【正文】 ountains i n sight. The a ir craf t was able to f ly over the endless whit e plains wi thout dif fi cul ty. Lesson44 Through t he forest 穿過森林 Mr s Anne Sterl ing di d not think of t he ri sk she was t aki ng when she r an thr ough a for est aft er t wo m en. They had rushed up to her whil e she was havi ng a piic at the edge of a for est wi th her childr en and tr ied t o steal her handbag. I n t he st ruggle, the str ap broke and, wi th the bag in their possessi on, both men st art ed running t hrough the t rees. Mrs St erl ing got so angry that she r an aft er t hem . She was soon out of br eat h, but she conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi th them, she saw t hat t hey had sat down and were going t hrough t he contents of t he bag, so she ran str ai ght at t hem. The men got such a fr ight that they dropped the bag and r an away. 39。 she answered. Ten mi nut es l ater we wal ked out of the shop together. My wif e was weari ng a hat that looked l ike a light house ! Leson42 Not very musi cal 并非很懂音樂 As we had had a l ong walk t hrough one of the mar ket s of Old Delhi, we st opped at a square to have a r est. Af ter a t ime, we not iced a snake charmer wi th two l arge baskets at t he ot her si de of t he square, so we went to have a l ook at hi m. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe whi ch was cover ed wi t h coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to pl ay a tune, we had our f ir st gl impse of the snake. I t r ose out of the basket and began t o f ol low the m ovements of t he pi pe. We wer e ver y much surpr ised when the snake charm er suddenly began t o play j azz t unes and modern pop songs. The snake, however, conti nued t o 39。 And a woman can39。 As she wal ked away, I fol lowed her out of the f air . Lesson61 Trouble wi t h the Hubble 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 I n f utur e, ast ronauts wi l be r equi red t o descend fr om a spaceship whi le it is st il i n space and to retur n t o it . The abi li ty t o do thi s wi l be necessary in f utur e fl ights to di st ant plas. Sci ent ists ar e now t rying to di scover i f thi s is possi bl e. The spaceship Ast ra whi ch lef t he ear th a shor t ti me ago, wi l be t raveli ng thr ee hundr ed mil es into space. At a cert ain poi nt , the Astr a wi l stop f or a shor t ti me and an ast ronaut wi l at empt to l eave t he st ati onar y spaceship and then ret ur n t o it . We shal not know whet her t he exper iment has been succesf ul unti l we have recei ved a radio mesage. The f ir st m essage i s expected t o ar ive at 7 o39。 she asked i m pat i entl y. 39。 As soon as I went outside, I f ot al about Madam Beli nsky because my wif e hurr ied t owards me. 39。 i f he pi cks a leaf, he wi l die. Many vil lagers beli eve that he tr ee has al ready cl aimed a num ber of victi ms. The vi car has been asked to have t he tr e cut down, but so far he has ref used. He has poi nt ed out t hat t he tr ee is a useful sour ce of i n e as touri st s have been ing f r om al part s of the count ry to see it . In spit e of al that has been sai d, the tour is ts 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 self i n. Rex soon became an expert at openi ng the gate. However , when I was goi ng out shoppi 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 someone woul d let him out ! Si nce t hen, he has devel oped another bad habi t. As soon as he opens the gate fr om t he out si de, he es int o the gar den and wai ts unti l the gate shuts. Then he sit s and bar ks unt il someone lets hi m out . Af t er t his he i mmediatel y lets hi mself in and begins barki ng agai n. Yester day m y husband removed t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since. Leson60 The f ut ure 卜算未 來 At a vi l age fair , I decided t o visit a f ort une tel er 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。The Reveal er 39。t need bookcases at al . You can si t her e i n your spar e t ime and r ead the carpet! 39。 she said. She gazed at i t for some t ime t hen added, 39。 I answer ed. Leson51 Reward f or vi rtue 對美德的獎賞 My fr iend, Herbert , has always been fat , but thi ngs got so bad recent ly t hat he decided to go on a diet. He began his di et a week ago. Fir st of al , he wr ote out a l ong li st of al t he foods which wer e for bidden. The l ist included most of t he things Her ber t loves: butt er , pot atoes, r ice, beer, mi lk, chocolat e, and sweet s. Yest er day I paid hi m a vi sit. I r ang the bel and was not surpr ised to see t hat Her ber t was st il l as f at as ever. He l ed me i nto hi s room and hur ri edl y hid a large parcel under his desk. I t was obvi ous t hat he was very em bar rassed. When I asked hi m what he was doing, he sm il ed gui lt il y and then put t he par cel on t he desk. He explained t hat his di et was so str ict that he had to r eward hi msel f occasional ly. Then he showed m e the contents of the par cel . I t cont ai ned fi ve large bar s of chocol ate and thr ee bags of sweet s! Lesson52 A pret ty carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just moved into a new house and I have been wor king hard al l morni ng. I have been t ryi ng to get my new room in or der . Thi s has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To make mat ters wor se, t he room is r at her smal l, so I have t empor ari ly put my books on t