【正文】 , t hat is, except hi s six year old daught er, Jenny. Recentl y, one of Geof fr ey39。Your si st er wil l be her e i n l es t han an hour and we m ust be at t he st ati on t o meet her . We ar e lat e al r eady. 39。Wher e have you been hidi ng ?39。A r el at i on of your s 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 stay f or a f ew days. The m oment you l eave t his t ent , you wil l get a bi g sur pri se. A wom an you know wel wi l r ush towar ds you. She wil l speak t o you and t hen she wi l l ead you away f r om t hi s place. That is al .39。. Because t he tr ee was menti oned i n a newspaper, t he num ber of visit ors t o Fri nley has now i ncr eased. The t r e was pl ant ed near a chur ch f if ty years ago, but it i s only i n r ecent years t hat i t has gai ned an evil r eput at i on. It i s sai d t hat if anyone t ouches t he t r e, he wil l have bad l uck。 has been i nvent ed and i t has been used t o det ect gol d which has been bur ied i n t he gr ound. The machi ne was used i n a cave near t he seashor e wher e it i s sai dpi rat es used t o hi de gol d. The pi r at es woul d oft en bury gol d i n t he cave and t hen f ail t o col lect i t. Arm ed wi t h the new m achi ne, a sear ch par t y went he di d not l ike i t. She enj oyed her sel f m aki ng t he assi st ant br i ng alm ost everyt hi ng i n t he wi ndow bef ore f i nal y buying t he dress she had f ir st asked f or. Lesson58 A bl esi ng i n di sgui se? 是因禍得福嗎？ The ti ny vil lage of Fri nl ey i s sai d to possess a 39。wor k and t he house was quiet. So I decided t o m ake som e t art s f or t ea. I n a shor t tim e I was busy m i xi ng but t er and fl our and m y hands wer e soon covered wi t h st icky past ry. At exactl y t hat m om ent, t he tel ephone rang. Not hi ng could have been m ore annoyi ng. I pi cked up t he r ecei ver bet ween t wo sti cky fi nger s and was di sm ayed when I recogni zed t he voi ce of Mr s Bat es. I t took me t en mi nut es t o per suade her t o ri ng back l ater. At l ast I hung up t he r ecei ver . What a mess! There was pastr y on m y fi nger s, on t he t elephone, and on the door knobs. I had no sooner got back t o t he ki t chen t han t he door bel r ang l oud enough t o wake t he dead. Thi s tim e it was t he postm an and he want ed me t o si gn f or a r egi st er ed l et er ! Lesson55 Not a gol d m ine 并非金礦 Dr eams of f indi ng l ost t reasur e alm ost cam e tr ue recent ly. A new m achi ne cal led 39。The Reveal er39。cursed tr ee39。 if he pi cks a l eaf , he wil l di e. Many vil lager s beli eve t hat t he tr ee has alr eady cl ai med a num ber of vi ctim s. The vi car has been asked to have t he t r e cut down, but so f ar he has ref used. He has poi nt ed out t hat t he tr ee is a useful sour ce of i n e as touri st s have been i ng f r om al part s of the count r y to see it . I n spit e of al t hat has been sai d, the t our ists have been pi cki ng l eaves and cut i ng t hei r nam es on t he t reet r unk. So f ar , not one of t hem has been st ruck down by sudden death! Leson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來(lái)還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o si t out si de our f r ont gate and bar k. Every t im e he want ed t o e int o the gar den he woul d bar k unti l som eone opened t he gat e. As t he nei ghbour s pl ained of the noise, m y husband spent weeks t r ai ning him t o press his paw on t he l at ch t o l et him sel f in. Rex soon becam e an exper t at openi ng t he gat e. However, when I was going out shoppi ng l ast week, I noti ced hi m i n t he garden near t he gat e. Thi s tim e he was barki ng so t hat someone woul d l et him out ! Si nce t hen, he has devel oped anot her bad habi t. As soon as he opens t he gat e fr om t he out si de, he es i nt o t he gar den and wai ts unti l the gate shuts. Then he sit s and barks until someone let s hi m out . Aft er t his he im medi at el y l et s hi mself i n and begi ns bar ki ng agai n. Yest er day m y husband r em oved t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him si nce. Lesson60 The f ut ure 卜算未來(lái) At a vil lage f ai r, I deci ded to vi si t a f or tunet el ler cal l ed Madam Bel insky. I went int o her t ent and she t ol d m e t o si t down. Aft er I had gi ven her som e m oney, she l ooked int o a cr ystal bal l and sai d: 39。 As soon as I went out si de, I f or got al l about Madam Bel li nsky because my wif e hur r ied t owar ds me. 39。 she asked im pat ientl y. 39。 As she wal ked away, I f ol l owed her out of t he f ai r. Leson61 Troubl e wi th t he H ubbl e 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n f ut ure, ast ronaut s wil l be r equir ed t o descend f r om a spaceshi p whi le i t is sti l i n space and t o ret ur n t o it. The abil it y t o do t hi s wil l be ne cessar y i n fut ur e fl i ght s to di st ant pl as. Sci ent i st s ar e now t r yi ng t o di scover i f t hi s is possi ble. The spaceshi p Ast r a which l ef t t he eart h a short ti me ago, wil l be t r avel i ng t hree hundr ed mi les i nt o space. At a cer t ai n poi nt, t he Ast r a wil l st op f or a short ti me and an astr onaut wil l at t em pt t o l eave t he st at ionary spaceshi p and t hen r etur n to i t. We shal l not know whet her t he experim ent has been successful unt il we have r ecei ved a radio m essage. The fi r st message i s expect ed t o ar ri ve at 7 o39。s cl osest fr iends asked him t o m ake a speech at a weddi ng recept i on. Thi s i s the sort of t hi ng that Geof f rey l oves. He prepar ed t he speech car ef ull y and went t o t he weddi ng wit h Jenny. He had i ncl uded a l ar ge num ber of f unny st ori es i n t he speech and, of cour se, it was a gr eat success. As soon as he had f i ni shed, Jenny t ol d him she want ed t o go hom e. Geoff r ey was a li t le di sappoi nted by t his but he did as hi s daughter asked. On t he way hom e, he asked Jenny if she had enj oyed the speech. To his sur pr ise, she sai d she