民事起诉状范本-航天知识

2021年1月29日发(作者：建党伟业电影)




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Lesson 1 A private conversation
私人谈话

Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good
seat.
The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy
it.
A young man and a young woman were sitting
behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry.
I could not hear the actors. I turned round. I looked
at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any
attention. In the end, I could not bear it. I turned
round again. 'I can't hear a word!' I said
angrily.
' It's none of your business,' the young
man said rudely. 'This is a private conversation!'.


Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch?
早餐还是午餐？


It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I
sometimes stay in bed until lunch time.
Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the
window. It was dark outside.
'What a day!' I thought. 'It's raining again.' Just
then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy.' I've
just arrived by train,' she said. 'I'm coming to see
you.' 'But I'm still having breakfast,' I said.
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'What are you doing ?' she asked. ' I'm having
breakfast,' I repeated.
'Dear me,' she said. 'Do you always get up so late ?
It's one o'clock!''


Lesson 3 Please send me a card
请给我寄一张明信片


Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I
went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public
gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words
of
Italian. 'Then he lent me a book. I read a few
lines, but I did not understand a word. Every day I
thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly,
but I did not send any cards to my friends. On the
last day I made a big decision. I got up early and
bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day in my
room, but I did not write a single card !


Lesson 4 An exciting trip
激动人心的旅行

I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He
is in Australia. He has been there for six months. Tim
is an engineer. He is working for a big firm and he
has already visited a great number of different places
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in Australia. He has just bought an Australian car and
has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the centre
of Australia. He will soon visit Darwin. From there,
he will fly to Perth.
My brother has never been abroad before, so he is
finding this trip very exciting.


Lesson 5 No wrong numbers
无错号之虞


Mr James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has
just bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is
only five miles from Silbury, but Mr Scott cannot get
a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought
twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first
message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the
distance in three minutes. Up to now, Mr Scott has
sent a great many requests for spare parts and other
urgent messages from one garage to the other. In this
way, he has begun his own private telephone service.


Lesson 6 Percy Buttons
珀西·巴顿斯

I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street.
Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me for
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a meal and a glass of beer. In return for this, the
beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a
meal. He ate the food and drank the beer. Then he put
a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Later a
neighbour told me about him. Everybody knows him. His
name is Percy Buttons. He calls at every house in the
street once a month and always asks for a meal and a
glass of beer.


Lesson 7 Too late
为时太晚


The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the
airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable
parcel of diamond from South Africa. A few hours
earlier, someone had told the police that thieves
would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane
arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside
the main building while others were waiting on the
airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and
carried it into the Customs House. While two
detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others
opened
the parcel. To their surprise, the precious
parcel was full of stones and sand!
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Lesson 8 The best and the worst
最好的和最差的

Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town.
Nearly everybody enters for 'The Nicest Garden
Competition' each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill
Frith's garden is larger than Joe's. Bill works harder
than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but
Joe's garden is more interesting. He has made neat
paths and has built a wooden bridge over a pool. I
like gardens too, but I do not like hard work. Every
year I enter for the garden competition too, and I
always win a little prize for the worst garden in the
town!


Lesson 9 A cold welcome
冷遇

On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was
the last day of the year and a large crowd of people
had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would
strike twelve in twenty minutes' time. Fifteen minutes
passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped.
The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited,
but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 'It's
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two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!' I
looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused
to welcome the New Year. At that moment everybody
began to laugh and sing.


Lesson 10 Not for jazz
不适于演奏爵士乐

We have an old musical instrument. It is called a
clavichord(
翼琴
). It was made in Germany in 1681. Our
clavichord is kept in the living-room. It has belong
to our family for a long time. The instrument was
bought by my grandfather many years ago. Recently it
was damaged by a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it!
She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings
were broken. My father was shocked. Now we are not
allowed to touch it. It is being repaired by a friend
of my father's.


Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another
礼尚往来

I was having dinner at a restaurant when Harry Steele
came in. Harry worked in a lawyer's office years ago,
but he is now working at a bank. He gets a good salary,
but he always borrows money from his friends and never
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pays it back. Harry saw me and came and sat at the
same table. He has never borrowed money from me. While
he was eating, I asked him to lend me &2. To my
surprise, he gave me the money immediately. 'I have
never borrowed any money from you,' Harry said, 'so
now you can pay for my dinner!'


Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck
再见，一路顺风

Our ncighbour, Captain Charles Alison, will sail from
Portsmouth tomorrow. We shall meet him at the harbour
early in the morning. He will be in his small boat,
l is a famous little boat. It has sailed
across the Atlantic many times. Captain Alison will
set out at eight o'clock so we shall have plenty of
time. We shall see his boat and then we shall say
good-bye to him. He will be away for two months. We
are very proud of him. He will take part in an
important race across the Atlantic.


Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys
绿林少年

The Greenwood Boys are a group of popular singers. At
present, they are visiting all parts of the country.
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They will be arriving here tomorrow. They will be
coming by train and most of the young
people in the town will be meeting them at the station.
Tomorrow evening they will be singing at the Workers'
Club. The Greenwood Boys will be staying for five days.
During this time, they will give five performances. As
usual, the police will have a difficult time. They
will be trying to keep order. It is always the same on
these occasions.


Lesson 14 Do you speak English?
你会讲英语吗？

I had an amusing experience last year.
After I had
left a small village in the south of France, I drove
on to the next town. On the way, a young man waved to
me. I stopped and he asked me for a lift. As soon as
he had got into the car, I said good morning to him in
French and he replied in the same language. Apart from
a few words, I do not know any French at all. Neither
of us spoke during the journey. I had nearly reached
the town, when the young man suddenly said, very
slowly, 'Do you speak English?' As I soon learnt, he
was English himself!
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Lesson 15 Good news
佳音


The secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me.
I felt very nervous when. I went into his office. He
did not look up from his desk when I entered. After I
had sat down, he said that business was very bad. He
told me that the firm could not afford to pay such
large salaries. Twenty people had already left. I knew
that my turn had come. 'Mr. Harmsworth,' I said in a
weak voice. 'Don't interrupt,' he Said. Then he smiled
and told me I would receive an extra &100 a year!


Lesson 16 A polite request
彬彬有礼的要求

If you park your car in the wrong place, a traffic
policeman will soon find it. You will be very lucky if
he lets you go without a ticket. However, this does
not always happen. Traffic police are sometimes very
polite. During a holiday in Sweden, I found this note
on my car:' Sir, we welcome you to our city. This is a

you pay attention to our street signs. This note is
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only a reminder.' If you receive a request like this,
you cannot fail to obey it!


Lesson 17 Always young
青年常驻

My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be at least
thirty-five years old. In spite of this, she often
appears on the stage as a young girl. Jennifer will
have to take part in a new play soon. This time, she
will be a girl of seventeen. In the play, she must
appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings.
Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks
and a bright, orange- coloured dress. If anyone ever
asked her how old she is, she always answers, 'My dear,
it must be terrible to be grown up!'


lesson18 He often does this!

他经常干这种事！

After I had had lunch at a village inn, I looked for
my bag. I had left it on a chair beside the door and
now it wasn't there ! As I was looking for it, the
inn-keeper came in. 'Did you have a good meal ?' he
asked. 'Yes, thank you,' I answered, 'but I can't pay
the bill. I haven't got my bag.' The inn-keeper smiled
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and immediately went out. In a few minutes he returned
with my bag and gave it back to me. 'I'm very sorry,'
he said ' My dog had taken it into the garden. He
often does this.'


Lesson19 Sold out
票已售完

'The play may begin at any moment,' I said.

'It may have begun already,' Susan answered.
'I hurried to the ticket-office. 'May I have two
tickets please ?' I asked.
'I'm sorry, we've sold out,' the girl said.
'What a pity!' Susan exclaimed.
Just then, a man hurried to the ticket-office.
'Can I return these two tickets?' he asked.
'Certainly,' the girl said.
'Could I have those two tickets please ?' I asked.
'Certainly, 'the girl said, 'but they are for next
Wednesday's performance.
'I might as well have them,' I said sadly.


