【正文】 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 di scover 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 tain 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 im ent has been successf ul unt il we have r eceived a r adi o message. The fi rst mesage is expect ed to ar ri ve at 7 o39。 she asked i mpati ent ly. 39。 As soon as I went out si de, I f ot al about Madam Bel l i nsky because m y wi fe hur ri ed towards m e. 39。 if he picks a l eaf , he wi l l di e. Many vi l ager s bel ieve that the t ree has alr eady clai med a number of vi ct im s. The vicar has been asked t o have the tr ee cut down, but so f ar he has r efused. He has pointed out that the t ree i s a use f ul source of ine as t our ists have been i ng fr om al l par ts of t he countr y t o see i t. I n spi te of al t hat has been said, the t ouri st s have been picking l eaves and cut ti ng their names on t he tr e tr unk. So f ar , not one of them has been str uck down by sudden deat h! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來(lái)還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o sit outside our fr ont gate and bar k. Every ti me he wanted t o e int o the gar den he woul d bark unti l someone opened t he gat e. As the neighbour s plained of the noi se, my husband spent weeks tr aining hi m t o pr ess his paw on the l at ch to l et hi msel f in. Rex soon became an exper t at opening t he gat e. However, when I wa s goi ng out shopping l ast week, I noti ced hi m in t he gar den near t he gat e. This t im e he was bar king so t hat someone woul d l et him 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 him out. Af ter t hi s he im mediately lets hi msel f in and begins barki ng again. Yesterday m y husband removed the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since. Leson60 The fut ure 卜算未來(lái) 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 bal and sai d: 39。cursed tr ee39。The Reveal er39。The Revealer39。t need bookcases at al . You can sit here in your spar e ti me and r ead t he car pet !39。 she sai d. She gazed at i t f or some ti me t hen 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 so 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 t housand books. To make mat ters wor se, t he room is r at her smal l, so I have t em por ari ly put my books on the f loor . At the moment , t hey cover ever y inch of f loor space and I actual y have to wal k on t hem to get i n or out of the r oom. A short whi le ago, my sister helped me t o car r y one of m y old bookcases up the stai rs. She went i nto m y room and got a bi g sur pri se when she saw al t hose books on the f loor. 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 my tr ip t ook me l onger than I expect ed. 39。酒 的 鬼魂 A publ ic house which was r ecentl y bought by Mr I an Thompson is up f or sale. Mr Thompson is goi ng to sel i t because i t i s 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 he door s had been bl ocked by chai rs and t he fur nitur e had been m oved. Though Mr Thompson had t ur ned the l ights of f bef ore he went t o bed, t hey 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 m ust have e i n f or a fr ee dri nk, Mr Thompson shook hi s head. The vil lager s have t old hi m that hey wil l not accept the i nn even i f he gives it away. Lesson48 Di d you want t o t el l me somethi ng? 你想對(duì)我說(shuō)什么嗎？ Dent ists al ways ask quest ions when it i s impossi ble f or you to answer. My dent ist had j ust pull ed out one of my t eet h and had tol d me t o rest for a whi le. I tr ied t o say somet hi ng, but my m out h was f ull of cot tonwool . He knew I col lected bi rds39。 eggs and asked m e whet her m y col lecti on was growi ng. He then asked me how my br other was and whet her I l ike