【正文】 . Though Jim my agr ed t o go at once, Jum bo ref used t o m ove. Fi ft een poli cem en had to push very har d to get him off t he mai n st reet. The poli ce had a di f i cult t im e, but t hey wer e m ost am used. 39。t have t o car y him. Of cour se, we should ar rest hi m, but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l let him off t hi s ti m e.39。Fancy meeti ng you her e !39。 I was just wonderi ng how t o spend t he m or ni ngunt il I saw you. You39。 I answered.39。Woul d you m i nd m y i ng wit h you ?39。m goi ng t o t he denti st .39。 he answer ed.39。 l esson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng test ed f or a dr i vi ng li cence f or t he thi rd t im e. I had been asked to dr i ve i n heavy t r af fi c and had done so succe ssf ul l y. Af ter havi ng been i nst r uct ed t o dr ive out of t own, I began t o acquir e conf i dence. Sur e that I had passed, I was al most begi nni ng t o enj oy m y t est. The exam iner m ust have been pl eased wit h m y per f or mance, f or he smi l ed and sai d, 39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce,39。s son, Donal d, also set up a worl d r ecor d. Li ke hi s f at her , he was dr i vi ng a car cal ed Bl uebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play t ruant f r om school are unim agi nat i ve. A qui et day39。 I t coul dn39。t we e m or e oft en ?39。 I 39。 Look, sheri f f, 39。m Rockwal Sl inger and t hi s i s Merl i n Gr eves.39。Wel , I 39。 in t he snow. Fort unat el y, a pil ot saw t he si gnal and sent a m ess age by r adi o t o t he near est town. It was not l ong bef or e a hel i copt er ar i ved on t he scene t o rescue t he sur vivors of t he pl a ne cr ash. Leson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。s cr op befor e the Sept ember rai ns. On t he ri ght , you can see Mr s Br abante her self . She has been hel ping her husband f or t hi rt y year s now. Mr s Br abante i s t al ki ng t o the m anager of t he l ocal f act or y wher e the cr op i s pr ocesed. Thi s last scene shows you what wil l happen at the end of t he har vest : t he f amous Cal abr i an m acar oni eati ng peti ti on ! Si gnor Fr at el li , t he pr esent cham pion, has won i t ever y year si nce 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bul le ti n f or t oday, Thursday, Apr il 1st . We ar e now r etur ni ng you t o t he studio.39。t . Geoff rey asked her why thi s was so and she t old him t hat she di d not l ike to se so many people laughing at hi m! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l 858, a French engineer, Ai me Thome de Gamond, ar ived i n Engl and wi th a pl an f or a t wentyone mil e tunnel acr oss t he Engl ish Channel . He sai d t hat it woul d be possibl e t o buil d a plat for m in the centr e of the Channe l. Thi s pl at for m would ser ve as a port and a r ail way stati on. The t unnel woul d be wel vent il ated i f t al chimneys wer e bui lt above sea level. I n 1860, a bet ter pl an was put forwar d by an Engl ishman, Wi l iam Low. He suggested that a doubl e r ai l way tunnel should be bui lt. This woul d solve the problem of venti lati on, for i f a tr ain ent ered t his tunnel , i t would draw i n f resh ai r behi nd i t. For ty two year s l ater a tunnel was actual y begun. If , at the ti me, the Br it sh had not f ear ed i nvasion, i t would have been pleted. Recent ly, t her e has again been great i nterest in t he idea of a Channel Tunnel. If it i s buil t, it wi l l connect Br itai n t o Eur ope f or the fi rst t ime i n hist or y. Lesson65 Jumbo versus t he poli ce 小象對警察 Last Chr ist mas, the ci rcus owner, Ji mmy Gates, deci ded t o t ake som e pr esent s t o a chil dr en39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a f ew t ons ,39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puf fi n is a m oder n aero pl ane, but i ts desi gner, Mr John Wim penny, i s f indi ng it di f i cult to get it of f t he gr ound. The r eason f or t his is that t hi s pl ane is al so a bi cycl e. It s pil ot has t o pedal har d t o get i t i nto the ai r. Aft er Mr Wi mpenny had t he pl ane bui lt , it was t est ed t hor oughl y. I n 1961, i t was t he f ir st m anpower ed ai r cr aft t o f l y half a mi l e. Whil e bei ng fl own by a cham pi on amateur cycl i st i n 1963, t he plane cr ashed on an air fi el d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wi mpenny has had i t r ebuil t. He has had t he lengt h of t he wi ngs i ncreased so t hat t hey now m easur e 93 feetalm ost as long as those of a Dakot a. Many peopl e have shown i nt erest i n t hi s new and unusual spor t. But t hough ai r cycl ists m ay l ear n how to fl y over shor t di st ances, and may, event ual ly, even get across t he Engli sh Channel, it i s doubtf ul whether t hey wil l ever cycl e across t he At lanti c. Lesson67 Volcanoes 火山 Har oun Tazief the Pol ish sci ent ist, has spent his li fet im e studying act ive vol canoes and deep caves in al par ts of the worl d. In 1948, he went to l ake Kivu in the Congo t o obser ve a new vol cano which he lat er nam ed Ki turo. Tazi ef f was abl e t o set up hi s camp ver y cl ose to the vol cano whil e i t was er upti ng viol ent ly. Though he managed t o take a num ber of bri l iant photographs, he coul d not st ay near the vol cano for ver y l ong. He noti ced that a ri ver of li quid rock was ing towar ds him. It threatened t o surr ound hi m pl etely, but Tazief f managed to escape j ust i n time. He wai ted unt il the vol cano became qui et and he was abl e t o retur n t wo days later . This time, he managed to cli mb int o t he mouth of Ki t ur o so that he could t ake phot ogr aphs and measure temperat ures. Tazi ef f has of ten ri sked hi s l if e i n this way. He has been abl e t o t el us more about act i ve volcanoes than any man al ive. Lesson68 Persistent 糾纏不休 I crossed the st reet t o avoid meeting him , but he saw me and cam e r unni ng t owar ds me. I t was no use pr et endi ng t hat I had not seen him , so I waved to him. I never enj oy