【正文】 eggs and asked m e whet her m y col l ecti on was gr owi ng. He then asked m e how m y br other was and whet her I l i ked m y new j ob i n London. I n answer t o t hese questi ons I ei ther nodded or made st r ange noises. Meanwhil e, m y t ongue was busy searchi ng out t he hol e where t he toot h had been. I suddenl y f el t ver y worr i ed, but coul d not say anyt hi ng. When t he denti st at l ast removed t he cott on wool fr om m y m out h, I was able t o t el l hi m that he had pul ed out the wr ong toot h. Leson49 The end of a dream 美夢(mèng)告終 Ti r ed of sl epi ng on t he fl oor, a young man i n Teher an saved up f or years t o buy a r eal bed. For t he fi rst tim e i n his l if e, he becam e t he pr oud owner of a bed whi ch had spri ngs and a m at ress. Because t he weat her was ver y hot , he car ri e d t he bed on t o the r oof of hi s house. He sl ept ver y wel l f or t he fi rst t wo nights, but on t he t hi rd ni ght , a st or m blew up. A gust of wi nd swept the bed off t he r oof and sent it cr ashi ng i nto t he cour tyar d bel ow. The young m an di d not wake up unt il t he bed had str uck the gr ound. Alt hough t he bed was sm ashed t o pi eces, t he man was m ir acul ously unhurt . When he woke up, he was st il l on the m at r ess. Glanci ng at the bit s of wood and m etal t hat lay ar ound him , the m an sadly pi cked up t he m at ress and car ri ed it i nt o his house. Af ter he had put i t。t . Geof f rey asked her why t hi s was so and she t old hi m t hat she di d not li ke to see so many peopl e laughi ng at hi m! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 In l 858, a Fr ench engineer, Ai me Thome de Gam ond, ar ived in Engl and wit h a pl an for a twent yone mi le t unnel acr oss t he Engli sh Channel. He said t hat i t woul d be possi bl e to bui ld a platf orm in the cent re of t he Channe l. This pl atf or m would serve as a port and a r ailway st at ion. The tunnel woul d be wel venti lated i f tal l chim neys wer e built above seal evel . In 1860, a bet ter plan was put for ward by an 1 龍河灣休閑立體產(chǎn)業(yè)園建設(shè)項(xiàng)目 可行性研究報(bào)告 第一章 總論 項(xiàng)目提要 項(xiàng)目名稱(chēng) 項(xiàng)目名稱(chēng)：龍河灣休閑立體產(chǎn)業(yè)園建設(shè)項(xiàng)目 項(xiàng)目建設(shè)單位、法人代表、所有制形式 項(xiàng)目建設(shè)單位：屯昌縣海南 現(xiàn)代農(nóng)業(yè)科技開(kāi)發(fā)有限責(zé)任公司 法人代表： xxx 注冊(cè)資本： 500萬(wàn)元 企業(yè)類(lèi)型：股份制有限責(zé)任公司 注冊(cè)地址：屯昌縣屯城鎮(zhèn) xxx 村 成立日期： 2021 年 9月 建設(shè)地點(diǎn)、建設(shè)規(guī)模、建設(shè)期限、建設(shè)內(nèi)容 一、建設(shè)地點(diǎn)： 龍河灣休閑立體產(chǎn)業(yè)園座落于屯昌縣屯城鎮(zhèn)龍河灣兩岸溪近村、大東村、大長(zhǎng)村、沙灣村和大石村等五個(gè)自然村，山清水秀，綠樹(shù)成蔭。cl ock t his eveni ng. By that ti me, t he Astr a wi l have been f lying t hrough space f or sevent een hour s and wi l have ci rcled t he ear th a great many ti mes. When t he f ir st r adi o messages have been recei ved, t he resul ts of t he tr ip wi l l be announce d im mediatel y. Lesson62 Af ter t he fi re 大火之后 Fi remen had been fi ght ing t he for est f ir e for near ly thr e weeks befor e they coul d ge t it under cont rol . A short ti me befor e, gr eat t rees had covered t he countr ysi de for m iles ar ound. Now, sm oke st il l rose up fr om t he warm ground over the desol at e hil ls. Wi nter was ing on and the hi l s thr eat ened t he sur roundi ng vil lages wit h dest ructi on, f or heavy r ai n would 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 l ast 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 r oot . I n pl ace of t he gr eat t rees which had been growi ng there f or cent ur ies, pat ches of green had begun t o appear in the blackened soil . Lesson63 She was not amused 她并不覺(jué)得好笑 Geof fr ey Hampden has a l arge cir cle of f ri ends and is ver y popul ar at part ies. Everybody admir es him for his f ine sense of humor ever ybody, that i s, except his si x year ol d daught er , Jenny. Recently, one of Geoff rey39。Your si st er wil l be her e in less than an hour and we must be at the stat ion t o mee t her . We are late al ready. 39。Wher e have you been hidi ng ?39。A rel at ion of yours i s ing t o se you. She wil l be ar r iving t his eveni ng and intends to st ay for a f ew days. The mom ent you leave thi s tent, you wi l get a bi g surpri se. A woman you know wel l wi l l r ush towar ds you. She wil l speak to you and t hen she wi l l ead you away f rom thi s place. That is al .39。. Because the t ree was menti oned in a newspaper , t he number of visi tors to Fr inley has now i ncr eased. The t r e was pl ant ed near a church f if ty years ago, but i t i s only i n r ecent years that i t has gained an evil r eput at ion. It i s sai d that if anyone t ouches the t ree, he wil l have bad l uck。 has been invent ed and it has been used to detect gol d whi ch has been bur ied i n t he gr ound. The machine was used in a cave near t he seashor e where i t i s sai d pir at es used t o hide gold. The pir ates would of ten bury gol d i n the cave and t hen fai l t o coll ect it . Ar med wit h t he new machi ne, a search part y went he di d not li ke it . She enjoyed hersel f making t he asistant bri ng almost ever yt hing i n the wi ndow befor e fi nal ly buyi ng the dress she had f ir st asked for . Lesson58 A blessi ng in disguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The t iny vi lage of Fri nley i s sai d to possess a 39。 Lesson53 H ot snake 觸電的蛇 At last f ir emen have put out a big f orest f ir e i n Cali for ni a. Si nce then, t hey have been tr ying t o fi nd out how the f ir e bega n. For est f ir e are of ten caused by br oken gl ass or by cigaret te ends which peopl e car elessl y thr ow away. Yest er day the f ir emen exami ned the gr ound caref ul ly, but were not abl e to fi nd any br oken glas. They were al so qui te sure t hat a ci gar ete end di d not st ar t the f ir e. Thi s morni ng, h