【正文】 ybody, t hat i s, except his si x year ol d daughter , Jenny. Recent ly, one of Geof f rey39。so i t was for tunate t hat we di dn39。 I was j ust wonder i ng how to spend the m or ning unt il I saw you. You39。Woul d you mi nd my i ng wit h you ?39。 he answer ed.39。 I cont inued dri ving and aft er some t im e, t he exami n。 Then I39。m goi ng t o. . .39。 Hul l o, El i zabet h,39。Jum bo must wei gh a few tons,39。Your sist er wi l be here in l ess t han an hour and we must be at t he st ati on to m et her. We ar e l at e alr eady.39。 has been invent ed and it has been used to detect gol d whi ch has been bur ied i n t he gr ound. The machine was used in a cave near t he seashor e wherei t i s sai d pir at es used t o hide gold. The pir ates would of ten bury gol d i n t he cave and t hen fail t o coll ect it . Arm ed wit h t he new machi ne, a search part y went he di d not li ke it. She enjoyed her sel f making t he assistant bri ng al most everyt hing i n the wi ndow befor e fi nal ly buying the dress she had f ir st asked for . Lesson58 A blessi ng in disguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The t iny vil lage of Fri nley i s sai d to possess a 39。 l esson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng t ested f or a dri vi ng li cence f or t he t hi rd t im e. I had been asked t o dr i ve i n hea vy t r af fi c and had done so successf ul l y. Af ter havi ng been i nst r uct ed t o dr ive out of t own, I began t o acquir e conf i dence. Sur e t hat I had passed, I was alm ost begi nni ng t o enj oy m y t est. The exam iner m ust have been pl eased wit h m y per f or mance, f or he smi led and sai d, 39。m goi ng t o t he denti st .39。 I answer ed.39。 I sai d. 39。guar d of honour39。Wher e have you been hidi ng ?39。wor k and t he house was quiet. So I decided t o m ake som e t art s f or t ea. I n a shor t tim e I was busy m i xi ng but t er and fl our and m y hands wer e soon covered wi t h st icky past ry. At exactl y t hat m om ent, t he tel ephone rang. Not hi ng could have been m ore annoyi ng. I pi cked up t he r ecei ver bet ween t wo sti cky fi nger s and was di sm ayed when I recogni zed t he voi ce of Mr s Bat es. I t took me t en mi nut es t o per suade her t o ri ng back l ater. At l ast I hung up t he r ecei ver . What a mess! There was pastr y on m y fi nger s, on t he t elephone, and on the door knobs. I had no sooner got back t o t he ki t chen t han t he door bel r ang l oud enough t o wake t he dead. Thi s tim e it was t he postm an and he want ed me t o si gn f or a r egi st er ed l et er ! Lesson55 Not a gol d m ine 并非金礦 Dr eams of f indi ng l ost t reasur e alm ost cam e tr ue recent ly. A new m achi ne cal led 39。 As soon as I went out si de, I f or got al l about Madam Bel li nsky because my wif e hur r ied t owar ds me. 39。s hospi tal. Dr esed up as Fat her Chri stm as and a pani ed by a 39。Hul l o, Bert ,39。 No, not at al ,39。but I39。wai ti ng r oom !39。The Revealer 39。 she asked impat iently. 39。 of six pret y gir ls, he set off down the main st reet of the cit y ri ding a baby elephant cal ed Jumbo. He, should have known that the poli ce would never al low this sor t of t hing. A poli ceman approached Ji mmy and t old hi m he ought to have gone al ong a si de str et as Jum bo was hol ding up t he tr af f ic. Though Jim my agreed to go at once, Jumbo r efused to m ove. Fif teen poli cemen had t o push ver y har d t o get hi m of f the mai n str et . The poli ce had a dif fi cul t ti me, but they wer e most am used. 39。Fancy m eeti ng you here ! 39。 I 39。 39。Just one m or e t hi ng, Mr Eames. Let us suppose t hat a chi l d suddenl y cr os ses t he r oad i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on t he wi ndow, I want t he car t o be stopped imm edi at ely.39。 Ther e39。 he asked, bef or e I had fi ni shed speaki ng. ‘ Not at al l,39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hing, ar e you ?39。t have t o car ry him. Of course, we should ar r est him, but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et hi m of f t his t im e. 39。s closest f ri ends asked hi m t o make a speech at a wedding r ecepti on. This i s the sort of t hi ng that Geoff rey l oves. He prepared t he speech car ef ull y and went to t he weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a l arge number of f unny st ori es in t he speech and, of cour se, it was a gr eat succes. As soon as he had f ini shed, Jenny tol d him she want ed to go hom e. Geof fr ey was a l it tle di sappoint ed by this but he did as hi s daughter asked. On the way hom e, he asked Jenny if she had enj oyed t he speech. To hi s sur pri se, she said she hadn39。 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 ctims. 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 spite of al l that has been said, t he touri st shave been picki ng leaves and cutti ng t hei r 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)來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o sit outside our fr ont gat e and bar k. Every ti me he wanted t o e int o the gar den he woul d bark unt il som eone opened t he gat e. As the neighbour s plained of the noi se, my husband spent weeks tr aining hi m t o pr ess his paw on the l at ch to l et hi mself in. Rex soon became an exper t at opening t he gat e. However, when I was going out shopping l ast week, I not iced him in the garden near t he gat e. Thi s ti me he was barki ng so t hat someone would l et hi m out ! Since t hen, he has developed anot her bad habi t. As soon as he opens the gate fr om t he out si de, he es int o the gar den and wai ts unti l the gate shuts. Then he sit s and bar ks until someone lets hi m out . Af t er t his he i mmediatel y l