Lesson20 One man in a boat
独坐孤舟

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Fishing is my favourite sport. I often fish for hours
without catching anything. But this does not worry me.
Some fishermen are unlucky. Instead of catching fish,
they catch old boots and rubbish. I am even less lucky.
I never catch anything-not even old boots. After
having spent whole mornings on the river, I always go
home with an empty bag. 'You must give up fishing!' my
friends say.' It's a waste of time.' But they don't
realize one important thing. I'm not really interested
in fishing. I am only interested in sitting in a boat
and doing nothing at all !


Lesson21 Mad or not?
是不是疯了？

Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad. I live near an
airport and passing planes can be heard night and day.
The airport was built during the war, but for some
reason it could not be used then. Last year, however,
it came into use. Over a hundred people must have been
driven away from their homes by the noise. I am one of
the few people left. Sometimes I think this house will
be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been
offered a large sum of money to go away, but I am
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determined to stay here. Everybody says I must be mad
and they are probably right.


Lesson22 A glass envelope
玻璃信封

My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter
from a girl of her own age in Holland. Last year, we
were travelling across the Channel and Jane put a
piece of paper with her name and address on it into a
bottle. She threw the bottle into the sea. She never
thought of it again, but ten months later, she
received a letter from a girl in Holland. Both girls
write to each other regularly now. However, they have
decided to use the post- office. Letters will cost a
litt1e more, but they will certainly travel faster.


Lesson23 A new house
新居

I had a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives in
Nigeria. In her letter, she said that she would come
to England next year. If she comes, she will get a
surprise. We are now
living in a beautiful new house
in the country. Work on it had begun before my sister
left. The house was completed five months ago. In my
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letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The
house has many large rooms and there is a lovely
garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks strange
to some people. It must be the only modern house in
the district.


Lesson24 It could be worse
不幸中之万幸

I entered the hotel manager's office and sat down. I
had just lost &50 and I felt very upset.' I left the
money in my room,' I said, 'and it's not there now.'
The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing.
'Everyone's losing money these days,' he said. He
started to complain about this wicked world but was
interrupted by a knock at the door. A girl came in and
put an envelope on his desk. It contained &5o. 'I
found this outside this gentleman's room' she said.
'Well,' I said to the manager, 'there is still some
honesty in this world !'


lesson25 Do the English speak English?
英国人讲的是英语
吗？

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I arrived in London at last. The railway station was
big, black and dark. I did not know the way to my
hotel, so I asked a porter. I not only spoke English
very carefully, but very clearly as well. The porter,
however, could not understand me; I repeated my
question several times and at last he understood. He
answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly.
'I am a foreigner,' I said. Then he spoke slowly, but
I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke
English like that! The porter and I looked at each
other and smiled. Then he said something and I
understood it. 'You'll soon learn English!' he said. I
wonder. In England, each man speaks a different
language. The English understand each other, but I
don't understand them ! Do they speak English ?


lesson26 The best art critics
最佳美术评论家

I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures.
Many people pretend that they understand modern art.
They always tell you what a picture is 'about'. Of
course, many pictures arc not 'about' anything. They
are just pretty patterns. We like them in the same way
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that we like pretty curtain material. I think that
young children often appreciate modern pictures better
than anyone else. They notice more. My sister is only
seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are
good or not. She came into my room yesterday. ' What
are you doing ?' she asked. ' I'm hanging this picture
on the wall,' I answered. 'It's a new one. Do you like
it ?' She looked at it critically for a moment.' It's
all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside-down ?' I
looked at it again. She was right! It was!


Lesson27 A wet night
雨夜

Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in
the middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they
cooked a meal over an open fire. They were all hungry
and the food smelt good. After a wonderful meal, they
told stories and sang songs by the camp fire. But some
time later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so
they pet out the fire and crept into their tent. Their
sleeping-bags were warm and comfortable, so they all
slept soundly. In the middle of the night, two boys
woke up and began shouting. The tent was full of water!
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They all leapt out of their sleeping-bags and hurried
outside. It was raining heavily and they found that a
stream had formed in the field. The stream wound its
way across the field and then flowed right under their
tent!


Lesson28 No parking
禁止停车

Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes
in ancient myths. He has just bought a new house in
the city, but ever since he moved in, he has had
trouble with motorists. when he returns home at night,
he always finds that someone has parked a car outside
his gate. Because of this, he has not been able to get
his own car into his garage even once. Jasper has put
up' No Parking' signs outside his gate, but these have
not had any effect. Now he has put an ugly stone head
over the gate. It is one of the ugliest faces I have
ever seen. I asked him what it was and he told me that
it was Medusa, the Gorgon. Jasper hopes that she will
turn motorists to stone. But none of them has been
turned to stone yet!


