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Lesson 31 Success story   成功者的故事
Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was     昨天下午Frank Hawkins向我讲述了他年轻时
telling me about his expcriences as a  的经历.在退休前,Frank Hawkins是一家非常大的商
young man. Frank is now the head of a
very large business company, but as a 业公司的经理,但他小时侯却在一家小铺里做工.他
boy he used to work in a small shop. It
was his job to repair bicycles and at that那时的工作是修理自行车,并且通常是一天工作
time he used to work fourteen hours a14个小时.他靠多年积蓄,于1958年买下了自己的
day. He saved money for years and in
1938 he bought a small work-shop of his一个小铺子.20多岁的时候,Frank Hawkins曾生产
own. During the war Frank used to make飞机零配件.那时他有两个帮手.几年之后,小铺子
spare parts for aeroplanes. At that time  已经发展成了一个雇有728人的大工厂.
he had two helpers. By the end of the
war, the small work-shop had become a
large factory which employed seven hun-
dred and twenty-eight people. Frank                     Frank Hawkins回想着他早年的艰难经历
smiled when he remembered his hard                  和走过的漫长的成功之路,微笑了.
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!
他正笑着的时候门开了,他的妻子走了进来,她叫他去修理孙子的自行车.

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第32课 Shopping made easy  购物变得很方便
People are not so honest as they once  人们不再象以前那样诚实了.偷窃的诱惑力比以往
were. The temptation to steal is greater  任何时候都更强烈-特别是在大的商店里.一名
than ever before--especially in large
shops. A detective recently watched a侦探最近注意上了一位穿着讲究的妇女,因此,侦探
well-dressed woman who always went
into a large store on Monday mornings.比较容易监视她.这位妇女是买了几样小商品.过了
One Monday, there were fewer people in
the shop than usual when the woman一会儿,她又选了商场里最昂贵的一件衣服,把它递
came in, so it was easier for the detective给了售货员.那售货员以最快的速度为她包好了
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衣服.然后那妇女拿过包就走出了商场,根本没有
the parcel and walked out of the shop付钱.她被逮捕后,侦探们发现那售货员是她的女儿
without paying. When she was arrested, the detective found out that the shop-
assistant was her daughter. The girl' gave' her mother a free dress once a week !
那姑娘每星期"送"她母亲一件免费的衣服!!

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Lesson 33 Out of the darkness冲出黑暗
Nearly a week passed before the girl was     几乎过了一个星期,那姑娘才能讲述自己的
able to explain what had happened to her.遭遇.一天下午,她乘小船从海岸出发,遇上了
One afternoon she set out from the coast风暴.天将黑时,小船撞在了一 块礁石上,姑娘
in a small boat and was caught in a storm.跳进了海里.她在海上游了整整一夜才游到岸边
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   在那段时间里,她游了8英里.第2天凌晨,她看到
time she covered a distance of eight miles.
Early next morning, she saw a light ahead.前方有灯光,知道自己已经接近岸边了,因为那
She knew she was near the shore because灯光是在高高的峭壁上.到达岸边后,姑娘朝着
the light was high up on the cliffs. On
arriving at the shore, the girl struggled up她看到的灯光方向挣扎着往上爬去.她所记得的
the cliff towards the light she had seen.
That was all she remembered. When she就是这些,第2天她醒来时,发现自己躺在医院里
woke up a day later, she found herself in
hospital.

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第34课 Quick work 破案"神速"
Ted Robinson has been worried all the        意: Ted Robinson 焦虑了整整一个星期.上星期
week. Last Tuesday he received a letter 二他收到当地警察局的一封信,要他 到警察局去
from the local police. In the letter he was 一趟Ted Robinson 怪警察为什么找他,但昨天还
asked to call at the station. Ted wondered 是去了,结果他不再担心了.在警察局里,一位
why he was wanted by the police, but he
went to the station yesterday and now he 面代笑容的警察告诉他,他的自行车找到了.
is not worried any more. At the station, 那位警察对他说,那辆自行车是5天前在400英里
he was told by a smiling policeman that
his bicycle had been found. Five days
ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle
was pinged up in a small village four hun-  外的一个村庄里发现的,现在正用火车给他运回
dred miles away. It is now being sent to 家来.Ted Robinson 听到这个消息后,惊奇万分,但
his home by train. Ted was most sur-
prised when he heard the news. He was 又感到非常好笑,因为他从未指望那辆自行车还
amused too, because he never expected能找到.这是20年前Ted Robinson 还是一个15岁
the bicycle to be found. It was stolen
twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen !的孩子时被人偷走的!

