【正文】 the stati on to meet her. We are l a te alr eady. 39。A r elati on of your s is i ng to see you. She wi l be ar ri ving t hi s evening and i ntends to stay f or a f ew days. The moment you leave t his t ent , you wil l get a big sur pri se . A wom an you know wel wi l r ush t owards you. She wi l speak to you and then she wi l lead you away fr om this pl ace. That i s al. 39。 As soon as I went out side, I f ot al about Madam Bel li nsky because my wif e hurr ied t owards me. 39。 As she wal ked away, I fol lowed her out of the f air . Lesson61 Trouble wi t h the Hubble 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 I n f utur e, ast r onauts wi l be r equi red t o descend fr om a spaceship whi le it is st il i n space and to retur n t o it . The abi li ty t o do t hi s wi l be necessar y in f utur e fl ights to di st ant plas. Sci ent ists ar e now t ryi ng to di scover i f thi s is possi bl e. The spaceship Ast ra whi ch lef t he ear th a shor t ti me ago, wi l be t raveli ng t hr ee hundr ed mil es into space. At a cert ain poi nt , the Astr a wi l stop f or a shor t ti me and an ast ronaut wi l at empt to l eave t he st ati onar y spaceship and then ret ur n t o it . We shal not know whet her t he exper iment has been succesf ul unti l we have recei ved a radio mesage. The f ir st m essage i s expected t o ar ive at 7 o39。s hospi tal . Dr essed up as Father Chri st mas and acpani ed by a 39。 said a pol icem an af t er wards, 39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。Hull o, El izabet h,39。 No, not at al l , 39。 39。but I39。 he answered.39。 lesson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng tested f or a dr i vi ng li cence f or t he thi rd t im e. I had been asked to dr i ve i n heavy t r af fi c and had done so succe ss f ul l y. Af ter havi ng been i nst r uct ed t o dri ve out of t own, I began t o acquir e conf i dence. Sur e t hat I had passed, I was alm ost beginni ng t o enjoy m y test. The exami ner m ust have been pl eased wit h m y per f orm ance, f or he smi led and sai d, 39。 he said, i n a m ournf ul voi ce,39。s son, Donald, also set up a worl d r ecord. Li ke hi s fat her , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record holder 紀錄保持者 Li tl e boys who play t ruant f r om school are unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。Wher e have you been hidi ng ?39。clock t his eveni ng. By that im e, t he Astr a wil l have been fl ying t hrough space for sevent en hours and wi l have cir cl ed the eart h a great many ti mes. When the f ir st r adi o messages have been r eceived, t he result s of the tr ip wil l be announced i mmediat el y. Lesson62 Af t er the f ire 大火之后 Fir em en had been fi ghti ng the f or est f ir e f or nearl y thr ee weeks befor e they could get it under contr ol. A short t im e bef ore, great r es had cover ed the count ryside f or mil es ar ound. Now, smoke stil l rose up f rom the war m gr ound over the desol ate hi ls. Winter was ing on and t he hil ls t hr eat ened t he sur rounding vi l ages wi th destr uct ion, for heavy r ain woul d not onl y wash away the soil but woul d cause ser ious f loods as wel. When the f ir e had at l ast been put out, t he for est aut hor i ties or der ed several tons of a speci al t ype of gr asssed whi ch would gr ow qui ckl y. The seed was spr ayed over the ground i n huge quanti ti es by aer opl anes. The pl anes had been pl ant ing seed for near ly a month when it began t o r ai n. By then, however, i n many plac es the grass had al ready taken r oot . I n pl ace of the gr eat t rees which had been gr owi ng there f or centur ies, pat ches of green had begun t o appear in t he blackened soil . Lesson63 She was not amused 她并不覺得好笑 Geof fr ey Hampden has a l arge cir cle of f ri ends and is ver y popul ar at part ies. Everybody admir es hi m for his f ine sense of humor ever ybody, that i s, except his si x year ol d daught er , Jenny. Recently, one of Geoff rey39。guard of honour39。so it was f ort unate that we didn39。 I sai d. 39。 Bert answer ed. 39。 I answered.39。Woul d you m i nd m y i ng wit h you ?39。m goi ng t o the dent i st. 39。 There39。Just one m ore t hing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chi l d suddenl y cr osses t he road i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on the wi ndow, I want t he car t o be st opped im mediat el y. 39。 you have j ust ki l led that child !39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a cinema sei ng the same f il m over and over agai n, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al l been put to shame by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, t ravel led 1600 mi les. He hit ch hi ked t o Dover and, towar ds evening, went i nto a boat to f ind somewhere to sleep. When he woke up next m or ning, he discovered t hat t he boat had, i n the 朔州市摩根。s f oot st eps many year s later , Si r Malcol m39。Mr Eam es,39。wai ti ng r oom !39。l l e wit h you, 39。 I li ed, 39。m goi ng to.. .39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hing, ar e you ?39。 39。 Leson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff in is a moder n aer opl ane, but i ts desi gner , Mr John Wi mpenny, is f indi ng it dif fi cul t to get it of f the ground. The reason f or thi s is t hat t hi s pl ane is al so a bi cycl e. I ts pi lot has t o pedal hard to get it i nt o t he ai r. Af ter Mr Wi mpenny had t he pl ane bui lt , it was tested t hor oughl y. I n 1961, i t was the f ir st man power ed air cr aft to fl y half a mi le. Whi le being fl own by a cham pion amateur cycl ist in 1963, t he plane crashed on an ai rf iel d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wimpenny has had it r ebuil t. He has had t he lengt h of the wi ngs increased so t hat t hey now measur e 93 feetal most as l ong as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nterest in t his new and unusual spor t. But though air cycl ists may learn how to f l y over shor t distances, and may, event ualy, even get across the Engli sh Channel, i t i s doubt ful whether they wi l ever cycle across the At lanti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火