge basket s at the other side of the squar e, so we went t o have a look at him. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a l ong pi pe which was covered wi th coins and opened one of t he basket s. When he began to play a t une, we had our fi rs t gli mpse of t he snake. I t rose out of t he basket and began to f oll ow t he movem ent s of the pipe. We wer e very much sur pr ised when t he snake char mer suddenl y began t o play j az tunes and moder n pop songs. The snake, however , conti nued to 39。 slowl y. I t obvi ousl y coul d not tel t he di f f er ence between I ndi an music and jazz! Lesson43 Over the South Pole 飛越南極 In 1929, thr e years af ter his f li ght over the Nor th Pol e, t he Ameri can explor er, R. E. Byrd, succesf ul ly fl ew over t he Sout h Pole f or the f ir st t im e. Though, at fi rst, Byr d and his men wer e able t o take a gr eat many photographs of the mountai ns that l ay bel ow, they soon ran i nt o seri ous t rouble. At one poi nt, it seem ed cer tain that their plane would cr ash. I t could onl y get over the m ount ai ns if i t r ose to 10,000 f eet . Byrd at once or dered his m en to t hrow out t wo heavy food sacks. The pl ane was then abl e to ri se and i t cl ear ed the m ount ai ns by 400 feet. Byr d now knew t hat he would be abl e to rea