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Lesson 35 Stop thief!抓贼
Rov Trenton used to drive a taxi. A short        Rov Trenton原是开出租汽车的,然而就在前
while ago, however, he became a bus-  不久,他开上了公共汽车,也并不为此而感到后悔
driver and he was not regretted it. He is
finding his new work far more exciting.     他发觉自己的新工作令人兴奋得多.最近,当他开
When he was driving along Catford Street车在凯特福得街上行驶时,看到有两个小偷从
recently, he saw two thieves rush out of a一家商店里冲出来,奔向等在那里的一 辆汽车
shop and run towards a waiting car. One
of them was carrying a bag full of money.其中一个提着一只装满钞票的提包.Rov Trenton
Roy acted quickly and drove the bus    行动迅速,开车直冲窃贼而去.拿钱的那个小偷吓得
straight at the thieves. The one with the把提包都扔了.当小偷企图乘车逃跑时,Rov 驾驶
money got such a fright that he dropped他的公共汽车撞在了那辆车的后尾上.
the bag. As the thieves were trying to get
away in their car, Roy drove his bus into
the back of it. While the battered car was  当那辆车被装坏的车开走后,Rov 下了车,给
moving away, Roy stopped his bus and  警察挂了电话.小偷的车损坏严重,容易辨认.
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.没过多久,警察就截住了那辆车,两个小偷都被抓走了.

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第36课Across the Channel!横渡海峡
Erna Hart is going to swim across th意:Erna Hart 准备明天横渡英吉利海峡.她打算早上5
English Channel tomorrow. She is going点从法国海岸出发.Erna Hart 只有11岁,她希望
to set out from the French coast at five
o'clock in the morning. Erna is only tour-创一项新的世界纪录.他是一个游泳能手,很多人
teen years old and she hopes lo set up a认为她一 定能成功.Erna Hart  的父亲将乘一条小
new world record. She is a strong swim-
mer and many people feel that she is sure船同她一道出发.哈特先生训练他的女儿已经
to succeed. Erna's father will set out with多年了.明天他将焦急的注视着女儿游过这段
her in a small boat. Mr Hart has trained 漫长的距离到达英国.Erna Hart 计划每2小时休息
his daughter for years. Tomorrow he will一下.她将喝些饮料,但不吃固体食物.Erna Hart
be watching her anxiously as she swims
the long distance to England. Erna in-的大部分同学将在英国等候她.他们当中还会有
tends to take short rests every two hours.      Erna Hart 的母亲,她本人 还是个姑娘时
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 be Erna't mother, who swam the Channel
herself when she was a girl.    也曾横渡过英吉利海峡.

