【正文】 in space and t o r et urn t o i t. The abi li ty to do t his wi l be necessar y i n fut ur e f li ght s to di stant pl as. Sci ent i 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 shor t ti me and an a str 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 ben 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 closest f ri ends asked hi m to make a speech at a wedding r ecepti on. Thi s is t he sor t of t hing t hat Geoff r ey loves. He pr epar ed the speech car eful ly and went to t he weddi ng wi t h 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 l it le di sappointed by this but he did as hi s daughter asked. On the way hom e, he asked Jenny if she had enj oyed t he speech. To hi s sur pr i se, she said she hadn39。 項目申報單位及法人代表 項目申報單位： 山東 xx 牧工商聯(lián)合公司 法人代表： 王宏岳 投資規(guī)模及資金構(gòu)成 項目總投資 1290萬元。Thi s i s the pr et ti est car pet I have ever seen,39。You don39。 Lesson53 H ot snake 觸電的蛇 At l ast f ir em en have put out a bi g f orest f ir e i n Cal if or ni a. Si nce t hen, t hey have been t r yi ng t o fi nd out how the f ir e began. For est f ir e are of t en caused by br oken gl as or by ci gar et te ends which peopl e carel essl y t hr ow away. Yest er day t he fi remen exam i ned t he gr ound car ef ull y, but wer e not able t o f ind any br oken gl ass. They wer e also quit e sur e t hat a ci gar et te end di d not st ar t he f ir e. Thi s m or ni ng, however , a fi r em an accident al y discover ed the cause. He noti ced t he r em ai ns of a snake which was wound r ound t he electr ic wi r es of a 16, 000 vol t power l ine. In t his way, he was abl e t o sol ve the m yst er y. The expl anati on was si mpl e but ver y unusual . A bi rd had snat c hed up t he snake f r om t he gr ound and t hen dropped i t on t o t he wi r es. The snake t hen wound i tsel f r ound t he wir es. When it di d so, it sent sparks down t o t he gr ound and t hese im m edi at el y start ed a f ir e. Lesson54 Sti cky fi ngers 粘糊的手指 Aft er br eakf ast, I sent t he chi l dr en t o school and t hen I went t o mar ket. I t was st il l ear l y when I ret ur ned hom e. The chil dren wer e at school , m y husband was at wor k and t he house was qui et. So I deci ded t o m ake som e tart s f or t ea. I n a shor t ti me I was busy mi xi ng butt er and f lour and m y hands were soon cover ed wit h sti cky past r y. At exact l y that m om ent , t he t el ephone r ang. Not hi ng coul d have been m or e annoyi ng. I pi cked up t he recei 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 Bates. I t t ook m e ten mi nut es t o per suade her t o r ing back l at er . At last I hung up t he r eceiver. What a m ess ! Ther e was past r y on m y f ingers, on the t el ephone, and on t he door knobs. I had no sooner got back t o t he ki t chen t han t he door be l r ang loud enough t o wake t he dead. Thi s ti me i t was the post man and he want ed m e t o si gn f or a r egi st er ed l et t er ! Lesson55 Not a gol d mi ne 并非金礦 Dr eam s of fi ndi ng l ost tr easur e alm ost came t r ue r ecentl y. A new m achi ne cal ed 39。 has been i nvented and i t has been used t o det ect gol d which has been bur ied i n t he gr ound. The m achine was used in a cave near t he seashor e wherei t i s sai d pir at es used t o hi de gol d. The pir ates woul d oft en bury gol d i n t he cave and t hen fail t o coll ect it . Arm ed wit h t he new machi ne, a search part y went he di d not li ke it. She enj oyed hersel f maki ng t he asist ant bri ng alm ost ever yt hi ng i n t he window bef or e fi nal y buyi ng t he dr es she had fi rst asked f or . Leson58 A bl essing i n di sguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The t i ny vi l age of Fr i nl ey is sai d t o posses a 39。. Because t he tr ee was m ent i oned i n a newspaper, t he num ber of visit or s t o Fri nley has now i ncr eased. The t ree was pl ant ed near a chur ch fi ft y year s ago, but it i s onl y i n r ecent years t hat i t has gai ned an evil r eput at ion. It i s sai d that if anyone t ouches t he t r e, he wil l have bad l uck。A r elati on of your s is i ng t o see you. She wil l be ar ri ving t hi s eveni ng and int ends t o st ay f or a f ew days. The m om ent you l eave t hi s t ent, you wi l get a big sur pr ise. A wom an you know wel wi l r ush t owards you. She wil spea k to you and t hen she wi l l ead you away f r om t hi s place. That is al .39。Wher e have you been hi di ng ?39。Your si ster wil l be her e i n l ess t han an hour and we m ust be at t he st ati on to m eet her. We are l at e alr eady.39。cl ock t hi s eveni ng. By t hat t im e, t he Ast r a wil l have been fl ying t hrough space f or sevent een hour s and wi l have cir cl ed t he eart h a gr eat m any t im es. When t he f i rst radio m esages have been r ecei ved, t he r esult s of t he t ri p wi l be announced imm edi at el y. Leson62 Aft er t he fi re 大火之后 Fir em en had been f i ghti ng t he for est fi r e for near l y t hr e weks bef or e t hey coul d get i t under cont r ol . A short 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 the warm gr ound over t he desol ate hil l s. Wi nter was i ng on and t he hil s t hr eat ened t he sur roundi ng vil lages wit h dest r ucti on, f or heavy r ai n woul d not onl y wash away t he soi l but woul d cause ser i ous fl oods as wel l. When t he fi r e had at l ast