【正文】 n t he 39。 Then I39。 I li ed, 39。m goi ng t o.. .39。r e not busy doing anythi ng, are you ?39。 39。 Lesson66 Swet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff i n is a m oder n aer o pl ane, but i ts desi gner , Mr John Wi mpenny, i s fi ndi ng it dif fi cul t t o get it of f the gr ound. The reason for t hi s is t hat t hi s plane i s al so a bicycl e. I t s pi l ot has to pedal har d to get it i nt o t he ai r. Af t er Mr Wim penny had t he plane bui lt , it was t est ed t hor oughl y. I n 1961, i t was t he f ir st m an power ed air cr aft t o fl y half a mi l e. Whi l e bei ng fl own by a cham pion amat eur cycl ist i n 1963, the pl ane cr ashed on an ai rf i el d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wim penny has had it r ebui lt. He has had t he lengt h of t he wings i ncr eased so t hat t hey now measur e 93 f eet al most as l ong as t hose of a Dakot a. Many peopl e have shown i nter est i n t his new and unusual spor t. But t hough air cycl i st s m ay l ear 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 i s 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 ent i st, has spent his l if et im e st udyi ng act ive volcanoes 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 to observe a new vol cano whi ch he lat er nam ed Ki tur o. Tazief was abl e to set up hi s cam p ver y cl ose t o t he vol cano whi le i t was erupti ng vi ol entl y. Though he m anaged t o t ake a num ber of bri l iant phot ogr aphs, he coul d not st ay near t he vol cano f or ver y l ong. He noti ced t hat a r i ver of li qui d r ock was i ng t owar ds hi m. I t thr eat ened t o sur r ound him plet el y, but Tazi ef m anaged t o escape j ust i n tim e. He wait ed unt il t he vol cano becam e quiet and he was abl e t o ret ur n t wo days l at er. Thi s t im e, he m anaged t o cl im b int o t he m out h of Kit ur o so t hat he coul d t ake phot ogr aphs and m easur e t em per at ures. Tazi ef f has of ten r isked hi s li f e in t his way. He has been abl e to t el us m or e about act i ve vol canoes t han any m an ali ve. Leson68 Persist ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed t he st reet o avoid m eet ing him , but he saw m e and came r unni ng t owar ds m e. It was no use pret endi ng t hat I had not sen 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 nsi st s on ing wi t h you. I had t o t hi nk of a way of pr eventi ng him fr om f oll owi ng m e around al m or ni ng. 39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a f ew tons, 39。 sai d a pol i ceman aft er war ds, 39。Hul l o, Ber t,39。Hul lo, Eli zabet h,39。 No, not at al l,39。 39。but I39。l l e wi t h you,39。wai t i ng r oom ! 39。Mr Eam es,39。s f oot st eps m any years l at er, Sir Malcolm39。 sai d Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。No newspaper m en, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。 he shout ed: 39。 39。t be too har d on us. I39。 sai d the sher if f wit h a sneer . 39。 SOS39。 we ar e taki ng you t o t he m acar oni f iel ds of Calabri a. Macar oni has been gr own i n t hi s ar ea f or over si x hundr ed year s. Two of t he l eading gr ower s, Giuseppe Mol dova and Ricar do Br abant e, t el l m e t hat t hey have been expect ing a splendid cr op t hi s year and har vesti ng has begun earl ier t han usual . Her e you can se t wo wor ker s who, bet ween them , have j ust f i ni shed cutti ng t hr ee car t l oads of gol den br own m acar oni st alks. The whol e vil lage has been wor ki ng day and ni ght gat her i ng and t hr eshi ng thi s year39。so i t was fort unat e t hat we di dn39。 I said. 39。 Ber t answered. 39。 I answer ed. 39。Would you mi nd m y i ng wi th you ?39。m goi ng to t he dent ist.39。 he answer ed. 39。 l eson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng t ested f or a dri vi ng li cence f or t he t hi rd t im e. I had been asked t o 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 led and sai d, 39。 he sai d, i n a m our nful voice, 39。s son, Donald, also set up a worl d r ecord. Li ke hi s f at her , he was dri vi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record holder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li t le boys who play t ruant fr om school are uni magi nat ive. A qui et day39。 I t couldn39。t we e mor e oft en ?39。 I39。 Look, sheri f , 39。m Rockwal Sli nger and thi s is Mer l in Gr eeves.39。Wel l, I 39。 i n t he snow. Fort unat el y, a pi l ot saw t he si gnal and sent a m essage by r adi o t o the nearest t own. I t was not l ong bef or e a hel icopt er ar ived on t he scene t o r escue t he sur vi vor s of t he pl ane cr ash. Lesson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。s crop bef or e t he Septem ber r ai ns. On t he r i ght, you can see Mrs Br abante her sel f. She has been helping her husband f or t hir ty years now. Mrs Br abante is t al king t o the m anager of t he local f act ory 天然林資源保護(hù)工程 貴州省赫章縣二 O一 O年 封山育林作業(yè)設(shè)計(jì) 貴州省畢節(jié)地區(qū)林業(yè)調(diào)查規(guī)劃設(shè)計(jì)院 二○一 O 年六月 t he mai n st r et. The poli ce had a di f fi cult t im e, but t hey wer e m ost am used. 39。t have t o car r y hi m. Of course, we shoul d ar r est hi m, but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et him off t his t im e.39。Fancy m eet i ng you her e !39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he m orni ngunti l I saw you. You39。 I39。 he asked, bef or e I had fi nished speaki ng. ‘ Not at al, 39。 39。 Ther e39。Just one m or e t hi ng, Mr Eames. Let us suppose t hat a chi l d suddenl y cr osses t he r oad i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on t he window, I want t he car t o be st opped i mm edi at el y.39。 you have just ki l ed t hat chi ld ! 39。Mr Eam es,3