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Lesson 37 The  Olymplc Games 奥林匹克运动会
The Olympic Games will be held in our     4年以后,奥林匹克运动会将在我们国家举行.由于
country in four years' time. As a great   将有大批的人到我们国家来,所以政府准备建造一
many people will be visiting the country, 些新的饭店,一个大型体育场和一个新的奥林匹
the government will be building new
hotels, an immense stadium, and a fine 克标准游泳池.他们还将修筑一些新的道路和一条
new swimming pool. 'They will also be  铁路专线.奥运会就在首都市郊区举办,整个地区将
building new roads and a special railway-被称作"奥林匹克城".工人们将在今年年底前把新
line. The Games will be held just outside
the capital and the whole area will be
called 'Olympic City'. Workers will have路铺好,到明年年底,他们将把新体育场建成.这些
completed the new roads by the end of巨大的现代化建筑是由Kurt Gunter设计的.大家都将急切地注视着新建筑的建成.我们都非常激动,盼望着奥运会的到来,因为在这个
this year. By the end of next year, they
will have finished work on the new
stadium. The fine modern buildings have  国家里还从未举办过奥运会.
been designed by Kurt Gunter. Every
body will be watching anxiously as the
new buildings go up. We are all very excited and are looking forward to the
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第38课 Everything except the weather惟独没有考虑到天气
My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the     我的老朋友哈里森在回到英国以前曾多年居住
Mediterranean for many years before. he   在地中海地区.过去他常幻想退休后到英国,并
returned to England. He had often
dreamed of retiring in England and had   计划在乡间安顿下来.他刚一回到英国便买下了一撞房子住了进去.但紧接着他就开始抱怨那里的天气了.因为即使那时仍为夏季,
planned to settle down in the country. He
had no sooner returned than he bought a
fine house and went to live there. Almost但雨总是下个不停,而且常常冷得厉害.在阳光下
immediately he began to complain about
the weather, for even though it was still生活了那么多年的哈里森对此感到惊奇.他的举动就好象他从未在英国生活过一样.最后,他再也忍受不住,还没等安顿下来就卖掉了房子,离开了这个国家,他多年来的幻想从此破灭.哈里森把这件事情都考虑到了,惟独
summer, it rained continually and it was没想到天气.
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
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第39 课 Am I all right 我是否痊愈
While John Gilbert was in hospital, he    当John Gilbert 住院的时候,他问医生他的手术是否
asked his doctor to tell him whether his成功,但医生拒绝告诉他.第2天这位病人要了一部
operation had been successful, but the床头电话.当方里只剩他一个人的时,他挂通了医院的交换台,要求与Millington医生讲话.当这位医生接过电话时,Gilbert先生说他想询问一个
doctor refused to do so. The following
day, the patient asked for a bedside tele-
phone. When he was alone, he telephoned
the hospital exchange and asked for Doc-
tor Millington. When the doctor answered
the phone, Mr Gilbert said he was in-病人的情,是一位叫Gilbert的先生.他问Gilbert先生的手术是否成功,医生告诉他手术很成功.然后他又问Gilbert先生什么时候可以回家,医生
quiring 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说他在医院还必须再住上两个星期.之后,Millington
he would have to stay in hospital for an-医生问打电话的人是否是病人的亲属."不是"病人
other 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.'回答说,"我就是 John Gilbert先生"

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第40课 Food and talk进餐和交谈
Last week at a dinner-party, the hostess 在上星期的一次宴会上,女主人安排我坐在兰伯尔德夫人的身旁.兰伯尔德夫人是一位身材高大,表情严肃的女人,穿一件紧身的黑衣服
asked me to sit next to Mrs Rumbold.
Mrs Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady
in a tight black dress. She did not even当我在她身旁坐下来的时候,她甚至连头都没有抬一下.她的眼睛盯着自己的盘子,不一会儿就忙着吃起来了.我试图找个话题和她聊聊.
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" The Globe"    "一出新剧要来'环球剧场'上演了"我说"您去看吗?"
soon,' I said. 'Will you be seeing it ?'  不,她回答.
' No,' she answered.
'Will you be spending your holidays您今年去国外度假吗?我又问
abroad this year ?' I asked.不,她回答
' No,' she answered.
' Will you be staying in England?' I您呆在英国吗?我问
asked.
' No,' she answered.不,她回答
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 !'失望之中我问她饭是否吃地满意."年轻人"她回答,"如果你多吃点,少说点,我们两个都会吃得好的"

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Lesson 41 Do you call that a hat ?你把那个叫帽子吗?
'Do you call that a hat ?' I said to my                 你把那个叫帽子吗?我对妻子说
wife.
'You needn't be so rude about it,' my 你说话没必要这样不客气,我的妻子边回答边照着镜子
wife answered as she looked at herself in
the mirror.
I sat down on one of those modern我坐在一个新式的满是网眼儿的椅子上,等待着.我们
chairs with holes in it and waited. We had在这家帽店已经呆了半个小时了,而我的妻子
been in the hat shop for half an hour and仍在镜子前面.
my wife was still in front of the mirror.
' We mustn't buy things we don't need,'我们不应该买我们不需要的东西,我突然发表意见
I remarked suddenly. I regretted saying说,但马上又后悔说了这话.
it almost at once.
'You needn't have said that,' my wife你没必要这样说,我的妻子回答说,我也不必提醒你昨天买的那条糟糕透了的领带.
answered.' I need not remind you of that
terrible tie you bought yesterday.'
' I find it beautiful,' I said. 'A man can我觉得它好看,我说,男人有多少领带也不会嫌多.
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 !女人有多少帽子也不嫌多她回答.10分钟以后我们一道走出了商店.我妻子带着一顶象灯塔一样的帽子.

