【正文】 t l oves: but ter, potat oes, ri ce, beer , mil k, chocol ate, and sweets. Yest erday I paid hi m a vi si t. I r ang t he bel l and was not surpr ised to see that Herber t was st il as f at as ever . He l ed me i nt o his r oom and hurr iedly hid a l arge parcel under his desk. I t was obvi ous t hat he was very em bar rassed. When I asked hi m what he was doing, he smi led gui lti ly and t hen put t he par cel on t he desk. He expl ained that his diet was so str ict that he had t o r ewar d hi msel f occasi onal ly. Then he showed me the cont ent s of the parcel. I t contai ned f i ve large bars of chocol at e and thr e bags of swet s! Leson52 A pret ty carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just moved into a new house and I have been wor king hard al l morni ng. I have been t rying to get my new r oom i n order . Thi s has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make mat ers wor se, t he room i s r at her smal , so I have t empor ari ly put my books on the f loor . At the moment, t hey cover ever y inch of fl oor space and I actual y have to wal k on t hem to get i n or out of the r oom. A shor t whi l e ago, my si st er hel ped m e to car ry one of my ol d bookcases up the stair s. She went int o my r oom and got a big surpr ise when she saw al those books on t he fl oor . 39。cursed t ree39。 As she walked away, I f oll owed her out of the f ai r. Leson61 Trouble wi th the Hubl e 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n f ut ure, ast ronaut s wi l be r equir 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 in f uture fl ights t o distant pla s. Sci ent ists ar e 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 ime ago, wi l be tr avel li ng t hr ee hundr ed mil es into space. At a cert ain poi nt , the Astr a wi l stop f or a shor t ti me and an ast ronaut wi l at empt to l eave t he st ati onar y spaceship and then ret ur n t o it . We shal not know whet her t he exper iment has been succesf ul unti l we have recei ved a radi o m essage. The f i r st m essage i s expect ed t o ar r i ve at 7 o39。The st rap needs m endi ng, 39。 In ti me, al l Sam39。 I 39。 answer ed the conductor . I sat in t he fr ont of t he bus to get a good vi ew of t he countr ysi de. Af ter some ti me, the bus stopped. Looking r ound, I reali zed wi t h a shock t hat I was t he onl y pasenger lef t on the bus. 39。 sai d t he conduct or suddenl y.39。 39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit here i n your spare t im e and read the carpet! 39。 sai d the conduct or . 39。 39。l l have to get off here,39。 I sai d to the conductor as I got on the bus, 39。 I am 100 per cent honest now! 39。but they did not steal anyt hi ng.39。 39。 if he picks a l eaf , he wil l di e. M any vil ager s bel ieve t hat the t ree 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 f ar he has r efused. He has point ed out that the t ree i s a usef ul source of i ne as t our ists have been i ng f rom al l par t s of t he count ry t o see it . I n spit e of al l that has been sai d, t he touri sts have been pi cki ng leaves and cutt ing 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(jìn)來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to sit outsi de our f ront gat e and bar k. Ever y ti me he want ed to e i nto t he gar den he would bark unt il s omeone opened the gate. As t he nei ghbours plai ned of t he noi se, my husband spent weeks t raini ng him to pr es hi s paw on the l atch t o let himse lf i n. Rex soon became an expert at opening the gate. However , when I was goi ng out shoppi ng last wek, I noticed him i n the garden near the gate. Thi s ti me he was bar ki ng so that someone would let him out ! Si nce t hen, he has developed anot her bad habit . As soon as he opens t he gat e fr om the outside, he es i nto t he gar den and waits unt il the gate shuts. Then he si ts and barks unti l someone let s him out . Aft er this he i mmedi at el y l et s himself i n and begi ns bar king agai n. Yest er day my husband r emoved the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not sen hi m si nce. Lesson60 The f uture 卜算未來 At a vil lage fai r, I deci ded t o vi si t a f ort une tel er cal ed Madam Bel linsky. I went i nt o her tent and she tol d me t o sit down. Aft er I had gi ven her some money, she l ooked int o a crystal bal and sai d: 39。 she said. She gazed at it f or some t ime then added, 39。I 39。 I asked. 39。 I39。 eggs and asked me whet her my col lecti on was gr owi ng. He then asked m e how my br other was and whet her I l iked my new job i n London. I n answer to these questi ons I eit her nodded or made st range noises. Meanwhil e, my tongue was busy sear chi ng out the hole wher e the t oot h had been. I suddenly f elt very wor ri ed, but coul d not say anything. Whe n t he dent ist at l ast removed t he cot tonwool f rom my m out h, I was able to t el l him that he had pul led out the wr ong tooth. Leson49 The end of a dream 美夢告終 Tir ed of sleeping on t he fl oor, a young man in Teher an saved up for year s t o buy a real bed. For the f ir st t im e 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 ver y hot , he car ri ed the bed on t o the r oof of hi s house. He sl ept very wel f or t he fi rst two nights, but on t he thi rd 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 t he bed had str uck the ground. Alt hough t he bed was sm ashed to pi eces, t he man was m ir aculously unhurt . When he woke up, he was st il on t he mat ress. Gl anci ng at he bit s of wood and m et al that l ay ar ound hi m , t he man sadl