【導(dǎo)讀】Mydentisthadjustpulledoutoneofmyteethandhadtoldmetorestforawhile.Itriedtosaysomething,butmymouthwasfullofcotton-wool.HeknewIcollectedbirds'eggsandaskedmewhethermycollectionwasgrowing.HethenaskedmehowmybrotherwasandwhetherIlikedmynewjobinLondon.InanswertothesequestionsIeithernoddedormadestrangenoises.Meanwhile,mytonguewasbusysearchingouttheholewherethetoothhadbeen.Isuddenlyfeltveryworried,butco

　　

【正文】 place. That is al .39。 As soon as I went outside, I for got al about Madam Bel insky because my wi fe hur ri ed towards me. 39。Where have you been hi ding ?39。 she asked i mpa ti 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(yuǎn)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 a n astr onaut wil l at tempt t o l eave the stati onar y spaceshi p and then r et urn t o i t. We shal not know whether the exper im ent has been successf ul unt il we have received a r adi o message. The f ir st mesage is expected t o ar ive at 7 o39。cl ock this eveni ng. By that ti me, the Astr a wi l have been f lying through space f or sevent een hour s and wil l have cir cled the ear th a gr eat many t imes. When t he fi rst radio m esages have been r ecei ved, the r esult s of the t ri p wi l be announced imm edi at ely. Lesson62 Aft er the f ire 大火之后 Fir emen had been f ighti ng the f orest fi re f or near ly t hree weeks bef ore t hey could get i t under cont rol. A shor t ti me before, great tr ees had cover ed the countr ysi de f or mi les around. Now, smoke sti l r ose up f rom the war m ground over t he desolate hi l s. Wint er was i ng on and the hil ls t hreatened the surr oundi ng vi l ages wi th destr uct ion, for heavy rain woul d not onl y wa sh away the soil but would cause seri ous fl oods as wel . When the f ir e had at last been put out , t he for est authori ti es or der ed sever al t ons of a speci al t ype of gr as seed which woul d grow qui ckl y. The seed was spr ayed over the gr ound in huge quant it es by aer oplanes. The planes had been planti ng seed f or nearl y a mont h when it began t o r ai n. By then, however, i n many places the grass had al ready taken r oot . In pl ace of t he gr eat t rees which had been growi ng there f or cent ur ies, pat ches of green 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 l arge cir cle of f ri ends and is ver y popul ar at part ies. Everybody admir es him for his f ine sense of humor ever ybody, that is, except hi s si xyear ol d daught er , Jenny. Recentl y, one of Geoff rey39。s closest f ri ends asked hi m t o make a speech at a wedding r ecepti on. Thi s is t he sor t of t hing t hat Geoff rey l oves. He pr epared t he speech car efull y and went to t he weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a large number of funny stori es in t he speech and, of cour se, it was a gr eat success. As soon as he had fi ni shed, Jenny tol d him she want ed to go hom e. Geof fr ey was a li t le di sappoi nted by t his but he did as his daught er asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny i f she had enjoyed the speech. To his surpr ise, she said she hadn39。