【正文】 rs that i t has gained an evi l r eputation. I t is sa id t hat if anyone touches t he t ree, he wil have bad luck。 if he picks a leaf , he wi l di e. Many vil lagers believe t hat the tr e has alr eady claimed a number of vi ct ims. The vi car has been asked to have t he t ree cut down, but so far he has r ef used. He has poi nt ed out t hat the tree is a useful sour ce of ine as tour ists have been ing fr om al l part s of the count ry t o see it. I n spite of al l t hat has been said, the tour ists have been pi cking leaves and cut ting their names on the tr e trunk. So far, not one of them has been str uck down by sudden death! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o si t outsi de our front gate and bark. Ever y ti me he want ed t o e into t he garden he woul d bark until someone opened t he gat e. As the neighbours plained of the noi se, my husband spent weeks t raining hi m to pr ess hi s paw on the latch to let hi mself in. Rex soon became an exper t at openi ng the gate. However, when I was going out shopping last week, I noticed hi m in t he garden near the gat e. Thi s time he was barking so t hat someone would l et him out ! Since t hen, he has developed another bad habi t. As soon as he opens the gat e from t he outside, he es i nt o the garden and wai ts unt il the gate shut s. Then he sit s and barks unt il someone lets him out. Aft er this he immediat el y lets himsel f i n and begins barki ng again. Yesterday my husband r emoved t he gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen hi m si nce. Leson60 The f uture 卜算未來 At a vil age fair , I decided to visit a fort une tel er cal led Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nt o her tent and she told me to sit down. Af ter I had gi ven her some money, she looked into a cr ystal bal and sai d: 39。A relati on of yours is i ng t o see you. She wil l be ar ri vi ng t hi s eveni ng and intends to stay for a f ew days. The moment you l eave t hi s tent , you wil get a big sur pr ise. A woman you know wel wil r ush towar ds you. She wi l speak to you and then she wi l lead you away fr om this place. That i s al .39。 As soon as I went outside, I fot al about Madam Bel linsky because my wif e hurr ied towar ds me. 39。Wher e have you been hi di ng ?39。 she asked impati entl y. 39。Your sister wi l be here in l ess than an hour and we must be at the stati on t o met her. We are l at e al ready. 39。 As she walked away, I foll owed her out of t he f ai r. Leson61 Troubl e with the Hubble 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 In fut ur e, astr onaut s wil be requir ed t o descend f rom a spaceshi p whi le it i s ti l in space and to retur n to it . The abil ity t o do this wil be necessary i n future f lights to distant plas. Scientists are now tryi ng t o di scover i f this is possi bl e. The spaceship Ast ra which left the ear th a short ti me ago, wil l be tr avel ing three hundr ed mi les i nto space. At a cer tain poi nt , the Astr a wil stop for a shor t ime and an ast ronaut wi l at tempt to l eave the stati onary spaceshi p and then r eturn to i t. We shal not know whet her the exper iment has been successful unt il we have r eceived a r adio mesage. The fi rst mesage i s expect ed t o ar ri ve at 7 o39。clock this eveni ng. By that ti me, the Astra wi l have been f lying through space for seventeen hour s and wil have ci r cl ed the ear th a great many t imes. When t he f irst radi o messages have been received, the resul ts of t he t rip wi l be announced i mmedi at ely. Leson62 Aft er t he fire 大火之后 Firemen had been fi ghti ng t he f or est fi re for nearly t hr ee weeks bef or e they coul d get it under contr ol. A short ti me before, gr eat tr es had cover ed t he countr yside for mil es around. Now, smoke sti l rose up fr om the war m 1 前 言 太陽能產(chǎn)品分兩大類：太陽能光電產(chǎn)品和太陽能光熱產(chǎn)品，而太陽能熱水器是太陽能光熱產(chǎn)品中的一種，也是目前太陽能產(chǎn)品中技術最成熟 、應用最廣泛的一種，具有環(huán)保節(jié)能和安全方便的特點。 針對你單位燃氣費年耗費較高，想利用太陽能熱水器節(jié)省一些能源耗費，但又擔心太陽能熱水器不穩(wěn)定，不能保障上萬學生都有熱水使用這一問題，本文先從太陽能技術參數(shù)（產(chǎn)水量、產(chǎn)水溫度、樓面負載），太陽能熱水系統(tǒng)的防凍技術，太陽能熱水系統(tǒng)的輔助加熱設備（即太陽能熱水與常規(guī)加熱設備的切換）幾方面闡述，希望能夠讓各位了解太陽能中央熱水系統(tǒng) 完全能保障上萬人都有熱水使用；接著從太 陽能熱水器的社會效益、 經(jīng)濟效益、 投資及回報率 、 太陽能的運行費用及維護費用幾方面闡述，希望能夠讓各位了解太陽能熱水系統(tǒng)應該并且值得投資。再闡述 選擇太陽能熱水系統(tǒng)的幾個要素 希望能夠讓各位了解如何 選擇太陽能熱水系統(tǒng)，最后 簡介我們公司、公司系列產(chǎn)品并 附部分客戶名錄及客戶的評價， 希望能夠讓各位初步了解我們公司是你們單位值得長期合作的伙伴，并進一步 參觀考察 我們公司。 不敢期望以上目的全部達到，對于您能夠在百忙中抽出寶貴時間來詳閱本文，在此我表示誠摯的謝意﹗ 五星太陽能公司 張輝 20xx年 12月 5日 while she was having a piic at the edge of a forest with her children and tried to steal her handbag. In the struggle, the strap broke and, with the bag in their possession, both men started running through the trees. Mrs Sterling got so angry that she ran after them. She was soon out of breath, but she continued to run. When she caught up with them, she saw that they had sat down and were going through the contents of the bag, so she ran straight at them. The men got such a fright that they dropped the bag and ran away. 39。The strap needs mending,39。 said Mrs Sterling later, 39。but they did not steal anything.39。 Lesson45 A clear conscience 問心無愧 The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost. Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet while taking his savings to the postoffice. Sam was sure that the wallet must have been found by one of the villagers, but it was not returned to him. Three months passed, and then one morning, Sam found his wallet outside his front door. It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost, together with a note which said: 39。A thief, yes, 39。but only 5o per cent a thief!39。 Two months later, some more money was sent to Sam with another note:39。 Only 25 per cent a thief now!39。 In time, all Sam39。s money was paid back in this way. The last note said:39。 I am 100 per cent honest now!39。 lesson46 Expensive and unfortable 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport, workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing. No one could account for the fact that one of the box