【正文】 st be at the st at ion to meet her . We ar e lat e al ready.39。 has been invented and it has been used to det ect gol d whi ch has been bur ied in t he gr ound. The machi ne was used i n a cave near t he seashore wher eit i s ai d pir at es used t o hi de gol d. The pi rates would oft en bury gol d in t he cave and t hen fail t o coll ect i t. Armed wit h t he new machi ne, a search par ty went he di d not li ke it . She enj oyed hersel f m aking the assi st ant br ing almost ever yt hing in t he wi ndow bef or e f inal ly buyi ng t he dr ess he had fi rst asked for. Lesson58 A bl essi ng i n di sguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The ti ny vil age of Fr inley is sai d t o posses a 39。Wel , i n that case, I pr ef er t o st ay on the bus,39。 39。 t he conduct or sai d. 39。A r el at ion of yours i s ing to se you. She wi l be ar iving this evening and intends t o stay for afew days. The moment you leave this tent, you wil l get a big surpri se. A woman you know wel wil l rush t owards you. She wi l l speak to you and then she wi l lead you away fr om this place. That i s al l.39。You don39。l get off here.39。Oh dear, 39。 As she wal ked away, I f ol lowed her out of the fair. Lesson61 Trouble wit h t he Hubbl e 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 I n future, ast r onauts wil l be r equi red t o descend fr om a spaceshi p whil e it is st il l i n space and t o return t o it. The abili ty t o do t hi s wi l be nec essary i n f ut ure fl ight s to distant plas. Scient ists are now t r yi ng t o di scover i f t hi s is possi bl e. The spaceship Ast ra which left t he eart h a short tim e ago, wil l be t ravel ing three hundr ed mi les into space. At a cer tain point, the Ast ra wil l stop f or a short tim e and an ast ronaut wi l at tem pt t o leave the st at ionar y spaceship and t hen retur n t o it. We shal not know whether t he experim ent has been succesful until we have r ecei ved a radi o mesage. The f ir st mesage is expect ed t o ar ri ve at 7 o39。cursed t ree39。 I answered. Lesson51 Reward f or virt ue 對美德的獎賞 My fr iend, Her bert , has al ways been f at , but t hings got so bad r ecentl y that he deci ded t o go on a di et . He began hi s di et aweek ago. Fi rst of al l, he wr ot e out a long l ist of al l the foods whi ch wer e f orbidden. The li st incl uded m ost of t he t hi ngs Her bert l oves: butt er, potat oes, r ice, beer, mil k, chocol at e, and swets. Yest er day I pai d him a vi si t. I rang t he bel l and was not surpri sed to se t hat Her bert was stil l as f at as ever. He led me i nt o his r oom and hur iedl y hi d a large par cel under hi s desk. It was obvi ous t hat he was very em bar assed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smil ed guil til y and t hen put the parcel on the desk. He explained t hat hi s di et was o st ri ct that he had t o r ewar d himself occasional y. Then he showed me t he cont ents of t he parcel . I t cont ai ned fi ve l ar ge bars of chocolate and t hr e bags of sweet s! Leson52 A pret y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust m oved i nt o a new house and I have been wor ki ng hard al m orning. I have been t r yi ng t o get m y new r om i n or der. Thi s has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make mat er s wor se, t he r oom i s rather sm al l, so I have t empor ar il y put m y books on the fl oor. At the m om ent, they cover every i nch of f loor space and I actual ly have t o walk on t hem t o get i n or out of the room. A shor t whil e ago, m y sister helped m e t o car y one of m y ol d bookcases up t he stair s. She went i nt o m y r oom and got a bi g sur pr ise when she saw al t hose books on t he f loor . 39。I t doesn39。This is as far as we go.39。 I asked. 39。I 39。You don39。A r el at ion of your s is i ng t o see you. She wil be ar ri vi ng t hi s eveni ng and i nt ends t o st ay f or a f ew days. The mom ent you l eave t hi s tent , you wil get a big sur pr ise. A woman you know wel wil r ush towar ds you. She wi l speak t o you and t hen she wil l ead you away f r om t hi s pl ace. That is al. 39。 the conductor said. 39。 39。 said t he conductor . 39。The Revealer39。 she asked i mpati entl y. 39。 Is this Woodf ord Gr en ?39。 I said. 39。 she said. She gazed at it for som e time t hen added, 39。 if he pi cks a leaf , he wil l die. Many vil agers bel ieve t hat he t ree has al ready claimed a number of vi ctim s. The vi car has been asked to have t he tr ee cut down, but so far he has r ef used. He has poi nt ed out t hat he t ree is a useful sour ce of ine as t ouri st s have been ing fr om al par ts of the count ry t o see i t. In spi te of al t hat has been said, t he t ouri st s have been pi cking leaves and cutt ing thei r nam es on the tr et runk. So far, 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 t o sit out si de our f ront gat e and bar k. Ever y tim e he want ed t o e into t he gar den he woul d bark unt il s omeone opened t he gat e. As the nei ghbours plained of t he noi se, my husband spent weks tr ai ni ng him t o pr ess hi s paw on the l at ch t o let him self i n. Rex soon becam e an expert at opening the gate. However, when I was going out shoppi ng l ast week, I noti ced him i n the gar den near t he gat e. This tim e he was bar ki ng so that someone woul d let him out ! Si nce t hen, he has devel oped anot her bad habit . As soon as he opens the gate f rom t he out si de, he es i nt o t he garden and wait s unti l t he gate shuts. Then he sit s and bar ks unti l som eone lets him out. Aft er this he immedi at el y lets himsel f i n and begins bar ki ng agai n. Yesterday m y husband r em oved t he 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 deci ded t o visit af ort unet el er cal led Madam Beli nsky. I went into her t ent and she t ol d m e t o si t down. Aft er I had given her som e m oney, she l ooked i nt o a cr ystal bal and sai d: