【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 wer e soon covered wi th st icky past ry. At exact ly t hat m om ent , the tel ephone rang. Nothi ng coul d have been m or e annoyi ng. I picked up the r ecei ver between t wo sti cky fi nger s and was di sm ayed when I r ecognized the voi ce of Mrs Bat es. It t ook me t en minutes t o persuade her to ri ng back l at er. At l ast I hung up the r eceiver. What a m ess! Ther e was past ry on my f ingers, on the t el ephone, and on t he door knobs. I had no sooner got back t o the ki tchen than the door bel rang l oud enough to wake the dead. This t im e it was t he postm an and he want ed me t o si gn f or a register ed let er ! Lesson55 Not a gol d mi ne 并非金礦 Dr eams of fi ndi ng lost tr easure al most came t rue r ecentl y. A new m achine cal ed 39。The Reveal er 39。 has been invented and it has ben used to det ect gold whi ch has been buri ed in t he ground. The m achi ne was used in a cave near the seashor e wher ei t is said pir ates used t o hide gold. The pir ates would of ten bur y gold i n the cave and then f ai l to coll ect i t. Ar med wi th t he new machine, a search part y went he did not li ke it . She enj oyed herself making the asi st ant bri ng alm ost ever ything i n t he window bef or e f inal y buyi ng the dr ess she had fi r st asked f or . Lesson58 A bl essing i n disguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The tiny vi l age of Fr inl ey is sai d t o posses a 39。cur s ed tr e39。. Because t he tr e was m ent ioned in a newspaper , the number of vi si tor s to Fr inl ey has now increased. The tr ee was planted near a church f if ty year s ago, but i t is only in r ecent year s that it has gai ned an evi l r eput ati on. I t is sai d t hat i f anyone touches t he tr e, he wi l have bad l uck。 i f he pi cks a leaf, he wi l die. Many vil lagers beli eve that he tr ee has al ready cl aimed a num ber of victi ms. The vi car has been asked to have t he tr e cut down, but so far he has ref used. He has poi nt ed out hat t he tr ee is a useful sour ce of i n e as touri st s have been ing f r om al part s of the count ry to see it . In spit e of al that has been sai d, the tour istshave been pi cki ng leaves and cutt ing t hei r nam es on the t reet runk. So far , not one of them has been st ruck down by sudden death! Leson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to si t out si de our f ront gate and bark. Ever y t ime he want ed to e into the garden he would bar k until s omeone opened the gate. As t he nei ghbour s plained of the noise, my husband spent weeks tr ai ning hi m t o press his paw on t he lat ch to l et hi msel f in. Rex soon became an exper t at openi ng the gat e. However, when I was going out shopping l ast week, I noti ced him in t he gar den near t he gat e. This time he was bar king s o t hat someone woul d l et hi m out ! Since then, he has devel oped another bad habi t. As soon as he opens the gate f r om t he out si de, he es int o the garden and wait s unti l t he gat e shut s. Then he sit s and bar ks unt il someone l ets hi m out. Af ter t hi s he immediately lets hi msel f in and begins barki ng again. Yesterday my husband removed the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since. Leson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vi l age f air , I decided t o visit a f ort une tel er cal ed Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nto 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 yst al bal and sai d: 39。A r elati on of your s is i ng to see you. She wi l be ar ri vi ng thi s evening and i ntends to stay f or a few days. The moment you l eave t his t ent , you wi l l get a big sur pr ise. A wom an you know wel l wil l rush towar ds you. She wi l speak t o you and then she wi l l ead you away fr om t hi s place. That is al l.39。 As soon as I went out si de, I f or got al l about Madam Bel linsky because my wi fe hur ri ed towar ds me. 39。Where have you been hi ding ?39。 she asked impati ent ly. 39。Your sister wi l be here i n l ess than an hour and we must be at t he st at ion t o meet her . We ar e lat e alr eady.39。 As she walked away, I f oll owed her out of the f ai r. Leson61 Troubl e wi th t he Hubbl e 哈 勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n fut ure, ast ronaut s wil l be requir ed to descend f rom a spaceshi p whil e i t i s sti l in space and to r eturn to i t. The abil it y to do this wi l l be necessary i n f ut ure f li ghts t o distant pla s. Scienti st s are now tr ying t o discover if t his i s possible. The spaceshi p Astr a which l eft t he ear th a short t ime ago, wil l be tr avel ling three hundred mi les i nto space. At a cer ta i n point, t he Astr a wil l st op for a short t ime and an astr onaut wi l at em pt t o leave the stat ionary spaceship and t hen r etur n to i t. We shal l not know whether the experi ment has been successful unt il we have r eceived a r adio message. The f i r st m essage i s expect ed t o ar r i ve at 7 o39。cl ock t hi s eveni ng. By t hat t i m e, t he Ast r a wi l l have been f l yi ng t hr ough space f o r sevent een hour s and wi l l have ci r cl ed t he ear t h a gr eat m any t i m es. When t he f i r st r adi o m essages have been r ecei ved, t he r esul t s of t he t r i p wi l l be announced i m m edi at el y. Lesson62 Af t er t he f i re 大火之后 Fi r em en had been f i ght i ng t he f or est f i r e f or near l y t hr ee weeks bef or e t hey coul d get i t under cont r ol . A shor t t i m e bef or e, gr eat t r ees had cover ed t he count r ysi de f or m i l es ar ound. Now, sm oke st i l l r ose up f r om t he war m gr ound scor nf ul l y, 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 t o punish the assi stant next day. She r et urned to the shop the f ol lowi ng mor ning dressed i n a f ur coat, wi th a handbag in one hand and a l ong um br el a in t he other. Af ter seeki ng out t he rude asi st ant she asked for t he sa