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Lesson1A privateconversation私人谈话Last week I went to thetheatre.I had a verygood seat.The playwas very interesting.I did not enjoyit.A young man and a youngwomanwere sittingbehind me.They weretalking loudly.I gotveryangry.I could not hear the actors.I turned round.I Iooked at theman and the woman angr ily.They did not payany attention.In theend,I could not bearit.I turnedround again.1I can11hear a word!1I said angri ly.1It1s none of yourbusiness,the youngman saidrudely.fThis is a privateconversation!
1.Lesson2Breakfast orlunch早餐还是午餐?It wasSunday.I neverget up early onSundays.I sometimesstayin beduntiI lunchtime.Last SundayI gotup verylate.I Iookedout of the window.It wasdarkoutside.1What aday!1I thought.1It1s raining again.1Just then,thetelephone rang.It wasmy auntLucy.111ve justarrived by train,1she said.’Im comi ng to seeyou.1fBut I1m st i I I havingbreakfast,1I said.Iesson18He oftendoes this!他经常干这种事!After I had hadlunch at a v iI I age inn,I Iookedfor my bag.Ihad left it on a chairbeside the door and now it wasn11there!AsI was Iooking for it,the inn-keeper came in.vDid you have a goodmealhe asked.1Yes,thank you,1I answered,but Ican1t paythebill.I haven1t gotmybag.The inn-keeper smiled and i mmed i ateIywent out.In a few minuteshe returnedwith mybag andgave itback to me.’Im verysorry,1he said1My doghad taken it into thegarden.He oftendoes this.1Lesson19Sold out票已售完1The playmay begin at anymoment,1I said.1It mayhave begun already,1Susan answered.1I hurried to the ticket-office.May I have two tickets please’I asked.Im sorry,wefve soldout,1the girI said.1What apity!1Susan exclaimed.Just then,a manhurriedto theticket-office.Can Ireturn thesetwo tickets1he asked.Certainly,1the girI said.1CouId I have thosetwoticketsplease’I asked.Certainly,thegi r I said,fbut theyare fornext Wednesdaysperformance.1I mightas we I I have them,1I saidsadly.Lesson20One man in aboat独坐孤舟Fishing ismy favouritesport.I oftenfish for hours withoutcatching anything.But thi s does not worryme.Some fishermen areunIucky.Instead ofcatching fish,they catchold boots and rubbish.I ameven lessIucky.I never catch anything-not evenold boots.Afterhaving spentwhole morningson the river,I alwaysgo homewith anemptybag.1You mustgive upfishing!1my friendssay.1ltfs awasteof time.1But theydont real ize oneimportant thing.I mnot really interested infishing.I amon I yinterested in sitting in aboatand doingnothing at al I!Lesson21Mad ornot是不是疯了?Aeroplanes areslowly drivingme mad.I I ive near an airportandpassing planes can be heard nightand day.The airportwas builtduring the war,but for some reasonit could not beused then.Lastyear,however,it came into use.Over ahundred peopIemust have beendriven away from their homes by the noise.I amone of the fewpeopIeleft.Sometimes I think this house wi I I be knockeddown by a passingplane.I have been offereda largesum ofmoney to go away,but Iamdetermined to stay here.Everybody saysI mustbe madand theyareprobably right.Lesson22A glassenve I ope玻璃信封My daughter,Jane,never dreamedof receivinga letter from agirI ofher ownage in Hol land.Last year,we weretravel I ing acrossthe ChanneI andJane put a piece of paperwith hername and addresson it into abottIe.She threwthe bottIeinto the sea.She neverthoughtof it again,but tenmonths later,she receiveda letterfroma girI inHolland.Both girlswrite toeach otherregular lynow.However,they havedecided touse thepost-office.Letters wiI I costa Iittle more,but they wiI Icertainly travelfaster.Lesson23A new house新居I had a letterfrom my sister yesterday.She I ives inNigeria.Inher letter,she said that she would come toEngland next year.If she comes,she wi I I get asurprise.We arenow I iving in a beautifuInew house in the country.Work onit had begunbefore mysister left.The house was comp I etedfivemonths ago.In myletter,I toldher that she couldstay withus.The househas manylarge rooms and there is a IoveIy garden.It isa very modern house,so itlooks strangeto somepeopIe.It mustbethe onlymodernhouse in the district.Lesson24It could be worse不幸中之万幸I enteredthe hotelmanagers officeand satdown.I had just lost50and I felt veryupset.1I leftthe moneyin my room,1I said,vand it1snotthere now.1The managerwas sympathetic,but he coulddo nothing.1Everyone1s losingmoney thesedays,1he said.He startedtocomp lain about this wicked worldbut wasinterrupted by a knockat the door.A gi r Icame in and putan enve Iopeon his desk.Itconta i ned5o.1I foundthis outsidethis gentI eman1s room1shesaid.1We I1,1I saidto the manager,1thereisstill somehonestyin thisworld!1Iesson25Do theEngl ishspeak Engl ish英国人讲的是英语吗?I arrived in London at last.The rai I waystat i on wasbig,blackand dark.I did not know the way to myhoteI,so I asked aporter.I not only spokeEngl ishvery carefully,but veryclear lyas well.The porter,however,could notunderstand me;I repeatedmy questionseveraltimes and at lasthe understood.He answeredme,but hespokeneither slowlynor clear ly.1I ama foreigner,1I said.Then hespokeslowly,but I could notunderstand him.My teachernever spokeEnglishI ikethat!The porterand I Iooked ateach otherand smiled.Then he said somethingand Iunderstood it.1You1I Isoon learnEnglish!v he said.I wonder.In England,each manspeaks adifferentIanguage.The English understandeach other,but I dont understandthem!Do theyspeak EnglishIesson26The bestart critics最佳美术评论家I aman artstudent and I painta lotof pictures.Many peopIepretendthat theyunderstand modernart.They a I waystel I you what a pictureis1about
1.Of course,many picturesarc not1about1anything.Theyare justpretty patterns.We I ike themin the same waythat we Iike prettycurtain material.Ithinkthat youngchiIdren oftenappreciatemodern pictures better than anyone else.They not i cemore.My sisteris onlyseven,but she a I ways tellsme whethermypictures aregood ornot.She came into myroom yesterday.1Whatare you doingshe asked.I vmhanging thispicture on the wall,I answered.1It1sa new one.Do youI ikeitShe Iooked at itcritically for a moment.1111s al I right,1she said,fbut isn11it upside-down’I Iookedat itagain.She wasr ight!It was!Lesson27A wetnight雨夜Late in the afternoon,the boysput up their tentin the middle ofafield.As soonas this was done,they cookeda mealover anopenfire.They wereal I hungry and the foodsmelt good.After a wonderfulmeal,they toldstories and sang songsby the camp fire.But sometimelater it began torain.The boysfelt tiredso theypet out thefire andcrept into their tent.Their sIeeping-bags werewarm andcomfortable,so theyal Islept soundly.In the middle of the night,two boyswoke up and beganshouting.The tentwas fulI of water!Theyal Ileapt out of theirsIeeping-bags andhurried outside.It wasrainingheavi Iyand theyfound that a streamhad formed in the field.The streamwound itsway across the fieldand thenf I owed rightunder their tent!Lesson28No parking禁止停车Jasper Whiteis one of thoserare peopIewho be I ievesin ancientmyths.He has just bought a newhouse in the city,but eversincehe moved in,he has had troublewith motorists,when hereturns homeat night,he alwaysfinds that someone hasparked acar outside hisgate.Because of this,he has not been able to get his own carintohis garageeven once.Jasper has put up1No Parking1signs outsidehisgate,but thesehave nothad anyeffect.Now he hasputan uglystonehead over the gate.It is one of the ugliestfaces I have everseen.I asked him what it was and hetold me that it was Medusa,theGorgon.Jasper hopesthat she wi I I turnmotor iststo stone.Butnone of them has been turned to stoneyet!Lesson29Taxi!出租汽车!Captain Ben Fawcett hasbought anunusual taxi and hasbegunanewservice.The1taxi1is a smal ISwiss aeroplanecaI Ieda1Pi latusPorter
