【正文】 n he would bark unt il someone opened the gat e. As the neighbours plained of the noi se, my husband spent weeks tr ai ni ng him to pres his paw on t he l at ch t o let himself in. Rex soon became an exper t at openi ng t he gate. However, when I was goi ng out shopping last week, I noticed hi m in t he gar den near the gate. Thi s t ime he was bar ki ng so that someone would let hi m out ! Since t hen, he has devel oped another bad habi t. As soon as he opens the gate f rom t he outsi de, he es int o the garden and wai ts unt il the gate shuts. Then he sits and barks unt il someone lets him out. After this he immedi at el y lets hi mself i n and begins barking again. Yesterday my husband r emoved the gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him si nce. Leson60 The f ut ure 卜算未來 At avi l age fair , I decided to visi t a f ortune teler cal ed Madam Bel linsky. I went i nt o her tent and she t ol d me t o si t down. Aft er I had given her some money, she l ooked int o a crystal bal and said: 39。A r el at ion of your s i s ing to see you. She wi l be ar iving this evening and intends t o st ay f or a few days. The mom ent you leave this t ent, you wi l get a bi g surpri se. A woman you know wel l wi l rush t owards you. She wil l speak to you and then she wi l lead you away fr om this place. That i s al .39。 As soon as I went outside, I fot al about Madam Bel linsky because my wif e hurr ied towar ds me. 39。Wher e have you been hi di ng ?39。 she asked i mpati entl y. 39。Your sis ter wi l be here in l ess than an hour and we must be at the st ati on to meet her . We are l at e al ready.39。 As she walked away, I foll owed her out of t he f ai r. Leson61 Troubl e wit h the Hubble 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 In f ut ur e, astr onaut s wil be requir ed t o descend f rom a spaceshi p whi le it i s ti l in space and to retur n to it . The abil it y to do this wil l be necessary i n future f lights to distant plas. Scientists are now tr yi ng t o di scover i f this is possi bl e. The spaceship Astra whi ch l eft the eart h a shor t time ago, wil l be tr aveli ng t hr e hundred mil es i nt o space. At a cer tai n poi nt , t he Astr a wi l st op f or a shor t ime and an astr onaut wil l at empt to l eave t he stationar y spaceship and then r et ur n to i t. We shal not know whet her the experi ment has been succesful unti l we have r ecei ved a radio mesage. The fir st mesage is expect ed t o ar rive at 7 o39。clock t hi s eveni ng. By that ti me, the Ast ra wil l have been f lying through space f or sevent en hours and wi l have ci rcled the eart h a gr eat many ti mes. When the fi rst r adi o messages have been received, the result s of the tr ip wil l be announced i mmediately. Leson62 Aft er t he f ire 大火之后 Fi remen had been fighting t he f or est f ir e for near ly t hr e weeks bef or e they coul d get it under contr ol . A short time before, gr eat rees had cover ed t he countr yside for miles ar ound. Now, smoke stil l rose up fr om the war m ground over the desol at e hi ls. Winter was i ng on and t he hil ls threat ened the surr oundi ng vil lages wit h dest ruct ion, f or heavy rain woul d not onl y wash away the soil but woul d cause ser ious f loods as wel . When the fi re had at last been put out, the for est author it es ordered sever al tons of a special type of grassed whi ch would grow qui ckly. The sed was spr ayed over t he gr ound in huge quant it ies by aer oplanes. The pl anes had been pl anti ng sed f or nearl y a month when it began to r ain. By then, however , i n many places the gr ass had already t aken r oot . I n pl ace of t he great rees which had been gr owing ther e for cent ur ies, pat ches of gr en had begun to appear i n the bl ackened soi l. Leson63 She was not amused 她并不覺得好笑 Geoff rey Hampden has a l ar ge cir cl e of fr iends and i s very popular at par ties. Ever ybody admires him f or his f ine sense of humor ever ybody, that i s, except hi s ixyear old daught er , Jenny. Recently, one of Geoff rey39。s closest f ri ends asked hi m t o make a speech at a wedding reception. This is t he sor t of thing t hat Geoff rey loves. He prepared the speech car ef ul ly and went t o the weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had included a lar ge num ber of funny stori es in t he speech and, of cour se, it was a great succes. As oon as he had finished, Jenny told him she want ed t o go home. Geof frey was a l it le disappoi nt ed by this but he di d as his daught er asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny i f she had enj oyed t he speech. To hi s urpri se, she said she hadn39。t. Geof frey asked her why thi s was so and she told him t hat she did not li ke t o see so many peopl e l aughi ng at hi m! Leson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 In l 858, a Fr ench engi neer, Aime Thome de Gamond, ari ved in England wi th a plan f or a t wentyone mile t unnel acr oss the Engli sh Channel . He sai d that it woul d be possible to build a platf or m i n the cent re of the Channel. Thi s platf or m would ser ve as a por t and a r ai l way st at i on. The t unnel woul d be wel l vent i l at ed i f t al l chi m neys wer e bui l t above sea l evel . I n 1860, a bet t er pl an was put f or war d by an of f her e, 39。 the conductor said. 39。Thi s i s as f ar as we go.39。 39。 I s t hi s Woodford Gr en ?39。 I asked. 39。Oh dear, 39。 sai d the conduct or suddenly.39。 I fot t o put you off .39。 39。It doesn39。t mater, 39。 I sai d. 39。I 39。l get off here.39。 39。We are going back now,39。 said t he conductor . 39。Wel l, in that case, I prefer to stay on t he bus,39。 I answered. Leson51 Reward for vi rt ue 對美德的獎賞 My f riend, Herber t, has al ways been fat, but things got so bad r ecent ly that he decided t o go on a diet. He began his diet a week ago. Fir st of al , he wrote out a long li st of al the foods which wer e forbidden. The li st included most of t he t hi ngs Her bert l oves: butt er , potatoes, rice, beer , mi lk, c