【正文】 Just one mor e thi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenly cr osses the r oad i n f ront of you. As soon as I tap on t he window, I want t he car t o be stopped imm edi at ely.39。wai ti ng r oom ! 39。 There39。l l e wi th you,39。 39。but I39。 he asked, befor e I had fi ni shed speaki ng. ‘ Not at al l, 39。 39。 I 39。 No, not at al ,39。 I was j ust wonder ing how to spend the mor ning unti l I saw you. You39。Hull o, Elizabeth,39。Fancy m et ing you here ! 39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。t have t o car ry hi m. Of course, we should ar rest him, but as he has a good r ecord, we shal let him of f t his t im e. 39。 said a policeman af terwar ds, 39。 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 caled Jumbo. He, should have known that the poli ce would never al low this sort of t hi ng. A poli ceman approached Ji mmy and t ol d him he ought t o have gone al ong a si de st r et as Jumbo was hol ding up t he tr af fi c. Though Jimm y agreed to go at once, Jumbo r ef used t o move. Fif teen policemen had to push very har d t o get hi m of f the mai n st reet. The poli ce had a dif fi cul t im e, but they wer e most amused. 39。s hospi tal . Dr essed up as Father Chri st mas and apa nied by a 39。s cl osest f ri ends asked hi m to m ake a speech at a wedding r ecepti on. Thi s is t he sor t of t hing t hat Geof fr ey loves. He pr epar ed the speech car eful ly and went to t he wedding wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a large number of funny stor ies in the speech and, of cour se, i t was a gr eat success. As soon as he had fi nished, Jenny t ol d him she wanted t o go home. Geof fr ey was a li t le di sappointed by t his but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed t he speech. To hi s sur pr ise, she said she hadn39。 As she walked away, I foll owed her out of the f air . Lesson61 Trouble wi th the H ubbl e 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n f uture, ast ronauts wi l be r equi red t o descend fr om a spaceship whi le i t is sti l i n space and to retur n to it . The abil it y t o do thi s wil l be necesary in f utur e fl ights t o distant plas. Sci ent ists ar e now tr ying t o discover i f this i s possibl e. The spaceshi p Astr a whi ch left t he ear th a shor t im e ago, wi l be t ravel li ng thr e hundred m il es i nto space. At a cert ain point , t he Astr a wi l stop f or a shor t im e and an astr onaut wi l at empt to l eave t he st ationary spaceship and t hen retur n to it . We shal l not know whet her t he experi ment has been succe sful unti l we have r ecei ved a radio mesage. The f ir st message i s expect ed t o ar ive at 7 o39。 she asked im pat ientl y. 39。 As soon as I went out si de, I f ot al about Madam Bel li nsky because my wif e hurr ied t owar ds me. 39。 if he pi cks a l eaf , he wil l die. Many vil lager s beli eve t hat t he tr e has alr eady cl aimed a number of victi ms. The vi car has been asked to have the t ree cut down, but so far he has refused. He has point ed out t hat t he tr e is a usef ul sour ce of i ne as t ouri st s have be en ing f rom al part s of t he count ry t o see it . I n spit e of al l that has been sai d, t he touri sts have been pi cki ng leaves and cut ing t hei r nam es on t he tr 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 to sit outsi de our f ront gat e and bar k. Ever y ti me he want ed to e i nto t he gar den he woul d bar k unti l someone opened the gate. As t he nei ghbour s pl ai ned of the noise, m y husband spent weeks t rai ni ng him to press hi s paw on t he latch t o let him sel f in. Rex soon becam e an exper t at openi ng the gate. However , when I was goi ng out shopping l ast week, I noti ced hi m i n t he gar den near the gate. This t im e he was bar king so t hat som eone woul d let him out ! Si nce then, he has devel oped another bad habit . As soon as he opens the gate f rom the outsi de, he es into the garden and wait s unt il t he gat e shut s. Then he sit s and bar ks unt il som eone l et s him out. Af ter thi s he imm edi ately l ets himsel f in and begins bar king again. Yest erday my husband removed the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him si nce. Lesson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vi lage f ai r , I decided to vi sit a f or tunet el er cal ed Madam Bel insky. I went int o her tent and she tol d me t o sit down. Aft er I had gi ven her some money, she looked int o a crystal bal and sai d: 39。cur sed t ree39。The Revealer 39。 you have just kil led that chi ld !39。Mr Eames,39。Just one mor e thi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenly cr osses the r oad i n f ront of you. As soon as I tap on t he window, I want t he car t o be stopped imm edi at ely.39。wai ti ng r oom !39。 There39。l l e wit h you, 39。 39。but I39。 he asked, bef ore I had f i ni shed speaki ng. ‘ Not at al ,39。 39。 I39。 No, not at al l,39。r e not busy doi ng anythi ng, are you ?39。 Ber t answered. 39。 39。 I said. 39。 Lesson66 Swet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puf fi n i s a m odern aer o plane, but it s desi gner, Mr John Wim penny, is f indi ng i t di f fi cul t o get it off t he gr ound. The r eason f or t his i s t hat t hi s pl ane is al so a bi cycl e. I ts pil ot has t o pedal hard t o get it i nt o t he ai r. Af ter Mr Wim penny had t he pl ane bui lt , i t was tested t hor oughl y. I n 1961, i t was the f ir st m an power ed ai r cr aft t o fl y hal f a mi l e. Whi le bei ng fl own by a cham pi on amat eur cycl ist in 1963, t he pl ane cr ashed on an ai rf i el d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wim penny has had it r ebui lt. He has had t he length of t he wi ngs i ncr eased so that hey now m easur e 93 f eet al m ost as l ong as those of a Dakot a. Many peopl e have shown i nt er est i n t hi s new and unusual sport . But t hough ai r cycli st