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第42课 Not very musical 并非很懂音乐
As we had had a long walk through one       当我穿过旧得里的市场时走了很长一段路,
of the markets of Old Delhi, we stopped我们在一个广场上停下来休息.过了一会儿,我们
at a square to have a rest. After a time,
we noticed a snake-charmer with two注意到广场的那一边有一个人带着两个大筐的耍蛇人,于是就走过去看看.他一见我们,就拿起了一 个长长的上面镶有硬币的管乐器,并
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掀开了一个筐的盖子.当他开始吹奏一支曲子时
pipe which was covered with coins and我们才第一次看到那条蛇.它从筐里探出身子,随着
opened one of the baskets. When he be-
gan to play a tune, we had our first
glimpse of the snake. It rose out of the  
basket and began to follow the move-  乐器的摆动而扭动.当耍蛇人突然又吹奏起爵士乐
ments of the pipe.We were very much
surprised when the snake charmer sud-和现代流行乐曲时,我们感到非常惊奇.然而那蛇
denly began to play jazz tunes and popu-却还是缓慢的舞动着.显然,它分辨不出印度音乐
lar modern songs. The snake, however,和爵士乐.
continued to 'dance' slowly. It obviously could not tell the difference between
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Lesson 43 Over the South Pole 飞越南极
In 1929, three years after his flight over      美国探险家R·E·伯得在飞越北极3年之后,于1929年第一次飞越了南极.虽然开始时伯得和他的助手们拍下了飞机下面连绵群山的大量
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照片,但他们很快陷入了困境.在有个地方,飞机似乎肯定要坠落了.只有在飞至10000英尺的高度时,它才能飞过这些山头.伯得马上命令
a great many photographs of the moun-
tains that lay below, they soon ran into
serious trouble. At one point, it seemed他的助手们把两个沉重的食物袋扔掉,于是飞机可
certain that their plane would crash. It
could only get over the mountains if it
rose to 10,000 feet. Byrd at once ordered可以上升了,它在离山头400英尺的高度飞越了过去.伯得这时知道他能够顺利飞抵300英里以外的南极了,因为前面再没有山了.
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.飞机可以毫无困难的飞过这片茫茫无际的百色原野

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第44课 Through the forest穿过森林
Mrs Anne Sterling did not think of the      安·斯特林夫人在穿过森林追赶两个男人时,她并没有考虑到所冒的风险.刚才,当她和孩子们正在森林边上野餐的时候,这两个人冲到她
risk she was taking when she ran through
a forest after two men. They had rushed
up to her while she was having a picnic
at the edge of a forest with her children跟前,企图抢走她的手提包.在挣抢中,手提包的带断了,包落入这两个人手里,他们拔腿跑进了树林.斯特林夫人非常生气,向着他们追了
and tried to steal her handbag. In the
struggle, the strap broke and, with the
bag in their possession, both men started过去.只追了一会儿便上气不接下气了,但她还是继续追赶.当她赶上他们时,发现他们已经坐了下来,正翻着包里的东西.于是她直冲过去
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这两个人吓了一跳,仍下提包逃走了."这提包带
going through the contents of the bag, so需要修理"斯特林夫人事后说道,"不过他们什么也没偷走.
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
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Lesson 45 A clear conscience问心无愧
The whole village soon learnt that a large   整个村子很快知道,有一大比钱丢失了.当地是屠户萨姆·本顿在把存款送往邮局的途中把钱包丢了.萨姆确信那钱包一定被某个村民
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捡到了,可是不见有人来送还给他.3个月过去了,后来在一天早晨,萨姆在自己的大门外发现了他的钱包.钱包是用报纸包着的.里面有他
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. It had
been wrapped up in newspaper and it丢失的钱的一半,而且还附着一张纸条,上面写着:"一个小偷,是的,但只是一个50%的小偷!"又过了两个月,又有一些钱送还给了萨姆
contained half the money he had lost, to-
gether with a note which said: 'A thief,
yes, 'but only 5o per cent a thief!' Two
months later, some more money was sent又附着一张纸条"这回只是25%的小偷了!"很快,萨姆全部的钱都用同样的方式还了回来.最后的那张字条写道"我现在是一个100%的诚实人了!"
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!'

