【正文】 holder 紀錄保持者 Li t le boys who play t ruant fr om school are uni maginative. A qui et day39。 Look, sher if f, 39。 As she wal ked away, I fol lowed her out of the f air . Lesson61 Trouble wi t h the Hubble 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 I n f utur e, ast ronauts wi l be r equi red t o descend fr om a spaceship whi le it is st il i n space and to retur n t o it . The abi li ty t o do thi s wi l be necessary in f utur e fl ights to di st ant plas. Sci ent i st s are now tr yi ng to di scover if t hi s is possi ble. The spaceship Astr a which l ef t the eart h a short ti me ago, wil l be tr avel ing t hree hundr ed mi les int o s pace. At a cer tain poi nt, the Ast ra wi l l st op for a shor t ti me and an astr onaut wil l at tempt t o leave the stati onar y spaceshi p and then r et urn to i t. We shal not know whether the exper im ent has been successf ul unt il we have r eceived a r adi o message. The fi rst mesage is expect ed to ar ri ve at 7 o39。Hull o, Elizabeth,39。l l e wi th you,39。s f ootsteps many year s later , Sir Mal col m39。but I39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。 As soon as I went out side, I f ot al about Madam Bel li nsky because my wif e hurr ied t owar ds me. 39。 I 39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce, 39。Woul d you mi nd my i ng wit h you ?39。so it was f ort unat e that we didn39。si nce. Leson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vi l age fair , I decided t o visit a f ort une tel er cal led Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nto her tent and she t old m e to si t down. Af ter I had given her some m oney, she l ooked i nto a cr yst al bal and sai d: 39。t have to car y him. Of cour se, we shoul d ar est hi m, but as he has a good recor d, we shal l et him of f t his t im e. 39。 he asked, befor e I had fi ni shed speaki ng. ‘ Not at al l, 39。 you have just kil ed that chi ld !39。m sher if f her e. Do you see t hat noti ce ? It says No Camping i n case you can39。Wher e have you been hidi ng ?39。 I sai d. 39。m going t o t he denti st.39。s son, Donal d, also set up a worl d r ecor d. Li ke his f at her , he was dri vi ng a car cal led Bl uebir d. Lesson73 The record holder 紀錄保持者 Li t le boys who play t ruant fr om school are uni maginative. A qui et day39。 Then I39。 39。Your si st er wi l l be her e in l es t han an hour a nd we m ust be at the stati on to meet her. We are l ate alr eady. 39。 39。s f ootsteps many year s later , Sir Mal col m39。but I39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。 As soon as I went out side, I f ot al about Madam Bel li nsky because my wif e hurr ied t owar ds me. 39。Jumbo must weigh a f ew t ons, 39。m going t o. . .39。 I cont i nued dri ving and aft er some t im e, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though the sound coul d be hear d clearl y, i t took me a long ti me t o r eact. I suddenly pr esed the br ake pedal har d and we wer e bot h t hr own f orwar d. The examiner looked at me sadl y. 39。Now you gut out of here, al of you! 39。 l eson75 SO S 呼救信號 When a l ight passenger pl ane fl ew off course some t ime ago, it crashed in t he mountains and it s pil ot was ki l ed. The only passenger s, a young woman and her two baby daught ers, were unhurt . It was the middle of wi nter . Snow l ay thi ck on the gr ound. The wom an knew t hat t he near est vi l l age was m i l es away. When i t gr ew dar k. she t ur ned a sui t case i nt o a bed and put t he si nce. Leson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vi l age fair , I decided t o visit a f ort une tel er cal led Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nto her tent and she t old m e to si t down. Af ter I had given her some m oney, she l ooked i nto a cr yst al bal and sai d: 39。t have to car y him. Of cour se, we shoul d ar est hi m, but as he has a good re cor d, we shal l et him of f t his t im e. 39。 he asked, befor e I had fi ni shed speaki ng. ‘ Not at al l, 39。 you have just kil ed that chi ld !39。 There39。 I was j ust wonder ing how to spend the mor ning unti l I saw you. You39。s closest fr iends asked him t o make a speech at a weddi ng recept ion. This i s the sort of thi ng that Geof f rey l oves. He prepared t he speech car ef ull y and went t o the weddi ng wit h Jenny. He had included a l ar ge number of f unny st ori es i n the speech and, of course, it was a gr eat success . As soon as he had f inished, Jenny told hi m she wanted t o go home. Geoff rey was a l it tl e disappoint ed by thi s but he did as hi s daughter asked. On t he way home, he asked Jenny if she had enj oyed t he speech. To hi s sur pri se, she sai d she hadn39。 don39。Thi s is a wonderf ul pl ace for a piic, 39。 Then I39。 39。Your si st er wi l l be her e in l es t han an hour and we m ust be at the stati on to meet her. We are l ate alr eady. 39。s hospital . Dr essed up as Father Chri st mas and apanied by a 39。 No, not at al ,39。wai t ing r oom ! 39。No newspaper men, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。 sai d t he sheri f wi th a sneer. 39。Jumbo must weigh a f ew t ons, 39。m going t o. . .39。 I cont i nued dri ving and aft er some t im e, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though the sound coul d be hear d clearl y, i t took me a long ti me t o r eact. I suddenly pr esed the br ake pedal har d and we wer e bot h t hr own f orwar d. The examiner looked at me sadl y. 39。 l esson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng tested f or a dri vi ng li cence f or t he thi rd t im e. I had been asked to dr ive i n heavy t raf fi c and had done so succe ssf ully. Af ter havi ng been instr uct ed to dr ive out of t own, I began to acquir e conf idence. Sure that I had passed, I was al most beginning to enjoy m y test. The exam iner must have been pl eased wi th my per for mance, f or he smi led and sai d, 39。 I answer ed. 39。guar d of honour39。 39。t be beter , Glor ia,39。 There39。 I was j ust wonder ing how to spend the mor ning unti l I saw you. You39。s closest fr iends asked him t o make a speech at a weddi ng recept ion. This i s the sort of thi ng that Geof f rey l oves. He prepared t h