【正文】 y was a li t le di sappointed by t his but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed t he speech. To his sur pr ise, she said she hadn39。 As she wal ked away, I f ol lowed her out of t he fai r. Lesson61 Troubl e wit h t he Hubble 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 In fut ur e, astr onaut s wil l be requir ed to descend f rom a spaceshi p whil e it i s st il l in space and t o r et urn t o i t. The abili ty to do t his wi l be necessar y i n fut ure f li ght s to di stant pl a s. Scienti st s are now tr yi ng to discover if t hi s is possi ble. The spaceship Astr a which l ef t the eart h a short ti me ago, wil l be tr avel ing t hree hundr ed mi les int o space. At a cer tai n poi nt, the Ast ra wi l l st op for a short ti me and an astr onaut wil l at tempt t o leave the stati onar y spaceshi p and then r et urn to i t. We shal not know whether the exper iment has been successf ul unt il we have r eceived a r adi o mes sage. The fi rst mesage is expect ed to ar r i ve at 7 o39。 she asked i mpati ent ly. 39。 As soon as I went outside, I for got al l about Madam Bel insky because my wi fe hur ri ed towards m e. 39。 if he picks a l eaf , he wi l l di e. Many vil ager s bel ieve t hat the t ree has alr eady clai med a number of vi ct ims. The vicar has been asked t o have the t ree cut down, but so f ar he has r efused. He has pointed out that the t ree i s a usef ul source of ine as t our ists have been i ng f rom al l par ts of t he countr y t o se i t. I n spi te of al l t hat has been said, t he touri st s have been picking leaves and cut ti ng their names on t he tr e 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 t o sit outside our f r ont gate and bark. Every t im e he wanted t o e int o the garden he woul d bar k unti l someone opened t he gat e. As the neighbour s plained of the noise, my husband spent weeks tr ai ning hi m t o press his paw on t he lat ch to l et hi msel f in. Rex soon became an exper t at openi ng the gat e. However, when I was going out shopping l ast week, I noti ced him in t he gar den near t he gat e. This tim e he was bar king so t hat someone woul d l et hi m out ! Since then, he has devel oped another bad habi t. As soon as he opens the gate f r om t he out si de, he es int o the garden and wait s unti l t he gat e shut s. Then he sit s and bar ks unt il someone l ets hi m out. Af ter t hi s he im mediately lets hi msel f in and begins barki ng again. Yesterday my husband removed the gate and Rex got so a nnoyed we have not seen him since. Leson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vi l age f air , I decided t o visit a f ort une tel er cal ed Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nto her tent and she t ol d me to sit down. Af ter I had gi ven her some money, she l ooked i nt o a cr yst al ba l and sai d: 39。cursed t ree39。The Revealer 39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit here in your spare ti me and read t he car pet !39。 she said. She gazed at it f or some tim e then added, 39。 I answered. Lesson51 Reward f or virt ue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My f ri end, Her ber t, has al ways been f at, but t hings got so bad r ecentl y that he deci ded t o go on a di et. He began hi s diet a week ago. Fi rst of al l, he wr ote out a long l ist of al l the f oods whi ch were f orbi dden. The li st i ncl uded most of the t hi ngs Herbert l oves: but ter, potat oes, ri ce , beer , mil k, chocol ate, and sweets. Yest erday I paid hi m a vi si t. I r ang t he bel l and was not surpr ised to see that Herbert was sti l as f at as ever . He l ed me int o his r oom and hurr iedly hi d a l arge parcel under his desk. I t was obvious t hat he was very embar rassed. When I asked him what he was doi ng, he smi led guil ti ly and t hen put t he par cel on t he desk. He expl ai ned that his diet was so str ict that he had t o r ewar d him sel f occasi onal ly. Then he showed me t he cont ent s of the parcel. I t contai ned f ive l arge bars of chocol at e and thr e bags of sweet s! Leson52 A pret y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just m oved i nto a new house and I have been wor ki ng hard al l m orning. I have been tr ying t o get my new r oom i n order. Thi s has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To make mat ers wor se, the r oom i s rat her smal , so I have tem por ar i ly put my books on the f loor. At t he moment, t hey c over every inch of fl oor space and I actual y have to wal k on them to get in or out of the r oom . A short whil e ago, m y sister hel ped me t o car ry one of my old bookcases up the stair s. She went i nt o my room and got a big sur pri se when she saw al t hose books on t he f loor. 39。 said the conductor . 39。l l get off here. 39。 I said. 39。 I t doesn39。 sai d the conduct or suddenl y.39。 I asked. 39。 39。 the conduct or said. 39。 You39。l l tel you where to get off ,39。 39。 but I don39。m going to Woodf ord Green,39。t like l osi ng my way. I went on an excur si on recent ly, but m y tr ip took me longer t han I expect ed. 39。230 ! Lesson47 A thi rst y ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up f or sale. Mr Thompson is goi ng to sel i t because i t is haunt ed. He t old m e that he coul d not go to sleep one night because he heard a st range noise ing f rom the bar . The next morni ng, he f ound t hat t he door s had been bl ocked by chai rs and t he fur nitur e had been m oved. Though Mr Thom pson had t ur ned the l ights of f bef ore he went t o bed, they wer e on i n the m or ning. He also said t hat he had f ound f ive empt y whisky bott les which t he ghost must have dr unk t he night bef ore. When I suggested t hat some vil lagers must have e i n f or a fr ee dr i nk, Mr Thompson shook hi s head. The vil lager s have t old hi m t hat hey wil l not accept the i nn even i f he gives it away. Lesso