【正文】 As she wal ked away, I f ol lowed her out of t he fair . Lesson61 Troubl e wit h t he H ubbl e 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 I n fut ur e, astr onaut s wil l be requir ed to descend f r om a spaceshi p whil e i t i s sti l i n space and t o ret ur n t o it. The abil it y t o do t hi s wi l be necessar y i n fut ur e f li ght s t o di st ant pl a s. Sci ent ists ar e now t ryi ng t o di scover i f t hi s is possi bl e. The spaceship Ast ra whi ch l ef t he eart h a shor t tim e ago, wi l be t r avel ing t hr ee hundr ed mi les i nt o space. At a cer tai n poi nt, t he Ast ra wil st op for a short ti me and an ast r onaut wil l at t em pt t o l eave t he st at ionar y spaceshi p and t hen r etur n to i t. We shal l not know whet her t he experim ent has been successful unt il we have r ecei ved a radio m esage. The fi r st m essage i s expect ed t o ar ri ve at 7 o39。 she asked im pati 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 owards me. 39。 if he pi cks a l eaf , he wil l die. Many vil la ger s beli eve t hat t he tr ee has al ready cl aim ed a num ber of victi ms. The vi car has been asked t o have t he t r ee cut down, but s o f ar he has r ef used. He has poi nted out that he tr ee i s a usef ul sour ce of in e as t ouri sts 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 cutt i ng their nam es on t he t reet r unk. So f ar , not one of them 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 t im e he wanted t o e i nt o t he gar den he woul d bar k unti l s om eone opened t he gat e. As t he neighbour s pl ai ned of t he noi se, m y husband spent weks tr ai ning him t o pr ess his paw on t he l at ch to l et him sel f i n. Re x soon becam e an exper t at openi ng t he gat e. However, when I was goi ng out shoppi ng l ast wek, I not iced him i n t he garden ne ar t he gat e. Thi s tim e he was barki ng so t hat someone 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 si de, he es i nt o t he gar den and wai ts unti l the gate shuts. Then he sit s and bar ks until someone let s hi m out. Aft er t his he im mediat el y l et s hi mself i n and begi ns bar ki ng agai n. Yest er day m y husband r em oved t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not sen him si nce. Lesson60 The f ut ure 卜算未來 At a vil lage f ai r, I deci ded t o visit a f ort une tel er cal ed Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nt o her t ent and she t ol d m e t o si t down. Aft er I had gi ven her som e money, she l ooked i nt o a cr yst al bal and sai d: 39。cur sed tr ee39。The Reveal er39。t need bookcases a t al l. You can sit her e in your spar e ti me and r ead t he car pet!39。 she sai d. She gazed at it f or some t im e then added, 39。其中：固定資產(chǎn)投資 1115萬元（土建投資 526 萬元，設備及安裝投資 589 萬元），科技研發(fā)投資 81r ewar d hi mself occasi onal y. Then he showed m e t he cont ent s of t he parcel. It contai ned f i ve l arge bars of chocol at e and t hr e e bags of sweet s! Lesson52 A pret t y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust moved i nt o a new house and I have been wor ki ng har d al m or ni ng. I have been tr yi ng t o get m y new r oom i n or der . Thi s has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To m ake m at t er s wor se, the r oom i s rat her sm al , so I have t em por ar il y put my books on t he f l oor . At the m om ent, t hey cover ever y i nch of f l oor space and I act ual l y have t o wal k on t hem t o get i n or out of t he r oom . A short whi le ago, m y sist er helped me t o 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 the f l oor. 39。t . Geoff rey asked her why t his was so and she told hi m that she did not l ike t o se so m any people l aughing at him ! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l858, a French engi neer , Aim e Thom e de Gamond, ar ri ved in England wi th a plan f or a twenty one m il e tunnel across the Engl ish Channel . He sai d that it would be possible to buil d a pl at for m i n t he centr e of the Channel . This plat form woul d ser ve as a por t and a rail way stati on. The t unnel would be wel vent il ated if t al chimneys were bui lt above sea level. I n 1860, a bet er pl an was put f orwar d by an 1 第一章 總 論 一、項目提要 項目名稱： 有機蔬菜出口創(chuàng)匯深加工 項目 建設性質(zhì) ： 擴建 項目建設單位、法人代表、所有制形式 建設單位： 山東 xx牧工商聯(lián)合公司 法人代表： xxx（總經(jīng)理） 所有制形式 ：國有 建設地點、規(guī)模、期限及建設內(nèi)容 建設地點 ：滕州市市郊盈泰食品城 建設規(guī)模： 年加工各類出口有機蔬菜產(chǎn)品 20210噸 建設年限： 1 年（ 2021年 3月－ 2021 年 2 月） 建設內(nèi)容： 建筑面積 6300平方米，其中：有機蔬菜加工車間 3800 平方米，冷藏庫 1000 平方米，保鮮 庫 1500 平方米；制冷機房及附屬設施 670平方米；購置蔬菜加工設備、制冷設備 19臺（套）、水電配套系統(tǒng)、科技研發(fā)設施等。cl ock this evening. By that ti me, the Astr a wi l have been f lying through space f or sevent een hour s and wil l have cir cled t he ear th a gr eat many t im es. When t he fi rst radio mesages have been r ecei ved, the r esul ts of the t ri p wi l be announced imm edi ately. Leson62 Aft er the fi re 大火 之后 Fir emen had been f ighti ng the f orest fi re f or near ly t hree weeks bef ore t hey could get i t under cont rol. A shor t ti me befor e, great tr ees had cover ed the countr ysi de for mi les around. Now, smoke sti l r ose up f r om t he war m ground over t he desolate hi lls. Wint er was i ng on and the hil ls t hreatened the sur r oundi ng vi l ages wi th destr uct ion, for heavy r ain woul d not onl y wash away the soil but woul d cause seri ous f loods as wel . When the f ir e had at l ast been put out, t he for est authori ti es or der ed several tons of a speci al t ype of gr ass seed which would grow qui ckl y. The seed was spr ayed over the gr ound i n huge quanti ti es by