1.This wonderfulplane cancarry sevenpassengers.The mostsurprisingthing about it,however,is that it canland anywhere:on snow,water,or evenonapIoughed field.Capta i nFawcett1s firstpassengerwas adoctor whof I ew fromBi rmi ngham to a Ione I yviI I age i ntheWe Ishmountains.Si neethen,Captain Fawcetthasflown passengersto manyunusual places.Once he Ianded on the roofof a blockof flatsand on another occasion,he landedin adesertedcar park.Captain Fawcetthas justrefused astrange requestfroma businessman.The manwanted to fly toRocka II,a Ione lyisl andi nthe At I ant i c Ocean,but Capta i nFawcett did not takehimbecause the trip wastoo dangerous.Lesson30FootbaI Ior polo足球还是水球?The WayIe is a smal I riverthat cutsacross thepark nearmy home.I likesitting by the WayIe onfine afternoons.It waswarm lastSunday,so I went and sat on the riverbank asusual.Some chi Idrenwere playinggames on the bankand there were somepeop I e rowingon the river.Sudden I y,one of the chiIdrenk ieked aba I I veryhard and itwent towardsa passingboat.Some peopIeon the bank called out to the manin the boat,but hedid nothear them.The ba II struckhim sohard that he nearlyfel I into the water.I turnedtolook at the chi Idren,but thereweren11any insight:they hadal I runaway!The manIaughed when he realized what had happened.He cal ledout to thechi Idrenand threwthe ba I Iback to the bank.Lesson31Success story成功者的故事Yesterday afternoonFrank Hawkinswas teI I ingme abouthisexperiences as a youngman.Frank is nowthe head of a verylargebusiness company,but as a boyhe used to workin asmal Ishop.Itwas hisjob to repair b i eye I esand atthat time he used to workfourteenhours aday.He savedmoney for years and in1938he boughtasmal I work-shop ofhisown.During thewar Frankused to make sparepartsfor aeroplanes.At thattimehe had twohelpers.By the endof thewar,the smal Iwork-shop hadbecome a large factorywhichempIoyed sevenhundred andtwenty-eight peopIe.Frank smiledwhenhe rememberedhis hardearly yearsand thelong roadto success.Hewas stillsmiIing when the dooropened andhis wifecamein.Shewanted him torepairtheir son1s bicycle!Lesson32Shopp i ng madeeasy购物变得很方便Peop I e are not sohonest as they oncewere.The temptati on tosteal isgreater thanever before-especial lyin largeshops.Adetect i ve recentlywatched awe I I-dressed womanwho a I wayswentinto a large storeon Mondaymornings.One Monday,therewerefewerpeopIe in the shopthan usualwhen the woman camein,so it was easierfor the detectiveto watchher.The womanfirst boughta fewsmalIarticles.After a I ittIetime,she choseone of the mostexpensivedresses in the shop and handedit to an assistantwho wrappedit upfor her as quickly aspossible.Then thewoman simplytook the parceland waIked out of the shopwithout paying.When she was arrested,the detectivefound out that theshop-assistant was her daughter.The girl1gave1her mothera freedress once a week!Iesson33Out of the darkness冲出黑暗Nearly a week passedbefore the gi rI was able toexplain whathadhappened toher.One afternoonshe set out from1What are youdoingshe asked.1Im havingbreakfast,I repeated.fDear me,1she said.Do youa I ways getup solateIt1soneo1clock!11Lesson3Please sendme acard请给我寄一张明信片Postcards alwaysspoiImy hoiidays.Last summer,I went to Italy.I visitedmuseumsand sat in pub Iic gardens.A friendlywaiter taughtme a few wordsofItai ian.Then helent mea book.I reada fewlines,but I didnot understand aword.Every dayI thoughtabout postcards.My hoiidayspassed quickly,but Idid notsend anycards to my friends.On thelast dayI madea bigdecision.I gotupearly and boughtthirty-seven cards.I spentthe wholeday in myroom,but Idid notwritea singlecard!Lesson4An excitingtrip激动人心的旅行I have just receiveda letterfrom mybrother,Tim.He isin Australia.He has been there for sixmonths.Tim isan engineer.He isworkingfor a big firmand he has alreadyvisited a great number of differentpI aces inAustralia.He has just boughtan Austral ian carand hasgoneto AI i cethe coastin asmal Iboat and was caughtin a storm.Towards evening,the boatstruck arock and thegirIjumped intothe sea.Then sheswam to the shoreafter spendi ng the who I enightin the water.During thattime shecovered adistance ofeight miles.Early next morning,she sawa I ight ahead.She knewshe wasnear the shorebecause the I ightwas highup on the cl iffs.Onarriving at the shore,the girIstruggled up the clifftowards theI ight she had seen.That was al Ishe remembered.When shewoke upaday later,she foundherself in hospital.Lesson34Quick work破案神速”Ted Robinsonhas beenworried al I theweek.Last Tuesdayhe receiveda letterfrom the localpol ice.In theletter he was asked to calI at the station.Ted wonderedwhy he was wantedby the police,buthe went to the station yesterdayandnow he isnot worriedany more.At thestation,he wastold by a smilingpoIi cemanthat hisb ieyeIe had been found.Five daysago,the poIicemantold him,theb ieye Iewas p ieked up in asma IIv i I I age fourhundred milesaway.It isnow beingsent tohis homebytrain.Ted wasmost surpri sed whenhe heard the news.He was amused too,because heneverexpected thebieye Ieto be found.It wasstolen twentyyears agowhenTed wasa boyof fifteen!Lesson35Stop thief!捉贼!Rov Trenton used to dr i vea taxi.A shortwhile ago,however,he becamea bus-driver and he was not regrettedit.He isf indinghisnew workfar moreexciting.When he was driving along CatfordStreetrecently,he sawtwo thievesrush out of ashopandrun towardsawaiting car.One of them wascarrying abag fulI ofmoney.Royacted quicklyand drovethe busstraight at the thieves.The onewiththe moneygot such a fright that hedropped the bag.As thethieveswere trying to get away in their car,Roy drovehis businto the backof it.While thebattered car was movi ngaway,Roy stoppedh i sbus andte Iephoned thepo Ii ce.The th i eves1carwasbadly damagedandeasy torecognize.Shortly afterwards,the policestopped thecarand both men werearrested.Lesson36Across theChanne I横渡海峡Erna Hartis going to swimacross theEnglish ChanneI tomorrow.Sheis going to setout from the Frenchcoast at five o1clock in themorning.Erna is only fourteenyears old and shehopes Ioset up anew worldrecord.She isa strongswimmer andmany peopIefeel thatshe is sureto succeed.Erna1s fatherwiI I setoutwith herin asmalI boat.Mr Harthas trainedhis daughterforyears.Tomorrow hewill be watchingher anxiously as sheswims thelong distancetoEngland.Erna intends to takeshort restsevery two hours.She wiI I havesomething todrink but she wi I I not eat any solidfood.Most ofErna1s schooI friends wi I I be waitingfor heron theEnglish coast.Among themwi I I beErna1s mother,who swamthe ChanneIherselfwhen she wasagirl.Lesson37The01ymp ic Games奥林四克运动会The01ymp i cGameswi I I beheIdinour countryin fouryears1time.As a great many peopIe wi I I be visiting the country,thegovernment wiI I bebuiI di ng newhoteIs,an immensestadium,anda finenew swimming pool.1They wi I I also bebuiIding newroadsand a special raiIway-1inee TheGames wiI I beheld just outsidethe capitaland the whole areawi I I beca I I ed101ymp i c City
1.Workers wi I I have comp I eted the newroads bythe end of this year.By the end ofnextyear,they wi I I have finishedwork on the newstadium.The finemodern buiIdingshave beendesigned byKurt Gunter.Everybody wi I I be watchinganxiouslyas the newbui Idingsgo up.We areal Ivery excitedand areIooking forwardto the01ympic Gamesbecausethey havenever beenheld beforein thiscountry.Lesson38Everything except the weather惟独没有考虑到天气My old friend,Harrison,had Iivedin theMediterranean formanyyears beforehe returnedto England.He hadoften dreamedof retiringin England andhad pIannedto sett Ie down in the country.He hadno sooner returnedthan heboughtafine houseand wentto Ii vethere.AI mosti mmed i ate Iy hebegan tocomp lain about theweather,for eventhough it was stillsummer,it rainedcontinuaI Iyand itwasoften bitterIy cold.After so many yearsof sunshine,Harrisongot a shock.He actedas if he hadnever IivedinEng I andbefore.In theend,it wasmore thanhe couldbear.He hadhardly hadtimeto settIedown whenhe soldthe houseand leftthe country.Thedream he had hadforsomany yearsended there.Harrison hadthoughtof everythingexcepttheweather.Lesson39Am I al Ir ight我是否痊愈?While JohnGiIbert wasinhospital,he askedhis doctorto tel I himwhetherhis operationhad been successful9but the doctor refusedtodo so.The fol lowing day,the patientasked for a bedsidetelephone.When he was alone,he teI ephoned the hospital exchangeand asked forDoctor MiI I ington.When thedoctor answered the phone,Mr Gi Ibert saidhe wasinquiring about a certainpatient,a Mr JohnGi Ibert.He asked if MrGiIbert1s operationhad beensuccessfuIand thedoctor told him thatithad been.He thenasked whenMr GiIbertwould be a I I owedto go home and thedoctortold him thathe wouldhave to stay inhospital for another twoweeks.Then DrMiI Ii ngtonasked the cal Ier if he wasa relativeof the patient.1No,1thepatientanswered,1I amMrJohnGiIbert.1Lesson40Food andtalk进餐与交谈Last weekat adinner-party,the hostessasked me to sitnext toMrsRumbold.Mrs RumboIdwasa large,unsmi Iing ladyin atight blackdress.She did not evenlook upwhen I took myseat besideher.Hereyes werefixed onher plate andin a short time,she was busy eating.I tried tomakeconversation.1A new play is coming to11The Globe11soon,1I said.1Wi I I youbeseeing itf1No,1she answered.1Wi I I you be spendingyourhoi idaysabroad this year fI asked.1No,1she answered.1WiI I youbestaying inEngland1I asked.No,1she answered.In despair,I askedher whethershe wasenjoying herdinner.1Young man,1she answered,1if youate moreand taIkedless,wewould bothenjoy ourdinner!1Iesson41Do youcal Ithat ahat你把那个叫帽子吗fDo youcal Ithat ahatI saidtomy wife.1You needn11be sorudeaboutit,1my wifeanswered asshe Iookedat herself in themirror.I satdown on one of those modernchairswith holesin it and waited.We had been in the hatshopfor half an hourand my wife wasstill in front of the mirror.1We mustn11buy thingswe don11need,1I remarkedsuddenly.I regrettedsaying ita I most at once.1You needn11have said that,1my wifeanswered.1I