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Lesson29 Taxi!
出租汽车！

Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has
begun a new service. The 'taxi' is a small Swiss
aeroplane called a 'Pilatus Porter'. This wonderful
plane can carry seven passengers. The most surprising
thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere:
on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field. Captain
Fawcett's first passenger was a doctor who flew from
Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains.
Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to
many unusual places. Once he landed on the roof of a
block of flats and on another occasion, he landed in a
deserted car park. Captain Fawcett has just refused a
strange request from a businessman. The man wanted to
fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean,
but Captain Fawcett did not take him because the trip
was too dangerous.


Lesson30
Football or polo?
足球还是水球？

The Wayle is a small river that cuts across the park
near my home. I like sitting by the Wayle on fine
afternoons. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat
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on the river bank as usual. Some children were playing
games on the bank and there were some people rowing on
the river. Suddenly, one of the children kicked a ball
very hard and it went towards a passing boat. Some
people on the bank called out to the man in the boat,
but he did not hear them. The ball struck him so hard
that he nearly fell into the water. I turned to look
at the children, but there weren't any in sight: they
had all run away! The man laughed when he realized
what had happened. He called out to the children and
threw the ball back to the bank.


Lesson31 Success story
成功者的故事

Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about
his experiences as a young man. Frank is now the head
of a very large business company, but as a boy he used
to work in a small shop. It was his job to repair
bicycles and at that time he used to work fourteen
hours a day. He saved money for years and in 1938 he
bought a small work-shop of his own. During the war
Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes. At that
time he had two helpers. By the end of the war, the
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small work-shop had become a large factory which
employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people. Frank
smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the
long road to success. He was still smiling when the
door opened and his wife came in. She wanted him to
repair their son's bicycle!


Lesson32 Shopping made easy
购物变得很方便

People are not so honest as they once were. The
temptation to steal is greater than ever before--
especially in large shops. A detective recently
watched a well-dressed woman who always went into a
large store on Monday mornings. One Monday, there were
fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman
came in, so it was easier for the detective to watch
her. The woman first bought a few small articles.
After a little time, she chose one of the most
expensive dresses in the shop and handed it to an
assistant who wrapped it up for her as quickly as
possible. Then the woman simply took the parcel and
walked out of the shop without paying. When she was
arrested, the detective found out that the shop-
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assistant was her daughter. The girl' gave' her mother
a free dress once a week !


lesson33 Out of the darkness
冲出黑暗

Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to
explain what had happened to her. One afternoon she
set out from the coast in a small boat and was caught
in a storm. Towards evening, the boat struck a rock
and the girl jumped into the sea. Then she swam to the
shore after spending the whole night in the water.
During that time she covered a distance of eight miles.
Early next morning, she saw a light ahead. She knew
she was near the shore because the light was high up
on the cliffs. On arriving at the shore, the girl
struggled up the cliff towards the light she had seen.
That was all she remembered. When she woke up a day
later, she found herself in hospital.


Lesson34 Quick work
破案“神速”

Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last
Tuesday he received a letter
from the local police.
In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Ted
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wondered
why he was wanted by the police, but he
went to the station yesterday and now he is not
worried any more. At the station, he was told by a
smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found.
Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was
picked up in a small village four hundred miles away.
It is now being sent to his home by train. Ted was
most surprised when he heard the news. He was
amused
too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found.
It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of
fifteen !


Lesson35
Stop thief!
捉贼！

Rov Trenton used to drive a taxi. A short while ago,
however, he became a bus-driver and he was not
regretted it. He is finding his new work far more
exciting. When he was driving along Catford Street
recently, he saw two thieves rush out of a shop and
run towards a waiting car. One of them was carrying a
bag full of money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus
straight at the thieves. The one with the money got
such a fright that he dropped the bag. As the thieves
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were trying to get away in their car, Roy drove his
bus into the back of it. While the battered car was
moving away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned the
police. The thieves' car was badly damaged and easy to
recognize. Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the
car and both men were arrested.


