【正文】 “Come on,” I said.“If you are right, my mass will be less than on the earth because the moon is smaller and I will be able to move more freely.“來吧，”我說，“要是你講得對，我的重量就會比在地球上小，而我就能夠?！?I cheered up immediately and floated weightlessly around in our spaceship cabin watching the earth bee smaller and the moon ，由于失重我在太空艙里飄來飄去，我望著（身后的）地球越來越小，而（前方的）月球越來越大。s.” 當我們更接近月球時，就會感到月球的引力在拉我們。” “We are too far from the earth now to feel its pull,” he explained, 李彥平解釋說：“現(xiàn)在我們離地球太遠了，感覺不到地球的拉力，“so we feel as if there is no gravity at 。Gradually the weight lessened and I was able to talk to ，這個力量慢慢減小，我才能夠同他講話。s ，由于我們在努力掙脫地球的引力，我們被向后推在座位上。Then we were 。We visited the moon in our spaceship!我們乘宇宙飛船參觀了月球。 4 A VISIT TO THE MOON月球之旅Last month I was lucky enough to have a chance to make a trip into space with my friend Li Yanping, an 。As a result of this, many scientists believe the earth may bee too hot to live ，許多科學家相信地球可能會變得太熱而不適合生物生存。Thus they have, in their turn, bee the most important animals on the ，他們接著成為這個行星上最重要的動物。These animals were different from all life forms in the past, because they gave birth to young baby animals and produced milk to feed ，因為他們能從體內(nèi)生產(chǎn)出幼仔并給幼仔哺乳。Why they suddenly disappeared still remains a 。They laid eggs too and existed on the earth for more than 140 million ，在地球上生存了一億四千多萬年。They produced young entirely by laying 。Some were , called amphibians, were able to live on land as well as in the ，陸地上出現(xiàn)了動物，其中有一些是昆蟲，另外一些叫兩棲動物，他們既能在陸上生活，也能在水里生存。They multiplied and filled the oceans and seas with oxygen, which encouraged the later development of early shellfish and all sorts of ，這為早期的貝類及其他各種魚類后來的進化創(chuàng)造了條件。This produced a chain reaction, which made it possible for life to ，使得生命就有可能開始發(fā)展了。It was not immediately obvious that water was to be fundamental to the development of ，這一點在當時并不明顯。What is even more important is that as the earth cooled down, water began to appear on its ，地球冷卻了下來，地球的表面就開始出現(xiàn)了水。It exploded loudly with fire and were in time to produce carbon, nitrogen, water vapour and other gases, which were to make the earth39。What it was to bee was uncertain until between and billion years ago when the dust settled into a solid ，直到38—45億年前，這團塵埃才慢慢地形成一個固體的球狀物。After that, atoms began to form and bine to create stars and other ，原子開始形成并結(jié)合成恒星和其他天體。（當亨利離開的時候，店主、女老板和服務(wù)員都一齊向他鞠躬） HOW LIFE BEGAN ON THE EARTH地球上生命的起源No one knows exactly how the earth began, as it happened so long ，因為在很早很早以前地球就形成了。s for us to thank you, sir and I do, sir, from the bottom of my heart.(The owner, hostess and waiter all bow as Henry leaves.)店 主：啊，先生，該是我們謝謝您呢。你太好了。HENRY: Forget it? Well...thank you very 39。您什么時候想來就來，想吃什么就吃什么。OWNER:Kind, sir? No, it39。HENRY: Well, that39。我們非常高興你能走進我們這家小吃店。re so very glad that you even entered our little eating , sir, I hope you39。t worry, 39。s all I have on 利：而我身上就只帶了這張鈔票。m so sorry, sir, so sorry, but I cannot change this bank 主：（對亨利）先生，對不起，非常對不起，這張鈔票我們找不開。s arm)And you put him in the back of the restaurant!Go and see him at ：（在她丈夫的手臂上打了一下）是你把他帶到餐廳后面去的，還不馬上去看看他。