【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 told him she wanted to go home. Geoffr ey was ali 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 tol d 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, a French engineer, Aim e Thome de Gamond, ar ived in England with a plan for atwent y one mi le tunnel across t he 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 serve as a por t and a railway st at ion. The tunnel would be wel vent ilated if tal chi mneys were built above sea level. I n 1860, abet 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 bee n gr eat interest 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 ist mas, 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 t hat 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 main 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 terwards, 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 Puff in is a modern aeroplane, but it s desi gner , 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 i s t hat this plane i s also a bi cycle. I ts pilot has to pedal hard t o get it 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 mile. Whi le bei ng f lown by a champion amat eur cyclist in 1963, t he plane crashed on an airf ield. Si nce then, Mr Wimpenny has had i t rebuil t. He has had the lengt h of the wings incr 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 his 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 Atl anti c. 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 Kituro. Tazief was able to set up hi s camp ver y 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 pl et ly, but Tazief managed t o escape j ust in ti me. He waited 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 Ki turo so that he coul d take phot ographs and measure temper at ur es. Tazief 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 cr ossed 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 t o 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 insists on ing with you. I had t o think of a way of preventing him f rom f ol lowing me ar ound al l mor ni ng. 39。Hullo, Ber t,39。 I said. 39。Fancy meeting you here !39。 39。Hull o, Elizabeth,39。 Ber t answered. 39。 I was just wonderi ng 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 goi ng 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 dentist.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 bei ng t ested 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 please d with my perf or mance, for he smil ed and said, 39。Just one more t h