【正文】 s bar king so that som eone woul d let him out ! Si nce then, he has devel oped anothe r bad habit . As soon as he opens t he gate f rom the outside, he es into the garden and wait s unt il t he gat e shut s. Then he sits and bar ks unt il someone l et s him out. Af ter thi s he immedi at ely l ets himsel f in and begi ns bar king again. Yest erday my husband r emoved the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen hi m si nce. Lesson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vil age fair , I deci ded t o visit a f ort une tel ler cal led Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nto her tent and she t old m e to si t down. Af ter I had given her some m oney, she l ooked i nto a cr yst al bal and sai d: 39。 As soon as I went outside, I fot al about Madam Bel insky because m y wif e hurr ied t owards me. 39。 she asked i mpat ientl y. 39。 As she wal ked away, I fol lowed her out of t he fair . Lesson61 Trouble wi t h t he Hubble 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 In f utur e, astr onauts wi l be r equi red t o descend fr om a spaceship while 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 f light s t o di st ant pl a s. Scienti st s are now tr ying t o discover if t his i s poss ible. The spaceshi p Astr a which l eft the eart h a short t ime ago, wil l be tr avel ing t hree hundred mi les i nt o space. At a cer tai n point, t he Ast ra wil l st op for a short t ime and an astr onaut wil l atempt t o leave the stat ionar y spaceshi p and then r eturn to i t. We shal l 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。s cl osest f ri ends asked hi m to m ake a speech at a wedding r ecepti on. Thi s is t he sor t of t hing t hat Geof fr ey loves. He pr epar ed the speech car ef ul l y 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 home, he asked Jenny if she had enj oyed t he speech. To hi s sur pr ise, she said she hadn39。s hospi tal. Dr esed up as Fat her Chr istm as and ac pani ed by a 39。 of six pret y gir ls, he set off down the mai n st reet of the cit y r iding a baby elephant cal ed Jumbo. He, should have known t hat the pol ice would never al low this sor t of t hing. A poli cem an approached Ji mmy and t old hi m he ought to have gone al ong a si de str et as Jum bo was hol ding up t he tr af ic. Though Jimmy agreed t o go at once, Jumbo r efused to move. Fif teen poli cemen had t o push ver y har d t o get hi m of f the mai n st r eet . The pol ice had a dif fi cul t ti me, but they wer e most am used. 39。 sai d a poli ceman af terwar ds, 39。t have t o car r y him. Of course, we shoul d ar est him , but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et hi m of f this tim e. 39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。Fancy m et ing you here ! 39。Hull o, El izabet h,39。 I was just wonder ing how to spend the mor ning until I saw you. You39。 No, not at al ,39。 I 39。 39。 he asked, befor e I had fi ni shed speaki ng. ‘ Not at al l, 39。but I39。 39。l l e wi th you,39。 There39。wai ti ng r oom ! 39。Just one more t hing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenl y crosses t he road in fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on the wi ndow, I want the car to be st opped i mmediatel y. 39。Mr Eames, 39。 you have j ust ki l ed that chil d ! 39。s f oot st eps m any years l ater, Si r Malcolm 39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nem a sei ng the sam e fi lm over and over again, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hit ch hiked t o Dover and, towards evening, went i nt o a boat to f ind somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next mor ning, he di scovered t hat t he boat had, i n the m eanti me, tr avel led to Calais. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. From ther e, he hit ch hiked t o Pari s in a l orr y. The dr iver gave hi m a few bi scui ts and a cup of cof fee and l ef t hi m j ust out side t he ci ty. The next car the boy stopped di d not take him int o the centr e of Par is as he hoped it would, but to Perpi gnan on t he FrenchSpani sh bor der. There he was pi cked up by a pol iceman and sent back t o England by t he local authori ti es. He has surely set up a r ecord for t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evading school . Lesson74 O ut of t he li meli ght 舞臺之外 An ancient bus st opped by a dr y r iver bed and a par ty of f am ous actor s and act resses got of f. Dr esed i n dar k glasses and old cl othes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecognize them. But as they soon di scovered, di sgui ses can som et im es be t oo perf ect . 39。 sai d Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。t be bet ter , Gl or ia,39。No newspaper men, no fi lm fans! Why don39。 Meanwhi le, two ot her actor s, Rockwal Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eeves, had car ied t wo l ar ge food basket s to a shady spot under some t ree s. When t hey had al l made themsel ves f ort abl e, a st ranger appear ed. He l ooked very angry. 39。 he shout ed: 39。m sheri f here. Do you see that not ice ? I t says No Campi ng in case you can39。 39。sai d Rockwal l, 39。t be t oo har d on us. I39。 39。 said the sher if f wi th a sneer . 39。m Bri nksl ey Meers, and m y other nam e is Gl ori a Gl eam. Now you get out of her e f ast !39。 SOS39。To end our speci al news bull etin, 39。 we ar e t aki ng you to t he macar oni f iel ds of Cal abr ia. Macar oni has been grown i n t hi s area f or over six hundred year s. Two of the l eading gr owers, Giuseppe Moldova and Ricardo Br abant e, t el l me t hat t hey have been expect ing a spl endid cr op thi s year and harvest ing h