【正文】 wn by sudden deat h! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來(lái)還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to sit out si de our f r ont gat e and bar k. Ever y ti m e he want ed to e i nt o t he garden he would bar k unt il someone 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 hi s 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 him 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 t he gate shuts. Then he si ts and barks unti l someone let s hi m out . Aft er t his he i mm edi at el y l et s himself 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 t unet el l er cal l ed Madam Bel i nsky. I went i nt o her t ent and she t ol d me t o sit down. Aft er I had gi ven her som e money, she l ooked i nt o a cr ystal bal l and sai d: 39。A r el ati on of your s i s i ng t o see you. She wi l be ar i vi ng thi s evening and i nt ends t o stay f or a few days. The m om ent 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 wil l ead you away fr om t his pl ace. That i s al l.39。 As soon as I went out si de, I f or got al about Madam Bel li nsky because m y wi fe hurr i ed t owar ds m e. 39。Where have you been hi di ng ?39。 she asked i m pati ent l y. 39。Your sister 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。 As she wal ked away, I f ol l owed her out of t he fair . Lesson61 Troubl e wit h t he H ubbl e 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n f ut ur e, astr onaut 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 wi l be necessar y i n fut ur e f li ght s t o di st ant pl a s. Scienti st s are now t r yi ng t o di scover if t hi s i s poss ibl e. The spaceshi p Astr a whi ch l eft t he ear th a short t im e ago, wi l be t ravel li ng t hr ee hundr ed m il es int o space. At a cert ain poi nt , the Ast ra wi l st op for a shor t ti me and an ast r onaut wil l at t em pt t o l eave t he st at ionar y spaceshi p and t hen r etur n t o i t. We shal l not know whet her t he experi ment has been successf ul unti l we have r eceived a r adi o message. The fi rst m esage is expect ed to ar ri ve at 7 o39。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 wil l have cir cled t he ear th a gr eat m any t im es. When t he fi r st r adi o messages have been r ecei ved, t he r esul t 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 i ghti ng t he f or est fi re f or near ly t hree weks bef or e t hey coul d get i t under cont r ol . A short t im e bef ore, great t r es had cover ed the count r ysi de f or m il es around. Now, sm oke sti l r ose up f r om t he warm gr ound over t he desol at e hil ls. Wi nt er was i ng on and t he hi l s t hr eat ened t he sur r ounding vil l ages wit h dest r uct ion, for heavy r ain woul d not onl y wash away t he soil but would cause seri ous fl oods as wel l. When t he fi r e had at l ast been put out, t he for est aut hor it i es or der ed sever al t ons of a speci al t ype of gr as seed whi ch woul d gr ow qui ckl y. The sed was sprayed over t he ground i n huge quant it i 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 to r ain. By t hen, however , i n m any pl aces t he gr as had alr eady t aken root. I n place of the gr eat tr ees whi ch had been gr owi ng t here f or cent ur ies, pat ches of green had begun t o appear i n t he bl ackened soil . Lesson63 She was not am used 她并不覺(jué)得好笑 Geof fr ey Hampden has a lar ge ci rcl e of f ri ends and i s ver y popular at part i es. Ever ybody admi r es him f or hi s fi ne sense of hum orever ybody, t hat i s, except his si x year ol d daught er, Jenny. Recent l y, one of Geof f rey39。s cl osest f ri ends asked him t o m ake a speech at a wedding r ecepti on. Thi s is t he sor t of t hi ng t hat Geof fr ey l oves. He pr epar ed t he speech caref ul l 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 fi ni shed, Jenny t ol d him she wanted t o go hom e. Geof fr ey was a l it tl e di sappoi nt ed by t hi s but he di d as hi s daught er asked. On t he way hom e, he asked Jenny i f she had enjoyed t he speech. To his sur pr i se, she sai d she hadn39。t. Geof fr ey asked her why thi s was so and she tol d him that she di d not li ke to see so many peopl e laughi ng at hi m! Leson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 In l 858, a Fr ench engineer, Ai me Thome de Gamond, ar ived in Engl and wit h a plan f or a twent y one mi le t unnel acr oss t he English Channel . He sai d t hat i t woul d be possibl e to bui ld a pl atf or m in t he cent re of t he Channel. This pl at for m woul d serve as a port and a r ai lway st at ion. The tunnel woul d be wel venti lated i f tal chim neys wer e bui lt above seal evel . I n 1860, a bet ter plan was put for war d by an up t he r ecei ver between t wo sti cky fi nger s and was di sm ayed when I r ecognized the voi ce of Mrs Bat es. It t ook me t en minut es t o persuade her to ri ng back l at er. At l ast I hung up the r eceiver . What a mes! Ther e wa