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1、 Lesson 51 Reward to virtueWhy did Hughs diet not work?My friend, Hugh, 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 thing
2、s Hugh loves：button, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate, and sweets. Yesterday I paid him a visit. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as far 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.
3、 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 that he had to reward himself occasionally. The he showed me the contains of the parcel. It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!Lesson 52
4、A pretty carpetWhat is the writers carpet made of?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 owe over a thousand books. To make matters worse, the room is rather small, so I have tempo
5、rarily put my books on the floor. At the moment, they cover every inch of the 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
6、 all those books on the floor. This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen, she said. She gazed at it for some time the added, you dont need bookcases at all. You can sit here in your spare time and read the carpet!Lesson 53 Hot snakeWhat caused the fire?At last firemen have put out a big forest f
7、ire on California. Since then, they have been trying to find out how the fire began. Forest fires 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
8、quite sure that a cigarette end did not start the fire. This morning, however, a fireman accidentally the cause. He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16000 volt power line. In this way, he was able to solve the mystery. The explanation was simple but very u
9、nusual. 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.Lesson 54 Sticky fingersWhat two interruptions did the writer have?After b
10、reakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shop. It was still early when I returned home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon cove
11、red 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 Helen bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the
12、 receiver. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!Lesson 55 Not a gold mineWhat did
13、 the team find?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 saidpirate used to hide gold. The pirate
14、s would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it. Armed with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure. The leader of the party was examining the soil near the entrance to the cave when the machine showed that there was gold under the ground. Ve
15、ry excited, the party dug a hole two feet deep. They finally found a small gold coin which was almost worthless. The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk. In spite of this, many people are confident that the revealer may reveal something o
16、f value fairly soon.Lesson 56 faster than soundHow fast did the winning car go?Once a year, a race is held for old cars. A lot f cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before it began. One of the most handsome cars was a rollsRoyce silver ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels. Built in 1885, it was the oldest car taking part. After a great many loud explosions, the race began. Many of the cars broke down
