【正文】 pden has a lar ge ci rcl e of f ri ends and i s ver y popul ar at part i es. Ever ybody admi res him f or hi s fi ne sense of hum or ever ybody, t hat is, except hi s six year old daught er, Jenny. Recentl y, one of Geof fr ey39。Your si st er wil l be her e i n less t han an hour and we m ust be at t he st at ion t o meet her . We ar e lat e al r eady. 39。Wher e have you been hi di ng ?39。A r el ati on of your s i s i ng t o see you. She wi l be ar i vi ng thi s evening and i nt ends t o s tay f or a f ew days. The m om ent you leave thi s t ent , you wil l get a bi g surpri se. A woman you know wel wil l r ush t owar ds you. She wil l speak t o you and t hen she wil l ead you away fr om t hi s pl ace. That is al l.39。 you have j ust kil led t hat chil d !39。Mr Eam es,39。Just one mor e t hi ng, Mr Eames. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenl y cr osses the r oad i n f r ont of you. As soon as I tap on t he wi ndow, I want t he car t o be stopped imm edi at ely.39。wait i ng room ! 39。 Ther e39。l l e wi t h you,39。m goi ng to t he dent ist. 39。 I li ed, 39。Woul d you mi nd m y i ng wi th you ?39。m goi ng t o. . .39。 I answer ed. 39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。 Bert answer ed. 39。Fancy m eet ing you here ! 39。Hul l o, Bert ,39。t have to car y him . Of cour se, we shoul d ar rest him , but as he has a good record, we shal l let him off t hi s ti me.39。 said a pol icem an aft er war ds, 39。 of si x pr et t y gi rl s, he set of f down t he m ai n str eet of t he ci t y r i di ng a baby el ephant cal led Jum bo. He, shoul d have known t hat he poli ce woul d never al ow t hi s sort of t hi ng. A pol icem an appr oached Jimm y and t ol d him he ought t o have gone al ong a si de st reet as Jumbo was hol di ng up t he t raf fi c. Though Ji mm y agr eed t o go at once, Jum bo r ef used t o move. Fi ft een pol icem en had to push very har d to get him off t he m ai n st reet. The pol i ce had a di f icult t im e, but t hey were m ost amused. 39。s hospi tal. Dr essed up as Fat her Chri st mas and ac panied by a 39。s cl osest f ri ends asked him t o m ake a speech at a wedding r ecepti on. Thi s is t he sor t of t hing t hat Geoff r ey l oves. He pr epar ed t he speech car ef ul y and went t o t he weddi ng wi t h Jenny. He had i ncl uded a lar ge num ber of f unny st or ies i n the speech and, of course, i t was a great success. As soon as he had fi nished, Jenny t old hi m she want ed t o go home. Geoff rey was a l it tl e disappoi nt ed by t hi s but he di d as hi s daught er asked. On t he way hom e, he asked Jenny i f she had enj oye d the speech. To his surpri se, she sai d she hadn39。 As she wal ked away, I f ol lowed her out of t he f ai r. Leson61 Troubl e wi t h the H ubbl e 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n f ut ure, ast ronaut s wi l be r equir ed t o descend f r om a spaceshi p whi le i t is sti l i n space and t o r et ur n t o it. The abil it y t o do t hi s wil l be necessar y in f utur e fl i ghts t o di st ant pl as. 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 ear t h a shor t tim e ago, wi l be t r aveli ng t hr ee hundr ed mil es i nt o space. At a cer tai n poi nt , t he Ast ra wi l st op for a shor t ti me and an ast r onaut wil l at tem pt t o leave the stati onar y spaceshi p and t hen r et ur n t o i t. We shal not know whet her t he exper im ent has been successf ul unt il we have r ecei ved a r adi o m essage. The fi rst message is expect ed to ar ri ve at 7 o39。 she asked im pat i entl y. 39。 As soon as I went out side, I f or got al about Madam Bel li nsky because m y wif e hurr i ed t owards m e. 39。i ng f rom al l par ts of t he countr y t o se i t. I n spi t e of al l t hat has been sai d, t he touri st shave been pi cki ng leaves and cutti ng t hei r nam es on t he tr ee tr unk. So f ar, not one of t hem has been str uck down by sudden deat h! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to sit out si de our f r ont gat e and bar k. Ever y ti m e he want ed to e i nt o t he garden he woul d bar k unt il someone opened t he gat e. As t he nei ghbour s pl ai ned of t he noise, m y husband spent weeks t r ai ni ng him t o press hi s paw on t he lat ch t o l et him sel f in. Rex soon becam e an exper t at openi ng t he gat e. Howe ver, when I was going out shopping l ast week, I noti ced hi m in t he gar den near 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 t he gate shuts. Then he si ts and barks unti l som eone l et s hi m out . Aft er t his he i mmedi at el y l ets him sel f in and begins barki ng agai n. Yest er day m y husband rem oved t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him si nce. Le son60 The f ut ure 卜算未來 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 nt o her tent and she t ol d m e to sit down. Af ter I had gi ven her som e m oney, she l ooked i nt o a cr yst al bal and sai d: 39。A r elati on of your s is i ng t o see you. She wi l be ar ri vi ng t hi s eveni ng and i ntends t o st ay f or a f ew days. The m oment you l eave t his t ent , you wil l get a bi g sur pri se . A wom an you know wel wi l r ush t owards you. She wi l speak t o you and t hen she wil l l ead you away f rom this pl ace. That i s al l. 39。Wher e have you been hi di ng ?39。Your si st er wil l be her e i n less t han an hour and we m ust be at the stati on t o meet her. We ar e l a te al ready.39。cl ock t hi s eveni ng. By t hat ti me, t he Ast ra wi l have been fl yi ng t hr ough space for seventeen hours and wi l have ci r cl ed t he ear t h a great m any tim es. When the f ir st r adi o m essages have been r eceived, t he r esult s of t he tr i p