$课文47 嗜酒的鬼魂

481. A public house which was recently bought by Mr.Ian Thompson is up for sale.

伊恩.汤普森先生最近才买的一个小酒店现在又要卖出去。

482. Mr.Thompson is going to sell it because it is haunted.

汤普森先生之所以想卖它，是因为那里常闹鬼。

483. He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar.

他告诉我有天夜里他怎么也睡不着，因为他听到酒吧里传来一阵奇怪的响声。

484. The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been moved.

第二天早上，他发现酒吧间的门被椅子堵上了，家具也被挪动过。

485. Though Mr.Thompson had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning.

虽然汤普森临睡觉时把灯关了，但早晨灯却都亮着。

486. He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost must have drunk the night before.

他还说他发现了5只空的威士忌瓶子，肯定是鬼魂昨天晚上喝的。

487. When I suggested that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, Mr.Thompson shook his head.

当我暗示说一定是村里有些人来喝不花钱的酒时，汤普森先生摇了摇头。

488. The villagers have told him that they will not accept the pub even if he gives it away.

村里的人已经告诉他，即使他把小酒店白送人，他们也不要。

$课文48  你想对我说什么吗？

489. Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer.

牙科医生们总是在你无法作出回答的时候向你提出问题。

490. My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while.

我的牙科医生刚刚给我拔掉了一颗牙，叫我休息一会儿。

491. I tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool.

我想说点什么，但我嘴里塞满了药棉。

492. He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing.

他知道我收集火柴盒，于是问我收藏的米柴盒是否在增加。

493. He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London.

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。

494. In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises.

作为对这些问题的回答，我不是点头，就是发出奇怪的声音。

495. Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.

与此同时，我的舌头正在忙着寻找刚拔掉的那颗牙的伤口。

496. I suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything.

我突然非常着急起来，但却什么也说不出来。

497. When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth,

当那位牙医最后将药棉从我嘴中取出时，

498. I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.

我总算有可能告诉他，他拔错了牙。

$课文49  美梦告终

499. Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed.

德黑兰的一个人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。

500. For the first time in his life, he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress.

他平生第一次自豪地拥有了一张既有弹簧又带床垫的床。

501. Because the weather was very hot, he carried the bed on to the roof of his house.

由于天气很热，他便把床搬到了他的屋顶上。

502. He slept very well for the first two nights, but on the third night, a storm blew up.

头两天晚上，他睡得非常好。但第三天晚上起了风暴。

503. A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard below.

一阵大风把床从屋顶上刮了下来，把它摔碎在下面的院子里。

504. The young man did not wake up until the bed had struck the ground.

那年轻人直到床撞到地上才醒了过来。

505. Although the bed was smashed to pieces, the man was miraculously unhurt.

尽管床摔成了碎片，但年轻人却奇迹地没有受伤。

506. When he woke up, he was still on the mattress.

他醒来时，仍然躺在床垫上。

507. Glancing at the bits of wood and metal that lay around him,

年轻人看了一眼周围的碎木片和碎金属片，

508. the man sadly picked up the mattress and carried it into his house.

伤心地捡起了床垫，把它拿进了屋。

509. After he had put it on the floor, he promptly went to sleep again.

他把床垫往地板上一放，很快又睡着了。