【正文】 fingers 粘糊的手指 Af ter breakf ast, I sent the chi ldren to school and t hen I went to market . I t was st il ear ly when I r et ur ned home. The chi ldren wer e at school, my husband was at wor k and the house was quiet. So I deci ded to m ake some tart s f or t ea. In a short ti me I was busy mixing but ter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sti cky pastr y. At exactl y that moment, t he telephone rang. Not hi ng coul d have been mor e annoying. I picked up t he r eceiver bet wen two sticky finger s and was dismayed when I recogni zed the voi ce of Mrs Bates. It took me ten minut es to persuade her to ri ng back l at er . At last I hung up the receiver . What a mess! Ther e was pastr y on my f ingers, on t he t el ephone, and on the door knobs. I had no sooner got back t o the ki tchen than t he door bel rang l oud enough t o wake the dead. Thi s time i t was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a r egi stered let er ! Lesson55 Not a gold mi ne 并非金礦 Dr eams of f inding lost tr easur e almost came t rue recentl y. A new machine caled 39。A r el at ion of your s i s ing to see you.。You don39。I 39。 I asked. 39。 投資估算 與資金籌措 本 項(xiàng)目總投資 萬(wàn)元，其中土建 工程 13 萬(wàn)元， 儀器設(shè)備投資 萬(wàn)元，工程建設(shè)其他費(fèi) 萬(wàn)元，基本預(yù)備費(fèi) 萬(wàn)元。 As soon as I went out si de, I f ot al about Madam Bel insky because my wi fe hur ri ed t owards me. 39。t need bookcases a t al . You can sit her e in your spar e ti me and read t he carpet !39。 39。 sai d the conduct or suddenly.39。s closest f ri ends asked hi m t o make a speech at a wedding reception. This is t he sor t of thing t hat Geoff rey loves. He prepared the speech car ef ul ly and went t o the weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had included a lar ge num ber of funny stori es in t he speech and, of cour se, it was a great succes. As oon as he had finished, Jenny told him she want ed t o go home. Geof frey was a l it le disappoi nt ed by this but he di d as his daught er asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny i f she had enj oyed t he speech. To hi s urpri se, she said she hadn39。 i f he picks a l eaf, he wi l die. Many vi lager s beli eve that the tr e has alr eady cl ai med a number of victims. The vicar has been asked t o have the tree cut down, but so f ar he has refused. He has pointed out that the tr e i s a usef ul source of i n e as tourists have been i ng f rom al par ts of t he countr y to see it . I n spit e of al that has been sai d, the tourists have been picki ng l eaves and cut ti ng t heir names on t he t ree tr unk. So far , not one of them has been st ruck down by sudden deat h! Leson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來(lái)還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to sit out si de our f ront gat e and bar k. Ever y time he wanted to e into the gar den he would bark unt il someone opened the gat e. As the neighbours plained of the noi se, my husband spent weeks tr ai ni ng him to pres his paw on t he l at ch t o let himself in. Rex soon became an exper t at openi ng t he gate. However, when I was goi ng out shopping last week, I noticed hi m in t he gar den near the gate. Thi s t ime he was bar ki ng so that someone would let hi m out ! Since t hen, he has devel oped another bad habi t. As soon as he opens the gate f rom t he outsi de, he es int o the garden and wai ts unt il the gate shuts. Then he sits and barks unt il someone lets him out. After this he immedi at el y lets hi mself i n and begins barking again. Yesterday my husband r emoved the gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him si nce. Leson60 The f ut ure 卜算未來(lái) At avi l age fair , I decided to visi t a f ortune teler cal ed Madam Bel linsky. I went i nt o her tent and she t ol d me t o si t down. Aft er I had given her some money, she l ooked int o a crystal bal and said: 39。 she said. She gazed at it for some time t hen added, 39。 I sai d. 39。 I s this Woodf or d Green ?39。 39。t mat er ,39。Thi s is the preti est carpet I have ever sen,39。. Because t he t ree was ment ioned in a newspaper, the number of vi si tors to Fri nl ey has now i ncreased. The t ree was plant ed near a church fi fty year s ago, but i t i s only i n recent years t hat it has gained an evil reputati on. It is sai d that if anyone t ouches the tree, he wil l have bad l uck。clock t hi s eveni ng. By that ti me, the Ast ra wil l have been f lying through space f or sevent en hours and wi l have ci rcled the eart h a gr eat many ti mes. When the fi rst r adi o messages have been received, the result s of the tr ip wil l be announced i mmediately. Leson62 Aft er t he f ire 大火之后 Fi remen had been fighting t he f or est f ir e for near ly t hr e weeks bef or e they coul d get it under contr ol . A short time before, gr eat rees had cover ed t he countr yside for miles ar ound. Now, smoke stil l rose up fr om the war m ground over the desol at e hi ls. Winter was i ng on and t he hil ls threat ened the surr oundi ng vil lages wit h dest ruct ion, f or heavy rain woul d not onl y wash away the soil but woul d cause ser ious f loods as wel . When the fi re had at last been put out, the for est author it es ordered sever al tons of a special type of grassed whi ch would grow qui ckly. The sed was spr ayed over t he gr ound in huge quant it ies by aer oplanes. The pl anes had been pl anti ng sed f or nearl y a month when it began to r ain. By then, however , i n many places the gr ass had already t aken r oot . I n pl ace of t he great rees which had been gr owing ther e for cent ur ies, pat ches of gr en had begun to appear i n the bl ackened soi l. Leson63 She was not amused 她并不覺(jué)得好笑 Geoff rey Hampden has a l ar ge cir cl e of fr iends and i s very popular at par ties. Ever ybody admires him f or his f ine sense of humor ever ybody, that i s, except hi s ixyear old daught er , Jenny. Recently, one of Geoff rey39。Oh dear, 39。l get off here.39。You don39。A relati on of yours is ing to see you. She wil l be ari ving this eveni ng and intends to stay for a f ew days. The