【正文】 es. Ever ybody adm i r es hi m f or hi s f i ne sense of hum or ever ybody, t hat i s, except hi s si x year ol d daught er , Jenny. Recent l y, one of Geof f r ey39。Where have you been hi ding ?39。. Because t he tr e was ment ioned in a newspaper , the number of vi sitor s to Fri nl ey has now increased. The tr ee was planted near a chur ch fi ft y year s ago, but it is onl y in r ecent year s that it has gai ned an evi l reputati on. I t is sai d t hat i f anyone touches t he tr e, he wi l have bad l uck。 has been i nvent ed and i t has been used t o det ect gol d which has been buri e d i n the gr ound. The m achi ne was used i n a cave near t he seashor e wher e it i s sai dpi rat es used to 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 ail t o col lect i t. Ar m ed wi t h the new m achi ne, a sear ch par t y went i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o fi nd buri ed tr easure. The leader of t he part y was exam i ni ng the soil near t he ent r ance t o t he cave when t he machi ne showed t hat t her e was gol d under the gr ound. Ver y excit ed, t he par ty dug a hol e t wo feet deep. They f i nal y f ound a sm al l gol d coin whi ch was al m ost wort hless. The part y t hen sear ched t he whole cave thor oughly but di d not f ind anyt hi ng except an empt y ti n tr unk. I n spi t e of t his, m any peopl e ar e confi dent t hat 39。You don39。Wel, i n that case, I pr efer to st ay on the bus,39。l l get of f her e. 39。It doesn39。Oh dear ,39。 t he conduct or sai d. 39。l l tel l you wher e to get off ,39。 but I don39。t li ke losing m y way. I went on an excur si on r ecentl y, but my t ri p took m e longer t han I expected. 39。 eggs and asked me whet her my col lecti on was gr owi ng. He t hen asked me how m y br ot her was and whether I li ked m y new j ob in London. I n answer t o t hese questi ons I ei ther nodded or made str ange noises. Meanwhil e, m y tongue was busy searching out the hole wher e t he tooth had been. I suddenly felt very worr ied, but could not say anythi ng. When the dent ist at l ast r emoved t he cot ton wool f rom my mouth, I was abl e to tel him t hat he had pul led out the wr ong t oot h. Leson49 The end of a dream 美夢(mèng)告終 Tir ed of sl epi ng on the f loor, a young man i n Teher an saved up f or years t o buy a r eal bed. For t he fi rst ti me in his l if e, he became the proud owner of a bed which had spri ngs and a m at tr es. Because the weather was ver y hot, he c ar ied t he bed on t o t he roof of hi s house. He slept ver y wel f or the f ir st t wo night s, but on the t hi rd night, a stor m bl ew up. A gust of wi nd swept t he bed of f the r oof and sent i t cr ashi ng into the court yar d below. The young man did not wake up until t he bed had st ruck the gr ound. Al though the bed was smashed t o pieces, the man was mir acul ously unhur t. When he woke up, he was st il l on the mat tr ess. Glancing at the bit s of wood and metal that lay ar ound hi m, the m an sadl y pi cked up t he mat ress and car ied i t int o his house. Af ter he had put it on t he fl oor, he prompt ly went t o sl eep again. Leson50 Taken for a ri de 乘車兜風(fēng) I l ove tr avel ling in t he countr y, but I don39。 I sai d t o the conduct or as I got on the bus, 39。 I39。l l have to get off here,39。 I asked. 39。 39。I 39。 sai d the conduct or. 39。 she said. She gazed at it f or some t im e then added, 39。The Reveal er39。cur sed tr e39。 As soon as I went outside, I for got al l about Madam Bel insky because my wi fe hur ri ed towards m e. 39。 As she walked away, I f ollowed her out of t he fai r. Lesson61 Troubl e wit h t he Hubbl e 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 In fut ur e, astr onaut s wil l be requir ed to descend f rom a spaceshi p whil e it i s st il l in space and t o r et urn t o i t. The abili ty to do t his wi l be necessar y i n fut ure f li ght s to di stant pl a s. Scienti st s are now tr yi ng to discover if t hi s is possible. The spaceship Astr a which l ef t the eart h a short ti me ago, wil l be tr avel ing t hree hundr ed m i les int o space. At a cer tain poi nt, the Ast ra wi l stop for a shor t ti me and an ast ronaut wil l at tempt to leave the stati onar y spaceshi p and then r et urn t o i t. We shal not know whether the exper im ent has been successf ul unt il we have received a r adi o message. The f ir st mesage is expected t o ar ive at 7 o39。t li ke losing m y way. I went on an excur si on r ecentl y, but my t ri p took m e longer t han I expected. 39。 but I don39。l l tel l you wher e to get off ,39。 t he conduct or sai d. 39。Oh dear ,39。It doesn39。l l get of f her e. 39。Wel, i n that case, I pr efer to st ay on the bus,39。You don39。 has been i nvent ed and i t has been used t o det ect gol d which has been buri ed i n the gr ound. The m achi ne was used i n a cave near t he seashor e wher e it i s sai dpi rat es used to 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 ail t o col lect i t. Ar m ed wi t h the new m achi ne, a sear ch par t y went i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o fi nd buri ed tr easure. The leader of t he part y was exam i ni ng the soil near t he ent r ance t o t he cave when t he machi ne showed t hat t her e was gol d under the gr ound. Ver y excit ed, t he par ty dug a hol e t wo feet deep. They f i nal y f ound a sm al l gol d coin whi ch was al m ost wort hless. The part y t hen sear ched t he whole cave thor oughly but di d not f ind anyt hi ng except an empt y ti n tr unk. I n spi t e of t his, m any peopl e ar e confi dent t hat 39。. Because t he tr e was ment ioned in a newspaper , the number of vi sitor s to Fri nl ey has now increased. The tr ee was planted near a chur ch fi ft y year s ago, but it is onl y in r ecent year s that it has gai ned an evi l reputati on. I t is sai d t hat i f anyone touches t he tr e, he wi l have bad l uck。Where have you been hi ding ?3