need not remindyouof thatterrible tieyou boughtyesterday.11I find it beautiful,1I said.A mancan never have toomany ties.11And awoman can11have toomany hats,1she answered.Ten minuteslater wewaIked out of theshop together.My wifewaswearing ahat thatIooked I ike a Iighthouse!Lesson42Not verymus ica I并非很懂音乐As we had hada longwalk throughone of the marketsof OldDelhi,we stopped at asquare to have arest.After atime,we noticed asnake-charmer withtwo largebaskets at the otherside of the square,so we wenttohave alook at him.As soonas hesaw us,he piekedup a longpipe which was coveredwith coinsand openedone of thebaskets*When hebegan to play atune,wehadour firstgl impseofthe snake.It roseout of the basketand began to follow themovementsof thepipe.We werevery muchsurprised when the snakecharmersuddenly began to playjazz tunesand modernpop songs.The snake,however,cont inued to1dance1slowly.It obviousIycouId notteII thedifference betweenIndian musicand jazz!Lesson43Over the South Pole飞越南极In1929,three yearsafter hisfl ightover theNorth Pole,theAmerican explorer,R.E.Byrd,successful lyflew over theSouth Polefor the first time.Though,at first,Byrd andhis men were able totake a great manyphotographs of the mountainsthat laybelow,theysoon raninto serioustrouble.At onepoint,it seemedcertain thattheirplane wouldcrash.It couldonly getoverthe mountains if itrose to10,000feet.Byrd atonce orderedhis mento throwout twoheavyfood sacks.The pIanewas thenable torise andit clearedthemountains by400feet.Byrd nowknew that he would be able to reachtheSouthPolewhich was300mi lesaway,for therewere no moremountains insight.The aircraftwas able to flyovertheendlesswhite plainswithout difficulty.Lesson44Through the forest穿过森林Mrs AnneSter Ii ngdidnotthi nk of the ri skshe wastak ingwhen she ran througha forestafter twomen.They hadrushed uptoher whileshe washaving a picnic at the edgeof aforest withherchiIdren andtriedto steal herhandbag.In thestruggle,thestrap brokeand,with thebag in their possession,bothmenstartedrunning through the trees.Mrs Ster Iinggot soangry thatsheranafter them.She was soonout ofbreath,but shecont inued to run.When shecaught upwiththem,she sawthat theyhad satdown andwere goingthrough thecontentsof thebag,so sheran straightat them.The mengot suchafrightthat they droppedthebagand ranaway.fThe strapneedsmending,1said MrsSterIing Iater,1but theydid notsteaI anything.1Lesson45A clearconscience问心无愧The wholeviI I age soon learnt that alargesum ofmoney had beenlost.Sam Benton,the localbutcher,had losthis waI let whiletakinghis savingsto thepost-office.Sam wassure that the waIlet musthave been foundby one of thevi I lagers,but it was notreturnedto him.Three monthspassed,and thenone morning,Sam foundhis waIletoutsidehisfront door.It had been wrappedup innewspaper anditcontained halfthe moneyhe hadlost,together with a notewhichsaid:1A thief,yes,but only5o per cent athief!1Two monthslater,some moremoney wassent toSam wi thanother note:1Only25percent athief now!1Inti me,al ISam1s moneywas paidback in thisway.The lastnote said:1I am100percenthonest now!1Iesson46Expensive and uncomfortable既昂贵又受罪When aplane fromLondon arrivedat Sydneyairport,workers begantounIoad anumber ofwooden boxeswhich containedcIothing.No onecouldaccount for the factthat one of the boxes wasextremely heavy.It suddenlyoccurred toone of the workersto openup thebox.Hewas astonishedat what he found.A manwas lying in thebox on topof apile ofwoo I I engoods.He wasso surprisedat beingdiscoveredthat hedid noteven trytorunaway.After he was arrested,the manadmittedhiding in theboxbefore the plane leftLondon.He hadhada longanduncomfortabletrip,for hehad beenconf i nedto the woodenboxfor overten hours.The manwas orderedto pay345for thecost of the trip.The normalprice of a ticket is230!Springs,asmal I townin the centre ofAustralia.He wi I Isoonvisit Darwin.From there,he wiI Ifly toPerth.My brotherhas neverbeen abroadbefore,so heis findingthis tripveryexciting.Lesson5No wrongnumbers无错号之虞Mr JamesScott has a garagein SiIbury andnowhe hasjustboughtanother garagein Pinhurst.Pinhurst is only fivemiles fromSiIbury,but Mr Scott cannotgetateIephonefor hisnew garage,so he hasjust boughttweIve pigeons.Yesterday,a pigeoncarried the firstmessage fromPi nhurstto SiI bury.The bird coveredthedi stancein threeminutes.Up tonow,MrScotthas senta greatmany requestsforspare partsand otherurgent messagesfrom onegarage to the other.In this way,hehasbegun hisown privatetelephone service.Lesson6Percy Buttons珀西•巴顿斯I havejust movedto ahouseinBridge Street.Yesterday abeggarknocked at my door.He asked me for a mealand aglass ofbeer.Inreturn forthis,the beggarstood onhis headandsangsongs.I gavehima meal.He atethe foodLesson47A thirstyghost嗜酒的鬼魂A pubI ichouse which was recentlybought byMr IanThompson isupfor sale.Mr Thompsonis goingto sellit becauseit ishaunted.Hetold methathe could notgo to sleep onenight becausehe heardastrange noisecoming from the bar.The next morning,he foundthatthe doorshad beenbIocked bychairs and the furniturehad beenmoved.Though Mr Thompson hadturned the Ii ghtsoff beforehe wentto bed,they wereon in the morning.He alsosaidthathehadfound fiveemptywhisky bottIeswhich theghost must have drunkthe night before.WhenI suggestedthatsomevi Ilagers must have comein for a freedrink,MrThompsonshook hishead.The viIlagershave toldhimthat theywi I I not accept theinn even ifhegives itaway.Lesson48Did youwant totel Ime something你想对我说什么吗?Dent ists a Iways askquestions whenit isimpossible foryou toanswer.My dentisthad justpul ledout one of myteeth andhad toldme to restfor awhile.I triedto saysometh i ng,but my mouth wasfulI ofcotton-woo LHe knewIco I I ectedbirds eggsand asked me whethermy co I I ect i onwas growing.He thenaskedmehow mybrother wasand whetherI I ikedmy newjob inLondon.In answerto thesequestions Ieither noddedormade strangenoises.Meanwhile,my tonguewas busysearching outthehole where the toothhad been.I suddenlyfelt veryworried,butcould notsay anything.When the dentist atlast removedthecotton-wooI from mymouth,I was abletotell himthathehad pulledoutthe wrong tooth.Lesson49The end of adream美梦告终T i red ofsIeep i ng on thefI oor,a youngmanin Teheransavedup foryears tobuy areal bed.For thefirst timein his I ife,hebecame theproud ownerof abed which had springsand amattress.Because theweather wasvery hot,he carriedthe bedon to the roofofhis house.He sleptvery we I Ifor thefirst twonights,but onthe third ni ght,astormblew up.A gustof windswept the bed offthe roof and sent itcrashing into the courtyardbe Iow.The youngmandid notwake upunti I the bedhad struckthe ground.Althoughthe bedwas smashedto pieces,the manwas miraculouslyunhurt.Whenhe woke up,hewasstill on the mattress.Glancing atthe bitsofwood andmetal thatlay aroundhim,themansadly piekedup themattressand carried it into hishouse.After hehad put it on thefloor,he promptly wenttosleep again.Lesson50Taken fora ride乘车兜风I lovetravel Iingin thecountry,but I dont I ike losingmy way.I went onanexcursion recently,but mytrip tookme longerthan Iexpected.1I1m goingto Woodford Green,1I saidto the conductoras I got onthe busJ but I don11know whereit is.11Ill telI youwhereto get off,1answered theconductor.I satin thefront of the busto geta goodview of the countryside.After sometime,the bus stopped.Looking round,I realized withashock thatI was the onlypassenger leftonthebus1You1I I have to get offhere,1theconductorsaid.This isasfar as we go.11Is thisWoodfordGreenI asked.Oh dear,1saidthe conductorsuddenly.v I forgot toput youoff.11It doesn11matter,1I said.1I1I Igetoffhere.11We are going backnow,said theconductor.1We I I,in thatcase,I prefer tostayonthebus,1Ianswered.Lesson51Reward forvirtue对美德的奖赏My friend,Herbert,has alwaysbeen fat,but thingsgot sobadrecently thathe decided togo onadiet.He beganhis dieta weekago.First of al I,he wroteout a Iong I ist of al I the foodswhichwere forbidden.The Iist incIudedmost of the thingsHerbert Ioves:butter,potatoes,rice,beer,milk,chocoI ate,and sweets.Yesterday Ipaid hima visit.I rangthebeI I and was not surprisedto see thatHerbert wasstill asfat asever.He ledmeintohis roomandhurriedly hidalargeparcel underhisdesk.It wasobvious thathewasveryembarrassed.When Iaskedhimwhathewas doing,he smiledguiltilyand thenput theparcel onthe desk.He exp Ia i nedthathis dietwassostrict thathehad to rewardhimself occasionally.Then heshowed me the contentsof theparcel.It containedfive largebarsof chocoIateandthree bagsof sweets!Lesson52A prettycarpet漂亮的地毯We havejust movedinto anewhouseand I have been working hardalI morning.Ihave been tryingto getmy newroom inorder.This hasnot been easybecause Iown over a thousandbooks.To makemattersworse,the roomis rathersmall,so Ihave temporarilyput mybookson thefloor.At themoment,they coverevery inchof floorspaceand IactuaI