【正文】 e wher ei t is saidpir ates used t o hi de gol d. The pi rat es woul d oft en bur y gold i n t he cave and t hen f ai l t o col ect i t. Ar med wi t h t he new m achi ne, a sear ch par ty went i nt o t he cave hopi ng t o fi nd bur i ed t r easur e. The l eader of t he part y was exam ini ng t he soi l near t he ent rance to t he cave when t he m achi ne showed t hat t her e was gold under t he gr ound. Very excit ed, t he part y dug a hol e t wo feet deep. They f i nal y f ound a sm al l gol d coi n whi ch was al most wort hl es. The par t y t hen sear ched t he whol e cave t horoughl y but did not fi nd anyt hing except an em pt y t i n tr unk. I n spi te of t hi s, m any peopl e ar e conf i dent that 39。The Reveal er 39。 m ay r eveal som et hi ng of val ue f air l y soon. Lesson56 Fast er t han sound! 比聲音還快！ Once a year a r ace i s hel d f or ol d car s. A l ot of car s ent er ed f or thi s race last year and t here was a gr eat deal of exci t em ent j ust bef ore i t began. One of t he m ost handsom e car s was a Roll s Royce Sil ver Ghost. The m ost unusual car was a Benz whi ch had only thr e wheels. Buil t in 1885, it was the ol dest car t aki ng par t. Af ter a gr eat many l oud explosions, the r ace began. Many of t he car s br oke down on the course and some dri ver s spent mor e ti me under t hei r car s than i n them ! A f ew cars, however, plet ed the r ace. The winni ng car r eached a speed of for ty mil es an hour much faster than any of it s ri val s. I t sped downhil l at t he end of t he race and it s dri ver had a l ot of t rouble t rying to stop i t. The r ace gave ever yone a great deal of pl easure. It was very di f erent fr om moder n car r aces but no less exci ting. Lesson57 Can I help you, madam? 你要買什么，夫人？ A woman i n blue j eans stood at the wi ndow of an expensi ve shop. Though she hesi tat ed f or a moment, she fi naly went i n and asked t o see a dr es t hat was i n the wi ndow. The assistant who ser ved her di d not l ike t he way she was dr esed. Gl anci ng at her scor nful ly, 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 ret urned to the shop the f ol lowi ng mor ni ng dressed i n a f ur coat, wi th a handbag in one hand and a l ong um br el a in t he other. Af ter seeki ng out t he rude asist 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 wom an sai d she di d not l ike i t. She enjoyed her sel f making t he assistant br ing al most everyt hi ng in the wi ndow bef ore fi nal ly buying t he dress she had f ir st asked f or. Lesson58 A blesi ng in di sgui se? 是因禍得福嗎？ The ti ny vil lage of Fri nl ey is said to possess a 39。cursed tr ee39。. Because the tr ee was menti oned i n a ne wspaper, t he number of visit ors t o Fri nley has now i ncr eased. The t ree was planted near a chur ch fi ft y year s ago, but it i s onl y i n recent years t hat i t has gained an evil reputat ion. I t is said that i f anyone t ouches the t ree, he wi l l have bad luck。 if he picks a leaf , he wi l di e. Many vi l l agers beli eve that the t ree has al ready claim ed a num ber of vict ims. The vicar has been asked to have t he tr e cut down, but so f ar he has ref used. He has poi nted out that the tr ee is a useful sour ce of ine as touri s ts have been i ng fr om al part s of the countr y to see it . In spi te of al that has been said, the t our ists have been picking l eaves and cut ting their names on the t reet runk. So far , not one of them has been st ruck down by sudden death! Leson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來(lái)還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to si t out si de our f r ont gate and bark. Ever y t im e he want ed to e into the garden he would bar k unti l s omeone opened the gat e. As t he nei ghbour s pl ained of the noise, m y husband spent weeks t rai ni ng him t o press hi s paw on t he latch t o l et him sel f in. Rex soon becam e an exper t at openi ng the gate. However , when I was goi ng out shopping l as t week, I noti ced hi m i n t he gar den near the gate. This t im e he was bar king so t hat someone woul d let him out ! Si nce then, he has devel oped anot her bad habit. As soon as he opens t he gat e fr om the outside, he es i nto t he gar den and wai ts unt il the gate shuts. Then he si ts and barks unti l someone let s him out . Aft er this he i mmediat el y l et s himself i n and begi ns bar king agai n. Yest er day my husband r em oved t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not sen hi m since. Lesson60 The f uture 卜算未來(lái) At a vil lage fai r, I deci ded to vi si t a for tunet el ler cal led Madam Bel insky. I went into her t ent and she told me t o si t down. Af t er I had given her some money, she looked into a cr yst al bal l and said: 39。A rel at ion of yours i s ing t o se you. She wil l be ar r iving t his eveni ng and intends to st ay for a f ew days. The moment you leave thi s tent, you wi 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 place. That is al .39。 As soon as I went outside, I for got al about Madam Bel insky because m y wi fe hur ri ed towards me. 39。Where have you been hi di ng ?39。 she asked impati ent ly. 39。Your sister wi l be here i n less than an hour and we must be at t he st at ion t o meet her . We ar e lat e alr eady.39。 As she walked away, I f oll owed her out of t he fai r. Leson61 Troubl e wi th t he Hubbl e 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n fut ur e, astr onaut s wil l be requir ed to descend f rom a spaceshi p whil e it i s stil l in space and t o r et urn to i t. The abil ity to do t his wi l be necessar y i n fut ure f li ght s to distant pl a s. Scienti st s