【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 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 tim e he was bar king so 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 im mediately lets hi msel f in and begins barki ng again. Yesterday my husband removed the gate and Rex got so a nnoyed 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 ba l 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 thi s tent, you wi l get a bi g surpr ise. A woman you know wel l wi l l r ush towar ds you. She wil l speak to you and t hen she wi l l ead you away f rom thi s place. That is al .39。 As soon as I went outside, I for got al l about Madam Bel insky because my wi fe hur ri ed towards m e. 39。Where have you been hi ding ?39。 she asked i mpati ent ly. 39。Your sister wi l be her e i n less than an hour and we must be at the st at ion t o meet her . We ar e late al ready.39。 As she wal ked away, I f ol lowed her out of t he fai r. Lesson61 Troubl e wit h t he Hubble 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 In fut ur e, astr onaut s wil l be requir ed to descend f rom a spaceshi p whil e it i s st il l in space and t o r et urn t o i t. The abili ty to do t his wi l be necessar y i n fut ure f li ght s to di stant pl a s. Scienti st s are now tr yi ng to discover 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 space. At a cer tai n poi nt, the Ast ra wi l l st op for a short 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 iment has been successf ul unt il we have r eceived a r adi o mes sage. The fi rst mesage is expect ed to ar r i ve at 7 o39。cl ock t his eveni ng. By that tim e, t he Astr a wil l have been fl ying 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 wil l be announced i mmedi at el y. 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, smoke sti l rose up f rom the war m gr ound over the desolate hi l s. Winter was ing on and t he hil ls t hr eat ened the sur r ounding vi l ages wi th destr uct ion, for heavy r ain woul d not onl y wash away the soil but woul d cause seri ous f loods as wel . When the f ir e had at l ast been put out, t he for est aut hori ti es or der ed several tons of a speci al t ype of gr ass seed which would grow qui ckl y. The seed was spr ayed over the gr ound i n huge quanti ti es by aer opl anes. The pl anes had been planting seed for nearl y a month when it began t o r ai n. By then, however, i n many places the grass had alr eady t aken r oot . In pl ace of t he gr eat t rees which had been growi ng there for cent ur ies, pat ches of gr een had begun t o appear in the blackened soil . Lesson63 She was not amused 她并不覺得好笑 Geof fr ey Hampden has a large ci rcle of f ri ends and i s ver y popul ar at part ies. Ever ybody admir es him for hi s fi ne sense of humor ever ybody, that is, except hi s si xyear ol d daught er , Jenny. Recentl y, one of Geoff rey39。s cl osest f ri ends asked hi m to m ake a speech at a wedding r ecepti on. Thi s is t he sor t of t hing t hat Geof fr ey loves. He pr epar ed the speech car eful ly and went to t he wedding wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a large number of funny stor ies in the speech and, of cour se, i t was a gr eat success. As soon as he had fi nished, Jenny t ol d him she wanted t o go home. Geof fr ey was a li t le di sappointed by t his but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed t he speech. To his sur pr ise, she said she hadn39。t . Geoff rey asked her why t his was so and she told hi m that she did not l ike t o see so m any people l aughing at him ! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l858, a French engi neer , Aime Thome de Gamond, ar ri ved i n England wi th a plan f or a t wenty one mil e tunnel across the Engl ish Channel. He said that it would be possi bl e t o bui l d a pl at f or m i n t he cent r e of t he Channel . Thi s pl at f or m woul d ser ve as a por t and a r ai l way st at i on. The t unnel woul d be wel l vent i l at ed i f t al l chi m neys wer e bui l t above sea l evel . I n 1860, a bet t er pl an was put f or war d by an whi l e she was havi ng a piic at the edge of a f or est wi th her chil dr en and tr ied t o steal her handbag. I n t he st ruggle, the str ap broke and, wi t h the bag i n their possessi on, both men start ed running t hrough the t rees. Mrs St erl ing got so angr y that she r an aft er t hem . She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued to r un. When she caught up wi th them, she saw that hey had sat down and were goi ng through t he cont ent s of t he bag, so she ran str aight at t hem . The m en got such a fr ight that they dr opped t he bag and r an away. 39。The str ap needs mending,39。 sai d Mrs St er li ng lat er , 39。but they did not steal anythi ng. 39。 Lesson45 A clear conscience 問心無愧 The whole vi l age soon l ear nt t hat a l arge sum of money had been lost . Sam Benton, the l ocal butcher