【正文】 s son, Donal d, al so set up a wor ld r ecor d. Like his f ather, he was dri ving a car cal led Bl uebi rd. Leson73 The recordholder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li t le boys who pl ay t ruant f r om school are unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。 leson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being t est ed for a dr iving l icence for the t hir d ti me. I had been asked t o dri ve in heavy tr af ic and had done so successful y. Aft er having been i nstr ucted t o dri ve out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sur e t hat I had passed, I was alm ost begi nni ng to enj oy my t est . The exami ner must have been pleased wi th my perf ormance, for he smil ed and said, 39。m goi ng to the dent ist. 39。 No, not at al l, 39。 I said. 39。guar d of honour 39。Where have you been hi di ng ?39。 he said, i n a mournf ul voi ce, 39。 he answered.39。 Would you m ind m y ing wi th you ?39。 Ber t answered. 39。so i t was for tunat e t hat we di dn39。cl ock this evening. By that ti me, the Astr a wi l have been f lyi ng through space f or se vent een 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 imm edi ately. Leson62 Aft er the fi re 大火之后 Fir emen had been f ighti ng the f orest fi re f or near ly t hree weeks bef ore t hey could get i t under cont rol. A shor t ti me befor e, gr eat tr ees had cover ed the countr ysi de for mi les around. Now, smoke sti l r ose up f r om t he warm ground over t he desolate hi l s. Wint er was i ng on and the hil ls t hreatened the surr oundi ng vil ages wi th destr uct ion, for heavy rain would not onl y wash away t he soi l but would cause seri ous fl oods as wel . When t he fi re had at last been put out , the f or est authori ti es ordered sever al t ons of a speci al type of gr as seed which woul d grow quickly. The seed was sprayed over t he gr ound in huge quant it ies by aer oplanes. The planes had been planti ng sed f or nearl y a m ont h when i t began to r ain. By t hen, however , in m any pl aces the gr as had alr eady t aken r oot. In place of t he great tr es whi ch had been growi ng t her e for cent uri es, patches of gr en had begun to appear i n the bl ackened soi l. Lesson63 She was not am used 她并不覺(jué)得好笑 Geoff rey Hampden has a lar ge ci rcl e of fr iends and i s ver y popular at par ties. Ever ybody admi res him f or hi s fi ne sense of hum or ever ybody, that is, except hi s sixyear old daughter, Jenny. Recentl y, one of Geof fr ey39。t our i st shave been 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 unti l s omeone 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 shopping l ast 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 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 someone l et s him out. Af ter thi s he immedi ately l ets himsel f in and begins 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 vi lage f ai r, I deci ded to vi si t a for tunet el ler cal led Madam Bel insky. I went into her t ent and she told me t o si t down. Af t er I had given her some money, she looked into a cr ystal bal l and said: 39。s cl osest fr iends asked him to m ake a speech at a wedding recept ion. Thi s is t he sor t of thing that Geof fr ey loves. He pr epar ed the speech caref ul ly and went to the wedding wi th Jenny. He had included a lar ge num ber of f unny stor ies i n the speech and, of course, i t was a great success. As soon as he had f ini shed, Jenny tol d him she want ed to go home. Geoff rey was a li tl e disappoi nted by t hi s but he di d as his daught er asked. On t he way home, he asked Jenny i f she had enjoyed the speech. To his surpr ise, she sai d she hadn39。t have t o car ry hi m. Of course, we should ar rest him, but as he has a good record, we shal let him off t his t ime. 39。 I was just wonderi ng how t o spend t he morni ngunt il I saw you. You39。 he asked, bef ore I had f inished speaking. ? Not at al ,39。 Ther e39。 you have just ki l ed that chi ld ! 39。 she asked i mpati ent ly. 39。 of six pr et y gir ls, he set off down t he main st reet of t he cit y ri ding a baby elephant caled Jumbo. He, should have known that the poli ce would never al low this sort of t hi ng. A poli ceman approached Ji mmy and t ol d him he ought t o have gone al ong a si de st r et as Jumbo was hol ding up t he tr af fi c. Though Jimm y agreed to go at once, Jumbo r ef used t o move. Fif teen policemen had to push very har d t o get hi m of f the mai n st reet. The poli ce had a dif fi cul t ime, but they wer e most amused. 39。Fancy meeti ng you her e !39。 I answered.39。 39。Just one mor e t hi ng, Mr Eames. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenly cr osses the r oad in f r ont of you. As soon as I t ap on the wi ndow, I want t he car t o be st opped i mmedi at el y.39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a cinema sei ng the same f ilm over and over agai n, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al l been put to shame by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, t ravel led 1600 mi les. He hit ch hiked t o Dover and, towar ds evening, went i nto a boat to f ind somewhere to sleep. When he woke up next m or ning, he discovered t