【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ecame an exper t at opening t he gat e. However, when I wa s goi ng out shopping l ast week, I noti ced hi m in t he gar den near t he gat e. This t im e he was bar king so t hat someone woul d l et him 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 him out. Af ter t hi s he im mediately lets hi msel f in and begins barki ng again. Yesterday m y 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 t o 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 wi l r ush t owar ds you. She wi l speak t o you and then she wil l lead you away fr om t his pl ace. That i s al l. 39。 As soon as I went out si de, I f ot al about Madam Bel l i nsky because m y 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 a r 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 futur 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 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 space. At a cer tain 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 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。cl ock this evening. By that ti me, the Astr a wi l have been f lyi ng through space f or sevent een hour s and wil l have cir cled t he ear th a gr eat m any ti mes. When the f ir st r adi o messages have been received, t he result s of t he tr ip wil l be announced i mmediat el y. Lesson62 Af t er t he f ire 大火之后 Fi remen had been fi ghting the f or est f ir e for nearl y thr e weeks befor e they could get it under c ontr ol. A short t ime bef ore, gr eat rees had covered t he count ryside f or m il es ar ound. Now, smoke st il l rose up f rom the war m gr ound over the desol ate hil ls. Wi nter was ing on and t he hil s thr eat ened t he sur rounding vi lages wit h dest ructi on, f or heavy r ai n woul d not only wash away t he soi l but woul d cause ser ious f loods as wel l. When the f ir e had at l ast been put out, t he f orest aut hor it ies or der ed several tons of a special type of grass sed whi ch would gr ow quickl y. The seed was spr ayed over the ground i n huge quanti ti es by aer opl anes. The pl anes had been pl ant ing seed for near ly a month when it began t o r ai n. By then, however, i n many places t he grass had al ready taken root . I n pl ace of the gr eat t rees which had been gr owing there f or centur ies , pat ches of green had begun t o appear in t he blackened soi l . Leson63 She was not amused 她并不覺得好笑 Geoff r ey Hampden has a l ar ge cir cle of fr i ends and is very popul ar at par ti es. Everybody adm ir es hi m for his f ine sense of humoreverybody, t hat i s, except his si x year ol d daughter , Jenny. Recent ly, one of Geof f rey39。s closest f ri ends asked hi m t o make a speech at a weddi ng r ecepti on. 酒 的 鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr I an Thompson is up f or sale. Mr Thompson is goi ng to sel i t because i t i s haunt ed. He t old m e that he coul d not go to sleep one night because he heard a st range noise ing f rom the bar . The next morni ng, he f ound t hat he door s had been bl ocked by chai rs and t he fur nitur e had been m oved. Though Mr Thompson had t ur ned the l ights of f bef ore he went t o bed, t hey wer e on i n the m or ning. He also said t hat he had f ound f ive empt y whisky bott les which t he ghost must have dr unk t he night bef ore. When I suggested t hat some vil lagers m ust have e i n f or a fr ee dri nk, Mr Thompson shook hi s head. The vil lager s have t old hi m that hey wil l not accept the i nn even i f he gives it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o t el l me somethi ng? 你想對我說什么嗎？ Dent ists al ways ask quest ions when it i s impossi ble f or you to answer. My dent ist had j ust pull ed out one of my t eet h and had tol d me t o rest for a whi le. I tr ied t o say somet hi ng, but my m out h was f ull of cot tonwool . He knew I col lected bi rds39。 eggs and asked m e whet her m y 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. In answer to these quest ions I eit her nodded or m ade st range noi ses. Meanwhi le, my t ongue was busy sear chi ng out t he hol e where the toot h had been. I suddenl y f el t ver y wor ri ed, but coul d not say anyt hing. When the denti st at last removed the cott onwool fr om m y mouth, I was able t o tel l hi m that he had pull ed out t he wr ong tooth. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢告終 Ti red of sleeping on t he fl oor , a young m an in Teheran saved up for year s to buy a real bed. For the f ir st t ime i n his lif e, he became t he pr oud owner of a bed whi ch had spr ings and a mat ress. Because t he weat her was