Iyhave towalk onthem to get inor outof theroom.A shortwhile ago,mysisterheIped meto carryone ofmy oldbookcasesupthestairs.She went into myroom andgot abig surprisewhen she sawal Ithose booksonthefloor.This isthe prettiestcarpetIhave ever seen,1she said.She gazedatitfor sometime thenadded,1You don11need bookcasesat aI I.You cansit here in yoursparetime andread the carpet!1Lesson53Hot snake触电的蛇At Iast fi remenhave put outabig forestfire in CaIi forni a.Since then,they have been tryingto findout how the firebegan.Forest fireare oftencaused bybroken glassor bycigarette endswhichpeopIe carelesslythrow away.Yesterday the firemen examinedthe ground carefully,but werenot ableto findany brokengIass.They werealso quitesure that a cigaretteend didnot startthefire.This morning,however,a firemanaccidentaI Iydiscovered thecause.He noticed the remainsof asnake which was woundround theelectricwires ofa16,000-vo11power Iine.In thisway,hewasable tosolve the mystery.The expI anati onwas simplebut veryunusual.A bird hadsnatched upthe snakefrom the ground and then droppeditonto the wires.The snakethen wounditself roundthe wires.Whenit didso,it sentsparks downto the ground andthese immed i ateI ystarted afire.Lesson54Sticky fingers粘糊的手指After breakfast,I sentthe chiIdrento schooI and thenI wenttomarket.It wasstill earlywhen I returned home.The chiIdrenwereat school,my husbandwas atwork andthe housewas quiet.So I decidedto makesome tartsfor tea.In a shorttime I wasbusy mixingbutterand flourand myhands weresoon coveredwith stickypastry.At exactIythat moment,the teIephone rang.Noth i ng couldhave beenmoreannoying.I piekedupthereceiver betweentwo stickyfingers andwasdismayed whenI recognizedthe voice of MrsBates.It tookmeten minutesto persuadeher toring backlater.At lastIhungupthe receiver.What amess!There was pastry on my fingers,on thetelephone,and onthe door-knobs.I hadnosoonergot backto thekitchenthan the door-belI rangloud enoughto wakethe dead.Thistime it was thepostman and he wantedmetosign fora registeredletter!Lesson55Not agold mine并非金矿Dreams offinding losttreasure aImostcame truerecently.A newmachine cal led1The Revealer1has beeninvented andit hasbeenused todetect goldwhich has been buried in theground.Themachine wasused in a cavenear theseashore where-it is said-pi ratesused to hidegold.The pirates wouldoften burygold in the caveand then faiI tocoI Iect it.Armed with the newmachine,a searchpartywentinto the cavehoping to find buriedtreasure.The leaderof the partywas examiningthe soiI near the entranceto thecavewhen themachine showedthat there was goldunder theground.Veryexcited,the partydug a hole twofeet deep.They finallyfound asmalIgold coinwhich wasaImost worthless.The partythen searchedthewhole cavethoroughly butdidnotfind anythingexcept anemptytin trunk.In spiteof this,manypeopIe are confident that fTheRevealer1may revealsomething ofvalue fairlysoon.Lesson56Faster thansound!匕匕声音还,决!Once a year arace isheld forold cars.A lotof carsentered forthisrace lastyear and there wasa greatdeal ofexcitement justbeforeitbegan.One of the mosthandsome carswasaRo I Is-RoyceSi IverGhost.The mostunusual carwasaBenz which had onlythreewheels.Built in1885,it was the oldestcar takingpart.After agreatmany loudexplosions,the racebegan.Many of the carsbrokedown onthe courseand somedrivers spentmore timeunder theircarsthan in them!A fewcars,however,comp I eted therace.The winningcarreached aspeed of forty milesan hour-much fasterthan anyofits rivals.It speddownhi I Iattheendoftherace and its driverhada lotof troubletryingtostop it.The racegave everyonea greatdeal of pleasure.It wasvery different from moderncar racesbutno lessexciting.Lesson57Can Ihelp you,madam你要买什么,夫人?A womanin bluejeans stoodatthe window of an expensiveshop.Thoughshe hesitatedforamoment,she finallywentin andasked to seea dressthat wasin the window.The assistantwho servedher didnotI ikethe wayshewasdressed.GIancing ather scornfully,he toldherthat the dress wassold.The womanwaIkedoutoftheshop angrilyanddecided topunish the assistant nextday.She returnedtothe shopthe following morningdressed in a furcoat,with ahandbagin onehand anda longumbrel lain the other.After seeking out therudeassistant she asked for the samedress.Not realizing whoshewas,theassistantwas eagerto serveher this time withgreatdifficulty,he cIimbedinto theshop windowto getthedress.As soonasshe sawit,thewomansaid shedidnotI ikeit.She enjoyedherselfmak i ngtheass istant bringalmost everythingin thewi ndowbeforefinal Iybuying thedress she had firstasked for.Lesson58A blessingin disguise是因祸得福吗?The tinyviI I age ofFr inleyissaidto possessa cursedtree1•Because the tree wasmentioned ina newspaper,the number of visitorstoFrinley hasnow increased.The treewaspI antednearachurchfifty years ago,but it isonlyin recentyears thatit hasgainedan eviI reputation.It issaidthatif anyonetouches the tree,hewi I Ihavebad luck;ifhepicks aleaf,hewiI Idie.Many viIlagers beIieve that thetreehas alreadyc Iai med anumber ofvictims.The vicarhas been askedtohave thetree cutdown,but sofarhehasrefused.He haspoi ntedoutthat thetreeisausefuIsource ofincome astourists have been coming from al I parts of thecountryto see it.In spiteof allthat has been said,the tourists-havebeen picking Ieaves andcutting their names onthetree-trunk.So far,not oneof themhasbeenstruck downby suddendeath!Lesson59In orout进来还是出去?Our dog,Rex,usedtosit outsideour frontgate andbark.Every timehewanted tocome into the gardenhewouldbark untiI someone openedthe gate.As theneighbours compIai nedofthe noise,my husbandspentweeks traininghim topress hispaw onthe latchto lethimselfin.Rex soonbecame anexpert atopen i ngthe gate.However,whenI wasgoing outshopping lastweek,I noticedhim in the gardennearthe gate.This timehewasbarking so that someonewould lethim out!Since then,hehasdeve Ioped anotherbad habit.As soonas heopensthe gatefromtheoutside,hecomesinto the garden andwaits untiIthegateshuts.Then hesits andbarks unti Isomeonelets himout.After thisheimmed iateIy letshimself in and beginsand drankthebeer.Then heputapieceofcheese in his pocketand wentaway.Later aneighbour told me abouthim.Everybody knowshim.His nameisPercy Buttons.He callsat everyhouseinthe streetonce amonthand aI waysasks fora mealandaglass ofbeer.Lesson7Too late为时太晚The planewas lateand detectiveswere waitingattheairport aI I morni ng.They wereexpect i ngava Iuab IeparceI ofdiamondfrom SouthAfrica.A fewhours earI ier,someone had told the policethat thieveswould trytostealthe diamonds.When the plane arrived,some ofthe detectiveswere waitinginside the main buiIdingwhileothers were waiting onthe airfield.Two mentook theparcel off theplane andcarrieditinto theCustoms House.While twodetect iveswerekeepi ngguard atthedoor,two othersopened theparcel.Totheir surprise,the preciousparcel wasfulI ofstones andsand!Lesson8The bestandthe worst最好的和最差的Joe Sandershas the most beautifuIgarden inour town.Nearly everybodyenters forThe Ni cestGardenbarking again.Yesterday myhusband removedthegateandRex gotso annoyedwe have not seenhim sinee.Lesson60The future卜算未来At av iIIagefair,Idec i dedto visita fortune-telIer calledMadam Bel I insky.I wentinto hertent andshe toldmetositdown.After I had givenher somemoney,she Iookedinto acrystalba II andsaid:A relationof yoursiscomingto seeyou.Shewi II bearriving thisevening andintendstostay fora fewdays.The momentyou leavethis tent,you wiI Igetabigsurprise.A womanyouknow weIIwiI Irush towardsyou.She wiIIspeak toyou andthenshe wiIIlead youawayfromthis place.That isall.1As soonas I wentoutside,Iforgot al Iabout MadamBelIinsky becausemywife hurriedtowards me.1Where haveyou beenhidingshe askedimpatiently.1Your sisterwiII behereinless thanan hourandwe mustbe atthestat ion to meet her.We arelate already.1Asshe waIkedaway,I followed heroutofthe fair.Lesson61Trouble withthe Hubble哈勃望远镜的困境In future,astronauts wiI I berequired todescend froma spaceshipwhile it isstill inspace and to returnto it.The abiI ityto dothiswiII benecessary infuture flights todistant planets.Scientists arenow tryingto discoverif this is possible.Thespaceship Astrawhich leftthe eartha shorttime ago,wiII betravelI ingthree hundredmiles intospace.At acertain point,the AstrawiIIstop forashorttime and an astronautwiI Iattempt toleavethe stationaryspaceship andthen returnto it.We shalInot knowwhether the experiment hasbeensuccessfulunti Iwe havereceiveda radiomessage.The firstmessage isexpected toarr ive at7o^lockthis evening.By thatt ime,the AstrawiIIhavebeen flyingthroughspace for seventeen hoursand wiIIhave circledthe eartha greatmany times.When thefirst radiomessages havebeen received,theresults ofthetripwill beannounced immediate Iy.Lesson62After thefire大火之后F iremen hadbeen fi ghtingthe forestfirefornear Iy threeweeksbefore theycould get it undercontrol.A