【正文】 pi cki ng l eaves and cut ti ng t heir names on t he t r ee tr unk. So f ar , not one of t hem has been str uck down by sudden deat h! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o sit outsi de our fr ont gat e and bar k. Ever y tim e he want ed t o e i nt o t he gar den he woul d bark unti l s om eone opened t he gat e. As t he nei ghbour s plai ned of t he noi se, my husband spent weeks t rai ni ng hi m to pr es hi s paw on t he l atch t o let him self i n. Rex soon becam e an expert at openi ng the gate. However , when I was goi ng out shoppi ng l ast week, I noti ced hi m i n t he gar den near t he gat e. Thi s t im e he was bar ki ng so t hat som eone woul d l et him out ! Si nce t hen, he has devel oped anot her bad habi t. As soon as he opens t he gat e fr om t he out side, he es i nt o t he gar den and wai ts unt il t he gat e shuts. Then he si ts and bar ks unti l som eone l et s him out . Af ter t hi s he imm edi at ely l ets him sel f i n and begi ns bar ki ng again. Yest er day m y husband removed t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since. Leson60 The f ut ure 卜算未來 At a vi l age fair , I deci ded t o visit a f ort une t el er cal led Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nt o her t ent and she t ol d m e t o si t down. Af t er I had gi ven her som e m oney, she looked int o a crystal bal l and sai d: 39。A r el at i on of your s i s i ng t o see you. She wi l be ar i vi ng thi s evening and i nt ends t o stay f or a few days. The m om ent you l eave t his t ent , you wil l get a bi g sur pri se . A wom an you know wel wi l r ush t owar ds you. She wi l l speak t o you and t hen she wi l l ead you away f r om t hi s place. That is al .39。 As soon as I went out si de, I f or got al l about Madam Bel i nsky because my wi f e hur ri ed t owar ds m e. 39。Wher e have you been hidi ng ?39。 she asked im pat ientl y. 39。Your si st er wi l be her e in l es t han an hour and we m ust be at the stati on t o m eet her. We ar e l ate al ready.39。 As she wal ked away, I f ol l owed her out of t he fair . Lesson61 Troubl e wit h t he H ubbl e 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 I n fut ur e, astr onaut s wil l be requir ed to descend f r om a spaceshi p whil e it i s st il l i n space and t o r et ur n to i t. The abil it y t o do thi s wil l be nec esary i n f ut ur e fl ights t o dist ant pla s. Sci ent ists ar e now tr yi ng t o di scover i f thi s i s possi bl e. The spaceshi p Ast ra whi ch lef t he ear t h a shor t tim e ago, wi l be t r aveli ng t hr ee hundr ed mil es i nt o space. At a cer tai n poi nt , t he Ast ra wi l st op for a shor t ti me and an ast r onaut wil l at t em pt t o leave t he st ati onar y spaceshi p and t hen r et ur n to i t. We shal l not know whet her t he experim ent has been successful unt il we have r ecei ved a radio m esage. The fi r st m essage i s expect ed t o ar ri ve at 7 o39。cl ock t hi s eveni ng. By t hat t im e, t he Astr a wil l have been fl yi ng t hr ough space f or sevent een hour s and wil l have cir cl ed t he eart h a gr e at m any t im es. When t he fi rst r adi o m esages have been r ecei ved, t he r esul ts of t he t ri p wi l be announced imm edi atel y. Lesson62 Af ter t he fi re 大火之后 Fi remen had been fi ght i ng t he f or est f ir e f or near l y thr ee weeks bef or e t hey coul d get it under contr ol . A short t im e bef ore, great t r es had cover ed the count r ysi de f or m il es ar ound. Now, smoke sti l r ose up f r om t he war m gr ound over t he desolat e hi l s. Wi nt er was i ng on and the hil ls t hreatened t he surr oundi ng vi l ages wi t h destr uct i on, f or heavy r ai n would not only wash away t he soil but woul d cause ser ious fl oods as wel l. When t he fi r e had at l ast been put out, t he f or est aut hor it ies or der ed several t ons of a speci al t ype of gr ass seed whi ch woul d gr ow qui ckl y. The seed was spr ayed over t he gr ound i n huge quanti ti es by aer opl anes. The planes had been planti ng sed f or nearl y a m ont h when it began t o rai n. By t hen, however , in m any pl aces t he gr as had alr eady t aken root. I n place of the gr eat tr ees whi ch had been gr owi ng t her e f or cent uri es, patches of gr en had begun to appear i n the bl ackened soil . Lesson63 She was not amused 她并不覺得好笑 Geof f rey Hampden has a lar ge ci rcle of f r iends and i s ver y popular at part ies. Ever ybody admi res him f or hi s fi ne sense of hum or ever ybody, that is, except hi s sixyear old daught er, Jenny. Recentl y, one of Geoff r ey39。s cl osest f r iends asked him to m ake a speech at a wedding r ecept ion. of f her e, 39。 t he conductor sai d. 39。Thi s i s as f ar as we go.39。 39。 I s thi s Woodfor d Gr een ?39。 I asked. 39。Oh dear, 39。 said t he conductor suddenly.39。 I f or got to put you off .39。 39。I t doesn39。t mat er ,39。 I sai d. 39。Il l get of f her e.39。 39。We are going back now,39。 sai d t he conduct or. 39。Wel , in t hat case, I prefer t o stay on t he bus,39。 I answer ed. Leson51 Reward f or vi rtue 對美德的獎賞 My fr iend, Herbert , has always been fat , but thi ngs got so bad recent ly t hat he decided to go on a diet. He began his di et a week ago. Fir st of al , he wr ote out a l ong li st of al t he f oods which wer e for bidden. The l ist included most of t he things Her ber t loves: butt er , pot atoes, r ice, beer, mi lk, chocolat e, and sweet s. Yester day I paid him a visit . I rang the bel and was not sur pri sed t o se t hat Her ber t was stil l as fat as ever. He led me into hi s room and hur ri edly hi d a lar ge par cel under hi s desk. It was obvious that he was ver y embar assed. When I asked him what he was doi ng, he smil ed guilt il y and then put the parcel on the desk. He explai ned t hat hi s di et was so st ri ct t hat he had to reward himself occasional y. Then he showed me t he contents of t he par cel . It cont ai ned fi ve lar ge bar s