【正文】 I t doesn39。m going to Woodf ord Gr en,39。 has been invented and it has been used to det ect gold which has been bur ied in the ground. The machine was used in a cave near the seashor e where it is said pirates used to hide gold. The pir ates woul d of ten bury gold i n the cave and then f ai l t o coll ect it. Armed wit h the new machine, a search par ty went he di d not like it . She enjoyed hersel f making the assi st ant br ing al most ever yt hing in the window before f inal ly buying the dres she had fir st asked f or . Leson58 A blesing in di sgui se? 是因禍得福嗎？ The t iny vil age of Fri nl ey i s said t o possess a39。It doesn39。t know where i t i s.39。 if he pi cks a leaf , he wil l di e. Many vil lagers bel ieve t hat the tr e has alr eady claimed a number of vi ct ims. The vi car has been asked to have t he t ree cut down, but so far he has r ef used. He has poi nt ed out t hat the tree is a useful sour ce of ine as tour ists have been ing fr om al l part s of the count ry t o see it. In spite of al l t hat has been said, the tour ists have been pi cking leaves and cutt ing their names on the tr et runk. So far, not one of them has been str uck down by sudden death! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o si t outsi de our front gate and bark. Ever y ti me he want ed t o e into t he garden he would bark until someone opened t he gat e. As the nei ghbours plained of t he noi se, my husband spent weks t raining hi m to pr ess hi s paw on the latch to let hi mself in. Rex soon became a n exper t at opening the gate. However, when I was going out shopping last week, I noti ced hi m in t he garden near the gat e. Thi s time he was barking so t hat someone would l et him out ! Since then, he has devel oped another bad habi t. As soon as he opens the gate f rom t he outside, he es i nt o the garden and wai ts unt il the gate shuts. Then he sit s and barks unt il someone lets him out. After this he immedi at el y lets himself i n and begins barking again. Yesterday my husband r emoved t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him si nce. Leson60 The f ut ure 卜算未來 At avi l age fair , I decided to visi t a f ortune teler cal ed Madam Bel linsky. I went i nt o her tent and she t ol d me to sit down. Af ter I had gi ven her some money, she l ooked i nt o a cr ystal bal and sai d: 39。 I sai d. 39。 I39。t li ke l osing my way. I went on an excur sion r ecentl y, but my t rip t ook me longer than I expect ed. 39。 I asked. 39。You don39。230 ! Lesson47 A thirst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publi c house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr I an Thompson i s up f or sal e. Mr Thompson is going to sel i t because it is haunted. He told me t hat he could not go t o sleep one night because he heard a str ange noise ing fr om the bar . The next morning, he found t hat the doors had been blocked by chai rs and t he f ur ni ture had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had t ur ned the li ghts off bef ore he went t o bed, t hey were on in the morning. He also sa id that he had f ound five empt y whi sky bot tles whi ch t he ghost must have drunk the ni ght bef or e. When I suggested that some vil lage rs must have e i n for a f ree drink, Mr Thompson shook his head. The vil lagers have tol d hi m that hey wil l not accept the inn even if he gi ves it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o tel me something? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Dentists always ask questions when it is i mpossible f or you to answer . My dent ist had just pul led out one of my t eth and had told me t o rest for a whi le. I t r i ed to say something, but my mouth was full of cottonwool . He knew I collected bi rds39。 39。 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. First 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 pai d hi m a visi t. I rang t he bel and was not surprised to see that Herbert was stil l as fat as ever. He led me into his r oom and hurr iedl y hi d a large parce l under hi s desk. It was obvi ous that he was ver y embar assed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smil ed guilt il y and then put the parcel on the desk. He explained t hat hi s diet was so st rict that he had to r eward himsel f occasional y. Then he showed me the contents of t he par cel. I t cont ained fi ve l ar ge bar s of chocol at e and three bags of swets! Lesson52 A prety carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just moved into a new house and I have been working har d al l morning. I have been tr yi ng t o get my new r oom in order . This has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make mat er s wor se, t he r oom is rather smal l, so I have tempor ar ily put m y books on the floor. At the moment, they cover ever y inch of fl oor space and I act ual y have to walk on them to get in or out of t he r oom. A short while ago, my si st er hel ped me to car ry one of my old bookcases up the stair s. She went i nt o my room and got a big sur pr ise when she saw al those books on t he f loor. 39。 As she walked away, I followed her out of t he f ai r. Leson61 Troubl e with t he Hubble 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n future, astr onaut s wi l be r equir ed t o descend f rom a spaceshi p whi le it is sti l in space and to return t o it . The abil ity t o do t hi s wil be necessary i n future fl ights to distant plas. Scient ists are now trying to discover i f t hi s is possi bl e. The spaceshi p Ast ra which left the eart h a short time ago, wil l be tr aveli ng t hr e hundr ed mi les i nt o space. At a cer tain poi nt , t he Astr a wil st op for a shor t ime a nd an astr onaut wil l at empt to l eave t he stati onar y spaceship and then r et ur n to i t. We shal not know whet her the exper imen