【正文】 l y buyi ng t he dr es she had fi r st asked f or. Leson58 A bl esi ng in di sgui se? 是因禍得福嗎？ The ti ny vil lage of Fri nl ey is sai d t o possess a 39。Your si st er wi l be her e in l es t han an hour and we m ust be at the stati on t o m eet her. We ar e l ate al ready.39。A r el at i 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 stay f or a few days. The m om ent you l eave t his t ent , you wil l get a bi g sur pri se . A wom an you know wel wi l r ush t owar ds you. She wi l l speak t o you and t hen she wi l l ead you away f r om t hi s place. That is al .39。You don39。I 39。 I s t his Woodf or d Gr en ?39。 she asked impati ently. 39。The Reveal er 39。 sai d t he conduct or. 39。 I f or got to put you off .39。s cl osest f r iends asked him to m ake a speech at a wedding r ecept ion. of f her e, 39。 i f he picks a l eaf, he wi l di e. Many vi l ager s bel ieve t hat t he t ree has al r eady cl aim ed a num ber of vi ct im s. The vi car has been asked t o have t he tr ee cut down, but so f ar he has r ef used. He has point ed out t hat t he t ree i s a usef ul sourc e of i ne as t our ists have been i ng fr om al l par ts of t he countr y t o se i t. I n spi te of al t hat has been sai d, t he t ouri st s have been pi cki ng l eaves and cut ti ng t heir names on t he t r 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(lái)還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o sit outsi de our fr ont gat e and bar k. Ever y tim e he want ed t o e i nt o t he gar den he woul d bark unti l s om eone opened t he gat e. As t he nei ghbour s plai ned of t he noi se, my husband spent weeks t rai ni ng hi m to pr es hi s paw on t he l atch t o let him self i n. Rex soon becam e an expert at openi ng the gate. However , when I was goi ng out shoppi ng l ast week, I noti ced hi m i n t he gar den near t he gat e. Thi s t im e he was bar ki ng so t hat som eone 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 side, he es i nt o t he gar den and wai ts unt il t he gat e shuts. Then he si ts and bar ks unti l som eone l et s him out . Af ter t hi s he imm edi at ely l ets him sel f i n and begi ns bar ki ng again. Yest er day m y husband removed t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since. Leson60 The f ut ure 卜算未來(lái) At a vi l age fair , I deci ded t o visit a f ort une t el er cal led Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nt o her t ent and she t ol d m e t o si t down. Af t er I had gi ven her som e m oney, she looked int o a crystal bal l and sai d: 39。 she sai d. She gazed at it f or som e tim e t hen added, 39。 I sai d. 39。 39。 I s t his Woodf or d Gr en ?39。I 39。You don39。A r el at i 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 stay f or a few days. The m om ent you l eave t his t ent , you wil l get a bi g sur pri se . A wom an you know wel wi l r ush t owar ds you. She wi l l speak t o you and t hen she wi l l ead you away f r om t hi s place. That is al .39。 t he conductor sai d. 39。 39。Wel , in t hat case, I prefer t o stay on t he bus,39。 has been invented and it has been used to det ect gold whi ch has been buri ed in t he ground. The m achi ne was used in a cave near the seashor e wher ei t is said pir ates used t o hide gold. The pir ates would of ten bur y gold i n the cave and then f ai l to coll ect i t. Ar med wi th t he new machine, a search part y went he did not li ke it . She enj oyed herself making the asi st ant bri ng alm ost ever ything i n t he window bef or e f inal y buyi ng the dr ess she had fi rst asked for . Lesson58 A bl essi ng i n disguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The t iny vi l age of Fr inley i s sai d to possess a 39。Your sister wi l be here i n 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。 I asked. 39。l l get of f her e. 39。t need bookcases at al . You can si t her e i n your spar e ti me and r ead the carpet!39。 As soon as I went out si de, I f or got al l about Madam Bel i nsky because my wi f e hur ri ed t owar ds m e. 39。 she asked im pat ientl y. 39。The Reveal er39。 sai d t he conduct or . 39。 sai d t he conduct or suddenl y.39。clock thi s evening. By t hat t i me, the Astr a wi l have been f lyi ng thr ough space f or seventeen hour s and wil l have cir cled t he ear th a gr eat m any t im es. When t he fi rst radio mesages have been recei ved, the r esul ts of the t ri p wi l be announced im medi ately. Leson62 Af ter t he fi re 大火之后 Fir emen had been f ight ing t he for est fi re for near ly t hree weeks bef ore t hey coul d get i t under cont rol . A shor t ti me befor e, gr eat tr ees had covered t he countr ysi de for mi les around. Now, sm oke st il r ose up fr om t he warm ground over t he desolat e hil s. Wint er was i ng on and the hi ls threate ned the surr oundi ng vil lages wi t h destr ucti on, f or heavy rai n would not only wash away t he soil but would cause ser ious fl oods as wel l. When t he fi re had at last been put out , the f or est author it es ordered sever al t ons of a speci al type of gr as seed whi ch woul d grow quickly. The seed was sprayed over t he gr ound in huge quant it ies by aeroplanes. The planes had been planti ng sed f or near ly a m ont h when i t began to rain. By t hen, however , in m any pl aces the gr as had alr eady t aken r oot. I n place of the grea t tr es whi ch had been gr owi ng t her e f or cent uri es, patches of gr en had begun to appear i n the bl ackened soil . Lesson63 She was not amused 她并不覺(jué)得好笑 Geof f rey Hampden has a lar ge ci rcle of f r iends and i s ver y popular at part ies. Ever ybody admi res him f or hi s fi ne sense of hum or ever ybody, that is, except hi s sixyear old daught er, Jenny. Recentl y, one of Geoff r ey39。. 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