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Lesson 46 Expensive and uncomfortable既昂贵又受罪
When a plane from London arrived at       当一架来自伦敦的飞机抵达悉泥机场时,工人们开始卸下装有服装的一批木箱就。其中有只箱子特别重,可谁也弄不清是怎么回事.突
Sydney airport, workers began to unload
a number of wooden boxes which con-
tained clothing. No one could account for
the fact that one of the boxes was ex-
tremely heavy. It suddenly occurred to然一个工人想到打开箱子看看.看到的情景使他吃惊,箱内有一个人正躺在一堆毛织品之上.他由于被人发现而感到非常吃惊,甚至都没有
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企图逃跑.此人被逮捕后,,承认他是在飞机离开伦敦前躲进箱里的.他经历了一次漫长而又难受的旅程,因为他在那木箱里闷了18个多
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小时.此人被责令交付旅费3500英镑,而正常票价
confined to the wooden box for over ten是2000英镑!
hours. The man was ordered to pay &345 for the cost of the trip. The normal
price of a ticket is &230 !

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第47课 A thirsty ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂
A public house which was recently bought   依恩·汤普森先生最近才买的一个小酒店现在又要卖出去.汤普森先生之所以想卖它,是因为那里常闹鬼.他告诉我有天夜里他怎么也
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睡不着,因为他听到酒吧里传来一阵奇怪的响声.第2天早上,他发现酒吧间的门被椅子堵上了,家具也被挪动过.虽然汤普森临睡觉时把
next morning, he found that the doors
had been blocked by chairs and the furni-
ture had been moved. Though Mr
Thompson had turned the lights off be-灯关了,但早晨灯却都亮着.他还说他发现了5 只空的威士忌酒瓶子,这肯定是鬼魂昨天晚上喝的.当我暗示说一定是村里有些人来喝不花
fore he went to bed, they were on in the
morning. He also said that he had found
five empty whisky bottles which the钱的酒时,汤普森先生摇了摇头.村里的人已经告诉他,即使他把小酒店白送人,他们也不要.
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
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第48课 Did you want to tell me something?你想对我说什么吗?
Dentists always ask questions when it is   牙科医生们总是在你无法作出回答的时候向你提出问题.我的牙科医生刚刚给我拔掉了一颗牙,叫我休息一会儿.我想说点什么,但我
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嘴里塞满了药棉.他知道我收集火柴盒,于是问我收藏的火柴盒是否在增加.接着他又问我的兄弟近来如何,问我 是否喜欢伦敦的新工作.作为对这些问题的回答,我不是点头,就是发出奇怪的声音.
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与此同时,我的舌头正在忙着寻找刚拔掉的那颗牙的伤口.我突然非常着急起来,但却什么也说不出来.当那位牙科医生最后将药棉从我的
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嘴中取住时,我总算有可能告诉他,他拔错了牙.
cotton-wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the
wrong tooth.

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Lesson 49 The end of adream 美梦告终
Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young  德黑兰的一个年轻人由于对睡地板感到厌倦,于是积蓄多年买了一张真正的床.他平生第一次自豪地用有了一张既有弹簧又带床垫的床.
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. Be-
cause the weather was very hot, he由于天气很热,他便把床搬到了他的屋顶上.头两天晚上,他睡得非常好.但第3天晚上起了暴风.一阵大风把床从屋顶上刮了下来,把它摔碎在
carried the bed on to the roof of his
house. He slept very well for the first two
nights, 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下面的院子里.那年轻人直到床撞到地上才醒了过来.尽管床摔成了碎片,但年轻人却奇迹般地没有受伤.他醒来时,仍躺在床垫上.年轻
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 un-
hurt. When he woke up, he was still on人看了一眼周围 的碎木片和碎金属片,伤心的捡起
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.了床垫,把它拿进了屋.他把床垫往地板上一放,很快又睡着了.