t . Geoff rey asked her why t hi s was so and she t old hi m t hat she did not l ike to se e so many peopl e l aughing at him ! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l858, a French engi neer , Ai m e Thom e de Gamond, ar ived in Engl and wit h a plan f or a twent y one mi le t unnel acr oss t he English Channel . He said t hat i t woul d be possibl e to bui ld a pl atf orm in t he cent re of t he Channe l. This pl at f or m woul d serve as a port and a r ai lway st at ion. The tunnel woul d be wel venti lated i f tal l chim neys wer e built above seal evel . I n 1860, a bet ter plan was put for ward by an 1 葉縣康樂苑老年公寓和老年活動(dòng)中心項(xiàng)目 引 言 “最美不過夕陽紅，溫馨又從容。夕陽是晚開的花，夕陽是陳年的酒，夕陽是遲到的愛，夕陽是未了的情，多少情愛，化作一片夕陽紅”！ 當(dāng)這動(dòng)聽的歌聲在耳畔響起，我們就會(huì)想起年邁的父母。父輩養(yǎng)育了我們，創(chuàng)造了財(cái)富，操勞了一生，如今他們步入了老年， 既 需要生活的照料，更需要 身心 的 康寧 。作為晚輩，我們用什么方式來贍養(yǎng)老人，讓他們安享天倫之樂，感受到社會(huì)的關(guān)愛和人間的親情？這是整個(gè)社會(huì)都應(yīng)該重視的問題。 人生最需要關(guān)愛的 時(shí)期是 兩頭 ： 一是小 時(shí)候 ，二是 到老年 。我國(guó)目前是世界上老齡化程度 最快的國(guó)家，發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家近百年才出現(xiàn)的人口老齡狀態(tài)，我國(guó) 50 多年便進(jìn)入了 。這源于改革開放以來人口 出生 率的下降、經(jīng)濟(jì)條件的提高和健康條件的改善等因素。據(jù)統(tǒng)計(jì)，近 60 年來，我國(guó)平均壽命比建國(guó)前增長(zhǎng)了近 30 歲。而目前家庭撫養(yǎng)晚輩與贍養(yǎng)老人的狀況，卻存在著極大的 反差 ： 6 個(gè)大人圍著一個(gè)小孩轉(zhuǎn)，贍養(yǎng)老人 卻力不從心。 這在很大程度上不是因?yàn)樾⑿幕蚪?jīng)濟(jì)原因，而是因?yàn)槔夏耆擞卸喾矫娴男枰樯鐣?huì)服務(wù) 幾十年 ，到老年被社會(huì)邊緣化，深 居家中、缺乏交流群體，老 后生活無樂，豈不心寒？據(jù)統(tǒng)計(jì)，全國(guó)有 1000 萬 70 歲以上高齡老人需要照顧。人口學(xué) 家分析，我國(guó)未來相當(dāng)長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)期內(nèi)，其家庭結(jié)構(gòu)是一種 1： 2： 4 的倒金字塔式， 即 兩個(gè)中年人負(fù)擔(dān) 4個(gè)老人和 1 個(gè)小孩，這 不僅 在經(jīng)濟(jì)上 、尤其 是 在 精力上都會(huì)力不從心。因此，條件好、花費(fèi)少的老年公寓將受到人們 的普遍My denti st had j ust pul l ed out one of m y t eet h and had tol d m e t o r est f or a whi le. I tr ied t o say som et hi ng, but m y m out h was f ull of cot t on wool . He knew I coll ect ed bi r ds39。 eggs and asked m e whet her m y coll ecti on was gr owi ng. He t hen asked m e how m y brot her was and whether I li ked m y new j ob i n London. In answer t o t hese quest ions I ei t her nodded or m ade str ange noi ses. Meanwhi le, my t ongue was busy sear chi ng out t he hol e wher e the t oot h had been. I suddenl y f elt very wor ri ed, but coul d not say anythi ng. When t he dent ist at l ast r em oved t he cot t on wool f r om m y m out h, I was abl e t o tel him t hat he had pull ed out t he wr ong t oot h. Lesson49 The end of a dream 美夢(mèng)告終 Ti red of sleepi ng on t he fl oor , a young m an i n Teher an saved up f or year s t o buy a r eal bed. For t he f ir st t im e i n hi s li f e, he becam e the pr oud owner of a bed whi ch had spri ngs and a m at tr es. Because t he weat her was very hot, he car i ed t he bed on t o the r oof of hi s house. He sl ept ver y wel l f or t he fi rst t wo nights, but on t he t hi rd ni ght , a st orm bl ew up. A gust of wi nd swept t he bed of f t he r oof and sent i t crashi ng i nt o t he court yar