Lesson36 Across the Channel
横渡海峡

Erna Hart is going to swim across the English Channel
tomorrow. She is going to set out from the French
coast at five o'clock in the morning. Erna is only
fourteen years old and she hopes lo set up a new world
record. She is a strong swimmer and many people feel
that she is sure to succeed. Erna's father will set
out with her in a small boat. Mr Hart has trained his
daughter for years. Tomorrow he will be watching her
anxiously as she swims the long distance to England.
Erna intends to take short rests every two hours. She
will have something to drink but she will not eat any
solid food. Most of Erna's school friends will be
waiting for her on the English coast. Among them will
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be Erna's mother, who swam the Channel herself when
she was a girl.


Lesson37 The Olympic Games
奥林匹克运动会

The Olympic Games will be held in our country in four
years' time. As a great many people will be visiting
the country, the government will be building new
hotels, an immense stadium, and a fine new swimming
pool. 'They will also be building new roads and a
special railway-line. The Games will be held just
outside the capital and the whole area will be called
'Olympic City'. Workers will have completed the new
roads by the end of this year. By the end of next year,
they will have finished work on the new stadium. The
fine modern buildings have been designed by Kurt
Gunter. Everybody will be watching anxiously as the
new buildings go up. We are all very excited and are
looking forward to the Olympic Games because they have
never been held before in this country.


Lesson38 Everything except the weather
惟独没有考虑到天
气

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My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the
Mediterranean for many years before he returned to
England. He had often dreamed of retiring in England
and had planned to settle down in the country. He had
no sooner returned than he bought a fine house and
went to live there. Almost immediately he began to
complain about the weather, for even though it was
still summer, it rained continually and it was often
bitterly cold. After so many years of sunshine,
Harrison got a shock. He acted as if he had never
lived in England before. In the end, it was more than
he could bear. He had hardly had time to settle down
when he sold the house and left the country. The dream
he had had for so many years ended there. Harrison had
thought of everything except the weather.


Lesson39 Am I all right?
我是否痊愈？

While John Gilbert was in hospital, he asked his
doctor to tell him whether his operation had been
successful, but the doctor refused to do so. The
following day, the patient asked for a
bedside

telephone. When he was alone, he
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telephoned the hospital exchange and asked for Doctor
Millington. When the doctor answered the phone, Mr
Gilbert said he was inquiring about a certain patient,
a Mr John Gilbert. He asked if Mr Gilbert's operation
had been successful and the doctor told him that it
had been. He then asked when Mr Gilbert would be
allowed to go home and the doctor told him that he
would have to stay in hospital for another two weeks.
Then Dr Millington asked the caller if he was a
relative of the patient.' No,' the patient answered,'
I am Mr John Gilbert.'




Lesson40 Food and talk
进餐与交谈

Last week at a dinner-party, the hostess asked me to
sit next to Mrs Rumbold. Mrs Rumbold was a large,
unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She did not
even look up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes
were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was
busy eating. I tried to make conversation.

' A new play is coming to
'Will you be seeing it ?' ' No,' she answered. 'Will
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you be spending your holidays abroad this year ?' I
asked. ' No,' she answered.
' Will you be staying in England?' I asked. ' No,' she
answered.

In despair, I asked her whether she was enjoying her
dinner.
' Young man,' she answered,' if you ate more and
talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner !'


lesson41 Do you call that a hat?
你把那个叫帽子吗？

'Do you call that a hat ?' I said to my wife. 'You
needn't be so rude about it,' my wife answered as she
looked at herself in the mirror. I sat down on one of
those modern chairs with holes in it and waited. We
had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my wife
was still in front of the mirror.
' We mustn't buy things we don't need,' I remarked
suddenly. I regretted saying it almost at once.
'You needn't have said that,' my wife answered.' I
need not remind you of that terrible tie you bought
yesterday.'
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' I find it beautiful,' I said. 'A man can never have
too many ties.'
'And a woman can't have too many hats,' she answered.
Ten minutes later we walked out of the shop together.
My wife was wearing a hat that looked like a
lighthouse !


