【正文】 . Because t he tr e was ment ioned in a newspaper , the number of vi sitor s to Fri nl ey has now increased. The tr ee was planted near a chur ch fi ft y year s ago, but it is onl y in r ecent year s that it has gai ned an evi l reputati on. I t is sai d t hat i f anyone touches t he tr e, he wi l have bad l uck。l l get of f her e. 39。l l tel l you wher e to get off ,39。 As soon as I went outside, I for got al l about Madam Bel insky because my wi fe hur ri ed towards m e. 39。 sai d the conduct or. 39。l l have to get off here,39。t li ke losing m y way. I went on an excur si on r ecentl y, but my t ri p took m e longer t han I expected. 39。Oh dear ,39。You don39。cl ock t his eveni ng. By that ti me, t he Astr a wi ll have been f lying t hrough space f or sevent een hour s and wi l l have cir cled the eart h a gr eat many t imes. When t he f i rst radio m ess ages have been r ecei ved, the r esult s of the t ri p wi l be announced imm edi at ely. Lesson62 Aft er the f ire 大火之后 Fir emen had been f ighti ng the f orest fi re f or near ly t hree weeks bef ore t hey could get i t under contr ol. A shor t tim e bef ore, great tr ees had cover ed the countr yside f or mi les around. Now, smoke sti l r ose up f rom the war m gr ound over t he desolate hi l s. Wint er was i ng on and the hil ls t hreatened the surr ounding vi l ages wi th destr uct ion, for heavy rain woul d not onl y wash away the soil but would cause seri ous f loods as wel . When the f ir e had at last been put out , t he for est authori ti es or der ed sever al t ons of a speci al t ype of gr ass seed whi ch woul d gr ow qui ckl y. The seed was spr ayed over t he gr ound i n huge quant i t i es by aer opl anes. The pl anes had been pl a nt i ng seed f or near l y a m ont h when i t began t o r ai n. By t hen, however , i n m any pl aces t he gr ass had al r eady t aken r oot . I n pl ace of t he gr eat t r ees whi ch had been gr owi ng t her e f or cent ur i es, pat ches of gr een had begun t o appear i n t he bl ackened soi l . Lesson63 She was not am used 她并不覺得好笑 Geof f r ey Ham pden has a l ar ge ci r cl e of f r i ends and i s ver y popul ar at par t i es. Ever ybody adm i r es hi m f or hi s f i ne sense of hum or ever ybody, t hat i s, except hi s si x year ol d daught er , Jenny. Recent l y, one of Geof f r ey39。Thi s is as f ar as we go. 39。 I answered. Leson51 Reward for vi rt ue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My fr iend, Her ber t, has always been fat, but things got so bad r ecentl y t hat he de ci ded to go on a diet. He began his diet a week ago. Fi rst of al l, he wr ote out a long l ist of al l the f oods whi ch were f orbi dden. The li st i ncl uded most of the t hi ngs Herbert l oves: but ter, potat oes, ri ce, beer , mil k, chocol ate, and sweets. Yest erday I pa id 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 a nd 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 t he r oom . A short whil e ago, m y sister hel ped me t o car ry one of m y old bookcases up the stair s. She went i nt o my room and got a big sur pri se when she saw al t hose books on the f loor. 39。 she asked i mpati ent ly. 39。The Reveal er39。 39。 I sai d t o the conduct or as I got on the bus, 39。 m ay r eveal somet hi ng of val ue fair l y soon. Lesson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace i s hel d f or ol d cars. A l ot of cars ent er ed for t hi s r ace l ast year and t her e was a great deal of excit em ent j ust befor e it began. One of t he m ost handsom e cars was a Rol ls Royce Sil ver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz whi ch had only thr e wheels. Buil t in 1885, it was the ol dest car t aki ng par t. Af ter a gr eat many l oud explosions, t he race began. Many of the car s br oke down on the course and some dri ver s spent mor e ti me under t hei r car s than i n them ! A f ew cars, however, plet ed the r ace. The winning car r eached a speed of for ty mil es an hourmuch faster than any of it s ri val s. I t sped downhil l at t he end of t he race and it s dri ver had a l ot of tr ouble t rying to stop i t. The r ace gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pl easure. It was very di f erent fr om moder n car r aces but no less exci ting. Lesson57 Can I help you, madam? 你要買什么，夫人？ A woman i n blue j eans stood at the wi ndow of an expensive shop. Though she hesi tat ed for a moment , she f inaly went i n and asked t o se a dr es t hat was i n the wi ndow. The assistant who ser ved her di d not l ike t he way she was dr esed. Gl anci ng at her scor nful ly, he told her t hat t he dr es was sold. The woman wal ked out of the shop angr il y and deci ded to punish t he assistant next day. She r et urned t o the shop the f oll owi ng mor ning dr essed in a f ur coat , wi t h a handbag i n one hand and a l ong um br el l a i n t he ot her . Af ter seeking out the r ude assistant she asked f or the same dr ess. Not r eal izing who she was, the assi st ant was eager t o serve her this t im e wit h gr eat dif