【正文】 hi de gol d. The pi r at es woul d oft en bury gol d i n t he cave and t hen fail t o col l ect it . Arm ed wit h t he new m achi ne, a sear ch par t y went he di d not l i ke i t. She enjoyed her sel f m aki ng t he assi stant br i ng alm ost ever yt hi ng i n the wi ndow bef or e fi nal ly buyi ng t he dress she had f ir st asked f or. Lesson58 A blessi ng i n di sgui se? 是因禍得福嗎？ The ti ny vil lage of Fri nl ey i s sai d to possess a 39。cursed tr ee39。. Because the t ree was menti oned i n a newspaper, t he num ber of visit ors t o Fri nley has now i ncr eased. The t r e was pl ant ed near a chur ch fi ft y years ago, but it i s onl y i n r ecent years t hat i t has gai ned an evil r eput at ion. It i s sai d that if anyone t ouches t he t ree, he wil l have bad l uck。 if he pi cks a l eaf , he wil l di e. M any vi l ager s bel i eve t hat t he t r e has alr eady cl aim ed a number of vi ct im s. The vi car has been asked t o have the t ree cut down, but so f ar he has r ef used. He has poi nt ed out t hat t he t r e i s a usef ul sour ce of i ne as t our ist s have been i ng f rom al l par t s of t he countr y t o see i t. I n spi t e of al l t hat has been sai d, t he touri st s have been pi cki ng leaves and cutti ng t hei r nam es on t he tr 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(jìn)來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to sit out si de our f r ont gat e and bark. Ever y t im e he want ed t o e i nt o the garden he woul d bar k unti l someone opened t he gat e. As t he nei ghbour s pl ained of t he noise, m y husband spent weks tr ai ni ng him t o pr ess his paw on the l at ch t o l et hi msel f i n. Rex soon became an expert at openi ng t he gat e. However, when I was goi ng out shoppi ng last week, I not i ced him i n t he gar den near the gate. This t im e he was bar king so t hat som eone woul d l et him out ! Si nce then, he has devel oped anot her bad habit . As soon as he opens t he gat e fr om t he out si de, he es i nt o t he gar den and wai ts unti l the gate shuts. Then he si ts and barks unti l som eone l et s hi m out . Aft er this he i mm edi at el y l et s him self i n and begi ns bar king agai n. Yest er day my husband r em oved the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him si nce. Lesson60 The f ut ure 卜算未來 At a vi l age f air , I deci ded t o visit a f ort une tel er cal ed Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nto her t ent and she t old m e t o si t down. Af t er I had gi ven her som e m oney, she l ooked i nt o a cr yst al bal and said: 39。A r el at ion of yours i s ing t o se you. She wil l be ar ri vi ng t his eveni ng and int ends t o st ay f or a f ew days. The m om ent you l eave t hi s tent, you wi l get a bi g surpri se. A woman you know wel l wil l rush t owar ds you. She wil l speak t o you and t hen she wil 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 hi di ng ?39。 she asked im pati ent l y. 39。Your sist er wi l be her e i n l es t han an hour and we m ust be at t he st ati on to m eet her. We are l at e alr eady.39。 As she wal ked away, I foll owed her out of t he f ai r. Lesson61 Trouble wi t h t he H ubbl e 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n f ut ur e, ast r onauts wi l be r equi red t o descend fr om a spaceship whi l e i t is sti l i n space and t o ret ur n t o it . The abi lit y t o do t hi s wil l be necessar y i n fut ur e fl i ght s t o di st ant pl as. Sci ent ist s ar e now t r yi ng to di scover i f t hi s is possi bl e. The spaceship Ast r a whi ch l ef t the eart h a shor t tim e ago, wi l be t r avell ing 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 tem pt t o leave the stati onar y spaceshi p and t hen r et ur n t o i t. We shal not know whether the exper im ent has been successf ul unt il we have r eceived a r adi o m essage. The fi rst m esage is expect ed t o ar ri ve at 7 o39。cl ock this evening. By t hat ti me, the Astr a wi l have bee n f l yi ng thr ough space f or sevent een hour s and wil l have cir cled t he ear th a gr eat m any t im es. When t he fi rst r adi o m essages have been recei ved, t he resul 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 ing t he f or est fi r e f or near l y thr e weeks befor e they coul d get i t under cont r ol . A short ti me bef or e, gr eat t rees had cover ed t he countr ysi de f or m il es ar ound. Now, sm oke st il l rose up fr om t he warm gr ound over the desol at e hil ls. Wi nter was ing on and t he hi l s t hr eat ened t he sur r ounding vil l ages wit h dest r ucti on, f or heavy r ai n woul d not onl y wash away t he soi l but woul d cause ser i ous f loods as wel l. When the f ir e had at l ast been put out, t he for est aut horit i es or der ed several t ons of a speci al t ype of gr assseed which woul d gr ow qui ckl y. The seed was spr ayed over the gr ound i n huge quanti ti es by aer opl anes. The pl anes had been pl ant i ng seed f or nearl y a m ont h when it began t o r ai n. By t hen, however, i n many pl aces the gr ass had al r eady t aken r oot . In pl ace of t he gr eat t r es whi ch had been growi ng ther e f or cent ur i es, pat ches of green had begun t o appear i n the bl ackened soil . Lesson63 She was not am used 她并不覺得好笑 Geof fr ey Hampden has a l ar ge cir cle of f ri ends and i s ver y popul ar at part ies. Ever ybody adm ir es him f or hi s fi ne sense of hum or ever ybody, that is, except hi s si xyear ol d daught er , Jenny. Recentl y, one of Geoff r ey39。s cl osest f ri ends asked hi m t o m ake a speech at a wedding r ecepti on. Thi s is t he sor t of t hing t hat Geoff r ey l oves. He pr epar ed t he speech car ef ul y and went t o