农业文化生态园项目1(编辑修改稿)

农业文化生态园项目1(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

of f loor space and I act ual ly have to walk on t hem t o get i n or out of t he room. A short whi le ago, my sister helped me t o car y one of my ol d bookcases up t he st ai rs. She went i nto my r oom and got a bi g surpri se when she saw al l those books on t he fl oor . 39。 This i s the pr et ti est carpet I have ever seen, 39。 she said. She gazed at it for some t ime then added, 39。 You don39。 t need bookcases at al l. You can si t her e i n your spare t ime and r ead the carpet! 39。 Lesson53 Hot snake 触电的蛇 At l ast f ir em en have put out a bi g f or est f ir e in Calif orni a. Si nce t hen, t hey have been tr yi ng to fi nd out how the f ir e began. For est f ir e are of ten caused by br oken gl ass or by cigaret e ends whi ch peopl e car elesl y thr ow away. Yest er day the f ir em en exami ned the ground careful ly, but wer e not abl e to fi nd any br oken gl as. They wer e also quit e sure t hat a cigar et te end di d not star t the f ir e. Thi s morni ng, however , a fi reman accident al y discover ed the cause. He noticed t he remains of a snake whi ch was wound round t he el ect ri c wi res of a 16,000volt power li ne. I n thi s way, he was able t o solve t he myst ery. The expl anati on was simpl e but very unusual . A bi rd had snatched up the snake f rom the gr ound and t hen dr opped it on to the wi res. The snake then wound it sel f round t he wir es. When i t did so, it sent spar ks down to t he ground and t hese i m medi ately st ar ted a fi re. Lesson54 St i cky f ingers 粘糊的手指 Af ter breakfast, I sent the chil dren t o school and then I went t o mar ket . It was sti l ear ly when I retur ned hom e. The chil dren wer e at school , my husband was at work and t he house was quiet. So I decided to make som e tart s f or t ea. I n a shor t ti me I was busy mixi ng butter and f lour and m y hands wer e soon covered wi th st icky past ry. At exactl y t hat mom ent , t he tel ephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying. I pi cked up t he receiver bet ween two st icky f inger s and was dismayed when I recogni zed t he voi ce of Mr s Bates. I t took me ten mi nut es to per suade her t o r ing back later . At last I hung up t he recei ver . What a mess! There was pastr y on my fi nger s, on t he telephone, and on the door knobs. I had no sooner got back to t he kitchen than t he door bel r ang loud enough t o wake the dead. Thi s ti me i t was the post man and he wanted me to sign f or a r egi st er ed let ter ! Lesson55 Not a gold mine 并非金矿 Dr eams of f inding l ost t reasur e almost came tr ue recent ly. A new machi ne cal led 39。 The Revealer39。 has been i nvented and i t has been used to det ect gold whi ch has been buri ed in t he ground. The m achine was used in a cave near the seashor e whe re i t is said pir ates used t o hide gold. The pir ates would of ten bur y gold i n the cave and then f ai l to coll ect i t. Ar med wi th t he new machine, a search part y went he did not li ke it . She enj oyed herself making the asist ant bri ng a lmost ever ything i n t he window befor e f inal y buyi ng the dr ess she had fi rst asked for . Lesson58 A blessing i n disguise? 是因祸得福吗。 The t iny vi l age of Fr inley i s sai d t o possess a 39。 cur sed t ree39。 . Because the t ree was ment ioned in a newspaper , the number of vi si tor s to Fr inl ey has now increased. The tr e was pl ant ed near a church f if ty years ago, but i t is only in r ecent year s tha t it has gai ned an evil r eput ation. I t i s sai d that if anyone touches t he tr e, he wi l have bad l uck。 if he pi cks a leaf , he wi l die. Many vil lagers beli eve t hat t he tr ee has al ready cl aimed a number of victi ms. The vi car has been asked to have the t ree cut down, but so far he has ref used. He has poi nt ed out t hat t he tr e is a useful sour ce of i ne as t ouri st s have been ing f r om al l par ts of t he countr y t o se i t. I n spi te of al l t hat has been said, t he touri st s have been picking leaves and cut ti ng their names on t he tr e tr unk. So f ar , not one of t hem has been str uck down by sudden deat h! Lesson59 In or out。 进来还是出去。 Our dog, Rex, used t o sit outside our fr ont gat e and bar k. Every ti me he wanted t o e i nt o t he gar den he woul d bark unt il s om eone opened t he gat e. As the neighbour s plained of t he noi se, my husband spent weeks tr aining hi m t o pr ess his paw on the l at ch to let hi mself in. Rex soon became an exper t at opening t he gat e. However, when I was going out shopping last week, I not iced him in the garden near t he gat e. Thi s ti me he was barki ng so that someone would l et hi m out ! Since t hen, he has developed anot her bad habi t. As soon as he opens the gat e fr om t he out side, he es i nt o t he gar den and wai ts unti l the gate shuts. Then he si ts and bar ks unti l someone lets hi m out . Af t er t his he i mmediatel y let s hi mself i n and begins barki ng agai n. Yester day m y husband r em ove d t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen hi m i nt o t he cave hopi ng to fi nd bur ied t reasur e. The leader of the part y was exam ini ng the soil near t he ent rance to t he cave when t he machi ne showed t hat t her e was gold under the ground. Very excit ed, the par ty dug a hole two feet deep. They f inal y f ound a smal l gol d coi n whi ch was al most wort hl es. The par ty then sear ched t he whol e cave thoroughly but did not fi nd anyt hing except an empty ti n tr unk. I n spi te of t his, many people ar e conf ident that 39。 The Reveal er 39。 may reveal somethi ng of val ue f air ly soon. Lesson56 Faster t han sound! 比声音还快。 Once a year a race is held for old car s. A lot of car s ent er ed f or t his r ace l ast year and t her e was a gr eat deal of exci tement just bef or e i t began. One of t he most handsome car s was a Roll s Royce Si lver Ghost . The most unusual car was a Benz wh。