（如夢初醒似的）啊，對了，一定是這樣的。s in rags!女老板：但是他穿得破破爛爛的！OWNER:Perhaps he39。小偷可不想引起別人的注意。t think it can be a would pay too much attention to a bank note of this thief would want that to 主：嗯，我確實聽說過英格蘭銀行發(fā)行了兩張這樣面值的鈔票……不管怎樣，我覺得這不可能是假鈔。我真不知道。t simply don39。s genuine? 店 主：（還在發(fā)呆，而且有點兒緊張）好……嗯……，等一會兒。亨利感到吃驚，店主和服務(wù)員驚呆了）很抱歉，我……我……我沒有小一點兒的鈔票。t have anything 利：（又望著墻上的掛鐘）好了，我看兩點鐘到了。clock.(he opens the envelope and holds a million pound bank note in his is surprised but the owner and waiter are shocked)I39。HENRY:(looking at the clock on the wall again)Well, I see it39。OWNER:Yes, very perhaps, sir, if you pay your bill I can help the other 主：是的，很有意思。t have them for a 利：（對店主）這餐飯吃得真棒。HENRY:(to owner)That was a wonderful 39。s there to wait for? 服務(wù)員：（很不耐煩地）還等什么？ OWNER:All right, 39。兩份火腿加雞蛋，兩份特厚的牛排，兩大杯啤酒，兩杯咖啡和兩份甜點。WAITER:(reading the bill after the meal)All 39。哦，我們得冒點兒風險。OWNER:Well, it is wellknown that Americans like to eat a , we39。s asked for more of the ：不，沒什么不對。s face)Anything wrong? 亨利：是，沒錯。WAITER:Again? Everything? 服務(wù)員：每樣東西都再來一份嗎？HENRY: Yes, that39。s clever as a wolf, eh? 店主：瞧著吧，看他是不是像狼一樣機靈？HENRY:(having just finished every bit of food)Ah, waiter.(waiter returns)Same thing again, , and another ：（剛吃完了所有的東西）喂，服務(wù)員。OWNER:We39。WAITER:OK.(The waiter leaves and soon returns with all the food.)服務(wù)員：行。ll have a large glass of 利：我明白?？峙逻@得花費一大筆錢。m afraid it39。我還要一杯咖啡，一份菠蘿甜點。d like some ham and eggs and a nice big it extra 39。（對服務(wù)員）霍勒斯，來等這位先生點菜。s order, 主：（看看亨利的那副窮酸相）那張桌子有人訂了。s poor appearance)That one39。再見！ THE MILLION POUND BANK NOTE百萬英鎊: Act I, Scene 4第一幕，第4場(Outside a restaurant Henry looks at the envelope without opening it and decides to go sits down at a table next to the front window.)（在餐館外邊，亨利看了看信封，沒有打開，然后決定走進餐館。RODERICK: , not until 2 o39。ll soon know.(looks at the clock)In exactly an hour and a ：你很快就會明白的，（看著鐘）一個半小時以后。HENRY:Well, why don39。詹姆斯，請送亞當斯先生出去。s why we39。RODERICK: We know you39。（叫仆人）詹姆斯？HENRY:Oh, don39。RODERICK: Not 39。（亨利要拆信）啊，別拆，你不要拆，現(xiàn)在不是時候，到兩點鐘你才能打開。t open it until two o39。HENRY:(taking it carefully)For me? 亨利：（小心翼翼地接過信）是給我的嗎？RODERICK:For you.(Henry starts to open it)Oh, no, you mustn39。OLIVER:Yes, the letter.(gets it from a desk and gives it to Henry like a gift)The ：是，拿信。你千萬不要以為我們不在意你的感受。t think we don39。RODERICK:Please don39。如果你們認為這是一個笑話，我可不覺得很好笑。ll be on my ：嗯，這對你們來說可能是運氣，但對我來說可不是。s very funny.(Henry stands up to leave)Now if you39。OLIVER:(happily)What luck!Brother, what luck!(claps his hands together)奧利弗：（高興地）老兄，真走運！真有運氣?。ü钠鹫苼恚〩ENRY: Well, it may seem lucky to you but not to me!On the contrary, in this is your idea of some kind of joke, I don39。t mind, may I ask you how much money you have? 羅德里克：耐心點兒，亞當斯先生。RODERICK: Tell us, , what sort of work did you do in America? 羅德里克：亞當斯先生，請告訴我們，你在美國干哪個行當？HENRY: I worked for a mining you offer me some kind of work here? 亨利：我在一家礦業(yè)公司工作。m afraid I don39。s an ：嗯，這一點你倒不必擔心，這還是優(yōu)點呢。我上美國大使館求助，但是……（兄弟兩相顧而笑）RODERICK: Well, you mustn39。HENRY: fact is that I earned my passage by worki