【正文】 she asked i mpatient ly. 39。The Revealer 39。 said the conductor . 39。 39。 t he conductor sai d. 39。 I said t o t he conduct or as I got on t he bus,39。 I am 100 per cent honest now! 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 Geoff r ey loves. He pr epar ed the speech car eful ly and went to t he wedding wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a large number of funny stor ies in t he speech and, of cour se, i t was a gr eat success. As soon as he had fi ni shed, Jenny t ol d him she wanted to go hom e. Geof fr ey was a li t le di sappointed by t his but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed t he speech. To his sur pr ise, she said she hadn39。 i f he picks a leaf, he wi l die. Many vi l agers bel ieve that the t ree has al ready claim ed a num ber of vict ims. The vicar has been asked t o have t he tr ee cut down, but so f ar he has r ef used. He has poi nted out that the t ree is a useful sour ce of ine as tour ists have been i ng fr om al l par ts of the countr y to see i t. In spi te of al t hat has been said, the t our ists have been picking l eaves and cut ti ng their names on the t reet runk. So far , not one of them has been st ruck down by sudden death! Leson59 In or out ？ 進來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to si t out si de our fr ont gate and bark. Every t im e he wanted to e int o the garden he woul d bar k unti l someone opened t he gat e. As t he neighbour s pl ained of the noise, my husband spent weeks t r ai ning him t o press hi s paw on t he latch t o l et him sel f in. Rex soon becam e an exper t at openi ng the ga te. However , when I was going out shopping l ast week, I noti ced hi m in t he gar den near the gate. This t im e he was bar king so t hat someone woul d let him out ! Since then, he has devel oped another bad habit . As soon as he opens the gate f rom the outsi de, he es into the garden and wait s unt il t he gat e shut s. Then he sit s and bar ks unt il som eone l ets him out. Af ter thi s he im medi ately lets hi msel f in and begins barking again. Yest erday my husband removed the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him si nce. Lesson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vi l age f air , I decided to visit a f ort une tel er cal ed Madam Bel linsky. I went i nt o her tent and she tol d me t o sit down. Aft er I had gi ven her some money, she looked int o a crystal bal and sai d: 39。 she sai d. She gazed at i t for some t ime t hen added, 39。I 39。 I asked. 39。l t el l you where t o get of f, 39。 eggs and asked me whether my coll ect ion was gr owing. He t hen asked me how m y brot 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 ma de str ange noises. Meanwhi le, my t ongue was busy searching out the hol e wher e t he tooth had been. I suddenly felt very worr ie d, but could not say anythi ng. When the dent ist at last r emoved the cotton wool f r om my mouth, I was abl e to tel him t hat he had pull ed out t he wr ong t oot h. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢告終 Tir ed of sl eepi 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 i n his l if e, he becam e the pr oud owner of a bed which had spri ngs and a mat tr es. Because the weather was ver y hot, he car ied t he bed on to t he roof of his house. He slept ver y wel l f or the f ir st t wo ni ght s, but on the t hir d 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 crashi ng int o the court yar d below. The young man di d not wake up unti l the bed had st ruck t he gr ound. Al though the bed was smashed t o pieces, the m an was mi racul ousl y unhur t. When he woke up, he was sti l on the m at tr es. Glancing at the bi ts of wood and metal t hat lay ar ound hi m, the m an sadly pi cked up the mat ress and car ri ed it i nt o his house. Af ter he had put i t on the f loor, he pr omptl y went t o sleep agai n. Lesson50 Taken f or a ride 乘車兜風 I love t ravel li ng in the count ry, but I don39。 Two m ont hs later , some m ore m oney was sent t o Sam wi t h anot her note: 39。 Onl y 25 per cent a thi ef now! 39。t l ike l osi ng my way. I went on an excursion r ecentl y, but my tr ip t ook me l onger than I expected. 39。 answered t he conduct or. I sat i n the f ront of the bus to get a good view of the count ryside. Aft er some t ime, t he bus st opped. Looking round, I r eal ized wi th a shock that I was the only passenger l eft on t he bus. 39。Oh dear, 39。l get off here.39。You don39。A r elati on of your s is i ng to see you. She wi l be ar ivi ng thi s evening and i nt ends t o stay f or a few days. The m oment you l eave t his tent , you wi l get a big surpr ise. A wom an you know wel l wi l l r ush towards you. She wil l speak to you and t hen she wi l l ead you away f rom thi s pl ace. That i s al .39。t . Geoff rey asked her why t his was so and she told hi m that she did not l ike t o see so m any peopl e l aughi ng at hi m ! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l 858, a Fr ench engi neer , Ai m e Thom e de Gam ond, ar r i ved i n Engl and wi t h a pl an f or a t went y one m i l e t unnel acr oss t he Engl i sh Channel . He sai d t hat i t woul d be possi bl e t o bui l d a pl at f or m i n t he cent r e of t he Channel . Thi s pl at f or m woul d ser ve as a por t and a r ai l way st at i on. The t unnel woul d be wel l vent i l at ed i f t al l chi m neys wer e bui l t above sea l evel . I n 1860, a bet t er pl an was put f or war d by an i n newspaper and i t contained half t he money he had lost , together wit h a note whi ch sai d: 39。 l esson46 Expensive and unf ort able 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane fr om London ar ived at Sydney air por t, wor ker s began to unload a number of wooden boxes which