【正文】 e wi l have bad luck。 has been invented and it has ben used to det ect gold whi ch has been buri ed in t he ground. The m achine was used in a cave near the seashor e wherei t is said pir ates used t o hide gold. The pir ates would of ten bur y gold i n the cave and then f ai l to coll ect i t. Ar med wi th t he new machine, a search part y went he did not li ke it . She enjoyed herself making the asist ant bri ng almost ever ything i n t he window befor e f inaly buyi ng the dr ess she had fi rst asked for . Lesson58 A blessi ng i n disguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The t iny vi l age of Fr inley i s sai d to possess a 39。 Lesson53 Hot snake 觸電的蛇 At last fi remen have put out a big f orest fi re i n Cali for nia. Since then, they have been tr ying t o f ind out how the f ir e began. Forest fi re ar e oft en caused by br oken gl as or by ci gar et te ends which people carel essly t hrow away. Yest erday t he fi remen examined the gr ound car ef ull y, but were not able t o f ind any broken glass. They were al so qui te sur e that a ci garet e end did not st art t he fi re. This mor ning, however , a fi reman accident al y discovered t he cause. He not iced t he remains of a snake whi ch was wound round t he el ect ri c wi res of a 16,000 volt power li ne. I n thi s way, he was able t o solve the m yst er y. The expl anati on was simpl e but very unusual . A bi rd had snat c hed up the snake f rom the gr ound and t hen dr opped i t on to the wi res. The snake then wound it sel f round the wi r es. When i t di d so, i t sent spar ks down to t he ground and these imm edi at ely st ar ted a f ir e. Lesson54 St icky f ingers 粘糊的手指 Af ter breakf ast , I sent the chil dr en to school and t hen I went t o mar ket . I t was stil l ear ly when I retur ned home. The chil dr en were at school , m y husband was at wor k and t he house was quiet. So I decided to make some t art s for t ea. In a shor t ti me I was busy mixi ng but ter and fl our and m y hands wer e soon cover ed wi th st icky pastr y. At exactl y that moment, t he telephone rang. Not hing could have been m ore annoyi ng. I pi cked up t he recei ver bet wen t wo sti cky fi nger s and was di smayed when I r ecognized t he voi ce of Mrs Bat es. I t took me t en mi nut es t o persuade her t o ri ng back l ater. At l ast I hung up the r ecei ver . What a m ess! Ther e was past ry on my f ingers, on the t el ephone, and on t he door knobs. I had no sooner got back to the kit chen than the door bel l rang l oud enough to wake t he dead. This t im e it was the postm an and he want ed me to si gn for a r egistered l et er ! Lesson55 Not a gold mi ne 并非金礦 Dr eam s of fi ndi ng lost tr easure al most came t rue r ecentl y. A new m achine cal ed 39。You don39。Thi s is t he pret iest car pet I have ever sen,39。Wel l, in that case, I pr ef er to stay on the bus, 39。 We ar e goi ng back now, 39。I 39。t m at ter, 39。 I f or got t o put you of f. 39。Oh dear ,39。 I s t his Woodf or d Gr en ?39。Thi s is as f ar as we go.39。l l have t o get of f here,39。 answer ed t he conduct or . I sat i n t he fr ont of t he bus t o get a good vi ew of t he countr ysi de. Af ter som e ti me, the bus st opped. Looki ng r ound, I reali zed wi t h a shock t hat I was t he onl y pasenger l ef t on the bus. 39。 I 39。 but I don39。m goi ng t o Woodf or d Green, 39。t l i ke l osi ng my way. I went on an excur si on recent ly, but m y tr i p took m e l onger t han I expect ed. 39。 As she wal ked away, I f ol lowed her out of t he fair . Lesson61 Troubl e wit h t he Hubble 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 In futur e, astr onaut s wil l be requir ed to descend f rom a spaceship whil e it i s st il l in space and t o r et urn t o i t. The My dent i st had j ust pull ed out one of my teet h and had tol d me t o r est for a whi le. I tr ied t o say somet hi ng, but my mout h wa s f ull of cot tonwool . He knew I collected bi rds39。 she asked im pat ientl 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。 i f he pi cks a leaf, he wi l die. Many vil l agers 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 as ked t o have t he tr ee cut down, but so f ar he has r ef used. He has poi nted out that he tr ee is a usef ul sour ce of in e as t ouri st s have been i ng fr om al part s of t he count r y t o see it . I n spi te of al t hat has been said, t he t our ist s have been picking l eaves and cut ti ng their names on t he t r et r unk. So f ar , not one of t hem has been st r uck down by sudden deat h! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來(lái)還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o si t outside our fr ont gat e and bar k. Ever y tim e he wanted t o e i nt o t he gar den he woul d bark unti l s om eone opened t he gat e. As t he nei ghbour s plai ned of t he noi se, my husband spent weeks tr aini ng hi m t o pr es hi s pa w on t he l at ch t o let hi mself i n. Rex soon became an expert at openi ng t he gat e. However, when I was goi ng out shoppi ng last week, I not i ced him i n t he gar den near t he gate. Thi s ti me he was bar ki ng so t hat som eone woul d l et hi m out ! Si nce t hen, he has developed anot her bad habi t. As soon as he opens t he gat e fr om the outsi de, he es i nto t he gar den and wait s unt il t he gat e s hut s. Then he si t s and bar ks unti l som eone l et s him out. Af ter t hi s he imm edi at ely l ets him sel f in and begi ns barki ng again. Yest er day m y husband removed t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him si nce. Leson60 The f ut ure 卜算未來(lái) At a vi l age f air , I deci ded t o visit a f ort une tel er cal ed Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nto her t ent and she t old m e t o si t down. Af ter I had given her some m oney, she l ooked i nto a cr yst al bal and said: 39。cur sed t ree39。The Revealer39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit her e i n your spar e tim e and r ead t he car pe