【正文】 en pi cki ng leaves and cutt ing t hei r nam es on the t reet runk. So far , not one of them has been st ruck down by sudden death! Leson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來(lái)還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to si t out si de our f ront gate and bark. Ever y t ime he want ed to e into the garden he would bar k until someone opened the gate. As t he nei ghbours pl ai ned of the noise, m y husband spent weeks t rai ni ng him to pres hi s paw on t he latch t o let him sel f i n. Rex soon becam e an expert at openi ng the gate. However , when I was goi ng out s hoppi ng last week, I noti ced hi m i n t he gar den near the gate. This t ime he was bar king so that som eone woul d let him out ! Si nce then, he has devel oped another bad habit . As soon as he opens t he gate f rom the outside, he es into the garden and wait s unt il t he gat e shut s. Then he sits and bar ks unt il someone l et s him out. Af ter thi s he immedi at ely l ets himsel f in 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(lái) At a vil age fair , I deci ded t o visit a f ort une tel ler cal led Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nto her tent and she t old m e to si t down. Af ter I had given her some m oney, she l ooked i nto a cr yst al bal and sai d: 39。 she asked i mpat ientl y. 39。s cl osest f ri ends asked hi m to m ake a speech at a wedding r ecepti on. Thi s is t he sor t of t hing t hat Geof fr ey loves. He pr epar ed the speech car ef ul l y and went to the wedding wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a large number of funny stor ies in the speech and, of cour se, i t was a great success. As soon as he had fi nished, Jenny t old hi m she wanted t o go home. Geof fr ey was a li t le di sappointed by this but he did as hi s daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enj oyed t he speech. To hi s sur pr ise, she said she hadn39。 of six pret y gir ls, he set off down the mai n st reet of the cit y r iding a ba by elephant cal ed Jumbo. He, should have known t hat the pol ice would never al low this sor t of t hing. A poli cem an approached Ji mmy and t old hi m he ought to have gone al ong a si de str et as Jum bo was hol ding up t he tr af ic. Though Jimmy agreed t o go at once, Jumbo r efused to move. Fif teen poli cemen had t o push ver y har d t o get hi m of f the mai n st r eet . The pol ice had a dif fi cul t ti me, but they wer e most am used. 39。s hospi tal. Dr esed up as Fat her Chr istm as and ac pani ed by a 39。 As she wal ked away, I fol lowed her out of t he fair . Lesson61 Trouble wi t h t he Hubble 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 In f utur e, astr onauts wi l be r equi red t o descend fr om a spaceship while it is st il l i n space and t o ret ur n t o it . The abi li ty t o do t hi s wi l be necessar y in futur e f light s t o di st ant pl a s. Scienti st s are now tr ying t o discover if t his i s possible. The spaceshi p Astr a which l eft the eart h a short t ime ago, wil l be tr avel ing t hree hundred mi les i nt o space. At a cer tai n point, t he Ast ra wil l st op for a s hort t ime and an astr onaut wil l atempt t o leave the stat ionar y spaceshi p and then r eturn to i t. We shal l not know whether the exper im ent has been successf ul unt il we have r eceived a r adi o message. The fi rst mesage is expect ed to ar ri ve at 7 o39。 As soon as I went outside, I fot al about Madam Bel insky because m y wif e hurr ied t owards me. 39。cur sed t ree39。s crop bef or e t he Septem ber r ai ns. On the r ight, you can see Mr s Br abant e her self . She has been hel ping her husband for t hi r ty years now. Mr s Br abante i s tal ki ng to the manager of t he local f act or y where the crop i s procesed. Thi s last scene shows you what wil l happen at the end of the harvest : t he famous Calabri an macar oni eat ing peti tion ! Si gnor Fr atel i, the pr esent champi on, has won it every year si nce 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull et in for today, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We are now ret ur ning you t o the st udi o. 39。 in t he snow. For tunat ely, a pil ot saw t he signal and sent a m essage by radio t o t he nearest town. It was not long befor e a heli copter ar ived on t he scene to rescue t he sur vivors of t he pl ane cr ash. Leson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。Wel l, I 39。m Rockwal Sli nger and thi s is Merl in Gr eeves.39。 Look, sheri f , 39。 I39。t we e m or e of ten ?39。 It couldn39。s son, Donald, also set up a wor l d record. Like hi s father , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play tr uant f rom school ar e unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。 he said, in a mournf ul voice,39。 l esson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng tested f or a dri vi ng li cence f or t he thi rd t im e. I had been asked to dr ive i n heavy t raf fi c and had done so successf ul ly. Af ter havi ng been i nst ructed t o dr ive out of t own, I began to acquir e conf idence. Sure t hat I had pased, I was al most beginning t o enjoy m y test. The exam iner must have been pl eased wit h my per for mance, for he smi led and sai d, 39。 he answer ed. 39。m going t o t he denti st .39。Woul d you mi nd my i ng wit h you ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 Bert answer ed. 39。 I sai d. 39。so it was for tunate t hat we di dn39。guard of honour 39。cl ock this evening. By that ti me, the Astr a wi l have been f lyi ng thr ough space f or seventeen 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 radio mesages have been r ecei ved, the r esul ts of the t ri p wi l be announced im medi ately. Leson62 Af ter t he fi re 大火之后 Fir emen had been f ight ing t he for est fi re f or near ly t hree weeks bef ore t hey coul d get i t under cont rol . A shor t ti me befor e, gr eat tr ees had covered t he countr ysi de for mi les around. Now, sm oke sti l r ose up fr om t he warm grou