【正文】 i ef f managed t o escape just in tim e. He wait ed unt il the vol cano became qui et and he was able t o r et urn two days lat er . This t ime, he managed t o cli mb i nt o t he mouth of Ki tur o so that he coul d take photographs and m easure t emper atures. Tazi ef f has of ten r i sked hi s li fe i n t hi s way. He has been able t o t el l us more about acti ve volcanoes than any man al ive. Lesson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I crossed t he str et to avoid meet ing hi m, but he saw m e and cam e running t owards me. It was no use pret ending that I had not seen him , so I waved t o him . I never enjoy meet ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hing t o do. No mat er how busy you are, he always 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 owing m e ar ound al l mor ni ng. 39。Jum bo must wei gh a f ew tons,39。t . Geof f rey asked her why t hi s was so and she t old hi m t hat she did not li ke to see so many peopl e laughing at him! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 In l858, a French engi neer, Ai me Thome de Gam ond, ar ived i n England wi th a pl an for a t went yone mi le tunnel across the Engli sh Channel. He said t hat i t would be possi ble t o build a platf orm i n the centr e of the Channe l . Thi s platf orm would serve as a por t and a r ail way st ati on. The t unnel would be wel l vent ilat ed if t al l chi mneys wer e buil t above sea level . In 1860, a bet ter plan was put for ward by an Engl ishman, Wil li am Low. He suggest ed t hat a doubl e rail way t unnel should be buil t. Thi s woul d solve t he pr oblem of venti lati on, f or if a t r ai n ent ered t hi s t unnel, it woul d draw in f r esh air behind i t. Fort yt wo year s l at er a t unnel was act ual y begun. If , at t he tim e, t he Br it sh had not f ear ed i nvasi on, i t woul d have been pl et ed. Recent l y, t her e has again been great int er est i n the i dea of a Channel Tunnel . If i t is buil t, it wil connect Br it ai n t o Europe f or t he fi rst ti me i n hist or y. Lesson65 Jum bo versus the poli ce 小象對(duì)警察 Last Chr istm as, t he cir cus owner , Ji mm y Gat es, deci ded t o t ake som e present s t o a chil dr en39。s cr op bef ore t he Sept em ber r ains. On the r ight, you can see Mrs Br abant e her sel f. She has been helpi ng her husband f or thir ty year s now. Mrs Br abant e is t alking t o t he manager of the loca l f actory wher e t he cr op is pr ocessed. This l ast scene shows you what wi l happen at t he end of t he har vest : the f am ous Cal abr ian m acaroni eati ng pet it on ! Signor Frat el li , t he present cham pion, has won i t ever y year since 1961. And that ends our special bul le ti n f or t oday, Thursday, Apr il 1st. We ar e now r eturni ng you to t he studio.39。 i n t he snow. Fort unat el y, a pi lot saw t he si gnal and sent a message by r adi o to the near est t own. I t was not l ong bef ore a hel icopter ar r ived on the scene to r escue the survi vor s of the pl ane cr ash. Lesson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。Wel , I 39。m Rockwal Sl inger and t his i s Merl in Greeves.39。 Look, sher if f, 39。 I 39。t we e mor e oft en ?39。 I t coul dn39。s son, Donald, also set up a worl d record. Like hi s fat her , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play t ruant f rom school are unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce, 39。 l esson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng tested f or a dr i vi ng l icence f or the t hi rd ti me. I had been asked t o dri ve in heavy tr af ic and had done so successf ull y. Af t er having bee n instr uct ed to dr ive out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sur e that I had passed, I was almost begi nni ng to enj oy my t est. The examiner must have been pleased wi th my perf ormance, f or he sm il ed and said, 39。 he answer ed. 39。but I39。 39。 No, not at al ,39。 Ber t answered. 39。 I said. 39。so it was for tunate t hat we di dn39。guar d of honour39。Geof f r ey l oves. He pr epared t he speech car efull y and went to t he weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a l arge number of funny stori es in t he speech and, of cour se, it was a gr eat success. As soon as he had f ini shed, Jenny tol d him she want ed to go hom e. Geof fr ey was a li t le di sappoi nted by t his but he di d as his daught er asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny i f she had enjoyed the speech. To his surpr ise, she sai d she hadn39。 of si x pr et ty gi rl s, he set of f down t he m ai n str eet of t he ci ty r i di ng a baby el ephant cal ed Jum bo. He, shoul d have known t hat t he pol i ce woul d never al ow t hi s sor t of thi ng. A pol icem an appr oached Jimm y and tol d hi m he ought t o have gone along a si dest reet as Jum bo was hol di ng up the t raf i c. Though Ji mm y agr eed t o go at once, Jum bo ref used t o m ove. Fi f t een poli cem en had t o push ver y hard t o get hi m of f the m ai n str et . The pol ice had a dif fi cul t ti me, but t hey wer e most am used. 39。t have t o car y him. Of course, we shoul d ar est him , but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et hi m of f thi s tim e.39。Fancy meet ing you here ! 39。 I was j ust wonder ing how to spend the m or ningunti l I saw you. You39。 I answer ed. 39。Woul d you mi nd my i ng wi th you ?39。m going to t he dent ist. 39。 Ther e39。Just one mor e thi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenly cr osses the r oad i n f ront of you. As soon as I tap on t he window, I want t he car t o be stopped imm edi at ely.39。 you ha ve just kil ed that chi ld !39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nem a sei ng the sam e fi lm over and over again, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hit ch hiked t o Dover and, towar ds evening, went i nt o a boat to f ind somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up n