【正文】 t reet as Jumbo was hol di ng up t he t r af fi c. Though Ji mm y agr eed to go at once, Jum bo r ef used t o m ove. Fi ft een pol icemen had t o push ver y har d t o get him off t he mai n st r et. The poli ce had a di f i cult t im e, but they wer e m ost am used. 39。s hospit al. Dr esed up as Fat her Chr i stm as and ac pani ed by a 39。s cl osest f ri ends asked hi m t o m ake a speech at a weddi ng r ecepti on. Thi s i s t he sort of t hi ng that Geof f rey l oves. He pr epared t he speech car efull y and went to t he weddi ng wi t h Jenny. He had included a l ar ge num ber of f unny st or i es i n t he speech and, of cour se, it was a gr eat success. As soon as he had fi nished, Jenny t ol d hi m she want ed t o go hom e. Geoff r ey was a li tl e di sappoi nted by t his but he did as hi s daughter asked. On t he way hom e, he asked Jenny i f she had enjoyed t he speech. To his sur pr ise, she said she hadn39。 As she wal ked away, I f ol lowed her out of t he fair . Lesson61 Troubl e wit h t he H ubl e 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n f ut ur e, astr onaut s wil l be requir ed to descend f r om a spaceshi p whil e i t i s sti l i n space and t o ret ur n t o it. The abil it y t o do t hi s wi l be necessar y i n fut ur e f li ght s to di st ant pl a s. Scienti st s ar e now t r yi ng t o di scover if t hi s i s possi bl e. The spaceshi p Astr a whi ch l eft t he ear th a short t im e ago, wi l be tr avel li ng t hr ee hundr ed m il es i nt o space. At a cert ain poi nt , the Astr a wi l st op f or a shor t tim e and an ast r onaut wil l at tem pt t o leave the stati onar y spaceshi p and t hen r et ur n to i t. We shal l not know whet her t he experim e nt has been successf ul until we have r ecei ved a radi o m esage. The f ir st m essage i s expected t o ar i ve at 7 o39。 she asked impati ent l y. 39。 As soon as I went out side, I f or got al about Madam Beli nsky because m y wi fe hur ri ed t owar ds m e. 39。t ouri st s have been pi cki ng leaves and cutt ing t hei r nam es on the t reet r unk. So f ar , not one of t hem 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 si t out si de our fr ont gat e and bar k. Ever y tim e he want ed t o e i nto t he gar den he woul d bar k until someone opened t he gat e. As the neighbour s plai ned of t he noi se, m y husband spent weeks t rai ni ng him t o press hi s paw on t he l at ch to l et hi msel f i n. Rex soon became an expert at openi ng the gate. However , when I was going out shoppi ng l ast wek, I not iced him i n the gar den near t he gate. This t im e he was bar king so t hat som eone woul d l et him out ! Si nce t hen, he has devel oped anot her bad habit. As soon as he opens the gate f r om t he out si de, he es i nt o t he gar den and wai ts unt il t he gat e shut s. Then he sit s and bar ks unt il som eone l ets him out. Aft er t his he i mm edi at el y l et s him self i n and begi ns bar king again. Yest erday m y husband rem 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(lái) 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 t ent and she t old m e t o si t down. Af t er I had given her som e m oney, she looked int o a cryst al bal l and sai d: 39。A r el at i on of yours i s i ng t o see you. She wi l be ar i vi ng t hi s eveni ng and i nt ends t o st ay f or a f ew days. The moment you leave t his t ent , you wil l get a bi g sur pri se. A woman you know wel wil r ush t owar ds you. She wil l speak t o you and t hen she wil l ead you away fr om t his pl ace. That i s al l.39。Where have you been hi di ng ?39。Your sist er wi l be here i n l ess t han an hour and we m ust be at t he st ati on t o m eet her. We are l ate alr eady.39。cl ock t his eveni ng. By that tim e, t he Astr a wi l have been f lyi ng thr ough space f or sevent een hour s and wil l have ci rcl ed t he ear t h a great m any tim es. When t he fi r st r adi o messages have been r eceived, t he r esult s of t he tr i p wil l be announced i mm edi at el y. Lesson62 Aft er t he f i re 大火之后 Fir em en had been f ighti ng t he f or est fi re f or near ly t hree weks bef ore t hey coul d get i t under cont r ol . A shor t ti me bef or e, gr eat t rees had cover ed t he count rysi de f or m il es ar ound. Now, sm oke st il l r ose up f rom t he warm gr ound over t he desolate hi l s. Wint er was i ng on and t he hil ls t hreatened the surr oundi ng vi l ages wi t h destr uct i on, f or heavy rai n woul d not onl y wash away t he soil but woul d cause seri ous fl oods as wel . When t he fi r e had at l ast been put out , t he f orest aut hor it ies or der ed sever al tons of a special t ype of gr ass seed whi ch would gr ow qui ckl y. The seed was spr ayed over t he gr ound i n huge quanti ti es by aer opl anes. The pl anes had been pl ant i ng seed f or nearl y a m ont h when it began t o r ai n. By t hen, however, i n m any pl aces t he gr as had alr eady t aken r oot . I n pl ace of t he great tr ees whi ch had been gr owi ng t her e f or cent uri es, patches of gr een had begun t o appear i n t he bl ackened soi l. Leson63 She was not am used 她并不覺(jué)得好笑 Geoff r ey Ham pden has a l ar ge cir cl e of fr i ends and is ver y popul ar at par ti es. Ever ybody adm ir es hi m for his f i ne sense of humor ever ybody, t hat i s, except hi s si xyear ol d daught er , Jenny. Recentl y, one of Geoff r ey39。t . Geoff r ey asked her why thi s was so and she t ol d him t hat she did not li ke t o se so m any people l aughi ng at him ! Leson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l 858, a Fr ench engi neer, Aim e Thome de Gam ond, ar i ved i n England wi th a pl an f or a t went y one m il e t unnel acr oss t he Engl ish Channel . He sai d t hat i t woul d be possi bl e t o bui l d a platf orm i n t he centr e of t he Channel . Thi s pl a