【正文】 hi s was so and she tol d hi m that she di d not l i ke t o see so m any peopl e laughi ng at hi m! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l 858, a Fr ench engi neer, Ai me Thom e de Gam ond, ar i ved i n England wi th a pl an f or a t wenty one m il e t unnel acr oss t he Engl ish Channel. He sai d t hat it woul d be possi bl e t o bui ld a pl atf orm i n t he cent r e of t he Channe l. Thi s pl atf orm would ser ve as a por t and a rail way stati on. The t unnel woul d be wel l vent il at ed i f t al chim neys wer e bui lt above seal evel. I n 1860, a bet er pl an was put for ward by an Engl ishm an, Wil li am Low. He suggest ed t hat a doubl e rail way t unnel shoul d be bui lt . Thi s woul d sol ve t he pr obl em of vent il at i on, f or i f a tr ai n ent er ed thi s t unnel , i t woul d dr aw i n f resh ai r behi nd it . Fort y t wo year s lat er a t unnel was act ual l y begun. If , at t he tim e, the Br it ish had not feared i nvasion, it woul d have been pl eted. Recentl y, t her e has agai n been gr eat i nt erest i n t he i dea of a Channel Tunnel . If i t i s buil t, it wi l connect Br it ai n t o Eur ope f or t he fi r st ti me i n hi st or y. Lesson65 Jum bo versus t he pol ice 小象對(duì)警察 Last Chr i stm as, t he ci rcus owner, Jimm y Gat es, deci ded t o t ake som e pr esent s t o a chi l dr en39。s hospit al . Dr essed up as Fat her Chri stm as and ac panied by a 39。guar d of honour39。 of si x pr et y gir ls, he set off down t he mai n st reet of t he cit y ri ding a baby elephant cal l ed Jum bo. He, should have known t hat t he poli ce would never al low thi s sort of t hi ng. A poli cem an appr oached Jim m y and t old him he ought to have gone al ong a si de str eet as Jum bo was hol di ng up t he tr af ic. Though Jim my agr ed t o go at once, Jum bo ref used t o m ove. Fif t en poli cem en had t o push ver y har d t o get hi m off t he m ai n str eet . The pol ice had a di f icult ti me, but t hey were m ost am used. 39。Jum bo m ust weigh a f ew t ons,39。 said a pol icem an aft er war ds, 39。so it was f ort unat e that we di dn39。t have to car y him . Of cour se, we should ar rest him , but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l let him off t his t im e.39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hatheld Puf fi n i s a modern aer o plane, but it s desi gner, Mr John Wim penny, i s f indi ng i t di f fi cul t o get it off t he gr ound. The r eason f or t his i s t hat t hi s pl ane is al so a bi cycl e. I ts pi lot has t o pedal har d to get it i nt o t he ai r. Af t er Mr Wim penny had t he pl ane bui lt , it was t est ed t hor oughl y. In 1961, i t was t he f ir st m an power ed air craft t o fl y half a m il e. Whil e bei ng fl own by a champi on am at eur cycl i st i n 1963, t he pl ane cr ashed on an air fi el d. Since t hen, Mr Wi m penny has had i t rebuilt . He has had the l engt h of t he wi ngs i ncr eased so t hat t hey now m easur e 93 feetalm ost as l ong as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nt er est in t his new and unusual spor t. But t hough air cycl ist s m ay lear n how t o fl y over short dist ances, and may, eventual y, even get acr oss t he Engli sh Channel, i t is doubt f ul whet her t hey wi l ever cycl e acr oss t he Atl ant ic. Leson67 Volcanoes 火山 Har oun Tazi ef t he Pol ish sci enti st , has spent his l if et im e st udyi ng act ive vol canoes and deep caves i n al l par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went t o lake Ki vu in t he Congo t o obser ve a new vol cano whi ch he l at er named Ki t ur o. Tazief f was abl e t o set up his camp ver y cl ose to t he vol cano whi l e it was er upti ng vi ol ent ly. Though he m anaged t o take a num ber of br il li ant phot ographs, he coul d not st ay near t he vol cano f or ver y l ong. He noti ced t hat a ri ver of l iqui d rock was i ng t owar ds him . It t hr eat ened t o surr ound hi m pl et ely, but Tazi ef f m anaged t o escape just i n t im e. He wai ted unti l t he vol cano becam e qui et and he was able t o r et ur n t wo days l at er . This t im e, he ma naged t o cli mb i nto t he mout h of Kit ur o so t hat he coul d t ake phot ogr aphs and m easur e temper at ur es. Tazief has oft en ri sked hi s li fe i n t hi s way. He has been able t o t el l us m or e about act ive volcanoes t han any m an al i ve. Lesson68 Persi stent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed t he str eet t o avoi d m eti ng him, but he saw m e and came r unni ng t owar ds m e. It was no use pret ending t hat I had not seen him, so I waved t o him. I never enj oy m eet i ng Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hing t o do. No mat er how busy you ar e, he al ways i nsist s on ing wi th you. I had to t hink of a way of pr eventi ng him fr om f oll owi ng m e ar ound al l morni ng. 39。Hul l o, Ber t, 39。 I said. 39。Fancy m eet ing you here ! 39。 39。Hul lo, Eli zabeth,39。 Ber t answered. 39。 I was j ust wonder ing how to spend the m or ningunti l I saw you. You39。r e not busy doing anyt hing, ar e you ?39。 39。 No, not at al ,39。 I answer ed. 39。 I 39。m going t o.. .39。 39。Woul d you mi nd my i ng wi th you ?39。 he asked, befor e I had fi nished speaki ng. ‘ Not at al, 39。 I lied, 39。but I39。m going to t he dent ist. 39。 Then I39。l l e wi th you,39。 he answer ed. 39。 Ther e39。s al ways plenty t o r ead i n the 39。wai t ing r oom ! 39。 l esson69 But not m urder! 并非謀 e39。. Because the t ree was m ent ioned in a newspaper , t he number of vi si tor s to Fr inl ey has now i ncr eased. The tr e was pl ant ed near a church f if ty years ago, but i t is only i n r ecent year s that i t has gai ned an evil r eput at ion. It i s sai d that if anyone t ouches the t ree, he wil l have bad l uck。 if he pi cks a l eaf , he wil l die. Many vil lager s beli eve t hat t he tr e has alr eady cl ai med a numbe r of vi cti ms. The vi car has been asked to have the t ree cut down, but so far he has refused. He has point ed out t hat t