Lesson42 Not very musical
并非很懂音乐

As we had had a long walk through one of the markets
of Old Delhi, we stopped at a square to have a rest.
After a time, we noticed a snake-charmer with two
large baskets at the other side of the square, so we
went to have a look at him. As soon as he saw us, he
picked up a long pipe which was covered with coins and
opened one of the baskets. When he began to play a
tune, we had our first glimpse of the snake. It rose
out of the basket and began to follow the movements of
the pipe. We were very much surprised when the snake
charmer suddenly began to play jazz tunes and modern
pop songs. The snake, however, continued to 'dance'
slowly. It obviously could not tell the difference
between Indian music and jazz!
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Lesson43 Over the South Pole
飞越南极

In 1929, three years after his flight over the North
Pole, the American explorer, R. E. Byrd, successfully
flew over the South Pole for the first time. Though,
at first, Byrd and his men were able to take a great
many photographs of the mountains that lay below, they
soon ran into serious trouble. At one point, it seemed
certain that their plane would crash. It could only
get over the mountains if it rose to 10,000 feet. Byrd
at once ordered his men to throw out two heavy food
sacks. The plane was then able to rise and it cleared
the mountains by 400 feet. Byrd now knew that he would
be able to reach the South Pole which was 300 miles
away, for there were no more mountains in sight. The
aircraft was able to fly over the endless white plains
without difficulty.




Lesson44 Through the forest
穿过森林

Mrs Anne Sterling did not think of the risk she was
taking when she ran through a forest after two men.
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They had rushed up to her while she was having a
picnic at the edge of a forest with her children and
tried to steal her handbag. In the struggle, the strap
broke and, with the bag in their possession, both men
started running through the trees. Mrs Sterling got so
angry that she ran after them. She was soon out of
breath, but she continued to run. When she caught up
with them, she saw that they had sat down and were
going through the contents of the bag, so she ran
straight at them. The men got such a fright that they
dropped the bag and ran away. 'The strap
needs
mending,' said Mrs Sterling later, 'but they
did not steal anything.'


Lesson45 A clear conscience
问心无愧

The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of
money had been lost. Sam Benton, the local butcher,
had lost his wallet while taking his savings to the
post-office. Sam was sure that the wallet must have
been found by one of the villagers, but it was not
returned to him. Three months passed, and then one
morning, Sam found his wallet outside his front door.
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It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained
half the money he had lost, together with a note which
said: 'A thief, yes, 'but only 5o per cent a thief!'
Two months later, some more money was sent to Sam with
another note:' Only 25 per cent a thief now!' In time,
all Sam's money was paid back in this way. The last
note said:' I am 100 per cent honest now!'


lesson46 Expensive and uncomfortable
既昂贵又受罪

When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport,
workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which
contained clothing. No one could account for the fact
that one of the boxes was extremely heavy. It suddenly
occurred to one of the workers to open up the box. He
was astonished at what he found. A man was lying in
the box on top of a pile of woollen goods. He was so
surprised at being discovered that he did not even try
to run away. After he was arrested, the man admitted
hiding in the box before the plane left London. He had
had a long and uncomfortable trip, for he had been
confined to the wooden box for over ten hours. The man
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was ordered to pay &345 for the cost of the trip. The
normal price of a ticket is &230 !


Lesson47 A thirsty ghost
嗜酒的鬼魂

A public house which was recently bought by Mr Ian
Thompson is up for sale. Mr Thompson is going to sell
it because it is haunted. He told me that he could not
go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise
coming from the bar. The next morning, he found that
the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture
had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had turned the
lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the
morning. He also said that he had found five empty
whisky bottles which the ghost must have drunk the
night before. When I suggested that some villagers
must have come in for a free drink, Mr Thompson shook
his head. The villagers have told him that they will
not accept the inn even if he gives it away.


Lesson48 Did you want to tell me something?
你想对我说
什么吗？

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Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible
for you to answer. My dentist had just pulled out one
of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while. I
tried to say something, but my mouth was full of
cotton- wool. He knew I collected birds' eggs and asked
me whether my collection was growing. He then asked me
how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in
London. In answer to these questions I either nodded
or made strange noises. Meanwhile, my tongue was busy
searching out the hole where the tooth had been. I
suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything.
When the dentist at last removed the cotton-wool from
my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled
out the wrong tooth.


