【正文】 er cent a thief now!39。s money was paid back in this way. The l ast not e said:39。 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 rpor t, worker s began t o unl oad a number of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl othing. No one could account for t he fact that one of t he boxes was ext rem el y heavy. It suddenly occurr ed to one of t he workers t o open up the box. He was ast onished 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 sur pr ised at bei ng discovered t hat he di d not eve n tr y t o run away. Af ter he was ar est ed, the m an adm it ed hidi ng 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 t o the wooden box for over ten hours. The man was ordered t o pay amp。230 ! Leson47 A thi rsty ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up f or sale. Mr Thompson i s goi ng to sel i t because i t is haunt ed. He told me t hat he coul d not go to sl ep one night because he heard a str ange noise ing f r om t he bar . The next morni ng, he f ound that he door s had been bl ocked by cha ir s and t he fur nit ur e had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had t urned the l ights of f bef ore he went t o bed, t hey wer e on i n the m or ning. He also said t hat he had f ound f ive empt y whi sky bott les whi ch the ghost must have dr unk the night bef ore. When I suggested t hat some vil lagers m ust have e in f or a fr ee dri nk, Mr Thom pson shook hi s head. The vil lager s have told hi m that they wil l not accept t he i nn even if he gives it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o t el l me somethi ng? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Dent ist s al ways ask quest ions when it i s im possible f or you to answer. My dent ist had j ust pull ed out one of my teeth and had tol d me t o r est for a whi le. I tr ied t o say somet hing, but my mouth was f ull of cot tonwool . He knew I coll ected bi rds39。t like l osi ng my way. I went on an excursi on recent ly, but m y tr ip took me longer t han I expect ed. 39。m going to Woodf ord Green,39。 but I don39。 39。l l tel you where to get off ,39。 You39。 the conduct or said. 39。 39。 I asked. 39。 sai d the conduct or suddenl y. 39。 I t doesn39。 I said. 39。l l get off here. 39。 said the conductor . 39。 I answered. Lesson51 Reward f or virt ue 對美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My f ri end, Her ber t, has al ways been f at, but t hings got so bad r ecentl y that he deci ded t o go on a di et . He began hi s di et a week ago. Fir st of al , he wr ote out a l ong li st of al the f oods which wer e for bi dden. The li st i ncluded most of t he things Her ber t loves: butt er , pot atoes, r ice, beer, mi lk, chocolat e, and sweet s. Yester day I paid him a visit . I rang the bel and was not sur pri sed t o se t hat Her ber t was stil l as fat as ever. He led me into hi s room and hur ri e dl y hid a lar ge par cel under hi s desk. It was obvi ous that he was ver y embar assed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smil ed guilt il y and then put the parcel on the desk. He explai ned t hat hi s di et was so st ri ct t hat he had to reward hi mself occasiona l y. Then he showed me the contents of t he par cel . It cont ained fi ve lar ge bar s of chocolate and t hree bags of sweets! Lesson52 A pret t y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust moved int o a new house and I have been working har d al mor ning. I have been tr yi ng to get my ne w room in or der . This has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To m ake m at ter s worse, t he r oom is r ather sm al l, so I have temporar il y put m y books on t he fl oor . At the m oment , they cover ever y i nch of f loor space and I act ual ly have t o wal k on t hem t o get in or out of the r oom. A shor t whil e ago, my si st er hel ped m e to car ry one of my ol d bookcases up t he stair s. She went int o my r oom and got a big surpr ise when she saw al l those books on t he fl oor . 39。 she said. She gazed at it for some t ime then added, 39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit her e i n your spare t im e and r ead the carpet! 39。The Revealer 39。cursed tr ee39。 if he picks a l eaf , he wi l l di e. Many vi l ager s bel ieve that the t ree has alr eady clai med a number of vi ct im s. The vicar has been asked t o have the t ree cut down, but so f ar he has ref used. He has poi nted out that he tr ee is a useful sour ce of in e as touri sts have been ing fr om al part s of the count ry to see it . In spit e of al that has been sai d, the t our ists have been pi cking l eaves and cut ting their names on the t reet runk. So far , not one of them has been st ruck down by sudden death! Leson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to si t out si de our f r ont gate and bark. Every t im e he want ed to e into the garden he would bar k unti l someone opened the gat e. As t he nei ghbour s pl ained of the noise, m y husband spent weeks t rai ning him t o press hi s paw on t he latch t o l et him sel f in. Rex soon becam e an exper t at openi ng the gate. However , when I was goi ng out shopping l ast week, I noti ced hi m i n t he gar den near the gate. This t im e he was bar king so t hat someone woul d let him out ! Si nce then, he has devel oped another bad habit . As soon as he opens the gate f rom the outsi de, he es into the garden and wait s unt il t he gat e shut s. Then he sit s and bar ks unt il som eone l ets him out. Af ter thi s he im medi ately l ets hi msel f in and begins barking agai n. Yester day my husband r em oved t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not sen hi m since. Lesson60 The f uture 卜算未來 At a vil lage fai r, I deci ded to vi si t a for tune tel ler cal led Madam Bel insky. I went into her t ent and she told me to si t down. Af ter I had given her some money, she looked into a cr yst al bal l and