【正文】 cano becam e qui et and he was able t o r et urn t wo days lat er . Thi s ti me, he managed t o clim b i nt o t he m outh of Ki t ur o so t hat he coul d t ake phot ogr aphs and m easur e t em per at ur es. Tazi ef f has of t en ri sked his l if e i n t hi s way. He has been able t o t el l us m or e about act ive vol canoes t han any m an ali ve. Leson68 Persist ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed t he st reet to avoi d m eet i ng hi m, but he saw m e and cam e r unni ng towar ds m e. I t was no use pretending t hat I had not sen him , so I waved t o him . I never enj oy m eti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng t o do. No m at er how busy you ar e, he al ways i nsi st s on i ng wit h you. I had t o t hi nk of a way of pr eventi ng him fr om foll owi ng m e ar ound al m or ning. 39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a f ew t ons,39。t . Geof fr ey asked her why t hi s was so and she t ol d him t hat she di d not li ke t o see so m any peopl e laughi ng at hi m! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 In l 858, a Fr ench engi neer, Aim e Thome de Gam ond, ar ived i n Engl and wit h a pl an f or a t went y one mi le t unnel acr oss t he Engl i sh Channel . He sai d t hat i t woul d be possi bl e t o bui l d a pl atf orm i n t he cent re of t he Channe l. Thi s pl at f or m woul d serve as a port and a r ai l way st at i on. The t unnel woul d be wel venti lat ed i f t al chim neys wer e bui lt above seal evel . In 1860, a bet ter pl an was put f or war d by an Engli shm an, Wi l i am Low. He suggested t hat a doubl e r ai l way tunnel shoul d be buil t. This woul d sol ve t he pr obl em of vent il ati on, f or i f a t rai n ent er ed t hi s tunnel , it woul d dr aw i n f resh ai r behi nd it . Fort y t wo year s lat er a t unnel was act ual l y begun. If , at t he t im e, t he Bri ti sh had not f ear ed i nvasi on, i t woul d have been pl et ed. Recent ly, t her e has agai n been great int er est i n the i dea of a Channel Tunnel . If i t is buil t, i t wil l connect Br it ai n t o Eur ope f or t he fi r st ti me i n hi st or y. Lesson65 Jum bo versus t he pol ice 小象對(duì)警察 Last Chr i stm as, t he ci rcus owner, Jimm y Gat es, deci ded t o t ake som e pr esent s t o a chi l dr en39。Your sist er wi l be here i n l ess t han an hour and we m ust be at t he st ati on to m eet he r. We are l at e alr eady.39。A r elati on of your s is i ng t o see you. She wi l be ar ri vi ng t hi s eveni ng and i ntends to st ay for a f ew days. The m om ent you leave t hi s tent, you wil l get a bi g surpri se. A woman you know wel l wil l r ush t owar ds you. She wi l speak t o you and then she wil l lead you away fr om t his pl a ce. That i s al l. 39。 As soon as I went out side, I for got al about Madam Bel insky because m y wi fe hur ri ed t owar ds m e. 39。 As she wal ked away, I f ol lowed her out of t he fair . Lesson61 Troubl e wit h t he Hubbl e 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n fut ur e, astr onaut s wil l be requi r ed to descend f r om a spaceshi p whi l e it i s st il i n space and t o r et ur n t o it . The abi li ty t o do t hi s wi l be necessar y i n fut ur e fl i ght s to di st ant pl as . Sci ent i st s ar e now t r yi ng to di scover i f t hi s is possi bl e. The spaceshi p Ast r a whi ch l ef t the eart h a shor t tim e ago, wi l be t r avel ing t hr ee hundr ed mil es i nt o space. At a cer tai n poi nt , t he Ast ra wi l st op f or a shor t tim e and an ast r onaut wil at tempt t o l eave t he stati onar y spaceshi p and then r et urn t o it . We shall not know whet her t he exper im ent has been successf ul unti l we have r ecei ved a r adi o message. The f ir st m esage i s expect ed t o ar i ve at 7 o39。s hospit al . Dr essed up as Fat her Chr istm as and ac pani ed by a 39。 sai d a poli cem an af t er war ds, 39。Hul l o, Bert, 39。 Bert answered. 39。 I answered.39。 he asked, bef or e I had fi nished speaking. ‘ Not at al ,39。 39。 Ther e39。Just one m ore t hi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenl y crosses t he road i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on the wi ndow, I want t he car t o be st opped im mediat el y. 39。 you have just ki l ed that chi ld ! 39。s fi shi ng, or ei ght hour s in a ci nem a sei ng t he sam e fi lm over and over agai n, 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 r uant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hit ch hi ked t o Dover and, t owar ds evening, went i nt o a boat t o f i nd som ewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next m orni ng, he di scover ed that the boat had, in t he meant im e, t ravel led t o Calai s. No one noti ced the boy as he crept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tchhi ked to Pari s in a lor ry. The dri ver gave him a f ew biscui ts and a cup of coff e and l eft him j ust outside t he ci ty. The next car the boy stopped di d not take him int o the and Rex got so annoyed we have not sen hi m since. Lesson60 The f uture 卜算未來(lái) At a vil lage fai r, I deci ded to vi si t a for tune tel ler cal led Madam Bel insky. I went into her t ent and she told me to si t down. Af ter I had given her some money, she looked into a cr yst al bal l and said: 39。 she asked i mpati ent ly. 39。s closest f ri ends asked hi m t o make a speech at a wedding r ecepti on. This i s the sort of t hi ng that Geoff rey l oves. He prepared t he speech car ef ull y and went to t he weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a l arge number of f unny st ori es in t he speech and, of cour se, it was a gr eat succes. As soon as he had f ini shed, Jenny tol d him she want ed to go home. Geoff r ey was a li t le disappoi 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 pret ty gi rl s, he s et of f down the m ai n str et of the ci ty r idi ng a baby el ephant cal ed Jum bo. He, shoul d have known t hat t he pol ice would neve r al ow thi s sor t of th