【正文】 n t o Eur ope f or t he fi r st ti me i n hi st or y. Lesson65 Jum bo versus t he pol ice 小象對警察 Last Chri stm as, t he ci r cus owner, J imm y Gat es, deci ded t o t ake som e pr esent s t o a chi l dr en39。A r el ati on of your s i s i ng t o see you. She wi l be ar i vi ng thi s evening and i nt ends t o s tay f or a f ew days. The m om ent you leave thi s t ent , you wil l get a bi g surpri se. A woman you know wel wil l r ush t owar ds you. She wil l speak t o you and t hen she wil l ead you away fr om t hi s pl ace. That is al l.39。wait i ng room ! 39。 I li ed, 39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。t have to car y him . Of cour se, we shoul d ar rest him , but as he has a good record, we shal l let him off t hi s ti me.39。s cl osest f ri ends asked him t o 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 l oves. He pr epar ed t he speech car ef ul y and went t o t he weddi ng wi t h Jenny. He had i ncl uded a lar ge num ber of f unny st or ies i n the speech and, of course, i t was a great success. As soon as he had fi nished, Jenny t old hi m she want ed t o go home. Geoff rey was a l it tl e disappoi nt ed by t hi s but he di d as hi s daught er asked. On t he way hom e, he asked Jenny i f she had enj oye d the speech. To his surpri se, she sai d she hadn39。i ng f rom al l par ts of t he countr y t o se i t. I n spi t e of al l t hat has been sai d, t he touri st shave been pi cki ng leaves and cutti ng t hei r nam es on t he tr ee tr unk. So f ar, not one of t hem has been str uck down by sudden deat h! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to sit out si de our f r ont gat e and bar k. Ever y ti m e he want ed to e i nt o t he garden he woul d bar k unt il someone opened t he gat e. As t he nei ghbour s pl ai ned of t he noise, m y husband spent weeks t r ai ni ng him t o press hi s paw on t he lat ch t o l et him sel f in. Rex soon becam e an exper t at openi ng t he gat e. Howe ver, when I was going out shopping l ast week, I noti ced hi m in t he gar den near t he gat e. Thi s tim e he was barki ng so t hat someone woul d l et him out ! Si nce t hen, he has devel oped anot her bad habi t. As soon as he opens t he gat e fr om t he out si de, he es i nt o t he gar den and wai ts unti l t he gate shuts. Then he si ts and barks unti l som eone l et s hi m out . Aft er t his he i mmedi at el y l ets him sel f in and begins barki ng agai n. Yest er day m y husband rem oved t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him si nce. Le son60 The f ut ure 卜算未來 At a vi l age f air , I deci ded t o visit a f ort une tel er cal ed Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nt o her tent and she t ol d m e to sit down. Af ter I had gi ven her som e m oney, she l ooked i nt o a cr yst al bal and sai d: 39。cl ock t hi s eveni ng. By t hat ti me, t he Ast ra wi l have been fl yi ng t hr ough space for seventeen hours and wi l have ci r cl ed t he ear t h a great m any tim es. When the f ir st r adi o m essages have been r eceived, t he r esult s of t he tr i p wil l be announced im medi at el y. Lesson62 Af t er t he f i re 大火之后 Fir em en had been f i ghti ng t he for est fi re f or near ly t hree weks bef ore t hey coul d get i t under cont r ol. A shor t tim e bef or e, gr eat tr ees had cover ed t he countr ysi de f or mi les ar ound. Now, sm oke sti l r ose up fr om t he warm gr ound over t he desol at e hi ll s. Wi nt er was i ng on and t he hil l s t hr eat ened t he surr oundi ng vil lages wit h dest ructi on, f or heavy r ai n would not only wash away t he soil but woul d cause ser ious fl oods as wel l. When t he fi r e had at l ast been put out , the f orest aut hor it es or der ed sever al t ons of a special type of grass sed whi ch woul d gr ow quickl y. The sed was spr ayed over t he ground i n huge quant it i es by aer opl anes. The pl anes had been pl a nt ing seed for near ly a m ont h when i t began t o r ai n. By t hen, however , i n m any pl aces t he gras s had al ready taken r oot. I n pl ace of t he gr eat tr ees which had been gr owi ng t her e f or cent ur ies, pat ches of gr een had begun t o appear in t he blackened soi l. Leson63 She was not am used 她并不覺得好笑 Geoff r ey Ham pden has a l ar ge cir cl e of fr i ends and is ver y popul ar at par ti es. Everybody adm ir es hi m for his f i ne sense of humorever ybody, t hat i s, except his si x year ol d daught er , Jenny. Recent l y, one of Geof f rey39。so it was f ort unat e t hat we di dn39。 I was j ust wonder i ng how t o spend t he m or ni ng unti l I saw you. You39。 he asked, bef or e I had fi nished speaki ng. ‘ Not at al, 39。s al ways pl ent y to r ead in t he 39。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Dur i ng a bul lf i ght, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed i nt o t he m i ddl e of t he ri ng. The cr owd began t o shout, but t he dr unk was unawar e of the dange r. The bul was busy wi th t he mat ador at t he tim e, but i t suddenl y caught si ght of t he drunk who was shout i ng r ude r em ar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Appar ent l y sensi ti ve to cr it icism, t he bul l for got al about t he m atador and char ged at the dr unk. The crowd suddenl y gr ew qui et . The dr unk, however, seem ed qui te sur e of himsel f. When t he bul got close t o hi m, he clumsil y stepped asi de t o l et i t pass. The cr owd br oke i nt o cheer s and the dr unk bowed. By t hi s ti me, however, t hree m en had e i nt o t he ri ng and they qui ckly dr agged t he dr unk t o saf et y. Even t he bul l semed t o f el sor r y for him, f or it l ooked on sym pat het i cal y unti l the dr unk was out of t he way bef or e once m or e t ur ni ng it s at t enti on t o the m at ador . Lesson71 A f am ous cl ock 一個著名的大鐘 When you vi si t London, one of t he fi r st t hi ngs you wil l see i s Big Ben, t he f am ous cl ock which can be hear d al over t he wor ld on t he