【導(dǎo)讀】offhere,'theconductorsaid.'Thisisasfaraswego.''IsthisWoodfordGreen?'Iasked.'Ohdear,'saidtheconductorsuddenly.'Ifottoputyouoff.''Itdoesn'tmater,'Isaid.'I'llgetoffhere.''Wearegoingbacknow,'saidtheconductor.'Well,inthatcase,Iprefertostayonthebus,'Ianswered.Leson51Rewardforvirtue對美德的獎賞Myfriend,Herbert,hasalwaysbeenfat,butthing

　　

【正文】 s i s i ng t o see you. She wil l be ar i vi ng thi s evening and i nt ends t o stay f or a few days. The m om ent you l eave t his t ent , you wil l get a bi g sur pri se. A wom an you know wel wi l r ush t owar ds you. She wil l speak t o you and t hen she wi l l ead you away f r om t hi s place. That is al .39。 As soon as I went out si de, I f ot al l about Madam Bel li nsky because m y wif e hurr ied t owar ds me. 39。Wher e have you been hi di ng ?39。 she asked im pat i entl y. 39。Your si st er wil l be her e i n less than an hour and we m ust be at t he st at i on t o m et her . We ar e l at e al r eady.39。 As she walked away, I f oll owed her out of the f ai r. Lesson61 Troubl e wi t h t he H ubbl e 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n f ut ur e, ast r onauts wi l be r equi red t o descend fr om a spaceshi p whi l e it i s st il l i n space and t o r et urn t o it . The abil it y t o do t hi s wil l be necessar y i n fut ur e fl i ght s to di st ant pl as. Sci ent i st s ar e now t r yi ng t o di scover if t hi s i s possi ble. The spaceshi p Astr a whi ch l eft t he eart h a short t im e ago, wil l be tr avel li ng thr e hundr ed m il es i nto space. At a cert ai n poi nt , t he Astr a wi l stop f or a shor t im e and an ast r onaut wi l at tempt t o l eave t he stati onar y spaceshi p and then r et urn t o i t. We shal not know whet her t he exper im ent has been successf ul unt il we have r ecei ved a r adi o m essage. The fi rst message i s expect ed t o ar ri ve at 7 o39。cl ock t hi s eveni ng. By t hat t im e, t he Ast r a wil l have been fl ying t hrough space f or sevent een hour s and wi l have cir cl ed t he eart h a gr eat m any t im es. When t he fi rst radi o m esages have been r ecei ved, t he r esul ts of t he t ri p wi l be announced imm ediatel y. Lesson62 Af ter t he fi re 大火之后 Fi remen had been fi ght i ng t he f or est f ir e f or nearl y t hr ee weeks bef or e t hey could get it under contr ol. A short t im e bef ore, great tr ees had cover ed t he count r ysi de f or mi les around. Now, sm oke sti l r ose up fr om t he warm gr ound over t he desolate hi l s. Wint er was i ng on and t he hil ls t hreatened the surr oundi ng vi l ages wi t h destr uct i on, f or heavy rai n woul d not onl y wash away t he soil but would cause seri ous fl oods as wel . When t he fi re had at last been put out , the f orest aut hor it es order ed sever al t ons of a special type of grass sed whi ch woul d gr ow quickl y. The seed was spr ayed over t he ground i n huge quant it i es by aer opl anes. The pl anes had been pl a nt ing seed f or near l y a mont h when i t began t o r ai n. By t hen, however, i n many places t he gr ass had al r eady t aken r oot . In pl ace of t he gr eat t r es whi ch had been growi ng t her e for cent uri es, pat ches of gr en had begun t o appear i n the bl ackened soil . Lesson63 She was not am used 她并不覺得好笑 Geof fr ey Ham pden has a lar ge ci rcl e of f ri ends and i s ver y popul ar at part i es. Ever ybody admi res him f or hi s fi ne sense of hum orever ybody, t hat i s, except hi s six year ol d daughter, Jenny. Recentl y, one of Geof fr ey39。s cl osest fr iends asked him t o m ake a speech at a weddi ng r ecept i on. Thi s i s t he sort of t hi ng that Geof f rey l oves. He pr epared t he speech car ef ull y and went to t he weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a l ar ge num ber of f unny st or i es i n t he speech and, of cour se, it was a gr eat success. As soon as he had fi nished, Jenny t old him she want ed t o go home. Geoff rey was a l it tl e disappoi nt ed by t hi s but he di d as his daught er asked. On t he way hom e, he asked Jenny if she had enj oyed the speech. To his sur pr ise, she sai d she hadn39。t . Geoff rey asked her why t his was so and she t ol d him t hat she di d not li ke to see so many peopl e l aughing at him ! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l 858, a Fr ench engi neer , Aim e Thom e de Gam ond, ar ri ved i n Engl and wit h a pl an for a t went yone mi le t unnel across the Engli sh Channel. He sai d that it woul d be possibl e to buil d a pl at f or m in t he cent re of t he Channel. Thi s pl atf orm would ser ve as a por t and a rail way s tati on. The t unnel woul d be wel ventil ated i f tal chim neys wer e bui lt above seal evel . In 1860, a bet ter pl an was put f or war d by an Engl ishm an, Wil li am Low. He suggest ed t hat a doubl e rail way t unnel should be buil t. Thi s woul d solve t he pr oblem of venti lati on, f or if a t r ai n ent ered t hi s t unnel, it woul d draw in f r esh air behind i t. Fort yt wo year s l at er a t unnel was actual y begun. If , at t he tim e, t he Br it ish had not f ear ed i nvasi on, i t would have been pl et ed. Recent l y, t her e has again been gr eat i nt er est i n t he i dea of a Channel Tunnel. I f i t is buil t, i t wil l connect Br it ai n t o Eur ope f or t he fi r st t im e i n hi st or y. Lesson65 Jum bo versus t he pol ice 小象對警察 Last Chr i stm as, t he ci r cus owner, Jimm y Gat es, deci ded t o t ake som e pr esent s t o a chi l dr en39。s hospit al . Dr essed up as Fat her Chri stm as and ac panied by a 39。guar d of honour39。 of si x pr et y gir ls, he set off down t he mai n st reet of t he ci t y ri ding a baby elephant cal l ed Jum bo. He, should have known t hat t he poli ce would never al low t his sort of t hi ng. A poli cem an appr oached Jim my and t ol d him he ought t o have gone al ong a si de str eet as Jum bo was hol ding up t he tr af f ic. Though Jimm y agr ed t o go at once, Jum bo r ef used t o m ove. Fi ft een pol icemen had t o push ver y har d t o get him off t he mai n st r et. The poli ce had a di f i cult t im e, but they wer e m ost am used. 39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a few t ons, 39。 sai d a pol i ceman aft er war ds, 39。so i t was fort unat e t hat we di dn39。t have t o car ry hi m. Of cour se, we should ar r est hi m, but as he has a g