【正文】 9。t know wher e i t is.39。 I39。s closest f ri ends asked hi m t o make a speech at a wedding r ecepti on. Thi s is t he sor t of t hing t hat Geoff rey l oves. He pr epared t he speech car efull y and went to t he weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a large number of funny stori es in t he speech and, of cour se, it was a gr eat success. As soon as he had fi ni shed, Jenny tol d him she want ed to go hom e. Geof fr ey was a li t le di sappoi nted by t his but he did as his daught er asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny i f she had enjoyed the speech. To his surpr ise, she said she hadn39。 she asked i mpati ent ly. 39。 if he picks a l eaf , he wil l di e. Many vil lager s bel ieve t hat t he tr e has alr eady cl ai med a number of vi cti ms. The vi car has been asked t o have the t ree cut down, but so far he has r efused. He has point ed out t hat the t ree i s a usef ul source of i ne as t our ists have been ing f rom al l par ts of t he countr y t o se it. I n spi t e of al l t hat has been said, t he touri st s have been picking leaves and cutti ng their names on t he tr e 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(lái)還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o sit outside our fr ont gat e and bar k. Ever y ti me he wanted t o e i nt o t he gar den he woul d bark unt il s om eone opened t he gate. As the neighbour s plained of t he noi se, my husband spent weeks tr aining hi m to pr ess his paw on the l at ch to let hi mself in. Rex soon became an exper t at opening t he gat e. However, when I was going out shopping last week, I not iced him in the garden near t he gat e. Thi s ti me he was barki ng so that someone would l et hi m out ! Since t hen, he has developed anot her bad habi t. As soon as he opens t he gat e fr om t he out side, 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 someone lets hi m out . Af t er t his he i mmediatel y let s himself i n and begins bar ki ng agai n. Yester day my husband r em oved t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since. Leson60 The f uture 卜算未來(lái) At a vil lage fair , I deci ded t o visi t a for tune tel ler cal led Madam Beli nsky. I went into her t ent and she t ol d me t o si t down. Af t er I had given her some money, she looked into a crystal bal l and said: 39。The Revealer 39。 she sai d. She gazed at i t for some t ime t hen added, 39。 said the conductor . 39。 I said. 39。 sai d the conduct or suddenl y.39。 39。 You39。 39。m goi ng to Woodf ord Green,39。 年產(chǎn) 萬(wàn)噸環(huán)氧乙烷 /乙二醇車(chē)間環(huán)氧乙烷合成工段工藝設(shè)計(jì) 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。 I39。t know wher e i t is.39。 answer ed the conductor . I sat in t he fr ont of t he bus t o get a good vi ew of the countr ysi de. Af ter som e ti me, the bus st opped. Looki ng round, I reali zed wi th a shock t hat I was the onl y passenger lef t on the bus. 39。Thi s is as far as we go.39。Oh dear ,39。t mat ter, 39。 We ar e goi ng back now, 39。This i s the pr et ti est carpet I have ever seen, 39。 Lesson53 Hot snake 觸電的蛇 At l ast f ir em en have put out a bi g f or est f ir e in Cal if orni a. Si nce t hen, they have been t ryi ng to fi nd out how t he fi re began. For est f ir e ar e of ten caused by broken glass or by ci garet e ends whi ch peopl e car el esly thr ow away. Yeste r day the f ir em en exami ned t he ground careful ly, but wer e not abl e to f ind any br oken gl ass. They wer e also quit e sur e t hat a cigar et te end did not star t the f ir e. This morning, however , a fi reman accident al y discovered t he cause. He not iced t he remains of a snake whi ch was wound round t he el ect ri c wi res of a 16,000 volt power li ne. I n thi s way, he was able t o solve the myst er y. The expl anati on was simpl e but very unusual . A bi rd had snat ched up the snake f rom the gr ound and t hen dropped it on t o t he wir es. The snake t hen wound i tself r ound the wi res. When it did so, it sent sparks down t o the gr ound and t hese i mmediatel y start ed a f ir e. Leson54 Sti cky fi ngers 粘糊的手指 Af t er br eakfast, I sent t he chi ldr en to school and then I went to market. I t was st il earl y when I r et urned home. The chi ldren wer e at school, my husband was at wor k and the house was qui et . So I deci ded t o make some t ar ts f or tea. I n a short t ime I was busy mi xing butt er and f lour and my hands were soon cover ed wit h sti cky pastr y. At exact ly that m oment , the t el ephone r ang. Nothi ng coul d have been mor e annoying. I picked up the r ecei ver between two sti cky f ingers a nd was dismayed when I r ecognized the voice of Mr s Bates. It t ook m e ten m inutes t o per suade her to r ing back lat er . At last I hung up t he receiver. What a m ess! Ther e was past ry on m y f inger s, on the tel ephone, and on t he door knobs. I had no sooner got back to the kit chen t han the door bel l rang loud enough to wake t he dead. This t ime it was the postman and he wanted m e to si gn for a r egi stered l eter ! Leson55 Not a gold mi ne 并非金礦 Dr eam s of fi ndi ng lost tr easure alm ost came t rue r ecentl y. A new m achi ne caled 39。. Because the t ree was menti oned in a newspaper , t he num ber of visi tors t o Fr inley has now i ncr eased. The t ree was pl ant ed near a church f if ty years ago, but i t i s only i n r ecent years t hat i t has gained an evil r eput at ion. It i s sai d that if anyone t ouches the t ree, he wil l have bad luck。Where have you been hi ding ?39。cl ock this eveni ng. By that ti me, the Astr a wi l have been f lying through space f or sevent een hour s and wil l have cir cled the ear th a gr eat many t imes. When t he