【正文】 Your si st er wil l be her e i n less than an hour and we m ust be at t he st at i on t o m et her . We ar e l at e al r eady.39。Wher e have you been hi di ng ?39。A r el at i on of yours i s i ng t o see you. She wil l be ar i vi ng thi s evening and i nt ends t o stay f or a few days. The m om ent you l eave t his t ent , you wil l get a bi g sur pri se. A wom an you know wel wi l r ush t owar ds you. She wil l speak t o you and t hen she wi l l ead you away f r om t hi s place. That is al .39。. Because t he tr ee was menti oned i n a newspaper, t he num ber of vi sit ors t o Fr inl ey has now i ncr eased. The tr ee was pl ant ed near a chur ch f if t y year s ago, but i t is onl y i n recent year s t hat it has gained an evi l r eput ati on. It i s sai d that if anyone t ouches t he t r e, he wil l have bad l uck。 has been i nvent ed and i t has been used t o detect gol d whi ch has been bur ied i n t he gr ound. The m achine was used in a cave near t he seashor e whereit i s sai d pir at es used t o hi de gol d. The pi r at es woul d of ten bur y gol d i n the cave and t hen f ai l t o coll ect i t. Arm ed wi th t he new m achine, a sear ch par ty went he di d not l ike i t. She enj oyed her sel f m aki ng t he assi stant br i ng al most ever yt hi ng i n the wi ndow befor e fi nal l y buyi ng the dr ess she had f ir st asked f or . Lesson58 A bl essi ng i n di sguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The t i ny vi l age of Fr i nl ey is sai d t o possess a 39。 Lesson53 H ot snake 觸電的蛇 At l ast fi r em en have put out a bi g f or est f ir e i n Cal if or nia. Si nce t hen, they have been t r yi ng to f i nd out how t he fi r e began. For est fi r e are of ten caused by br oken gl ass or by cigaret e ends which peopl e car elessl y t hr ow away. Yest er day t he f ir em en exami ned t he gr ound car ef ull y, but wer e not able t o fi nd any br oken gl ass. They wer e al so qui t e sur e t hat a cigaret e end di d not start t he fi r e. This m orni ng, however , a fi rem an acci dent al y discover ed t he cause. He not i ced t he remai ns of a snake which was wound r ound t he electr ic wi r es of a 16, 000 vol t power li ne. I n t hi s way, he was abl e t o sol ve the m yst er y. The explanat i on was sim pl e but very unusual . A bir d had snat c hed up t he snake f r om t he gr ound and t hen dr opped i t on t o the wi r es. The snake t hen wound i tsel f r ound t he wir es. When it di d so, it sent sparks down t o t he gr ound and t hese i mm edi at el y start ed a f ir e. Lesson54 St icky fi ngers 粘糊的手指 Aft er br eakf ast, I sent t he chi l dr en t o school and t hen I went t o mar ket. I t was st il l ear l y when I ret ur ned hom e. The chil dren wer e at school , m y husband was at wor k and t he house was quiet. So I decided t o m ake som e tart s f or t ea. I n a shor t ti me I was busy mi xi ng butt er and f lour and m y hands were soon cover ed wit h st i cky past r y. At exact l y t hat m om ent , t he t el ephone r ang. Not hi ng coul d have been m or e annoyi ng. I pi cked up t he r ecei ver be t wen t wo sti cky fi nger s and was di sm ayed when I r ecogni zed t he voi ce of Mr s Bat es. I t ook me t en mi nut es t o persuade her t o ri ng back l ater. At l ast I hung up t he recei ver . What a mess! Ther e was pastr y on m y fi nger s, on t he tel ephone, and on t he door knobs. I had no sooner got back t o t he kit chen t han the door bel l rang l oud enough t o wake t he dead. This t im e it was t he postm an and he want ed m e t o si gn f or a register ed let er ! Lesson55 Not a gol d mi ne 并非金礦 Dream s of fi nding l ost tr easur e al most cam e t r ue recent ly. A new m achi ne cal led 39。You don39。Thi s i s t he pr et i est car pet I have ever seen,39。Wel l, i n that case, I pr ef er to st ay on the bus, 39。We ar e goi ng back now,39。l l get off here.39。 I said. 39。I t doesn39。 I f ot to put you off .39。Oh dear,39。 I s t hi s Woodf or d Gr een ?39。Thi s is as f ar as we go.39。s cl osest fr iends asked him to make a speech at a weddi ng recept ion. 上海潤金軟件有限公司 交易助理項目 商 業(yè) 計 劃 書 融資顧問 : Zero2ipo 淸科公司 2020 年 6 月 of f here,39。 As she walked away, I f oll owed her out of the f ai r. Lesson61 Troubl e wi t h t he H ubbl e 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 I n f ut ur e, ast r onauts wi l be r equi red t o descend fr om a spaceshi p whi l e it i s st il l i n space and t o r et urn t o it . The abil it y t o do t hi s wil l be necessar y i n fut ur e fl i ght s to di st ant pl as. Sci ent i st s ar e now t r yi ng t o di scover if t hi s i s possi ble. The spaceshi p Astr a whi ch l eft t he eart h a short t im e ago, wil l be tr avel li ng thr e hundr ed m il es i nto space. At a cert ai n poi nt , t he Astr a wi l stop f or a shor t im e and an ast r onaut wi l at te mpt t o l eave t he stati onar y spaceshi p and then r et urn t o i t. We shal not know whet her t he exper im ent has been successf ul unt il we have r ecei ved a r adi o m essage. The fi rst message i s expect ed t o ar ri ve at 7 o39。 she asked im pat i entl y. 39。 As soon as I went out si de, I f ot al l about Madam Bel li nsky because m y wif e hurr ied t owar ds me. 39。 if he pi cks a leaf, he wi l die . Many vil l agers beli eve that the t ree has al r eady claim ed a num ber of vi ct im s. The vi car has been asked t o have the t ree cut down, but so far he has ref used. He has poi nt ed out t hat t he tr ee is a usef ul sour ce of in e as t our ists have been i ng fr om al l par ts of t he countr y t o see i t. I n spit e of al l that has been sai d, t he t ouri st s have been pi cki ng leaves and cutt ing t hei r nam es on the t reet runk. So f ar , not one of t hem has been st r uck down by sudden deat h! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o si t out si de our fr ont gate and bar k. Ever y tim e he want ed t o e i nt o t he gar d