shorttime before,great treeshad coveredthe countrysidefor mi les around.Now,smokestill roseup fromthe warmground overthe desolatehills.Winterwas comingon andthe hillsthreatened thesurrounding viII ageswithdestruction,for heavyra in wou IdnotonIywash awaytheso iI butwou Id causeserious floodsasweI LWhen thefire hadatlast been putout,theforestauthorities orderedseveral tonsofaspec iaI typeof grass-seed which would growquickly.The seedwassprayed overthegroundin hugequantities by aeroplanes.Theplanes hadbeenpI antingseed fornearly amonth whenit begantorain.By then,however,in manypIacesthe grasshad alreadytaken root.In placeofthe great treeswhichhadbeen growingtherefor centuries,patches ofgreen hadbegun toappear inthebI ackenedsoil.Lesson63She wasnot amused她并不觉得好笑Geoffrey Hampdenhas alarge circleof friendsand isvery popularatparties.Everybody admireshim forhis finesense ofhumor-everybody,that is,except hissix-year-old daughter,Jenny.Recent Iy,oneofGeoffrey1s closestfriends askedhim tomake aspeechatawedding reception.This isthe sortof thingthat Geoffreyloves.He preparedthe speechcarefully andwentto the weddingwithJenny.He hadincIuded alarge numberof funnystories inthe speechand,of course,it wasa greatsuccess.As soonas hehad finished,Jenny toldhim shewanted togohome.Geoffrey wasa IittIedisappointedby thisbut hedid ashis daughterasked.On thewayhome,he askedJenny ifshe hadenjoyed thespeech.To hissurprise,she saidshe hadnt.Geoffrey askedher whythiswasso andshe toldhimthatshedidnotIiketoseesomanypeopIe Iaughingathim!Lesson64The ChannelTunnel海峡隧道In1858,a Frenchengineer,Aime Thomede Gamond,arrivedinEng Iandwith aplan fora twenty-one mi Ie tunnelacross theEnglishChanneI.He saidthatit would bepossible tobuild aplatform inthecentre ofthe ChanneI.This platformwould serveasaport andarai Iway station.The tunnelwouldbeweII-vent iIatedif taiIchimneys werebuilt abovesea-level.In1860,a betterplan wasputforward by an Englishman,William Low.He suggestedthatadoublerai Iway tunnelshou Idbebui It.This wouldsolvetheproblemof ventiI ati on,for ifa trainentered thistunnel,it woulddrawin freshair behindit.Forty-two years later atunnel wasactuaIIy begun.If,atthe time,the Britishhad notfeared invasion,itwould havebeen completed.Recent Iy,there hasagain beengreatinterest inthe ideaofaChanneI Tunnel.If it is built,it wiI Iconnect Britainto Europefor thefirst timein history.Lesson65Jumbo versusthe poI ice小象对警察Last Christmas,the circusowner,Jimmy Gatesdecided to take some9presents toa chiIdren1s hospital.Dressed upas FatherChristmasand accompaniedby aguard ofhonour1of sixpretty girls,he setoffdown themain streetofthe city ridinga babyeIephant cal ledJumbo.He,should haveknown that the policewould neverallow thissortof thing.A pol iceman approachedJimmy and toldhimhe oughttohave gonealong aside-street asJumbo was holding upthe traffic.Though Jimmyagreed togo atonce,Jumbo refused to move.Fifteenpolicemen hadto pushvery hard to gethim off themainstreet.Thepol ice hadadifficult time,but they were mostamused.1Jumbo mustweigha fewtons,1saidapoIiceman afterwards,1so it was fortunatethatwe didn1thave to carryhim.Of course,we shouldarrest him,but as hehasa goodrecord,we shalIlethim offthis time.Lesson66Sweet ashoney!像蜜一样甜!The HatheIdPuff inisamodern aero-pIane,but itsdesigner,Mr JohnWimpenny,is findingit difficult to getit offtheground.The reasonforthisis that thisplane isalso abieyeIe.Its pilothas topedalhardtogetitinto theair.After Mr Wimpenny had the planebuilt,itwastested thoroughly.In1961,itwasthe firstman-powered aircraftto flyhalfamiIe.Whi Iebeing flownby achampionamateur eyeIi stin1963,the plane crashed onan airfield.Since then,MrWimpennyhashadit rebuiIt.He hashadthe Iengthof thewings increasedso that they nowmeasure93feet-aImost aslongas thoseofaDakota.Many peopIehave showninterest inthisnew andunusual sport.But thoughai reye Iistsmay learnhow toflyover shortdistances,and may,eventual ly,even getacross theEnglishChanneI,it isdoubtfuI whetherthey wiI I evercycle acrossthe At I antic.Lesson67Vo I canoes火山Haroun Tazieffthe Polishscientist,has spenthis Ii fe-ti mestudying act ivevo Icanoes anddeep cavesin alI parts of theworld.In1948,he wentto lakeKivu inthe Congoto observea newvoIcanowhich helater namedKituro.Tazieff wasabletoset uphiscamp veryclose to the voIcanowhileitwas eruptingviol entIy.Though he managed to take anumberofbrilliant photographs,he couldnot staynearthevoIcano forvery long.He noticedthata riverof liquidrock wascoming towardshim.It threatenedtosurround himcomp IeteIbutTazieff managed to escapejust intime.He waitedunti Ithe volcanobecame quietandhewasableto returntwodays later.This time,hemanagedto climb into themouth ofKituroso thathecould take photographsand measuretemperatures.Tazieff hasoften ri skedhisIife inthisway.He hasbeen abletotell usmore aboutactive voIcanoes thanany manalive.Lesson68Persistent纠缠不休I crossedthe streetto avoidmeeting him,but hesaw me and camerunning towards me.It wasno usepretending thatI hadnot seenhim,so Iwaved to him.I neverenjoy meetingBert Dykes.He neverhasanyth ingtodo.No matterhow busyyou are,heaI waysinsistson comingwith you.I hadto thinkofaway ofpreventing himfromfol lowingme aroundalImorning.Hullo,Bert,1I said.1Fancy meetingyou here!Hullo,El izabethBert answered.1I was just wonderinghow to9spend the morning-untiII sawyou.You1renotbusy doinganything,areyou1No,not ataI11I answered.1Pm goingto..91WouId you mind mycoming with youheasked,before I had finishedspeaking.Not atall,I Iied,but Imgoingto thedentist.,Then Illcomewithyou,1he answered.1There1saI wayspIenty toread inthe1waiting room!1I esson69But notmurder!并非谋杀!I wasbeing testedforadriving I icence for thethirdtime.I hadbeenaskedto drivein heavytraffic andhad doneso successfully.After havingbeen instructedto driveoutoftown,I begantoacquire confidence.Sure thatI had passed,I wasaImost beginningtoenjoy mytest.The examinermusthavebeen pleasedwith myperformance,forhesmiled andsaid,1Just onemore thing,Mr Eames.Let ussuppose thata chiId suddenlycrosses theroad infrontof you.As soonasItap onthe window,I wantthe carto bestoppedimmediately.1I continueddriving andafter sometime,the examinertappedloudly.Though thesound couldbeheardclearly,it tookmea long time toreact.I suddenlypressed thebrake pedalhard andwe wereboth thrownforward.The examinerIookedatme sadly.1MrEames Jhesaid,inamournful voice,1youhavejust killedthatchild!1Iesson70Red fordanger危险的红色During abulIfight,a drunksuddenly wanderedinto themiddle ofthering.The crowdbegantoshout,but the drunk wasunaware ofthedanger.The bulI wasbusy withthe matadoratthetime,but itsuddenlycaught sightofthe drunk who was shoutingrude remarksandwaving ared cap.Apparently sensitiveto criticism,the bulIforgotal Iabout thematador andcharged atthe drunk.The crowdsuddenlygrew quiet.The drunk,however,seemed quitesure of himself.Whenthe bulIgotclose tohim,he cIumsiIy steppedaside tolet itpass.The crowdbroke intocheers andthedrunkbowed.By this time,however,three menhad comeinto thering and they quicklydragged thedrunkto safety.Even thebulI seemed to feelsorry for him,for itIookedon sympatheticaIIy untiIthedrunkwas outoftheway beforeoncemore turningits attentionto thematador.Lesson71A famousc Iock一个著名的大钟When youvisit London,oneofthefirstthings youwiI I see isBigBen,the famousclock which can beheard alI overthe worldon theB.B.C.If theHouses of Par Ii amenthad hotbeen burneddownin1834,the greatclock wouldneverhavebeen erected.Big Bentakesits namefrom SirBenjamin HalI whowas responsiblefor themakingof the clock whenthe newHouses ofPar Iiament werebeing buiIt.It isnot onlyof immensesize,but isextremely accurateas well.Off icia Isfrom GreenwichObservatory havethe clockchecked twiceaday.On theB.B.C.you canhearthecIock whenit isactual lystrikingbecause microphonesare connectedtotheclock tower.BigBen hasrarely gonewrong.Once,however,it failed togive thecorrecttime.A painterwho hadbeenworkingonthetower hunga potofpaint ononeofthe handsand sI owed itdown!Competition1each year,but Joewins everytime.Bi II Friths gardenis largerthan Joe1s.Bi II worksharder thanJoe andgrows moreflowersand vegetabI esbut Joe1sgardenis moreinteresting.He9has madeneat pathsand hasbuilt awooden bridgeoverapool.I Iikegardens too,but Ido notIikehard work.Every yearI enterfor thegardencompet i ti on too,andIaI ways wina littleprizefor the worst gardeninthetown!Lesson9A coldweI come冷遇On Wednesdayevening,we wenttotheTown HalL It wasthelast dayofthe yearandalarge crowdof peopIehad gatheredundertheTownHal IcIock.It wouldstrike tweIvein twentyminutes1time.Fifteenminutes passedandthen,atfiveto tweIve,theclockstopped.Thebig minutehand didnot move.We waitedand waited,but nothinghappened.Suddenly someoneshouted,1It1s twominutes pasttweIve!The clockhas stopped!1I Iookedatmywatch.It wastrue.The