【正文】 ed let er ! Lesson55 Not a gol d mi ne 并非金礦 Dr eams of fi nding l ost tr easure al most came t rue r ecentl y. A new m achi ne cal ed 39。The str ap needs mendi ng,39。 I39。Oh dear, 39。You don39。Wel , in t hat case, I pref er t o stay on t he bus, 39。This i s as far as we go.39。345 f or the cost of the t ri p. The nor mal pri ce of a t icke t is amp。clock thi s evening. By t hat t ime, the Ast ra wi l l have been fl yi ng thr ough space for seventee n hours and wi l have ci rcled t he ear th a great many ti mes. When the f ir st r adi o messages have been received, t he resul ts of t he tr ip wi l l be announced i mmediatel y. Lesson62 Af ter t he fi re 大火之后 Fi remen had been fi ght ing t he for est f ir e for near ly thr e weeks befor e they coul d get it under contr ol . A short ti me bef or e, gr eat t rees had covered t he countr yside f or m il es ar ound. Now, smoke st il l rose up fr om t he warm gr ound over the desol at e hi l l s. Wi nter was ing on and t he hi l s thr eat ened t he sur rounding vil lages wit h dest ructi on, f or heavy r ai n would not only wash away t he soi l but would cause ser ious f loods as wel l. When t he fi re had at l ast been put out, the f orest aut hor it ies order ed sever al tons of a special type of grass sed whi ch would gr ow quickly. The sed was sprayed over t he ground in huge quanti ties by aeroplanes. The pl anes had been pl ant ing seed for near ly a month when i t began t o rai n. By then, however , in many places t he grass had al ready taken root. I n place of the gr eat tr ees which had been gr owing t her e f or centur ies, patches of gr een had begun to appear in t he blackened soi l. Leson63 She was not am used 她并不覺得好笑 Geoff r ey Ham pden has a l ar ge cir cl e of fr iends and is very popular at par ti es. Everybody adm ir es hi m f or his f ine 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 t he pr et iest carpet I have ever seen,39。 Is t his Woodf ord Gr een ?39。 eggs and asked me whet her my col lecti on was growi ng. He then asked me how my br other was and whet her I l iked my new job i n London. I n answer to these questions I eit her nodded or made st range noi ses. Meanwhil e, my tongue was busy sear chi ng out the hole wher e the t oot h had been. I suddenly f elt ver y wor ri ed, but coul d not say anything. When t he denti st at l ast removed t he cot tonwool f rom my mout h, I was able t o t el l him that he had pul led out the wr ong tooth. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢告終 Ti red of sleeping on t he fl oor , a young man in Teheran saved up for year s to buy a real bed. For the f ir st t ime in hi s li fe, he became t he proud owner of a bed whi ch had spr ings and a mat ress. Because t he weat her was very hot , he car ri ed the bed on t o the r oof of hi s house. He sl ept very wel for t he fi rst two nights, but on t he thir d ni ght , a st orm blew up. A gust of wind swept the bed off t he roof and sent it cr ashing i nto t he cour tyard bel ow. The young man di d not wake up unt il the bed had str uck the ground. Alt hough t he bed was smashed t o pieces, t he man was mi raculousl y unhur t. When he woke up, he was sti l on t he mat res. Gl ancing at t he bi ts of wood and met al t hat l ay ar ound hi m, t he m an sadly picked up the mat tr ess and car ri ed it i nto hi s house. Af t er he had put i t on the f loor , he pr omptl y went to sleep agai n. Lesson50 Taken f or a ride 乘車兜風 I love t raveli ng in the count ry, but I don39。dance39。 lesson46 Expensi ve and un fortabl e 既昂貴又受罪 When a pl ane f rom London ar ri ved at Sydney ai rpor t, wor ker s began t o unload a number of wooden boxes whi ch cont ai ned cl othing. No one could account f or t he fact that one of t he boxes was extr em el y heavy. It suddenly occurr ed to one of t he worker s to open up the box. He was astonished at what he found. A m an was lying i n t he box on top of a pil e of wooll en goods. He was so sur pr ised at bei ng discover ed t hat he di d not even t ry t o r un away. Af ter he was ar est ed, t he m an adm it ted hidi ng in t he box bef ore t he pla ne lef t London. He had had a long and unf ort abl e t ri p, f or he had been conf i ned t o the wooden box f or over ten hours. The man was order ed to pay amp。 the conductor said. 39。 said t he conductor . 39。 she asked i mpat ientl y. 39。s m oney was paid back i n thi s way. The l ast note said:39。 You39。 39。The Reveal er39。 39。 but I don39。 Leson45 A cl ear consci ence 問心無愧 The whole vi l age soon learnt t hat a l ar ge sum of money had been l ost . Sam Benton, the local but cher , had l ost his wal let whil e t aki ng hi s savi ngs t o t he post off ice. Sam was sur e t hat t he walet must have been found by one of the vi l agers, but i t was not r etur ned to hi m. Three months passed, and t hen one m orning, Sam f ound hi s wal et out si de his f ront door . It had been wr apped up in newspaper and it cont ained half the m oney he had l ost , t oget her wi th a note whi ch said: 39。cur sed tr e39。t mat er, 39。 39。but only 5o per cent a t hief! 39。A t hi ef, yes, 39。t know wher e it i s. 39。I t doesn39。 has been invented and it has been used to det ect gold which has been buri ed in the ground. The machi ne was used i n a cave near the seashore wher eit is saidpir ates used to hi de gol d. The pi rates woul d oft en bur y gold i n t he cave and then f ai l to col lect i t. Ar med wi th the new m achine, a sear ch par ty went he did not l ike it . She enj oyed herself m aki ng the assi st ant br ing alm ost ever ything in t he window bef or e f inal y buyi ng the dr es she had fi rst asked f or . Leson58 A bl essing i n di sguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The ti ny vi l age of Fr inl ey is said t o posses a 39。but t hey di d not st eal anything.39。 I said to t he conductor as I got