【正文】 openi ng the gate. However, when I was going out shopping l ast week, I not i ced hi m i n t he gar den near the gate. This t ime he was bar ki ng so that som eone woul d let him out ! Si nce then, he has developed anot he r bad habit . As soon as he opens t he gat e f rom the outside, he es i nto t he garden and wait s unt il t he gat e shut s. Then he si ts and barks unti l som eone l et s him out. Af ter thi s he imm edi at ely l ets him self i n and begi ns bar king again. Yest erday my husband r emoved the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen hi m si nce. Lesson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vil lage f ai r, I decided to vi si t a for tunet eler cal ed Madam Bel insky. I went int o her t ent and she tol d me t o sit down. Aft er I had gi ven her som e money, she looked int o a crystal bal l and said: 39。The Reveal er 39。 she s aid. She gazed at it f or some t im e then added, 39。 said the conductor . 39。I 39。 39。 I asked. 39。 the conductor sai d. 39。l t el you where t o get of f, 39。 I said t o t he conduct or as I got on t he bus,39。 eggs and asked me whet her my col lecti on was growi ng. He t hen asked me how my br ot her was and whet her I l iked my new job i n London. In answer to t hese quest ions I eit her nodded or m ade str ange noi ses. Meanwhi le, my t ongue was busy sear chi ng out t he hol e where the toot h had been. I suddenl y f el t ver y wor ri ed, but could not say anyt hing. When the denti st at last removed the cott on wool fr om m y mouth, I was able t o tel l hi m that he had pull ed out t he wr ong tooth. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢告終 Ti red of sleepi ng on t he fl oor , a young man in Teheran saved up for year s to buy a real bed. For the f ir st t ime i n his lif e, he became t he pr oud owner of a bed whi ch had spr ings and a mat ress. Because t he weat her was very hot , he car ri ed the bed on to the r oof of his house. He sl ept very wel l for t he fi rst two ni ghts, but on t he thir d night , a st or m blew up. A gust of wind swept the bed off t he roof and sent it crashing i nt o t he cour t yar d below. The young man did not wake up unti l the bed had st ruck t he gr ound. Al though the bed was smashed t o pieces, t he m an was mi racul ousl y unhur t. When he woke up, he was sti l on the m at tr es. Glancing at the bi ts of wood and metal t hat lay ar ound hi m, the m an sadly pi cked up the mat tr ess and car ri ed it i nt o his house. Af ter he had put i t on the f loor , he pr omptl y went to sleep agai n. Lesson50 Taken f or a ride 乘車兜風 I love t ravel li ng in the count ry, but I don39。t l ike l osi ng my way. I went on an excursion r ecentl y, but my tr ip t ook me l onger than I expected. 39。 but I don39。 answered t he conduct or. I sat i n the f r ont of the bus t o get a good view of the count ryside. Aft er some t im e, t he bus st opped. Looking round, I r eal ized wi th a shock that I was the only passenger l eft on t he bus. 39。This i s as far as we go.39。Oh dear, 39。I t doesn39。l get off here.39。Wel l, in that case, I pr ef er to stay on t he bus, 39。You don39。 has been invented and it has ben used to det ect gold whi ch has been buri ed in t he ground. The m achi ne was used in a cave near the seashore wher ei t is saidpir ates used t o hide gol d. The pir ates would of ten bur y gold i n t he cave and then f ai l to coll ect i t. Ar med wi th t he new machine, a search par ty went he did not li ke it . She enj oyed herself maki ng the asi st ant br ing alm ost ever ything i n t he window bef or e f inal y buyi ng the dr ess she had fi rst asked f or . Lesson58 A bl essing i n disguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The t iny vi l age of Fr inley i s sai d t o posses a 39。A r el ation of yours i s ing t o see you. She wi l be ar ivi ng this evening and int ends t o stay f or a f ew days. The m oment you l eave thi s tent, you wi l get a big surpr ise. A woman you know wel l wil l rush towar ds you. She wi l speak t o you and then she wi l l ead you away f r om t hi s place. That is al l.39。Your sister wi l be here i n less than an hour and we must be at t he st at ion t o mee t her . We ar e lat e al ready.39。t . Geof fr ey asked her why thi s was so and she t ol d him t hat she did not li ke to see so many peopl e laughing at him! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 In l858, a Fr ench engineer, Ai me Thome de Gam ond, ar ived in Engl and wit h a pl an for a t went yone mi le t unnel acr oss t he Engli sh Channel. He said t hat i t woul d be possi bl e to bui ld a platf orm in the cent re of t he Channel. This pl atf or m would serve as a port and a r ailway st ation. 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 My dent i st had j ust pull ed out one of my teet h and had tol d me t o r est for a whi le. I tr ied t o say somet hi ng, but my mout h was f ull of cot tonwool . He knew I collected bi rds39。m going t o Woodf or d Gr een, 39。 I 39。l l have to get of f her e, 39。 Is t hi s Woodf or d Gr een ?39。 I f ot to put you off .39。 I said. 39。We ar e goi ng back now, 39。Thi s is t he pret iest carpet I have ever seen,39。 Lesson53 H ot snake 觸電的蛇 At last f ir emen have put out a big f orest fi re i n Cali for nia. Since then, t hey have been tr ying t o fi nd out how the f ir e began. Forest f ir e are of ten caused by br oken gl as or by cigar et te ends which people carelessl y t hr ow away. Yest erday the f ir emen exam ined the gr ound car ef ull y, but were not able t o fi nd any broken glass. They were al so qui te sure that a ci gar et e end di d not start t he fi re. This mor ning, however, a f ir eman aci dent al ly di scovered t he cause. He not iced the r em ains of a snake whi ch was wound r ound the electr ic wir es of a 16, 000 vol t power l ine. In t his way, he was abl e to sol