【正文】 of fr ey loves. He pr epar ed the speech car eful ly and went to the wedding wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a large number of funny stor ies in the speech and, of cour se, i t was a great success. As soon as he had fi nished, Jenny t old hi m she wanted t o go home. Geof fr ey was a li t le di sappointed by this but he did as hi s daughter asked. On the way hom e, he asked Jenny if she had enj oyed t he speech. To hi s sur pr ise, she said she hadn39。 As she walked away, I f oll owed her out of t he fai r. Lesson61 Troubl e wit h t he Hubble 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 I n f uture, ast ronauts wi l be r equi red t o descend f r om a spaceship whi le it is st il l i n space and t o ret ur n t o it . The abi li ty t o do t hi s wi l be necessar y in futur e fl ight s to di st ant plas. Sci ent ists ar e now t ryi ng to di scover i f thi s is possi bl e. The spaceship Ast ra whi ch lef t the ear th a shor t ti me ago, wi l be t ravel ing t hr ee hundr ed mil es into space. At a cer tain poi nt , the Astr a wi l stop f or a shor t ti me and an ast rona ut wi l at tempt to l eave t he stati onar y spaceship and then ret ur n t o it . We shal not know whet her t he exper iment has been sucesf 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 impati ent ly. 39。 As soon as I went outsi de, I f or got al l about Madam Bel insky because my wi fe hur ri ed towar ds m e. 39。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bull fi ght , a dr unk suddenl y wander ed int o t he mi ddl e of t he r i ng. The cr owd began t o shout, but the dr unk was unawar e of t he danger. The bull was busy wit h t he matador at t he tim e, but i t suddenl y caught si ght of t he drunk who was shouti ng rude r em ar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Apparentl y sensit ive t o crit i ci sm , t he bull f or got al l about the m at ador and char ge d at t he drunk. The cr owd suddenl y gr ew qui et . The dr unk, however , semed quit e sure of him sel f. When t he bul l got cl ose t o him, he cl um si l y st epped asi de t o let it pas. The crowd br oke int o cheers and t he drunk bowed. By t hi s tim e, however, t hr ee men had e i nt o t he r i ng and t hey qui ckl y dr agged t he dr unk to saf et y. Even t he bul l seemed t o f el sor r y for him, f or it l ooked on sym pat heti cal y unti l the dr unk was out of t he way bef ore once mor e tur ni ng it s at ent ion t o t he m at ador . Lesson71 A f am ous clock 一個著 名的大鐘 When you vi si t London, one of t he f ir st t hi ngs you wil l see i s Bi g Ben, t he famous clock whi ch can be heard al over t he wor l d on the B. B. C. I f t he Houses of Par li am ent had hot been bur ned down i n 1834, t he gr eat cl ock woul d never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes it s nam e fr om Si r Benj am i n Hal who was r esponsi ble f or the m aki ng of t he cl ock when t he new Houses of Par li am ent wer e bei ng buil t. It i s not onl y of imm ense size, but i s ext remel y acur at e as wel l. Of fi cials f r om Gr eenwi ch Obser vat or y have t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he cl ock when i t is actual y st ri ki ng because mi crophones ar e connect ed to t he clock t ower . Big Ben has r ar ely gone wr ong. Once, however, i t fail ed to gi ve the corr ect t im e. A pai nt er who had been wor ki ng on t he t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and sl owed it down ! Leson72 A car call ed Bl uebi rd “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat racing dr iver, Sir Malcolm Campbel l, was t he fi rst man t o dri ve at over 300 m il es per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecor d i n Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil l e Sal t Fl ats, Utah. Bl uebir d, t he car he was dr ivi ng, had been speci al l y bui lt f or hi m. It was over 30 f et i n l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engi ne. Al though Campbel reached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour , he had gr eat dif fi cul ty in contr olli ng the car because a tyr e bur st dur ing t he fi rst run. Af ter his at empt, Campbel was disappoi nt ed to le ar n t hat hi s average speed had been 299 mil es per hour. However, a f ew days later , he was i ng f r om al part s of the count ry to see it . In 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 the tr eet runk. So far, not one of t hem 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 r ont gate and bark. Every t im e he want ed to e into the garden he would bar k unti l s omeone opened t he gat e. As t he nei ghbour s pl ained of the noise, m y husband spent weeks t rai ning him t o press hi s paw on t he latch t o l et him sel f in. Rex soon becam e an exper t at openi ng the gate. However , when I was going out shopping l ast week, I noti ced hi m in t he gar den near the gate. This t im e he was bar king so t hat someone woul d let him out ! Si nce then, he has devel oped another bad habit . As soon as he opens the gate f rom the outsi de, he es into the garden and wait s unt il t he gat e shut s. Then he sit s and bar ks unt il som eone l ets him out. Af ter thi s he im medi ately l ets hi msel f in and begins barking again. Yest erday my husband r em oved t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since. Leson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vil lage f ai r, I deci ded to vi si t a for tunet el ler cal ed Madam Bel insky. I went int o her t ent and she tol d me t o sit down. Aft er I had gi ven her som e money, she looked int o a crystal bal l and said: 39。 he sai d, in a m our nf ul voice,39。 I conti nued dr i vi ng and af ter som e ti me, the exam iner tapped l oudl y. Though t he sound coul d be heard cl earl y, it t ook m e a l ong t im e t o react . I suddenl y pr essed t he brake pedal hard and we wer e bot h t hr own f or ward. The exami ner l ooked at me sadly. 39。 l ess