【正文】 en he would bar k unt il s omeone opened t he gat e. As t he nei ghbour s pl ained of t he noi se, my husband spent weeks tr ai ni ng hi m to pr es hi s paw on t he lat ch t o l et him sel f in. Rex soon becam e an exper t at opening t he gat e. However, when I was goi ng out shoppi ng l ast week, I noti ced hi m in t he gar den near t he gat e. Thi s tim e he was bar ki ng so t hat som eone woul d let him out ! Si nce t hen, he has devel oped anot her bad habi t. As soon as he opens t he gat e f rom the outsi de, he es int o the gar den and wait s unti l t he gate shuts. Then he si ts and barks unti l som eone l et s him out . Af ter t hi s he imm edi atel y l ets him sel f i n and begi ns bar ki ng agai n. Yest er day m y husband r em oved t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him si nce. Lesson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vil l age f ai r, I decided t o vi sit a f ort unet el 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 given her some m oney, she l ooked i nt o a cr yst al bal l and said: 39。cur sed tr ee39。The Reveal er39。t need bookcases at al . You can si t her e i n your spar e ti me and r ead t he car pet !39。 she sai d. She gazed at i t for som e ti me t hen added, 39。 I answer ed. Leson51 Reward for vi rt ue 對美德的獎賞 My fr iend, Her ber t, has al ways been fat, but thi ngs got so bad recent ly t hat he decided t o go on a di et. He began hi s di et a week ago. Fir st of al , he wr ot e out a long li st of al t he f oods whi ch were f orbi dden. The l i st i ncl uded m ost of the t hi ngs Herbert l oves: but ter, pot at oes, ri ce, beer , mi lk, chocolat e, and sweet s. Yester day I pai d hi m a visit . I rang t he bel and was not sur pri sed t o see t hat Her bert was sti l as f at as ever . He l ed m e i nt o his r oom and hurr iedl y hi d a l arge parcel under his desk. I t was obvi ous t hat he was ver y em bar r assed. When I asked hi m what he was doi ng, he sm il ed gui lt il y and t hen put the parcel on the desk. He expl ai ned t hat hi s di et was so st ri ct t hat he had t o r ewar d hi msel f occasional l y. Then he showed m e t he cont ents of t he par cel . It cont ained fi ve l ar ge bar s of chocolat e and t hree bags of sweets! Lesson52 A pret t y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust m oved i nt o a new house and I have been wor ki ng har d al m or ning. I have been tr ying t o get m y new r oom i n order. This has not been easy because I own over a t housand books. To m ake m at er s wor se, t he r oom i s rat her sm al , so I have t em por ar il y put m y books on the f loor. At t he moment, t hey cover ever y inch of fl oor space and I act ual y have t o wal k on t hem t o get i n or out of t he r oom . A s hort whil e ago, m y sister hel ped me t o car r y one of m y ol d bookcases up t he st ai rs. She went i nt o m y r oom and got a bi g sur pri se when she saw al t hose books on t he f l oor. 39。 sai d t he conduct or . 39。 39。I 39。t mat er,39。 39。 said t he conductor suddenly.39。 I asked. 39。 39。 t he conduct or sai d. 39。cl oc k t hi s eveni ng. By t hat t im e, t he Ast r a wil l have been fl ying t hrough space f or sevent een hour s and wi l have cir cl ed t he eart h a gr eat m any t im es. When t he fi rst radi o m esages have been r ecei ved, t he r esul ts of t he t ri p wi l be announced imm ediatel y. Lesson62 Af ter t he fi re 大火之后 Fi remen had been fi ght i ng t he f or est f ir e f or nearl y t hr ee weeks bef or e t hey could get it under contr ol. A short t im e bef ore, great tr ees had cover ed t he count r ysi de f or mi les around. Now, sm oke sti l r ose up fr om t he warm gr ound over the desolat e hil ls. Wi nt er was i ng on and the hi l s threatened the surr oundi ng vil lages wit h dest ructi on, f or heavy rai n would not only wash away t he soi l but would cause ser ious fl oods as wel l. When t he fi re had at last been put out , the f orest author it ies ordered sever al t ons of a special type of grass seed whi ch woul d gr ow quickly. The sed was sprayed over t he ground in huge quant it ies by aeroplanes. The planes had been plant ing sed f or near ly a mont h when i t began to rain. By t hen, however , in m any pl aces t he gr as had alr eady taken root. I n place of the great tr ees whi ch had been gr owi ng t her e f or centur ies, patc hes of gr een had begun to appear i n t he bl ackened soi l. Leson63 She was not am used 她并不覺得好笑 Geoff rey Ham pden has a lar ge cir cl e of fr iends and is very popular at par ti es. Ever ybody admi res hi m f or hi s f ine sense of humoreverybody, t hat i s, except his six ye arold daughter, Jenny. Recent ly, one of Geof fr ey39。Your si st er wil l be her e i n less than an hour and we m ust be at t he st at i on t o m et her . We ar e l at e al r eady.39。Wher e have you been hi di ng ?39。A r el at i on of yours i s i ng t o see you. She wil l be ar i vi ng thi s evening and i nt ends t o stay f or a few days. The m om ent 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 owar ds you. She wil l speak t o you and t hen she wi l l ead you away f r om t hi s place. That is al .39。. Because t he tr ee was menti oned i n a newspaper, t he num ber of vi sit ors t o Fr inl ey has now i ncr eased. The tr ee was pl ant ed near a chur ch f if t y year s ago, but i t is onl y i n recent year s t hat it has gained an evi l r eput ati on. It i s sai d that if anyone t ouches t he t r e, he wil l have bad l uck。 has been i nvent ed and i t has been used t o detect gol d whi ch has been bur ied i n t he gr ound. The m achine was used in a cave near t he seashor e whereit i s sai d pir at es used t o hi de gol d. The pi r at es woul d of ten bur y gol d i n the cave and t hen f ai l t o coll ect i t. Arm ed wi th t he new m achine, a sear ch par ty went he di d not l ike i t. She enj