【正文】 of six pret y gir ls, he set off down the mai n st reet of the cit y r iding a ba by elephant cal ed Jumbo. He, should have known t hat the pol ice would never al low this sor t of t hing. A poli cem an approached Ji mmy and t old hi m he ought to have gone al ong a si de str et as Jum bo was hol ding up t he tr af ic. Though Jimmy agreed t o go at once, Jumbo r efused to move. Fif teen poli cemen had t o push ver y har d t o get hi m of f the mai n st r eet . The pol ice had a dif fi cul t ti me, but they wer e most am used. 39。s hospi tal. Dr esed up as Fat her Chr istm as and ac pani ed 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 ef ul l y and went to the 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 great success. As soon as he had fi nished, Jenny t old hi m she wanted t o go home. Geof fr ey was a li t le di sappointed by this but he did as hi s daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enj oyed t he speech. To hi s sur pr ise, she said she hadn39。 As she wal ked away, I fol lowed her out of t he fair . Lesson61 Trouble wi t h t he Hubble 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 In f utur e, astr onauts wi l be r equi red t o descend fr om a spaceship while it is st il l i n space and t o ret ur n t o it . The abi li ty t o do t hi s wi l be necessar y in futur e f light s t o di st ant pl a s. Scienti st s are now tr ying t o discover if t his i s possible. The spaceshi p Astr a which l eft the eart h a short t ime ago, wil l be tr avel ing t hree hundred mi les i nt o space. At a cer tai n point, t he Ast ra wil l st op for a s hort t ime and an astr onaut wil l atempt 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。 she asked i mpat ientl y. 39。 As soon as I went outside, I fot al about Madam Bel insky because m y wif e hurr ied t owards me. 39。 if he pi cks a l eaf , he wil l die. Many vil lagers 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 been ing f rom al part s of the 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 cutt ing t hei r nam es on the t reet runk. So far , not one of them has been st ruck down by sudden death! Leson59 In or out ？ 進來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to si t out si de our f ront gate and bark. Ever y t ime he want ed to e into the garden he would bar k until someone opened the gate. As t he nei ghbours pl ai ned of the noise, m y husband spent weeks t rai ni ng him to pres hi s paw on t he latch t o let him sel f i n. Rex soon becam e an expert at openi ng the gate. However , when I was goi ng out s hoppi ng last week, I noti ced hi m i n t he gar den near the gate. This t ime he was bar king so that som eone woul d let him out ! Si nce then, he has devel oped another bad habit . As soon as he opens t he gate f rom the outside, he es into the garden and wait s unt il t he gat e shut s. Then he sits and bar ks unt il someone l et s him out. Af ter thi s he immedi at ely l ets himsel f in and begi ns bar king again. Yest erday my husband r emoved the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen hi m si nce. Lesson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vil age fair , I deci ded t o visit a f ort une tel ler 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。cur sed t ree39。Ci gar et t e Sm oki ng and Your Heal t h39。s crop bef or e t he Septem ber r ai ns. On the r ight, you can see Mr s Br abant e her self . She has been hel ping her husband for t hi r ty years now. Mr s Br abante i s tal ki ng to the manager of t he local f act or y where the crop i s procesed. Thi s last scene shows you what wil l happen at the end of the harvest : t he famous Calabri an macar oni eat ing peti tion ! Si gnor Fr atel i, the pr esent champi on, has won it every year si nce 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull et in for today, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We are now ret ur ning you t o the st udi o. 39。 said the voice of the t el evision announcer, 39。 in t he snow. For tunat ely, a pil ot saw t he signal and sent a m essage by radio t o t he nearest town. It was not long befor e a heli copter ar ived on t he scene to rescue t he sur vivors of t he pl ane cr ash. Leson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a li ght pasenger plane f lew of f cour se some ti me ago, i t cr ashed i n the m ount ai ns and i ts pi lot was kil led. The onl y passengers, a young woman and her t wo baby daughter s, wer e unhur t. I t was the mi ddl e of wi nt er. Snow lay t hick on t he ground. The wom an knew that the near est vil lage was mi les away. When it gr ew dark. she t urned a suit case int o a bed and put t he chi ldr en inside it , coveri ng them wit h al t he cl othes she could fi nd. Dur ing t he ni ght, it got ter ri bl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d t o the chil dren and even t ri ed to get i nt o t he case her sel f, but it was t oo sm al l. Ear l y , next morni ng she heard pl anes pasi ng over head and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an idea. She stamped out the l et ter s39。Wel l, I 39。 Oh, i s it ?39。m Rockwal Sli nger and thi s is Merl in Gr eeves.39。 don39。 Look, sheri f , 39。t r ead ! 39。 I39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you!39。t we e m or e of ten ?39。 Br inksl ey Meers agreed. 39。 It couldn39。This i