bigclockrefusedtoweIcome theNew Year.At thatmoment everybodybeganto laughand sing.Lesson10Not forjazz不适于演奏爵士乐Lesson72A car called Bluebird“蓝鸟”汽车The greatracing driver,Sir MalcolmCampbeI1wasthefirst man9to driveat over300mi lesper hour.He setupanew worldrecordin September1935at BonneviIIe SaltFlats,Utah.Bluebird,the carhewas driving,hadbeenspecial lybui11forhim.It wasover30feet inIength andhada2500horse-power engine.Although CampbeIIreached aspeed ofover304mi lesper hour,hehad great difficultyincontrol Iingthecar becausea tyreburst duringthefirstrun.After hisattempt,CampbeI I was disappointedto learnthat hisaveragespeed hadbeen299mi lesper hour.However,a fewdays later,hewastold thata mistakehadbeenmade.His averagespeed hadbeen301miles perhour.Sinee thattime,racing drivers havereachedspeeds ofover400mi lesan hour.Fol lowinghis father1s footstepsmany yearslater,Sir Malcolmsson,Donald,also setupaworldrecord.Like hisfather,hewasdriving acarcalledBluebird.Lesson73The record-holder纪录保持者Little boyswho playtruant fromschooI areunimaginative.A quietdays fishing,or eighthours ina cinemaseeing the samefiIm overand overagain,is usuallyas faras theyget.They haveaII beenputto shamebya boy who,while playingtruant,travelled1600miles.He hitchhikedto Doverand,towards evening,wentinto aboat to find somewheretosleep.When hewoke upnextmorning,he discovered thattheboat had,inthemeantime travelled toCalais.9No onenoticedtheboy as he creptoff.From there,he hitch-hikedto Parisinalorry.The drivergave hima fewbiscuits anda cupofcoffee andleft himjustoutsidethecity.The nextcar theboystopped didnot takehim into thecentreof Parisashehoped itwould,but toPerpignan onthe French-Spanish border.There hewaspi ekedupbyapo Ii cemanand sentbacktoEng Iand bythe localauthorities.He hassurely setuparecord forthe thousandsof boyswho dreamofevad ing schooI.Lesson74Out oftheIimeIight舞台之外An ancientbusstoppedbyadry riverbed anda partyof famousactorsand actressesgot off.Dressed indark glassesand oldclothes,theyhad takenspecial precautionssothatno oneshould recognizethem.But asthey soondiscovered,disguises cansometimes be too perfect.,This isawonderfulplace forapicnic,1said GloriaGI earn.1It couldn11be better,Gloria,Br inksley Meersagreed.fNonewspaper men,no fiImfans!Why dontwe comemore oftenMeanwhiIe twoother actors,RockwaI I SIinger andMerI inGreeves,9had carriedtwo largefood basketstoashady spotunder sometrees.When theyhad alI madethemseIves comfortable,a strangerappeared.He Iookedvery angry.Now yougut outof here,alIof you!1he shouted:1I vmsheriff here.Do yousee thatnoticeIt says11No Camping11-incase you can11read!11Look,sheriff,said RockwaIIv dontbetoohard onus.11m RockwaIISIingerand thisis MerIinGreeves.1Oh,is itsaid thesheriff witha sneer.Wei I,Im BrinksleyMeers,and myother nameis GloriaGI earn.Now youget outof herefast!1Iesson75SOS呼救信号When aIightpassenger planeflew off course sometime ago,itcrashed inthemountainsanditspilot waskilled.The onlypassengers,a youngwoman andher twobaby daughters,were unhurt.It wasthemiddleof winter.Snow laythick ontheground.The womanknewthatthenearest viIIagewas milesaway.When itgrew dark,she turneda suitcaseinto abed andput thechiIdreninside it,covering themwith alItheclothes she could find.During the night,it gotterribly cold.The womankept asnear asshecouldtothechiIdren andeven triedtoget into thecase herself,but itwas toosmaII.Early,nextmorningshe heardplanes passingoverhead andwonderedhow shecould senda signaI.Then shehad anidea.Shestamped outthe letters1SOS1inthesnow.Fortunately,a pilotsawthe signaIand senta messageby radiotothenearest town.It wasnot long beforea heIicopter arrivedonthescene torescue thesurvivorsoftheplanecrash.Lesson76Apri IFools Day愚人节To endour specialnews buIIetin,1said thevoiceofthe televisionannouncer,1we aretaking you tothemacaroni fieldsof Calabria.Macaroni hasbeen growninthisarea for over sixhundred years.Twoof theIeading growers,Giuseppe MoI dovaand RicardoBrabante,telI methat they havebeenexpecting asplendid cropthisyearandharvesting hasbegun earI ierthan usual.Here you can seetwoworkers who,between them,havejustfinished cuttingthreecart-loads ofgo Iden brownmacaronistalks.The wholev iIIagehasbeenworking dayand nightgatheringand threshingthisyear1s cropbefore theSeptember rains.On ther ight,youcansee Mrs Brabante herself.She hasbeen helpingherhusband forthirty yearsnow.MrsBrabanteis talkingto themanagerofthelocal factorywherethecrop isprocessed.This lastsceneshows youwhat wiIIhappen attheendoftheharvest:thefamous Calabrianmacaroni-eating competition!Signor FratelIi,the presentchampion,has wonit everyyear since
1961.And thatendsour speciaI buIIetin fortoday,Thursday,Apr iI1st.Weare nowreturning you tothestudio.1Lesson77A successfuloperation一例成功的手术The mummyofanEgyptian womanwho diedin800B.C.hasjust hadan operation.The mummyisthatof Shepenmutwhowasonceasingerin theTemple ofThebes.As therewere strangemarks onthe X-raypIates takenofthe mummy,doctors havebeen tryingtofindoutwhether thewoman diedofarare disease.The onlyway todo thiswasto operate.The operation,which Iastedforoverfour hours,proved tobe verydifficult becauseofthehard resinwhich coveredtheskin.The doctorsremoved asection ofthemummyandsentit toalaboratory.They alsofound somethingwhich theX-ray ofthe godDuamutef.This godwhich hastheheadofacow wasnormally pIacedinsidea mummy.The doctorshavenotyet decidedhowthewoman died.They fearedthatthemummy wouldfa IItopieces when they cutitopen,but fortunatelythis hasnot happened.The mummysuccessfullysurvived theoperation.Lesson78The lastone最后一枝吗?After readingan articleenti11ed1Cigarette Smokingand YourHealth1II ita cigarette tocalm mynerves.I smoked with concentrationandpleasure asI wassure that this wouldbe mylast cigarette.Fora wholeweekIdidnotsmoke atalIand duringthistime,my wifesufferedterribly.IhadalIthe usualsymptoms ofsomeone givingup smoking:a badtemperandanenormous appetite.My friendskept onoffering mecigarettesand cigars.They madeno effortto hidetheir amusementwheneverI produceda packetof sweetsfrom mypocket.After sevendaysof thisI wenttoaparty.Everybody aroundme wassmoking andIfelt extremelyuncomfortable.When myoldfriendBrian urgedmeto acceptacigarette,itwasmore thanIcouldbear.I tookoneguiltily,Iititandsmokedwithsatisf acti on.My wife wasdeIi ghtedthat thingshad returnedto normalonce more.Anyway,as Brianpointed out,it isthe easiestthing inthe worldto giveupsmoking.He himselfhas doneit lotsofti mes!Lesson79By air乘飞机I usedto travelby airagreatdeal whenI wasaboy.My parents,usedtoI ivein SouthAmerica andI usedtoflythere from Europei nthehoIi days.An ai rhostesswouIdtakecharge ofme andInever hadan unpleasantexperience.I amusedtotravel Iing byairand onlyononeoccasion haveI everfelt frightened.After takingoff,we wereflying Iow overtheci tyandsIowIyga ininghe ight,whenthepIane suddenlyturnedroundand flewback totheairport.While we werewaitingto land,an air-hostess toldusto keepcalm andtogetofftheplane quietlyas soonas ithad toucheddown.Everybody onboard wasworried andwe werecurious tof indoutwhathadhappened.Later welearnt thatthere wasaveryimportantperson onboard.The policehadbeen toldthatabomb hadbeen pIanted ontheplane.After wehad landed,theplanewas searchedthoroughly.Fortunate Iy,noth ing wasfound andfive hoursIater wewere abletotakeoff again.Lesson80The CrystalPa Iace水晶宫Perhaps the most extraordinarybui Idingofthenineteenth centurywasthe CrystalPa Iace,whichwasbuilt inHyde ParkfortheGreatExhibition of
1851.The CrystalPa Iace wasdifferentfromalIotherbuiI dings inthe worId,for itwas madeof ironand glass.It wasoneofthebiggest bui Idings ofalItime anda lotof peopIefrommany countriescame tosee it.A greatmany goodswere sent to theexhi bitionfrom variouspartsoftheworId.There wasalsoa greatdealofmachinery ondisp I ay.The mostwonderful pieceofmachinery onshow wasNasmyth1s steamhammer.Though inthose days,travel Iingwasnotas easyas itis today,steam boatscarriedthousands ofvisitors across theChanneI fromEurope.On arrivinginEngland,they weretaken tothe CrystalPa Iace bytrain.Therewere sixmillion visitorsin all,andtheprofits fromthe exhibitionwereusedtobuiIdmuseums andcol leges.Later,the CrystalPa Iacewas movedto SouthLondon.It remainedoneofthemostfamousbui IdingsintheworId untiIitwasburnt downin
