【正文】 wake up unti l t he bed had st ruck the gr ound. Alt hough t he bed was smashed to pieces, t he man was mi raculousl y unhur t. When he woke up, he was stil l on the matr ess. Glanci ng at the bi ts of wood and met al that l ay around him, t he man sadly picked up t he mat res and car ied it into his house. After he had put i t on t he f loor , he prompt ly went to sleep agai n. Lesson50 Taken f or a ride 乘車兜風(fēng) I love t ravel ing in t he countr y, but I don39。345 f or t he cost of t he t rip. The nor mal pri ce of a ticket is amp。t have to car ry him. Of course, we shoul d ar rest him , but as he has a good recor d, we shal l et him of f t hi s tim e.39。 sai d a poli ceman af ter wards, 39。 of six pret y gi rl s, he s et off down t he main str et of the city r iding a baby el ephant caled Jumbo. He, should have known t hat he poli ce woul d never alow t hi s sort of t hi ng. A pol iceman approached Jimmy and told him he ought t o have gone al ong a si destr et as Jumbo was holding up t he t raf ic. Though Ji mmy agreed to go at once, Jumbo ref used t o m ove. Fif teen pol icem en had t o push very hard t o get him of f the m ai n str eet. The poli ce had a dif fi cult tim e, but t hey wer e m ost amused. 39。s hospital. Dressed up as Fat her Chr ist mas and acpanied by a 39。s closest fr iends asked him to make a speech at a weddi ng r ecept ion. Thi s i s the sor t of thing that Geof fr ey l oves. He pr epared the speech carefull y and went to t he wedding wit h Jenny. He had incl uded a lar ge number of f unny st or ies in the speech and, of course, i t was a gr eat succes. As soon as he had f inished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Geoffr ey was a li tl e di sappointed by t hi s but he did as hi s daughter asked. On t he way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his sur pr ise, she said she hadn39。 As she wal ked away, I f ol lowed her out of the fair . Lesson61 Trouble wi th t he Hubble 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n future, astronauts wi l be r equired to descend fr om a spaceship whil e it is stil l i n space and t o return t o it. The abi l i t y to do this wil l be necessar y in futur e f li ghts t o di stant pla s. Sci enti st are now tr yi ng t o di scover if this is possible. The spaceship Astr a whi ch lef t he ear th a short ti me ago, wi l be t ravel ing three hundred miles into space. At a certain point, the Ast ra wil l stop for a short tim e and an ast ronaut wi l atempt t o leave the st at ionary spaceshi p and then return t o it. We shal not know whether the experiment has been successf ul unt il we have received a r adio m essage. The f irst message i s expected to ar ive at 7 o39。 she asked impat ient ly. 39。 As soon as I went out si de, I f ot al about Madam Bel insky because my wi fe hur ri ed t owards me. 39。 i f he picks a l eaf, he wil die. Many vi lager s beli eve that t he t ree has al ready cl ai med a number of victi ms. The vicar has been asked to have the tr e cut down, but so f ar he has refused. He has pointed out that the tr e i s a usef ul source of i ne as touri st have been i ng f rom al par ts of t he countr y to se it . I n spit e of al that has been sai d, the t our i stshave been picki ng l eaves and cutti ng t heir names on the treetr unk. So f ar , not one of them has been struck down by sudden death! Leson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來(lái)還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to sit outside our fr ont gat e and bark. Every t ime he wanted to e i nt o the garden he would bar k unti l s omeone opened the gate. As t he neighbour s plained of the noise, my husband spent weeks tr aini ng him to pres his paw on t he latch to l et himsel f i n. Rex soon became an expert at opening the gat e. However , when I was goi ng out shoppi ng l ast wek, I not iced him in the gar den near the gate. This ti me he was bar ki ng so that someone woul d let hi m out ! Si nce then, he has devel oped anot he r bad habit . As soon as he opens the gate f rom the out si de, he es into t he gar den and wait s unti l t he gate shuts. Then he si ts and barks unti l som eone l et s hi m out . Af ter this he i mmediately l et s hi mself in and begi ns barking again. Yest er day my husband removed the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not sen him si nce. Leson60 The future 卜算未來(lái) At a vil age fair , I deci ded to visit a fort unetel er cal led Madam Beli nsky. I went into her tent and she told me to sit down. After I had gi ven her some money, she looked into a cryst al bal l and said: 39。cur sed tr e39。The Reveal er 39。t need bookcases at al l. You can si t here in your spare t ime and r ead the carpet!39。 she said. She gazed at it for some ti me then added, 39。 I answer ed. Leson51 Reward for virtue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 My fri end, Herbert, has always been f at , but t hi ngs got so bad recently t hat he decided to go on a diet. He began his diet a wek ago. Fir st of al , he wr ot e out a l ong l ist of al l t he f oods which were for bi dden. The l ist i ncluded most of the t hings Herber t l oves: but ter, potatoes, ri ce, beer , milk, chocolate, and sweet s. Yesterday I paid him a visit . I r ang the bel and was not surpr ised to see t hat Her bert was st il as f at as ever . He l ed me i nt o hi s room and hur ri edly hid a l ar ge parcel under his desk. I t was obvious t hat he was very embar rased. When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled gui lti ly and t hen put the par cel on t he desk. He explained that his diet was so str ict t hat he had t o r eward himself occasional y. Then he showed me the contents of t he parcel . I t cont ai ned fi ve l ar ge bars of chocol at e and three bags of swets! Lesson52 A pret y carpet 漂亮的地毯 We have just moved i nt o a new house and I have been working har d al l mor ni ng. I have been tr ying to get my new room in order . This has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To make mat ters wor se, the room is rather smal, so I have t empor aril