【正文】 As she wal ked away, I f ol l owed her out of t he fair . Lesson61 Troubl e wit h t he H ubbl 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 r om a spaceshi p whil e it i s st il l i n space and t o r et ur n to i t. The abil it y t o do thi s wil l be nec esary i n f ut ur e fl ights t o dist ant pla s. Sci ent ists ar e now tr yi ng t o di scover i f thi s i s possi bl e. The spaceshi p Ast ra whi ch lef t he ear t h a shor t tim e ago, wi l be t r aveli ng t hr ee hundr ed mil es i nt o space. At a cer tai n poi nt , t he Ast ra wi l st op for a shor t ti me and an ast r onaut wil l at t em pt t o leave t he st ati onar y spaceshi p and t hen r et ur n to i t. We shal l not know whet her t he experim ent has been successful unt il we have r ecei。 she asked im pat ientl y. 39。 As soon as I went out si de, I f or got al l about Madam Bel i nsky because my wi f e hur ri ed t owar ds m e. 39。 i f he picks a l eaf, he wi l di e. Many vi l ager s bel ieve t hat t he t ree has al r eady cl aim ed a num ber of vi ct im s. The vi car has been asked t o have t he tr ee cut down, but so f ar he has r ef used. He has point ed out t hat t he t ree i s a usef ul sourc e of i ne as t our ists have been i ng fr om al l par ts of t he countr y t o se i t. I n spi te of al t hat has been sai d, t he t ouri st s have been pi cki ng l eaves and cut ti ng t heir names on t he t r ee tr unk. So f ar , not one of t hem has been str uck down by sudden deat h! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o sit outsi de our fr ont gat e and bar k. Ever y tim e he want ed 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, my husband spent weeks t rai ni ng hi m to pr es hi s paw on t he l atch 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. Thi s t im e he was bar ki ng so t hat som eone woul d l et him out ! Si nce 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 side, he es i nt o t he gar den and wai ts unt il t he gat e shuts. Then he si ts and bar ks unti l som eone l et s him out . Af ter t hi s he imm edi at ely l ets him sel f i n and begi ns bar ki ng again. Yest er day m y husband removed t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since. Leson60 The f ut ure 卜算未來 At a vi l age fair , I deci ded t o visit a f ort une t el er cal led Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nt o her t ent and she t ol d m e t o si t down. Af t er I had gi ven her som e m oney, she looked int o a crystal bal l and sai d: 39。cursed tr ee39。The Reveal er39。t need bookcases at al . You can si t her e i n your spar e ti me and r ead the carpet!39。 she sai d. She gazed at it f or som e tim e t hen added, 39。 I answer ed. Leson51 Reward f or vi rt ue 對美德的獎賞 My fr iend, Her ber t, has al ways been fat, but thi ngs got so bad r ecentl y t hat he deci ded t o go on a diet. He began his di et a wek ago. Fi r st of al l, he wrot e out a l ong li st of al t he f oods which wer e f or bi dden. The li st i ncl uded m ost of t he t hi ngs Her ber t l oves: butt er , pot at oes, r ice, beer, mi l k, chocol at e, and sweet s. Yest er day I pai d him a visit . I rang t he bel and was not sur pri sed t o see t hat Her bert was stil l as fat as ever. He led m e int o hi s r oom and hur r iedly hi d a l ar ge par cel under hi s desk. It was obvious t hat he was ver y em bar ased. 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 hat he had t o r ewar d him self occasi onal y. Then he showed me t he cont ent s of the parcel. It cont ai ned f i ve l ar ge bars of chocol at e and t hr ee bags of sweet s! Lesson52 A pret ty carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust moved int o a new house and I have been wor ki ng har d al l mor ni ng. I have been t r yi ng t o get m y new r oom i n or der. This has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To m ake m at er s wor se, t he r oom i s r at her sm al , so I have t em por ar il y put my books on t he f l oor. At he m om ent, t hey cover ever y i nch of fl oor space and I act ual y have t o wal k on t hem t o get i n or out of t he r oom. A short whi l e ago, my si st er hel ped m e to car y one of m y ol d bookcases up t he st air s. She went i nt o my r oom and got a bi g sur pr i se when she saw al t hose books on t he fl oor. 39。 sai d t he conduct or . 39。l l get of f her e. 39。 I sai d. 39。 I t doesn39。 sai d t he conduct or suddenl y.39。 I asked. 39。 39。 t he conduct or sai d. 39。clock thi s evening. By t hat t i me, the Astr a wi l have been f lyi ng thr ough space f or seventeen hour s and wil l have cir cled t he ear th a gr eat m any t im es. When t he fi rst radio mesages have been recei ved, the r esul ts of the t ri p wi l be announced im medi ately. Leson62 Af ter t he fi re 大火之后 Fir emen had been f ight ing t he for est fi re for near ly t hree weeks bef ore t hey coul d get i t under cont rol . A shor t ti me befor e, gr eat tr ees had covered t he countr ysi de for mi les around. Now, sm oke st il r ose up fr om t he warm ground over t he desolat e hil s. Wint er was i ng on and the hi ls threate ned the surr oundi ng vil lages wi t h destr ucti on, f or heavy rai n would not only wash away t he soil but would cause ser ious fl oods as wel l. When t he fi re had at last been put out , the f or est author it es ordered sever al t ons of a speci al type of gr as seed whi ch woul d grow quickly. The seed was sprayed over t he gr ound in huge quant it ies by aeroplanes. The planes had been planti ng sed f or near ly a m ont h when i t began to rain. By t hen, however , in m any pl aces the gr as had