1936.Lesson81Escape脱逃When hehad killedthe guard,the prisonerof warquickly draggedhimintothebushes.Working rapidlyinthedarkness,he soonchangedi ntothe deadman1scI othes.Now,dressed inabIue uniformandwitharifle overhis shoulder,the prisonermarched boldlyupand downinfrontofthecamp.He couldhear shoutinginthecampitself.Lights wereblazing andmenwererunning hereandthere:theyhad justdiscoveredthata pri sonerhad escaped.At thatmoment,alargeblack carwith fourofficers insideit,stoppedatthe campgates.The officersgot outandthe prisoner stoodto attenti onandsa Iuted asthey passed.When theyhad gone,the driverof thecarcame towardshim.The manobviously wantedto talk.He wasratherelderly withgrey hairand clearblue eyes.The prisonerfelt sorryforhim,but therewas nothingelse hecould do.As theman camenear,theprisonerknocked himtotheground witha sharpblow.Then,jumping intothecar,he droveoff asquickly ashecould.Lesson82Monster orfish是妖还是鱼?Fishermen andsailors sometimesclaim tohave seenmonsters inthesea.Though peopIe have oftenIaughed atstories toldby seamen,itis nowknown thatmany ofthese monsters1which have at timesbeensighted aresimply strangefish.OccasionaI Iy,unusual creaturesarewashed tothe shore,but theyare rarelycaught out at sea.Sometime ago,however,a peculiarfish wascaught nearMadagascar.A smalIfishing-boat wascarried miles outto seabythepower fuI fishas it pulled ontheIine.Rea Ii zingthat thiswasnoordinaryfish,the fishermanmade everyeffort notto damageitinany way.When itwas eventuaIIy broughtto shore,itwasfound tobe overthirteenfeet long.It hada headIikea horse,big blueeyes,shiningsi Iverskin,andabright redtail,The fish,which hasWehave anold musicaIinstrument.It is calleda clavichord(翼琴).It was made inGermany in
1681.Our clavichordis keptin theIiving-room.It hasbe Iongto ourfami Iyfora longtime.Theinstrument wasbought bymy grandfathermanyyearsago.Recent Iyitwas damagedbyavisitor.She triedtoplayjazz onit!She struckthekeys toohardandtwo ofthe stringswere broken.My fatherwasshocked.Now weare notaIIowedto touchit.It isbeingrepairedby afriend ofmy fatherfs.Lesson11One goodturn deservesanother礼尚往来I washaving dinneratarestaurant whenHarry SteeIecamein.Harryworked ina lawyer1s officeyearsago,but heisnowworking atabank.He getsagoodsalary,but hea Iwaysborrows money from hisfriendsand neverpays itback.Harry sawmeandcame andsat atthesame table.He hasnever borrowedmoneyfromme.While hewas eating,Iaskedhimtolend me
2.To mysurprise,he gavemethemoneyimmediately.1Ihavenever borrowedany moneyfrom you,1Harry said,1so nowyoucanpay formy dinner!1Lesson12Goodbye andgood luck再见,一路顺风since beensent toamuseum whereitisbeing examinedbyascientist,iscalled anoarfish.Such creatureshave rarelybeen seenalive byman astheyIive ata depthof sixhundred feet.Lesson83After theeIecti ons大选之后The former Prime Minister,Mr WentworthLane,was defeatedin therecenteIections.He isnow retiringfrompol iticaIIife andhas goneabroad.My friend,Crawley,hasaIwaysbeen afanaticaIopponent ofMr Lane1s RadicaIProgressive Party.Afterthe eIections,Crawley wenttotheformerPrime Ministers house.When heaskedifMr LaneIived there,the poIiceman onduty toldhimthat sineehis defeat,theex-PrimeMinisterhad goneabroad.On thefollowingday,Crawley wenttothehouse again.The samepoIicemanwasjustwalking slowlypast theentrance,when Crawleyasked the samequestion.Though alittle suspiciousthistime,thepol icemangave himthe sameanswer.The dayafter,Crawley wenttothe houseonce moreandaskedexact Iythe samequestion.This time,thepoliceman losthis temper.1I toldyou yesterdayandthedaybefore yesterday,1he shouted,1Mr Lanewas defeatedintheelections.He hasretired frompoIiticaI Iifeand goneto Iiveabroad!11I know,1answered Crawley,1but Ilove tohear yousay it!1Lesson84On strike罢工Busmen havedecidedtogoonstrike nextweek.The strikeis duetobegin onTuesday.No oneknows howlong itwiII last.The busmenhavestated thatthe strike wiII continueuntiI generalagreementis reachedabout payand workingconditions.Most peopIebeIievethat thestrikewiIIlast forat leastaweek.Many ownersof privatecars are goingto offerffree rides1to peopIeon their way to work.This wiIIre Iievepressure onthe trainsto someextent.MeanwhiIe anumberofuniversity studentshave volunteeredto drivebuses9while thestrike lasts.Al Ithe youngmenareexpert drivers,butbefore theydrive anyofthebuses,they wiIIhave topass aspecialtest.The studentsaregoingtotakethe testin twodays1time.Evenso,peopIearegoingtofinditdifficulttoget towork.But so far,the pubIichas expressedits gratitudetothestudents inlettersto the Press.Only oneor twopeopIehaveobjected thatthe studentswiII drivetoo fast!Lesson85Never tooold tolearn活到老学到老Ihavejust receivedaletterfrommyold schooIinforming methatmy formerhead-master,Mr RegmaIdPage,wiII be retiring nextweek.Pupi IsoftheschooI,oldandnew,wiIIbesending hima presenttomark theoccasion.Al Ithose who have contributedtowards thegiftwiII signtheirnamesinalarge albumwhich willbe senttothe headmastershome.We shalIalI rememberMr Pagefor hispatienceand understandingand forthe kindlyencouragement hegaveus whenwewentso unwiIIingIy to schooI.A greatmany formerpupiIswill be attending afarewelI dinnerin hishonour nextThursday.Itis acurious coincidencethattheday beforehis retirement,Mr PagewiIIhavebeenteaching fora totaloffortyyears.After hehasretired,hewiIIdevote himseIfto gardening.For him,thiswiII bean entirelynew hobby.But this does notmatter,for,ashehasoften remarked,one isnever tooold tolearn.Lesson86Out ofcontrol失控As theman triedto swingthe speed-boat round,the steering-wheelcame awayinhis hands.He waveddesperately tohis companion,whohad beenwater-ski ingforthelast fifteen minutes.Both menhadhardly hadtime torealizewhat washappening whentheywerethrownviolently intothesea.The speed-boat hadstruck abuoy,but itcontinuedto movevery quicklyacrossthewater.Both menhadjustbegun to swim towardsthe shore,whentheynoticedwith dismaythatthespeed-boat wasmoving ina circle.It nowcamestraight towardsthem attremendous speed.In lessthanaminute,it roaredpast themonly afew feetaway.After ithadpassed,theyswam onasquicklyastheycould becausethey knewthattheboat wouldsoonreturn.They hadjusthadenough timetoswimoutofdanger whentheboat againcompIeted acircle.On thisoccasion,however,ithad sIowed downconsiderably.The petrolhad near ly alIbeenusedup.Before long,thenoisedropped compIeteIyandtheboat begantodrift gentIyacrossthewater.Lesson87A perfectalibi极好的不在犯罪现场的证据1At thetime the murder wascommitted,I wastravel Iingonthe
8.0o1clock trainto London,1said theman.fDo youaIways catchsuch anearlytrain*askedthe inspector.f0fcourseIdo,1answered theman.1I mustbe atwork at
10.0oclock.My employerwiIIconfirm thatI wasthere on time.11Would a later trainget youtowork ontimef askedtheinspector.1I supposeitwould,but Inevercatchalatertrain.11At whattime didyou arriveatthestation’At tento eight.I boughta paperand waitedforthetrain.1And youdidn11notice anythingunusual’1Of coursenot.11I suggest,1said theinspector,that youare nottelling thetruth.I suggestthat youdidnotcatch the
8.0o1clock train,but thatyoucaught the
8.25whichwouldstill getyoutoworkontime.Yousee,onthemorning ofthemurder,the
8.0o1clock traindid notrunataI LIt brokedown atFerngreen stat ionandwastaken offtheIine.1Lesson88Trapped ina mine困在矿井里Six menhavebeentrapped ina mineforseventeenhours.If theyarenot broughttothesurface soonthey maylose theirIives.However,rescue operationsare provingdifficult.If explosivesare used,vibrations wiII causetheroofofthe mine tocol lapse.Rescueworkers aretherefore drillingaholeonthenorth sideofthemine.They intend tobring the men upinaspeciaIcapsule.If therehadnotbeena hardlayer ofrock beneaththe soil,they wouldhavecomp Ietedthejob inafewhours.As itis,theyhavebeen drillingforsixteen hoursand theystill havealongwaytogo.Meanwhi Ie9a microphone,whichwaslowered intotheminetwohoursago,has enabIedthe mento keepin touchwiththeclosest relatives.Though theyarerunn ingoutof foodand drink,themenare cheerfuIandconfidentthattheywiIIget outsoon.They havebeen toldthat rescueoperationsare progressingsmooth Iy.If theyknew howdifficult itwasto drillthroughthehard rock,they wouldlose heart.Lesson89A sIip ofthe tongue口误PeopIe wiIIdo anythingtoseea freeshow-evenifitisa badone.When the news gotround thata varietyshow wouldbe presentedatour localcinema bytheP.and U.Bi rdSeed Company,we alI rushedtoseeit.We hadto queueforhourstogetinandthere musthavebeen severalhundred peopIepresent justbe-fore the show began.Unfortunately,theshowwas oneofthedu Ilest wehaveeverseen.Those whofailed togetinneednot have feltdisappointed asmanyof theartistes whoshouId haveappeared didnot come.The onlyfunnythings weheard thatevening camefromtheadvertiser atthebeginning ofthe programme.He wasobviously very nervous andforsome minutesstood awkwardlybefore themicrophone.As soonas heopenedhis mouth,everyone burstout laughing.We alI knowwhat thepoorman shouldhave said,but whathe actuaIIy saidwas:1Thisis thePoo andEe SeedBird Company.Good ladies,evening andgentI emen!’Iesson90Whats forsupper晚餐吃什么?Though BraziIisoneoftherichest countries intheworId,muchof ithasnotyet beendeveloped.Itwasmainly forthis reasonthatthe BraziI iangovernment decidedtohaveanewcity built600miles north-west ofRio de Janeiro.Designed bythe greatarchitectLucio Costa,thenewcity,Brasi Iia,replaced RiodeJaneiroasthe capitalof Brazif in
