【正文】 Geof f r ey l oves. He pr epar ed the speech carefull y and went to the wedding wit h Jenny. He had incl uded a l ar ge number of f unny st or ies in the speech and, of course, it was a gr eat success. As soon as he had f inished, Jenny t old him she wanted to go home. Geof fr ey was a lit tl e di sappointed by t hi s but he did as hi s daughter asked. On t he way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his sur pr ise, she said she hadn39。t . Geoffr ey asked her why this was so and she told hi m that she did not l ike to se so many people laughing at him! Lesson64 The Channel Tunel 海峽隧道 I n l858, aFrench engineer, Aime Thome de Gamond, ar ived i n England with a plan for a twent y one mil e tunnel across the Engl ish Channel. He said that i t would be possible t o buil d a pl at form in the centr e of the Channel. This pl at form would ser ve as a por t and a railway st at ion. The tunnel woul d be wel venti lated if tal chi mneys were built above sea level. In 1860, a bet er plan was put f or war d by an Engl ishman, Wi li am Low. He suggest ed t hat a double r ai l way tunnel should be buil t. Thi s would sol ve t he pr oblem of vent il at ion, f or if atr ai n enter ed t his t unnel, i t would draw i n f resh air behi nd it . Fort y t wo years l at er atunnel was act ual y begun. I f, at he t ime, t he Br it sh had not fear ed i nvasi on, i t would have been pleted. Recent ly, t her e has agai n been gr eat inte rest i n t he i dea of a Channel Tunnel . I f it is bui lt, it wil l connect Bri tain t o Eur ope for t he f ir st tim e in hist ory. Leson65 Jumbo versus t he pol ice 小象對警察 Last Chr istm as, the ci rcus owner, Jimmy Gates, decided t o take som e pr esents t o a chil dr en39。s hospi tal. Dresed up as Father Chri stm as and ac panied by a 39。guar d of honour39。 of six pret y gir ls, he set off down t he main st r et of the ci ty ri di ng a baby el phant cal led Jumbo. He, should have known that t he pol ice woul d never al low t hi s ort of t hi ng. A poli ceman approached Jimmy and t ol d him he ought t o have gone al ong a si destr et as Jumbo was hol di ng up t he t rafi c. Though Jimm y agreed t o go at once, Jumbo ref used t o m ove. Fi f t een pol icemen had t o push very har d to get him of f the m ain str et. The poli ce had a dif fi cult ti me, but they wer e most a mused. 39。Jumbo must weigh a few tons, 39。 sai d a poli ceman af ter war ds, 39。so it was for tunate t hat we didn39。t have to car ry him. Of cour se, we should ar est hi m, but as he has a good record, we shal l et him of f t hi s time.39。 Lesson66 Swet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat held Puffi n is a modern aeroplane, but its designer , Mr John Wimpenny, is f indi ng i t dif fi cult to get i t of f t he ground. The r eason for this is t hat this plane i s also a bi cycle. I ts pilot has to pedal hard t o get i t into the air. Aft er Mr Wi mpenny had the pl ane bui lt, it was t ested thoroughly. I n 1961, i t was the fir st man powered ai rcraft to f ly hal f a mi le. Whi le bei ng f lown by a champion amat eur cycl ist i n 1963, t he plane crashed on an airf ield. Si nce then, Mr Wimpenny has had i t r ebuil t. He has had the lengt h of the wings i ncr eased so t hat they now measur e 93 f etalmost as long as those of a Dakot a. Many people have shown interest in t hi s new and unusual sport. But t hough air cycli st s may learn how to f ly over shor t di st ances, and may, eventualy, even get across the Engl ish Channel, it is doubtful whether t hey wil l ever cycle acr oss the Atlantic. Leson67 Volcanoes 火山 Haroun Tazief the Pol ish scient ist, has spent his li feti me st udying acti ve volcanoes and deep caves i n al l parts of the wor ld. I n 1948, he went to lake Kivu in the Congo to observe a new volcano whi ch he later named Ki turo. Tazief was able to set up hi s camp very close to the vol cano whil e it was erupting violent ly. Though he managed to take a number of bri l iant photographs, he could not stay near t he volcano for very l ong. He noticed that ari ver of li qui d rock was ing towards hi m. I t hr eatened t o surr ound hi m pletely, but Tazief managed to escape j ust in ti me. He wai ted unt il the volcano became quiet and he was able t o return t wo days l at er . This ti me, he managed to cli mb into the mout h of Kit uro so t hat he coul d take phot ographs and measure temper at ur es. Tazi ef f has of ten r i sked hi s l if e in this way. He has been abl e to tel us mor e about acti ve volcanoes than any man ali ve. Leson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I crossed the st reet to avoi d meti ng him, but he saw me and cam e r unning towards m e. It was no use pretending t hat I had not seen him, so I waved to hi m. I never enjoy meti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng t o do. No mat ter how busy you are, he always insist s on ing with you. I had to t hink of a way of preventing him f rom f ol lowing me ar ound al l m or ni ng. 39。Hullo, Ber t,39。 I said. 39。Fancy meet ing you her e !39。 39。Hullo, Elizabeth,39。 Ber t answered. 39。 I was just wondering how to spend the mor ni ngunt il I saw you. You39。r e not busy doing anything, are you ?39。 39。 No, not at al l,39。 I answer ed.39。 I39。m going t o. . 39。 Would you mind my ing wit h you ?39。 he asked, before I had f inished speaking. ‘ Not at al l,39。 I li ed, 39。but I39。m goi ng t o the dent ist.39。 39。 Then I39。l l e with you, 39。 he answer ed.39。 There39。s always plent y to r ead in the 39。wait ing room !39。 l esson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being tested for a dr i vi ng l icence f or t he t hi rd ti me. I had been asked t o dr ive in heavy traf ic and had done so successf ul ly. Af ter havi ng been i nstr ucted to dri ve out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sure t hat I had passed, I was almost beginning to enj oy my t est. The exami ner must have been pleased with my perf or mance, for he smil ed and said, 39。Just one more t