【正文】 You don39。Wel l, i n t hat case, I pr efer t o st ay on the bus, 39。l l get off her e.39。I t doesn39。Oh dear ,39。Thi s i s as f ar as we go.39。 answered t he conduct or. I sat i n t he f r ont of t he bus t o get a good vi ew of the count r ysi de. Aft er som e tim e, t he bus st opped. Looki ng r ound, I r eal i zed wi th a shock t hat I was t he onl y passenger left on t he bus. 39。t know wher e it i s.39。 I39。 As she walked away, I f oll owed her out of the f ai r. Leson61 Troubl e wi th the H ubbl 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 to i t. The abili ty 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 are now tr yi ng to discover if t his i s possible. The spaceshi p Astr a which l ef t the eart h a short ti me ago, wil l be tr avel ing t hree hundred mi les i nt o space. At a cer tai n poi nt, t he Ast ra wil l st op for a short ti me and an astr onaut wil l at tempt t o leave the stat ionar y spaceshi p and then r eturn to i t. We shal l not know whether the exper im ent has been successf ul unt il we have r eceived a r adi o message. The fi rst mesage is expect ed to ar ri ve at 7 o39。 As soon as I went out si de, I f ot al l about Madam Bel li nsky because my wi f e hur r ied towar ds me. 39。cursed t ree39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit here in your spare ti me and read t he car pet !39。 I answered. Lesson51 Reward for virt ue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My f r iend, Her ber t, has always been f at, but things got so bad r ecentl y t hat he deci ded to go on a di et. He began his diet a week ago. Fi rst of al l, he wr ote out a long l ist of al l the f oods whi ch were f orbi dden. The li st i ncl uded most of the t hings Herbert l oves: but ter , potat oes, ri ce, beer , mi lk, chocolate, and sweets. Yesterday I paid hi m a vi sit. I r ang the bel and was not surpr ised to see t hat Her ber t was st il l as f at as ever. He l ed me i nto hi s room and hur ri edl y hid a large par cel under his desk. It was obvious t hat he was very embar rased. When I asked him what he was doi ng, he smi led guil ti ly and t hen put t he par cel on t he desk. He expl ai ned that hi s diet was so st ri ct that he had t o r ewar d him self occasi onal y. Then he showed me t he cont ent s of the parcel. I t contained f ive l arge bars of chocol at e and thr e bags of sweet s! Leson52 A pret y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just m oved i nto a new house and I have been wor ki ng har d al m orning. I have be en tr ying t o get my new r oom i n order. Thi s has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make mat er s wor se, the r oom i s rat her smal , so I have tempor ar il y put my books on the f loor. At t he moment, t hey cover every inch of fl oor space and I actual y have to wal k on them to get in or out of the r oom . A shor t whil e ago, m y si ster hel ped me t o car ry one of m y old bookcases up the stair s. She went int o my room and got a big sur pr ise when she saw al those books on t he fl oor. 39。l l get of f her e. 39。 I t doe sn39。 I asked. 39。l l have t o get of f here,39。 I 39。 I said to t he conductor as I got on t he bus,39。s cl osest fr iends asked him to make a speech at a weddi ng recept ion. Thi s is the sor t of thing that t i m e i n his l if e, he became the pr oud owner of a bed whi ch had spri ngs and a mat ress. Because the weat her was very hot , he car i ed t he bed on to the r oof of his house. He sl ept very wel l for t he f i rst two ni ght s, but on t he t hir d night, a st or m blew up. A gust of wi nd swept the bed off t he roof and sent it crashing i nt o t he cour tyard below. The young man did not wake up unti l the bed had st ruck t he ground. Al though the bed was smashed t o pieces, t he man was mi raculousl y unhur t. When he woke up, he was sti l on t he mat res. Gl ancing at t he bi ts of wood and met al t hat l ay ar ound hi m, t he man sadly picked up the mat tr ess and car ri ed it i nto hi s house. Af t er he had put it on the f loor , he pr omptl y went to sleep agai n. Lesson50 Taken f or a ride 乘車兜風(fēng) I love t ravel ing i n the count ry, but I don39。 she asked i m pati ent l y. 39。 if he pi cks a l eaf, he wil di e. Many vi l ager s bel ieve t hat t he t r e has alr eady cl aim ed a number of vi ct im s. The vi car has been asked t o have the t ree cut down, but so f ar he has r ef used. He has point ed out t hat t he t r e i s a usef ul sour ce of i ne as t our ist s have been i ng f r om al l par t s of t he count ry t o see it. I n spit e of al l that has been sai d, t he t ouri sts have been pi cki ng l eaves and cutt i ng t hei r nam es on the t reet runk. So far, not one of t hem has been st r uck down by sudden death! Leson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來(lái)還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o si t out si de our fr ont gat e and bar k. Ever y t im e he wanted t o e i nt o t he gar den he woul d bark unti l s om eone opened t he gat e. As t he nei ghbour s plai ned of t he noi se, m y husband spent weeks t rai ni ng hi m to pr es hi s paw on t he l at ch t o let him self i n. Rex soon becam e an expert at openi ng the gate. However , when I was goi ng out shoppi ng l ast week, I noti ced hi m i n t he gar den near t he gat e. This t im e he was bar ki ng so t hat som eone woul d l et him out ! Since t hen, he has devel oped anot her bad habi t. As soon as he opens t he gat e fr om t he out si de, he es i nt o t he gar den and wai ts unti l t he gat e shuts. Then he si ts and bar ks unti l som eone l et s hi m out . Af t er t his he i mm edi at el y l et s him self i n and begi ns bar ki ng agai n. Yest er day my husband r em oved t he gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen hi m si nce. Lesson60 The f ut ure 卜算未來(lái) At a vi l age f ai r, I decided t o vi sit a f ort unet el er cal ed Madam Bel l