1960.Brasi Iia hasbeencarefully pIannedformodern I iving.Its wideroads,whichcantake fourteenlanesof traffic,havebeenkeptaway fromI ivingareas.Chi Idrendo nothave tocross busystreetsto gotoschooI.Housewives canvisit-shopping centreson foot,forin thesespecially designedIiving areas,carsareunnecessary.Atfirst,the governmenthadgreatdifficulty inpersuading peopIetoleave RioandtosettIein Brasi Iia.Since1960,however,the popuIationhasbeengrowing alIthetime.BrasiIiahasquickly estabIished itselfasthecap ita Iofthecountry.The ideato havethecapital movedsofarinIandwiIIhaveagreateffect onthefuture ofBraziI.Lesson91Three meninabasket三人同篮A pilotnoticedaba I Ioon whichseemedtobe makingforaRoyalAir ForceStation nearby.He informedthestationatonce,but noonetherewasabletoexp lainthe mystery.The officerinthecontroltower wasvery angrywhenheheardthenews,because ba II oons canbeagreatdanger toaircraft.He saidthat someonemight byspyingon thestation andthe pilotwas orderedto keeptrack ofthe strangeobject.The pilotmanagedtocircle theba IIoonfor sometime.He couldmake outthree meninabasket underit andoneof themwasholdingfield-glasses.When thebaIIoonwas overthestat ion,the pilotsaw oneofthemen takingphotographs.Soonafterwards,thebaIIoonbegantodescend andit Iandednear anairfield.The poIice werecalledin,but theycouldnotarrestanyone,forthebasket contai nedtwo MembersofParIiament andtheCommand ing Officerofthestat ion!As theCommand ing OfficerexpIai nedlater,one halfofthestation didnot knowwhat theotherhalf wasdoing!Lesson92Asking fortrouble自找麻烦It musthavebeenabout twointhemorning whenIreturnedhome.Itried towake upmywifeby ringingthedoor-bel I,butshewas fastasleep,so Igotaladder fromthe shedinthegarden,putitagai nstthe wall,and beganclimbingtowardsthe bedroomwi ndow.I wasa Imostthere whena sarcasticvoice belowsaid,1I donftthinkthe windowsneed cIeaningatthistime ofthenight.1I Iookeddown andnearly felIofftheladder whenI sawa policeman.Iimmediate Iyregretted answeringintheway Idid,butI said,1I enjoycleaning windowsatnight.1fSo doI,1answered thepol icemaninthe sametone.1Excuse myinterrupting you.I hateto interruptaman whenhe1sbusyworking,but wouldyoumindcoming withme tothestation1We II,Id prefertostay here,1I said.You see,11ve forgottenmykey.11Your whathecalled.1My key,1I shouted.1Fortunately,the shoutingwokeupmywifewho openedthewindowjustas thepolicemanhad startedto cIimb towardsme.Lesson93A noblegift崇高的礼物One ofthemostfamous monumentsintheworld,the Statueof Liberty,was presentedtotheUnited Statesof Americainthenineteenthcentury bythe peopIeof France.The greatstatue,whichwasdesignedby thesculptor AugusteBartholdi,took tenyears tocomp Iete.TheactuaI figurewasmadeof coppersupported bya metalframework whichhadbeen especially constructedby EiffeI.Before itcould betransportedtotheUnited States,a sitehadtobe foundforitanda pedestaIhadtobe built.The sitechosen wasOurneighbour,Captain Charles Alison,wiIIsaiIfromPortsmouthtomorrow.We shalI meethim atthe harbourearly inthemorning.He wiIIbeinhissmalIboat,TopsaiI.TapsaiI isa famousI ittIeboat.It hassailed acrosstheAtIanticmanytimes.Capta inAlison wiIIsetoutateight o1clock sowe shalIhavepIenty oftime.We shalIseehis boatandthenwe shalI saygood-bye tohim.He willbe awayfor two months.We arevery proudofhim.He wiII take part inan importantrace acrosstheAtIantic.Lesson13The GreenwoodBoys绿林少年The GreenwoodBoys area groupof popularsingers.At present,theyare visitingalIpartsofthecountry.They wiIIbearriving heretomorrow.They wiIIbecoming bytrain andmost ofthe youngpeopIein thetown wiIIbemeeting thematthestation.Tomorrow eveningthey willbesinging atthe WorkersClub.The GreenwoodBoys wiII bestaying forfive days.During thistime,theywillgive fiveperformances.As usual,thepolice wiIIhaveadifficult time.They wiIIbe tryingto keeporder.It isaIwaysthesameon theseoccasions.an islandattheentrance ofNew YorkHarbour.By1884,a statuewhi chwas151feet tall,hadbeenerected in Paris.The followingyear,itwastaken topieces andsenttoAmerica.By theendofOctober1886,the statuehadbeenput togetheragain anditwasoff ic iaIIy presentedtotheAmerican peopIeby Bartholdi.Ever sincethen,thegreatmonument hasbeenasymboI ofIiberty forthemiII ionsof peopIewhohavepassed throughNew YorkHarbour tomaketheir homesin America.Lesson94Future champions未来的冠军Experiments haveproved thatchiIdren canbe instructedinsw immi ngatavery earIyage.At aspec ialswimmingpooIinLos AngeIes,chiIdren becomeexpert atholding theirbreath under water evenbefore they canwalk.Babies oftwomonthsold donot appearto bereluctantto enterthewater,It isnotlongbefore theyare soaccustomedto swimmingthatthey can pickup weightsfromthe floorof the pool.A gamethat isvery popularwith theseyoung swimmersisthe underwatertricycle race.Tricycles areI inedup onthefloorofthe poolseven feetunderwater.The chiIdren competeagainsteach otherto reachthe otherendofthe pool.Many pedaltheirtricycles,but mostofthemprefertopush ordrag them.Some chiIdrencan coverthewholeIength ofthepoolwithout comingup forbreatheven once.Whether theywiIIever becomefuture01ympicchampions,only timewiIItell.Meanwhile,they shouldencouragethose amongus whocannot swimfive yardsbeforetheyare gaspingforair.Lesson95A fantasy纯属虚构When theAmbassador ofEsca Iop ia returnedhome for lunch,hiswife gotashock.He Iookedpale andhis cIotheswere ina frightfulstate.What hashappenedshe asked.How didyour cIothesget intosuchamess1A fire-ext ingu isher,my dear,answered theAmbassadordrily.’University studentsset theEmbassy onfire thismorning.1Good heavens!1excI ai medhis wife.And wherewere youat thetime11Iwasinmyoffice asusual,1answeredtheAmbassador.fThe firebrokeout inthe basement.I wentdown immediateIy.of course,andthat fool,Horst,aimed afire-extinguisher atme.He thoughtI wasonfire.I mustdefinitely getthat feIlow posted.1The Ambassador1s wifewentonasking questions,whenshesuddenlynoticed abig holein herhusbands hat.1And howcan youexp lainthatshe asked.f0h,that,1said theAmbassador.1Someone fireda shotthrough myofficewindow.Accurate,dont youthinkFortunate Iy,I wasn11wear ingit atthetime.If Ihadbeen,I wouldnothavebeen abletoget homeforlunch.1Lesson96The deadreturn亡灵返乡A FestivalfortheDead isheld oncea yearin Japan.This festivaIisa cheerfuloccasion,for onthis day,the deadare saidto returntotheirhomesandtheyare weI cornedbytheliving.As theyareexpected tobe hungryafter theirlong journey,food islaid out forthem.Spec iaIIy-made lanternsare hungoutside eachhouse tohelpthe deadtofindtheirway.Al Inight long,peopIe danceand sing.In theearly morning,the foodthat hadbeen laidoutforthe deadisthrown intoa riveror intotheseaasitis consideredunIuckyfor anyoneIivingto eatit.In townsthat arenearthesea,thetiny lanternswhichhadbeen hunginthestreets thenightbefore,are pIacedintothewater whenthe festivaIis over.Thousands oflanternsslowly driftouttosea guidingthe deadon theirreturnjourney tothe otherworId.This isa movingspectacle,for crowdsofpeopIe standontheshore watchingthe lanternsdrifting awayuntiItheycanbe seennomore.Lesson14Do youspeak English你会讲英语吗?Ihadan amusingexperience lastyear.After Ihad lefta smaIIviII ageinthesouth ofFrance,I droveontothe nexttown.On theway,a youngman wavedtome.I stoppedandheaskedmeforaI ift.As soonashehad gotintothecar,Isaidgood morningtohiminFrench andhe repliedinthesameIanguage.Apart fromafewwords,Idonotknowany FrenchataI LNeither ofus spokeduring thejourney.Ihadnearlyreached thetown,whentheyoungmansuddenly said,very slowly,Do youspeak English1As Isoonlearnt,hewasEnglishhimself!Lesson15Good news佳音The secretarytoldmethat Mr.Harmsworth wouldsee me.Ifeltverynervouswhen.Iwentintohisoffice.He didnot lookupfrom hisdesk whenI entered.After Ihad satdown,hesaidthatbusiness wasvery bad.He toldmethatthe firmcouldnotafford topaysuch largesalaries.Twenty peopIehad alreadyleft.I knewthatmy turnhad come.Mr.Harmsworth,1Isaidinaweak voice.1Don11interrupt,1he Said.Then hesmi ledandtoldmeIwould receiveanextra100ayear!Lesson16A polite request彬彬有礼的要求Ifyou parkyour carinthewrongpIace,a traffic po Ii cemanwiIIsoon findit.You wiIIbe verylucky ifhe letsyou gowithouta ticket.However,thisdoesnotaIwayshappen.Traff icpoIiceare sometimesvery poIite.Dur ingahoIidayin Sweden,I foundthis noteonmycar:1Sir,weweIcomeyoutoour city.Thisis aNo Parking11area.You wiIIenjoy yourstayhereif youpayattention toour streetsigns.This noteisonlya reminder.1Ifyou receivea requestIikethis,you cannotfaiI toobey it!Lesson17AI waysyoung青年常驻My auntJennifer isan actress.She mustbeatleast thirty-five yearsold.In spiteofthis,she oftenappears onthe stageasayoung girl.Jennifer wiIIhavetotakepartinanewpIaysoon.This time,she wiIIbeagirIofseventeen.In theplay,she mustappearin abright reddress andlong blackstockings.Last yearin anotherplay,shehadto wearshort socksandabright,orange-coloured dress.If anyoneever askedher howold sheis,she aIwaysanswers,1Mydear,it mustbe terribletobegrown up!1。