【正文】 ugh a for est aft er t wo men. They had rushed up t o her whil e she was having a pi i c at the edge of a for est wi th her chi ldr en and t r ied to st eal her handbag. I n the st ruggle, the str ap broke and, wi th the bag in their possesion, both m en st ar t ed r unning t hr ough the t rees. Mrs St er li ng got so angry that she r an af ter t hem. She was soon out of br eath, but she conti nued t o r un. When she caught up wi th t hem, she saw t hat t hey had sat down and wer e going t hrough the contents of t he bag, so she r an str ai ght at them. The men got such a fr ight that they dropped the bag and ran away. 39。s cl osest f r i ends asked hi m t o m ake a speech at a weddi ng r ecept i on. Thi s i s t he sor t of t hi ng t hat opened one of the basket s. When he began to pl ay a tune, we had our f i rst gl im pse of t he snake. I t rose out of t he basket and began t o f oll ow the m ovements of t he pipe. We wer e ver y m uch surpr ised when the snake charm er suddenl y began t o play j azz t unes and modern pop songs. The snake, however , conti nued t o 39。 As she wal ked away, I fol lowed her out of the f air . Lesson61 Trouble wi t h t he Hubble 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 In f utur e, astr onauts wi l be r equi r ed to descend f r om a spaceshi p whi le i t is sti l i n space and to r etur n to it. The abil it y to do thi s wil l be necesary i n f uture fl ights t o distant pla s. Sci ent ists are now tr ying t o discover i f this i s possibl e. The spaceshi p Astr a whi ch left t he ear th a short t im e ago, wi l be tr avel li ng thr e hundred m il es i nto space. At a cert ai n point , t he Astr a wi l stop f or a short t im e and an astr onaut wi l at em pt t o l eave t he st at ionary spaceship and t hen retur n to it . We shal l not know whet her t he experi ment has been successful unti l we have r ecei ved a radio m essage. The fi rst message i s expect ed to ar ri ve at 7 o39。 she asked i mpat ientl y. 39。 As soon as I went outside, I fot 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 vi l l ager s beli eve t hat t he tr ee has alr eady cl aimed a number of victi ms. The vi car has been asked to have the t ree cut down, but so far he has refused. He has point ed out t hat t he tr e is a useful sour ce of i n e as t ouri st s have been ing f rom al part s of the count ry t o see it . I n spit e of al l that has been sai d, t he tour ists have been pi cki ng leaves and cutt ing t hei r nam es on t he tr ee tr unk. So far, 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 outsi de our f ront gat e and bar k. Ever y t ime he want ed to e i nto t he gar den he would bar k unt il s omeone opened the gate. As t he nei ghbours pl ai ned of t he noise, my husband spent weeks t raini ng him to pr es hi s paw on the l atch 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 the gar den near the gate. This t ime he was ba r ki ng so that som eone would let him out ! Si nce t hen, he has developed anot her bad habit . As soon as he opens t he gat e f rom the outside, he es i nto t he gar den and wait s unt il the gat e shuts. Then he si ts and bar ks until someone lets hi m out . Af t er t his he i mmediatel y let s hi mself in and begins barki ng agai n. Yester day m y husband rem oved t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since. Leson60 The f uture 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 tr e39。The Reveal er39。t need bookcases at al l. You can sit here i n your spare t im e and read the carpet! 39。 she said. She gazed at it f or some t im e then added, 39。 I answer ed. Leson51 Reward f or vi rtue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My fr iend, Herbert , has always been fat , but thi ngs got s o bad recent ly t hat he decided to go on a diet . He began his di et a wek ago. Fir st of al , he wr ot e 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. Yester day I pai d him a visit . I rang the bel and was not sur pri sed t o se that Her bert was sti l as fat as ever . He led me into hi s r oom and hur r iedly hi d a lar ge par cel under hi s desk. It was obvious that he was ver y embar ased. When I asked him what he was doi ng, he smil ed guil til y and then put the parcel on the desk. He explai ned t hat hi s diet was so st ri ct t hat he had to rewar d himself occasional y. Then he showed me t he contents of t he par cel . It contained f ive lar ge bar s of chocolate and t hree bags of sweets! Lesson52 A pret y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have j ust moved i nt o a new house and I have been worki ng har d al mor ning. I have been tr yi ng t o get m y new r oom in or der. This has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To m ake m at t er s wor se, t he r oom i s rather smal , so I have tempor ar il y put my books on the f loor. At t he moment, they cover every inch of fl oor space and I actual y have t o wal k on them to get in or out of the r oom . A shor t whil e ago, my si st er hel ped me to car ry one of my old bookcases up the stair s. She went int o my room and got a big sur pr ise when she saw al those books on t he fl oor. 39。 said t he conductor . 39。 39。I 39。t mat er, 39。 39。 said the conductor suddenly. 39。 I asked. 39。 39。 the conductor said. 39。 You39。l l t el you where t o get of f, 39。 39。 but I don39。m going t o Woodf or d Gr een, 39。t l ike l osi ng my way. I went on an excursion r ecent ly, but m y