【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 to Fr inl ey has now i ncr eased. The tr e was pl ant ed near a church f if ty years ago, but i t is only i n r ecent year s that it has gai ned an evil r eput at ion. It i s sai d that if anyone t ouches the t ree, he wil l have bad l uck。 if he pi cks a l eaf , he wil l die. Many vil lager s beli eve t hat t he tr e has alr eady cl ai med a number of victi ms. The vi car has been asked to have the t ree cut down, but so far he has refused. He has point ed out t hat t he tr e is a usef ul sour ce of i ne as t our i st s have been ing f rom al part s of t he count ry t o se it . I n spit e of al l that has been sai d, t he touri sts have been pi cki ng l eaves and cut ti ng their names on t he tr e tr unk. So f ar , not one of them has been str uck down by sudden deat h! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來(lái)還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o sit outside our fr ont gate and bar k. Every ti me he wanted t o e int o the gar den he woul d bark unti l som eone opened t he gat e. As the neighbour s plained of the noi se, my husband spent weeks tr aining hi m t o pr ess his paw on the l at ch to l et hi msel f in. Rex soon became an exper t at opening t he gat e. However, when I was going out shopping l ast week, I not iced him in the garden near t he gat e. Thi s ti me he was barking so t hat someone would l et hi m out ! Since then, he has devel oped anothe r bad habi t. As soon as he opens the gate fr om t he out si de, he es int o the gar den and wai ts unti l the gate shuts. Then he sit s and bar ks until someone lets hi m out . Af t er t his he i mmediatel y let s hi mself in and begins barki ng agai n. Yester day m y husband rem oved t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since. Lesson60 The f ut ure 卜 算未來(lái) 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。A relati on of your s is i ng to see you. She wi l l be ar ri ving t hi s eveni ng and i ntends to stay f or a f ew days. The moment you leave this t ent , you wil l get a big sur pri se. A wom an you know wel wi l r ush t owards you. She wi l speak to you and then she wi l lead you away f rom this pl ace. That i s al. 39。 As soon as I went outside, I f ot al about Madam Beli nsky because my wif e hurr ied t owards me. 39。Wher e have you been hidi ng ?39。 she asked i mpat ientl y. 39。Your si st er wil l be her e in les t han an hour and we m ust be at the stati on to meet her. We are l ate alr eady. 39。 As she wal ked away, I fol lowed her out of the f air . Lesson61 Trouble wi t h t he Hubble 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 In f utur e, astr onauts 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 t hi s wi l l be necessar y in futur e f light s to di st ant pl as. Sci ent ist s ar e now t ryi ng to di scover if thi s is possi ble. The spaceship Ast ra which lef t the eart h a shor t ti me ago, wi l be t ravel ing t hr ee hundr ed mi les int o space. At a cer tain poi nt , the Ast ra wi l stop f or a shor t ti me and an ast ronaut wi l l at tempt to leave the stati onar y spaceshi p and then ret urn t o i t. We shal not know whether the exper iment has been succesf ul unti l we have received a r adi o mesage. The f ir st m essage i s expected t o ar ive at 7 o39。cl ock t his eveni ng. By that tim e, t he Astr a wi l have been f lying t hrough space f or sevent en hours and wi l have cir cl ed the eart h a gr eat many t imes. When the f ir st r adio m essages have been r eceived, the r esult s of the t ri p wi ll be announced i mm edi at ely. Lesson62 Af t er the f ire 大火之后 Fir em en had been f ighti ng the f orest f ir e f or nearl y t hr ee weeks bef or e t hey could get it under contr ol. A shor t im e bef ore, great tr es had cover ed the count ryside f or mil es ar ound. Now, sm oke st i l l r ose up f r om t he war m t he di f f erence bet ween Indian m usic and j az! Leson43 Over t he Sout h Pol e 飛越南極 I n 1929, t hr ee year s aft er hi s fl ight over t he Nort h Pole, the Amer ican expl orer , R. E. Byr d, successf ull y f lew over the South Pol e for t he fi rst ti me. Though, at f ir st , Byrd and hi s men were abl e to t ake a great many phot ogr aphs of t he mount ains that lay below, t hey soon r an into ser ious tr oubl e. At one point , i t seemed cert ai n t hat t hei r pl ane woul d crash. It coul d only get over t he mountains i f it rose t o 10, 000 feet. Byr d at once order ed hi s men t o thr ow out two heavy f ood sacks. The plane was then able t o r ise and it cleared t he mountains by 400 f eet . Byr d now knew that he woul d be able t o r each the Sout h Pole whi ch was 300 mil es away, for t her e wer e no more mount ains in si ght . The ai r cr aft was able t o fl y over the endl es whi te pl ai ns wit hout di f icult y. Le son44 Through the f orest 穿過(guò)森林 Mrs Anne St er li ng did not t hi nk of the r isk she was taking when she r an through a f orest af ter two men. They had r ushed up t o her whi le she was havi ng a piic at the edge of a for est wi th her childr en and tr ied t o st eal her handbag. I n t he st ruggle, the str ap broke and, wi th the bag in their possessi on, both men st art ed running t hrough the t rees. Mrs St erl ing got so angry that she r an aft er t hem . She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi th them, she saw t hat t hey had sat down and were going t hrough t he contents of t he bag, so she ran str ai ght at t hem. The m en got such a fr ight that they dropped the bag and r an away. 39。The str ap needs mending,39。 sai d Mr s Ster li ng later , 39。but t hey did not st eal anything. 39。 Lesson45 A cl ear consci ence 問(wèn)心無(wú)愧 The whole vi l age soon l ear nt t hat a l arge sum of money had been l ost .