【正文】 re 卜算未來 At a vil age fair , I deci ded to visit a fort unetel er cal led Madam Beli nsky. I went into her tent and she told me to sit down. After I had gi ven her some money, she looked into a cryst al bal l and said: 39。s closest fr iends asked him to make a speech at a weddi ng r ecept ion. Thi s i s the sor t of thing that Geof fr ey l oves. He pr epared the speech carefull y and went to t he wedding wit h Jenny. He had incl uded a lar ge number of f unny st or ies in the speech and, of course, i t was a gr eat succes. As soon as he had f inished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Geoffr ey was a li tl e di sappointed by t hi s but he did as hi s daughter asked. On t he way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his sur pr ise, she said she hadn39。t have to car ry him. Of course, we shoul d ar rest him , but as he has a good recor d, we shal l et him of f t hi s tim e.39。 I sai d t o the conductor as I got on t he bus, 39。l l have t o get of f here,39。 I t doesn39。 I answered. Lesson51 Reward f or virtue 對美德的獎賞 My fr iend, Her ber t, has al ways been fat, but things got so bad r ecentl y that he decided t o go on a di et . He began his di et a week ago. Fi rst of al, he wrote out a long list of al the foods which wer e f orbidden. The list incl uded most of the things Her bert loves: butt er , potatoes, r ice, beer, mil k, chocol at e, and swets. Yest er day I paid hi m avi si t. I rang t he bel l and was not surpri sed to se t hat Her bert was ti l as f at as ever . He l ed me i nt o hi s room and hur ri edly hid a lar ge par cel under his desk. I t was obvious t hat he was very embar rased. When I asked him what he was doing, he smi led guil ti ly and t hen put the par cel on the desk. He explained that his di et was so stri ct that he had t o rewar d hi mself occasional ly. Then he showed me t he cont ents of the parcel . I t contai ned f ive lar ge bars of chocolate a nd t hr e bags of sweets! Leson52 A pret y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust moved i nt o a new house and I have been wor ki ng hard al mor ni ng. I have been t rying to get my new room in order. Thi s has not been easy because I own over athousand books. To make mat ters worse, the room is r at her smal , so I have t emporari ly put my books on t he f loor . At the moment, they cover every i nch of loor space and I actual ly have to walk on them to get i n or out of the room. A shor t whil e ago, my sister helped me t o car y one of my ol d bookcases up the stairs. She went into my r oom and got a big sur pr ise when she saw al those books on t he f loor . 39。cursed tr e39。 As she walked away, I f ollowed her out of the fair . Lesson61 Trouble wi th t he Hubble 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 I n future, astr onauts wi l be r equir ed t o descend f rom a spaceshi p whi le it is stil l i n space and t o return t o it. The abili ty t o do t hi s wi l be necesary in f ut ure fl ight s to distant plas. Scient ists ar e now t rying to discover if t hi s is possibl e. The spaceshi p Ast ra which lef t the eart h a shor t time ago, wil l be tr aveli ng t hr e hundred mil es i nt o space. At a cert ai n poi nt , t he Astra wi l st op f or a short t ime and an astr onaut wil l at empt to leave t he stationar y spaceship and then r et ur n to it . We shal l not know whether t he experi ment has been succesful unti l we have r ecei ved a radio mesage. The fir st mesage is expect ed t o ar rive at 7 o39。 if he picks a leaf , he wil die. Many vi l l agers bel ieve that he t ree has al ready claimed a number of victi ms. The vicar has been asked to have the tr e cut down, but so f ar he has refused. He has pointe d out that he t ree is a usef ul sour ce of ine as t ouri st s have been ing from al par ts of the countr y to se i t. In spi te of al t hat has been said, t he t ouri st s have been picking leaves and cutt ing thei r names on the tr et runk. So f ar , not one of t hem has been str uck down by sudden death! Leson59 In or out ？ 進來還是出去？ 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 bar k unt il someone opened the gat e. As the neighbours plained of the noise, my husband spent weeks tr ai ni ng him to pres his paw on t he l at ch t o let himsel f in. Rex soon became an exper t at openi ng t he gat e. However, when I was goi ng out shopping last wek, I not iced him in t he gar den near the gate. This 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 oon as he opens t he gate fr om the out side, he es into t he gar den and wait s unti l t he gat e shuts. Then he si ts and bar ks unti l someone l et s hi m out . Af ter t hi s he i mmediately l et s hi mself in and begi ns barking again. Yest er day my husband removed the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not sen him since. Lesson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vil lage f ai r, I decided t o vi sit a f or tunet el ler caled Madam Bel insky. I went into her t ent and she told me t o si t down. Aft er I had given her some money, she looked into a crystal bal and said: 39。 she said. She gazed at i t f or some time t hen added, 39。 I said. 39。This i s as far as we go. 39。t know wher e it is.39。345 f or t he cost of t he t rip. The nor mal pri ce of a ticket is amp。s hospital. Dressed up as Fat her Chr ist mas and acpanied by a 39。 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 at al l. You can si t here in your spare t ime and r ead the carpet!39。l l get off her e. 39。Oh dear ,39。 answered the conductor. I sat in t he f ront of the bus to get a good view of the countr yside. Af ter some time, the bus st opped. Looki ng round, I r ealized with a shock that I was t he only passenger l ef t on t he bus. 39。t li ke l osing my way. I went on an excur si on r ecent ly, but my t ri p took me l