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【正文】 as qui et. So I decided t o m ake some t art s for t ea. In a short tim e I was busy mi xi ng but ter and fl our and my hands wer e soon covered wit h sti cky pastr y. At exactl y that moment, t he t el ephone rang. Not hi ng coul d have been m or e annoying. I picked up the receiver bet ween t wo sti cky fi ngers and was di smayed when I r ecognized t he voice of Mr s Bat es. I t ook me t en mi nutes t o per suade her t o r i ng back later. At last I hung up t he r ecei ver. What a m ess! Ther e was past r y on my fi ngers, on t he t el ephone, and on t he door knobs. I had no sooner got back t o the ki tchen than t he door bel rang l oud enough t o wake t he dead. This tim e it was t he postm an and he want ed me t o si gn f or a regist er ed l et ter ! Leson55 Not a gol d mi ne 并非金礦 Dr eam s of fi ndi ng l ost reasure almost came tr ue recent ly. A new m achi ne cal led 39。The Revealer39。 has been invented and it has been used to det ect gol d whi ch has been bur ied in t he gr ound. The machi ne was used i n a cave near t he seashore wher eit i s ai d pir at es used t o hi de gol d. The pi rates would oft en bury gol d in t he cave and t hen fail t o coll ect i t. Armed wit h t he new machi ne, a search par ty went he di d not li ke it . She enj oyed hersel f m aking the assi st ant br ing almost ever yt hing in t he wi ndow bef or e f inal ly buyi ng t he dr ess he had fi rst asked for. Lesson58 A bl essi ng i n di sguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The ti ny vil age of Fr inley is sai d t o posses a 39。cursed t ree39。. Because the tr e was m enti oned i n a newspaper, t he num ber of visi tors t o Fr inley has now i ncr eased. The tr e was pl anted near a chur ch f ift y years ago, but it is onl y in r ecent year s that it has gai ned an evil r eput at ion. It i s said t hat i f anyone touches t he tr ee, he wi l have bad luck。 if he pi cks a leaf , he wil l die. Many vil agers bel ieve t hat he t ree has al ready claimed a number of vi ctim s. The vi car has been asked to have t he tr ee cut down, but so far he has r ef used. He has poi nt ed out t hat he t ree is a useful sour ce of ine as t ouri st s have been ing fr om al par ts of the count ry t o see i t. In spi te of al t hat has been said, t he t ouri st s have been pi cking leaves and cutt ing thei r nam es on the tr et runk. So far, not one of t hem has been str uck down by sudden death! Leson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o sit out si de our f ront gat e and bar k. Ever y tim e he want ed t o e into t he gar den he woul d bark unt il s omeone opened t he gat e. As the nei ghbours plained of t he noi se, my husband spent weks tr ai ni ng him t o pr ess hi s paw on the l at ch t o let him self i n. Rex soon becam e an expert at opening the gate. However, when I was going out shoppi ng l ast week, I noti ced him i n the gar den near t he gat e. This tim e he was bar ki ng so that someone woul d let him out ! Si nce t hen, he has devel oped anot her bad habit . As soon as he opens the gate f rom t he out si de, he es i nt o t he garden and wait s unti l t he gate shuts. Then he sit s and bar ks unti l som eone lets him out. Aft er this he immedi at el y lets himsel f i n and begins bar ki ng agai n. Yesterday m y husband r em oved t he gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not sen him since. Lesson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vil lage f ai r, I deci ded t o visit af ort unet el er cal led Madam Beli nsky. I went into her t ent and she t ol d m e t o si t down. Aft er I had given her som e m oney, she l ooked i nt o a cr ystal bal and sai d: 39。A r el at ion of your s is i ng t o see you. She wil be ar ri vi ng t hi s eveni ng and i nt ends t o st ay f or a f ew days. The mom ent 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 t o you and t hen she wil l ead you away f r om t hi s pl ace. That is al. 39。 As oon as I went outsi de, I fot al about Madam Bel insky because m y wif e hurr ied towar ds me. 39。Wher e have you been hi di ng ?39。 she asked im pati entl y. 39。Your sister wi l be here i n l ess than an hour and we must be at the st at ion to meet her . We ar e lat e al ready.39。 As she wal ked away, I f ol lowed her out of the fair. Lesson61 Trouble wit h t he Hubbl e 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n future, ast r onauts wil l be r equi red t o descend fr om a spaceshi p whil e it is st il l i n space and t o return t o it. The abili ty t o do t hi s wi l be nec essary i n f ut ure fl ight s to distant plas. Scient ists are now t r yi ng t o di scover i f t hi s is possi bl e. The spaceship Ast ra which left t he eart h a short tim e ago, wil l be t ravel ing three hundr ed mi les into space. At a cer tain point, the Ast ra wil l stop f or a short tim e and an ast ronaut wi l at tem pt t o leave the st at ionar y spaceship and t hen retur n t o it. We shal not know whether t he experim ent has been succesful until we have r ecei ved a radi o mesage. The f ir st mesage is expect ed t o ar ri ve at 7 o39。clock t hi s eveni ng. By t hat tim e, the Ast ra wil l have been f lying through space for sevent een hour s and wil have ci rcled the eart h a gr e at m any tim es. When t he f ir st radi o m essages have been recei ved, t he r esul ts of t he t ri p wi l be announced immedi at el y. Lesson62 Af ter the fi re 大火之后 Fir emen had been fi ghti ng the forest fi re f or nearl y three weks before t hey could get it under cont r ol. A shor t ime bef or e, great t rees had covered the count rysi de f or mi les ar ound. Now, sm oke st il l r ose up fr om t he warm ground over the desol at e hil ls. Winter was i ng on and t he hil ls threat ened the surr oundi ng vil lages wit h dest r uct i on, f or heavy rain woul d not onl y wash away the soil but woul d cause ser ious f loods as wel . When the fi re had at last been put out, t he f or est author it ies or dered sever al t ons of a speci al t yp