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1、Lesson14TheOdourofCheeseCheese,likeoil,makestoomuchofitself.Itwantsthewholeboattoitself.Itgoesthroughthehamper,andgivesacheesyflavourtoeverythingelsethere.Youcan’tellwhetheryouareeatingapple-pieorGermansausage,orstrawberriesandcream.Itallseemscheese.
2、Thereistoomuchodouraboutcheese. IrememberafriendofminebuyingacoupleofcheesesinLiverpool.Splendidcheesestheywere,ripeandmellow,andwithatwohundredhorsepowerscentaboutthemthatmighthavebeenwarrantedtocarrythreemiles,andknockamenoverattwohundredyards.Iwa
3、sinLiverpoolatthetime,andmyfriendsaidthatifIdidn’tmindhewouldgetmetotakethembackwithmetoLondon,asheshouldnotbecomingupforadayortwohimself,andhedidnotthinkthecheeseoughttobekeptmuchlonger. “Oh,withpleasure,dearboy,”Ireplied,“withpleasure.” Icalledfo
4、rthecheeses,andtookthemawayinacab.Itwasaramshackleaffair,draggedalongbyaknock-kneed,broken-windedsomnambulist,whichhisowner,inamomentofenthusiasm,duringconversation,referredtoasahorse.Iputthecheesesonthetop,andwestartedoffatashamblethatwouldhavedonec
5、redittotheswifteststeam-rollereverbuilt,andallwentmerryasafuneralbell,untilweturnedthecorner.There,thewindcarriedawhifffromthecheesesfullontooursteed.Itwokehimup,andwithasnortofterror,hedashedoffatthreemilesanhour.Thewindstillblewinhisdirection,andbe
6、forewereachedtheendofthestreethewaslayinghimselfoutattherateofnearlyfourmilesanhour,leavingthecripplesandstoutladiessimplenowhere.Ittooktwoportersaswellasthedrivertoholdhiminatthestation;andIdonotthinkwewouldhavedoneit,eventhen,hadnotoneofthemenhadth
7、epresenceofmindtoputahandkerchiefoverhisnose,andtolightabitofbrownpaper. Itookmyticket,andmarchedproudlyuptheplatform,withmycheeses,thepeoplefallingbackrespectfullyoneitherside.Thetrainwascrowded,andIhadtogetintoacarriagewheretherewerealreadysevenot
8、herpeople.Onecrustyoldgentlemanobjected,butIgotin,notwithstanding;andputtingmycheesesupontherack,squeezeddownwithapleasantsmile,andsaiditwasawarmday.Afewmomentspassed,andthemtheoldgentlemanbegantofidget. “Verycloseinhere,”hesaid. “Quiteoppressive,”