【正文】 s f ootsteps many year s later , Sir Mal col m39。Mr Eames,39。wai t ing r oom ! 39。l l e wi th you,39。but I39。 39。 No, not at al ,39。Hull o, Elizabeth,39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。 said a pol iceman aft er wards, 39。s hospital . Dr essed up as Father Chri st mas and apanied by a 39。 As she wal ked away, I fol lowed her out of the f air . Lesson61 Trouble wi t h the Hubble 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n f utur e, ast ronauts wi l be r equi red t o descend fr om a spaceship whi le it is st il i n space and to retur n t o it . The abi li ty t o do thi s wi l be necessary in f utur e fl ights to di st ant plas. Sci ent i st s are now tr yi ng to di scover if t hi s is possi ble. 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 ed mi les int o s pace. At a cer tain poi nt, the Ast ra wi l l st op for a shor t ti me and an astr onaut wil l at tempt t o leave the stati onar y spaceshi p and then r et urn to i t. We shal 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 side, I f ot al about Madam Bel li nsky because my wif e hurr ied t owar ds me. 39。Wel , I39。m Rockwal Sl inger and t his i s Mer lin Greeves. 39。 Look, sher if f, 39。 I 39。t we e m ore of ten ?39。 It couldn39。s son, Donal d, also set up a worl d r ecor d. Li ke his f at her , he was dri vi ng a car cal led Bl uebir d. Lesson73 The record holder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li t le boys who play t ruant fr om school are uni maginative. A qui et day39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce, 39。 l esson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng tested f or a dri vi ng li cence f or t he thi rd t im e. I had been asked to dr ive i n heavy t raf fi c and had done so succe ssf ully. Af ter havi ng been instr uct ed to dr ive out of t own, I began to acquir e conf idence. Sure that I had passed, I was al most beginning to enjoy m y test. The exam iner must have been pl eased wi th my per for mance, f or he smi led and sai d, 39。 he answer ed. 39。m going t o t he denti st.39。Woul d you mi nd my i ng wit h you ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 Bert answer ed. 39。 I sai d. 39。so it was f ort unat e that we didn39。guar d of honour39。cl ock this evening. By that ti me, the Astr a wi l have been f lying through space f or sevent een hour s and wil l have cir c led t he ear th a gr eat many t im es. When t he fi rst radio mesages have been r ecei ved, the r esul ts of the t ri p wi l be announced imm edi ately. Leson62 Aft er the fi re 大火之后 Fir emen had been f ighti ng the f orest fi re f or near ly t hree weeks bef ore t hey could get i t under cont rol. A shor t ti me befor e, great tr ees had cover ed the countr ysi de for mi les around. Now, smoke sti l r ose up f r om t he war m ground over t he desolate hi l s. Wint er was i ng on and the hil ls t hreatened the surr oundi ng vil ages wi th destr uct ion, for heavy r ai n woul d not only wash away t he soi l but would cause ser ious fl oods as wel l. When t he fi re had at last been put out, the f orest aut hor it ies ordered sever al tons of a special type of grass seed whi ch would gr ow quickly. The sed was sprayed over t he ground in huge quantit ies by aeroplanes. The pl anes had been pl ant ing seed for near ly a month when i t began t o rai n. By then, however , in many pl aces t he gras had al ready taken root. I n place of the gr eat tr ees which had been gr owing t her e f or centur ies, patches of gr een had begun to appear in t he blackened soi l. Leson63 She was not am used 她并不覺得好笑 Geoff rey Ham pden has a l ar ge cir cl e of fr iends and is very popular at par ti es. Everybody admir es hi m f or his f ine sense of humoreverybody, t hat i s, except his six year old daughter , Jenny. Recent ly, one of Geof fr ey39。Wher e have you been hidi ng ?39。si nce. Leson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vi l age fair , I decided t o visit a f ort une tel er cal led Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nto her tent and she t old m e to si t down. Af ter I had given her some m oney, she l ooked i nto a cr yst al bal and sai d: 39。 she asked im pat ientl y. 39。s closest fr iends asked him t o make a speech at a weddi ng recept ion. This i s the sort of thi ng that Geof f rey l oves. He prepared t he speech car ef ull y and went t o the weddi ng wit h Jenny. He had included a l ar ge number of f unny st ori es i n the speech and, of course, it was a gr eat success. As soon as he had f inished, Jenny told hi m she wanted t o go home. Geoff rey was a l it tl e disappoint ed by thi s but he did as hi s daughter asked. On t he way home, he asked Jenny if she had enj oyed t he speech. To hi s sur pri se, she sai d she hadn39。 of si x pr et ty gi rl s, he set of f down the m ai n str eet of the ci ty r idi ng a baby el ephant cal led Jumbo. He, shoul d have known t hat he police woul d never al ow t hi s sor t of thing. A pol iceman appr oached Jimm y and tol d him he ought to have gone along a sidest reet as Jumbo was holdi ng up the t raf i c. Though Ji mmy agr eed t o go at once, Jum bo ref used t o move. Fi ft en pol icemen had to push ver y hard to get him off t he main str eet. The pol ice had a di f icult t ime, but t hey were most amused. 39。t have to car y him. Of cour se, we shoul d ar est hi m, but as he has a good recor d, we shal l et him of f t his t im e. 39。Fancy m et ing you here ! 39。 I was j ust wonder ing how to spend the mor ning unti l I saw you. You39。 I 39。 he asked, befor e I had fi ni shed speaki ng. ‘ Not at al l, 39。 39。 There39。Just one more thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a child suddenl y crosses t he road i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on the wi ndow, I want t he car to be st opped i mmediat el y.39。 you have just kil ed that chi ld !39。s f ishing, or ei ght hours i n a cinema seei ng the same f il m over and over agai n, i s usual l y as