【正文】 Fat her Chr i stm as and ac pani ed by a 39。 As she wal ked away, I foll owed her out of t he f air . Lesson61 Troubl e wit h t he Hubbl e 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 I n fut ur e, astr onaut s wil l be requi r ed t o descend f rom a spaceshi p whil e it i s st il l i n space and t o r et ur n to i t. The abil it y t o do thi s wil l be necesary i n f ut ur e fl ights t o dist ant pla s. Sci ent ists ar e now tr yi ng t o di scover i f thi s i s possi bl e. The spaceship Ast ra whi ch l ef t he ear t h a shor t tim e ago, wi l be t r avel ing t hr ee hundr ed mi les i nt o space. At a cer tai n poi nt, t he Ast ra wil l st op f or a short ti me and an astr onaut wil l at t em pt t o l eave t he st at ionary spaceshi p and t hen r etur n t o i t. We shal l not know whet her t he experi ment has been succesf ul unti l we have recei ved a radi o m esage. The f ir st m essage i s expected t o ar i ve at 7 o39。 As soon as I went out si de, I f ot al l about Madam Bel li nsky because m y wif e hurr ied t owar ds me. 39。cur sed t ree39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit her e i n your spar e tim e and r ead t he car pet !39。was obvi ous t hat he was ver y em bar r assed. When I asked him what he was doi ng, he sm il ed gui lt il y and t hen put the parcel on the desk. He expl ai ned t hat hi s di et was so st ri ct t hat he had t o r ewar d him self occasi onal y. Then he showed me t he cont ent s of the parcel. I t cont ai ned f i ve l ar ge bars of chocol at e and t hr ee bags of sweet s! Lesson52 A pret t y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust moved i nt o a new house and I have been worki ng har d al m or ni ng. I have been tr yi ng t o get m y new r oom i n order. Thi s has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make mat ers wor se, t he room i s r at her smal , so I have t em por ari ly put m y books on t he fl oor . At t he m om ent , t hey cover ever y i nch of f l oor space and I act ual l y have t o wal k on them t o get in or out of the r oom. A shor t whil e ago, m y si st er hel ped m e t o car r y one of m y old bookcases up t he st ai rs. She went i nto m y r oom and got a bi g sur pri se when she saw al l t hose books on t he f l oor . 39。You don39。 has been invent ed and it has been used t o det ect gol d whi ch has been buri ed in t he gr ound. The m achi ne was used i n a cave near the seashore wher ei t is saidpir ates used t o hi de gol d. The pi rat es woul d oft en bur y gol d i n t he cave and t hen f ai l t o col lect i t. Ar m ed wi t h the new m achi ne, a sear ch par t y went he di d not l i ke i t. She enj oyed 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 aske d for. Lesson58 A blessi ng i n di sgui se? 是因禍得福嗎？ The ti ny vil l age of Fri nley i s sai d t o possess a 39。A r elati on of your s i s i ng t o se you. She wil l be ar ri vi ng t his eveni ng and i nt ends t o st ay f or a f ew days. The m om ent you l eave t hi s t ent, you wi l get a bi g sur pr i se. A wom an you know wel wi l r ush t owards you. She wil speak to you and t hen she wi l l ead you away f r om t hi s place. That is al .39。Your si st er wil l be her e i n less than an hour and we must be at t he st at i on t o m et her . We ar e l at e alr eady.39。t . Geoff r ey asked her why t his was so and she tol d hi m t hat she di d not l i ke t o see so m any peopl e laughi ng at hi m! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 In l 858, a Fr ench engi neer, Ai me Thome de Gam ond, ar i ved i n Engl and wit h a pl an f or a t went y one mi l e tunnel acr oss t he Engli sh Channel. He sai d that it woul d be possi ble t o buil d a pl at f orm i n t he centr e of t he Channel . This pl at f orm woul d serve as a port and a r ai l way st at i on. The t unnel woul d be wel venti l at ed i f t al l chim neys wer e buil t above sea level . I n 1860, a bet t er pl an was put f or war d by an Engl i shman, Wi li am Low. He suggest ed t hat a doubl e r ai l way t unnel shoul d be bui lt . Thi s woul d sol ve t he pr obl em of vent il at i on, f or i f a tr ai n ent er ed this t unnel, i t would dr aw i n fr esh ai r behi nd it . For t y t wo year s lat er a t unnel was act ual l y begun. I f, at t he t im e, t he Bri ti sh had not f ear ed invasi on, i t woul d have been pl et ed. Recent ly, t her e has again been great int er est i n the i dea of a Channel Tunnel. I f i t is buil t, i t wil l connect Br it ain t o Eur ope f or the f ir st t im e in hi st ory. Leson65 Jum bo versus t he pol i ce 小象對警察 Last Chri st mas, t he ci r cus owner, Jimm y Gat es, deci ded t o t ake some pr esents t o a chil dr en39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a few tons, 39。 Leson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff i n i s a m oder n aer o pl ane, but i ts desi gner , Mr John Wi mpenny, i s fi ndi ng it dif fi cult t o get i t of f t he gr ound. The r eason f or t hi s is t hat t his pl ane i s al so a bi cycle. It s pil ot has t o pedal har d t o get i t int o the air . Aft er Mr Wim penny had t he pl ane buil t, i t was test ed t hor oughl y. I n 1961, it was t he fi r st m an power ed ai r cr af t t o fl y hal f a mi l e. Whi le bei ng fl own by a cham pi on amat eur cycl ist in 1963, the pl ane cr ashed on an ai rf i el d. Si nce then, Mr Wi mpenny has had it r ebui lt . He has had t he l engt h of t he wi ngs i ncr eased so t hat they now m easure 93 f eet alm ost as long as t hose of a Dakot a. Many peopl e have shown i nt er est i n t hi s new and unusual sport . But t hough ai r cycli st s may l ear n how t o fl y over short di st ances, and m ay, event ual y, even get acr oss t he Engl ish Channel , it i s doubtf ul whet her t hey wil l ever cycl e acr oss t he Atl anti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Har oun Tazief t he Poli sh scienti st , has spent hi s li fet im e st udyi ng act i ve vol canoes and deep caves i n al l