【正文】 hen f ail to col lect it . Ar med wi t h the new m achine, a sear ch par ty went i nto t he cave hoping t o fi nd bur i ed t r easure. The leader of t he par ty was examini ng the soil near t he ent rance to the cave when the machine showed that here was gold under the gr ound. Very excit ed, t he par ty dug a hol e two feet deep. They fi nal ly f ound a sm al l gol d coin whi ch was almost wort hless. The part y then sear ched t he whole cave thoroughly but did not f ind anything except an empt y ti n tr unk. I n spit e of this, many peopl e ar e confi dent that 39。The Reveal er 39。 may r eveal somet hi ng of val ue fair ly soon. Lesson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a race is hel d for old car s. A lot of car s ent ered f or this r ace last year and t her e was a gr eat deal of exci teme nt just bef ore i t began. One of t he most handsom e car s was a Roll s Royce Sil ver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only t hree wheels. Bui lt i n 1885, i t was the oldest car taking par t. Af ter a great many loud explosions, t he race began. Many of the cars br oke down on the cour se and some dr iver s spent more t im e under thei r car s than in them ! A few car s, however, pleted t he race. The wi nning car reached a speed of f ort y mi les an hourmuch f ast er t han any of i ts r ivals. It sped downhi l at the end of the r ace and i ts dr iver had a lot of tr oubl e t r yi ng t o stop i t. The r ace gave ever yone a gr eat deal of pl easur e. It was very di f erent fr om moder n car r aces but no less excit ing. Lesson57 Can I help you, madam? 你要買什么，夫人？ A woman i n blue j eans s tood at the wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesi tated f or a moment, she fi nal ly went i n and asked to see a dr es t hat was i n the wi ndow. The assistant who ser ved her did not l ike t he way she was dr esed. Gl anci ng at her scor nfull 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 umbr el a in t he other. Af ter seeki ng out t he rude asi st ant she asked for t he same dr es. Not reali zi ng who she was, t he asistant was eager to ser ve her t hi s ti me wi th gr eat di f icult y, he cl imbed i nt o t he shop wi ndow to get t he dr es. As soon as she saw i t, the woman sai d she di d not like i t. She enjoyed her sel f making t he assistant bri ng al most everyt hi ng in the wi ndow before fi nal ly buying t he dress she had f ir st asked f or. Lesson58 A blesi ng in disgui se? 是因禍得福嗎？ The ti ny vil lage of Fri nley is said to possess a 39。cur sed t r ee39。. Because the t ree was menti oned i n a newspaper, t he num ber of visit ors t o Fr inley has now i ncr eased. The t ree was pl ant ed near a chur ch f if ty years ago, but it i s only i n r ecent years t hat i t has gained an evil r eputat ion. It i s said that if anyone t ouches the t re e, he wil l have bad luck。 if he picks a l eaf , he wil l di e. Many vil ager s bel ieve t hat the t ree has alr eady cl ai med a number of vi c tims. The vi car has been asked t o have the t ree cut down, but so f ar he has r efused. He has pointed out that the t ree i s a usef ul source of i ne as t our ists have been i ng f rom al l par ts of t he countr y t o se i t. I n spi te of al l t hat has been said, t he touri st s have been picking leaves and cutti ng their names on t he tr e tr unk. So f ar, not one of t hem has been str uck down by sudden deat h! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o sit outside our fr ont gat e and bar k. Ever y ti me he wanted t o e i nt o t he gar den he woul d bark unt il s omeone opened t he gate. As the neighbour s plained of t he noi se, my husband spent weeks tr aining hi m to pr ess his paw on the l at ch to let hi mself in. Rex soon became an exper t at opening t he gat e. However, when I was going out shopping last week, I not iced hi m i n the garden near t he gat e. Thi s ti me he was barki ng so that someone would l et hi m out ! Since t hen, he has developed anot her bad habi t. As soon as he opens t he gat e fr om t he outside, he es i nt o t he gar den and wai ts unti l the gate shuts. Then he si ts and barks unti l someone lets hi m out . Aft er t his he i mmediat el y let s himself i n and begi ns bar ki ng agai n. Yester day my husband r em oved t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not sen hi m since. Leson60 The f uture 卜算未來 At a vil lage fai r, I deci ded t o visi t a for tune tel ler cal led Madam Bel insky. I went into her t ent and she told me to si t down. Af ter I had given her some money, she looked i nto a cr yst al bal l and said: 39。A relat ion of yours i s ing t o see you. She wil l be ar ri ving t his eveni ng and intends to st ay for a f ew days. The moment you leave this tent, you wil l get a bi g sur pri se. A woman you know wel wi l r ush towards you. She wil l speak to you and t hen she wi l l ead you away f rom thi s pl ace. Tha t i s al .39。 As soon as I went outside, I for got al about Madam Bel insky because m y wi fe hurr i ed towards me. 39。Where have you been hi di ng ?39。 she asked i mpatient ly. 39。Your si ster wil l be her e in less than an hour and we must be at t he st at ion t o meet her . We ar e late al ready.39。 As she walked away, I f ollowed her out of t he fai r. Lesson61 Troubl e wit h t he Hubbl e 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)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 possible. 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