Lesson49 The end of a dream
美梦告终

Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran
saved up for years to buy a real bed. For the first
time in his life, he became the proud owner of a bed
which had springs and a mattress. Because the weather
was very hot, he carried the bed on to the roof of his
house. He slept very well for the first two nights,
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but on the third night, a storm blew up. A gust of
wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing
into the courtyard below. The young man did not wake
up until the bed had struck the ground. Although the
bed was smashed to pieces, the man was miraculously
unhurt. When he woke up, he was still on the mattress.
Glancing at the bits of wood and metal that lay around
him, the man sadly picked up the mattress and carried
it into his house. After he
had put it on the floor,
he promptly went to sleep again.


Lesson50 Taken for a ride
乘车兜风

I love travelling in the country, but I don't like
losing my way. I went on an excursion recently, but my
trip took me longer than I expected.
' I'm going to
Woodford Green,' I said to the conductor as I got on
the bus,' but I don't know where it is.' ' I'll tell
you where to get off,' answered the conductor.
I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of
the countryside. After some time, the bus stopped.
Looking round, I realized with a shock that I was the
only passenger left on the bus.
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' You'll have to get off here,' the conductor said.
'This is as far as we go.' ' Is this Woodford Green ?'
I asked. 'Oh dear,' said the conductor suddenly.' I
forgot to put you off.' 'It doesn't matter,' I said.
'I'll get off here.' 'We are going back now,' said the
conductor. 'Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on
the bus,' I answered.


Lesson51 Reward for virtue
对美德的奖赏

My friend, Herbert, has always been fat, but things
got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet.
He began his diet a week ago. First of all, he wrote
out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden.
The list included most of the things Herbert loves:
butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate, and
sweets. Yesterday I paid him a visit. I rang the bell
and was not surprised to see that Herbert was still as
fat as ever. He led me into his room and hurriedly hid
a large parcel under his desk. It was obvious that he
was very embarrassed. When I asked him what he was
doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on
the desk. He explained that his diet was so strict
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that he had to reward himself occasionally. Then he
showed me the contents of the parcel. It contained
five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!


Lesson52 A pretty carpet
漂亮的地毯

We have just moved into a new house and I have been
working hard all morning. I have been trying to get my
new room in order. This has not been easy because I
own over a thousand books. To make matters worse, the
room is rather small, so I have temporarily put my
books on the floor. At the moment, they cover every
inch of floor space and I actually have to walk on
them to get in or out of the room. A short while ago,
my sister helped me to carry one of my old bookcases
up the stairs. She went into my room and got a big
surprise when she saw all those books on the floor.
'This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen,' she
said. She gazed at it for some time then added, 'You
don't need bookcases at all. You can sit here in your
spare time and read the carpet!'


Lesson53 Hot snake
触电的蛇

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At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in
California. Since then, they have been trying to find
out how the fire began. Forest fire are often caused
by broken glass or by cigarette ends which people
carelessly throw away. Yesterday the firemen examined
the ground carefully, but were not able to find any
broken glass. They were also quite sure that a
cigarette end did not start the fire. This morning,
however, a fireman accidentally discovered the cause.
He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound
round the electric wires of a 16,000-volt power line.
In this way, he was able to solve the mystery. The
explanation was simple but very unusual. A bird had
snatched up the snake from the ground and then dropped
it on to the wires. The snake then wound itself round
the wires. When it did so, it sent sparks down to the
ground and these immediately started a fire.


Lesson54 Sticky fingers
粘糊的手指

After breakfast, I sent the children to school and
then I went to market. It was still early when I
returned home. The children were at school, my husband
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was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to
make some tarts for tea. In a short time I was busy
mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered
with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the
telephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying.
I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers
and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Mrs
Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring
back later. At last I hung up the receiver. What a
mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone,
and on the door-knobs. I had no sooner got back to the
kitchen than the door- bell rang loud enough to wake
the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted
me to sign for a registered letter !


Lesson55 Not a gold mine
并非金矿

Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true
recently. A new machine called 'The Revealer' has been
invented and it has been used to detect gold which has
been buried in the ground. The machine was used in a
cave near the seashore where--it is said--pirates used
to hide gold. The pirates would often bury gold in the
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