【正文】 mor ning. I have been tr yi ng t o get m y new r oom in or der. This has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To m ake m at t er s wor se, t he r oom i s rather smal , so I have tempor ar il y put my books on the f loor. At t he moment, they cover every inch of fl oor space and I actual y have t o wal k on them to get in or out of the r oom . A shor t whil e ago, my si st er hel ped me to car ry one of my old bookcases up the stair s. She went int o my room and got a big sur pr ise when she saw al those books on t he fl oor. 39。cur sed tr e39。 As she wal ked away, I fol lowed her out of the f air . Lesson61 Trouble wi t h t he Hubble 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 In f utur e, astr onauts wi l be r equi r ed to descend f r om a spaceshi p whi le i t is sti l i n space and to r etur n to it. The abil it y to do thi s wil l be necesary i n f uture fl ights t o distant pla s. Sci ent ists are now tr ying t o discover i f this i s possibl e. The spaceshi p Astr a whi ch left t he ear th a short t im e ago, wi l be tr avel li ng thr e hundred m il es i nto space. At a cert ai n point , t he Astr a wi l stop f or a short t im e and an astr onaut wi l at em pt t o l eave t he st at ionary spaceship and t hen retur n to it . We shal l not know whet her t he experi ment has been successful unti l we have r ecei ved a radio m essage. The fi rst message i s expect ed to ar ri ve at 7 o39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whole vi l age soon learnt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Benton, the local but cher , had l ost his wal let whil e t aki ng hi s savi ngs t o t he post off ice. Sam was sur e t hat t he walet must have been found by one of the vi l agers, but i t was not r etur ned to hi m. Three months passed, and t hen one m orning, Sam f ound hi s wal et out si de his f ront door . It had been wr apped up in newspaper and it cont ained half the m oney he had l ost , t oget her wi th a note whi ch said: 39。 lesson46 Expensi ve and un fortabl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney ai rpor t, wor ker s began t o unload a number of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl othing. No one could account f or t he fact that one of t he boxes was extr em el y heavy. It suddenly occurr ed to one of t he worker s to open up the box. He was astonished at what he found. A m an was lying i n t he box on top of a pil e of wooll en goods. He was so sur pr ised at bei ng discover ed t hat he di d not even t ry t o r un away. Af ter he was ar est ed, t he m an adm it ted hidi ng in t he box bef ore t he plane lef t London. He had had a long and unf ort abl e t ri p, f or he had been conf i ned t o the wooden box f or over ten hours. The man was order ed to pay amp。 but I don39。 the conductor said. 39。 39。 said t he conductor . 39。The Reveal er39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit here i n your spare t im e and read the carpet! 39。 39。 said the conductor suddenly. 39。 You39。m going t o Woodf or d Gr een, 39。s m oney was paid back i n thi s way. The l ast note said:39。 sai d Mr s Ster li ng later , 39。 she asked i mpat ientl y. 39。The Reveal er39。 said t he conductor . 39。 39。 the conductor said. 39。 but I don39。 lesson46 Expensi ve and un fortabl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney ai rpor t, wor ker s began t o unload a number of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl othing. No one could account f or t he fact that one of t he boxes was extr em el y heavy. It suddenly occurr ed to one of t he worker s to open up the box. He was astonished at what he found. A m an was lying i n t he box on top of a pil e of wooll en goods. He was so sur pr ised at bei ng discover ed t hat he di d not even t ry t o r un away. Af ter he was ar est ed, t he m an adm it ted hidi ng in t he box bef ore t he pla ne lef t London. He had had a long and unf ort abl e t ri p, f or he had been conf i ned t o the wooden box f or over ten hours. The man was order ed to pay amp。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whole vi l age soon learnt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Benton, the local but cher , had l ost his wal let whil e t aki ng hi s s avi ngs t o t he post off ice. Sam was sur e t hat t he walet must have been found by one of the vi l agers, but i t was not r etur ned to hi m. Three months passed, and t hen one m orning, Sam f ound hi s wal et out si de his f ront door . It had been wr apped up in newspape r and it cont ained half the m oney he had l ost , t oget her wi th a note whi ch said: 39。dance39。 Two months l ater, some mor e money was sent to Sam wi th another note:39。 eggs and asked me whet her my col lecti on was growi ng. He then asked me how my br other was and whet her I l iked my new job i n London. I n answer to these questions I eit her nodded or made st range noi ses. Meanwhil e, my tongue was busy sear chi ng out the hole wher e the t oot h had been. I suddenly f elt ver y wor ri ed, but coul d not say anything. When t he denti st at l ast removed t he cot tonwool f rom my mout h, I was able t o t el l him that he had pul led out the wr ong tooth. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢告終 Ti red of sleeping on t he fl oor , a young man in Teheran saved up for year s to buy a real bed. For the f ir st t ime in hi s li fe, he became t he proud owner of a bed whi ch had spr ings and a mat ress. Because t he weat her was very hot , he car ri ed the bed on t o the r oof of hi s house. He sl ept very wel for t he fi rst two nights, but on t he thir d ni ght , a st orm blew up. A gust of wind swept the bed off t he roof and sent it cr ashing i nto t he cour tyard bel ow. The young man di d not wake up unt il the bed had str uck the ground. Alt hough t he bed was smashed t o pieces, t he man was mi raculousl y unhur t. When he woke up, he was sti l on t he mat res. Gl ancing at t he bi ts of wood and met al t hat l ay ar ou