【正文】 r anger apear ed. He l ooked very angr y. 39。t be bet er , Gl or ia,39。s f ishi ng, or eight hour s i n a ci nema seing the same fi lm over and over agai n, is usual l y as far as t hey get. They have al been put to shame by a boy who, while playing tr uant , t ravel ed 1600 m iles. He hit ch hi ked to Dover and, towar ds evening, went i nt o a boat t o fi nd somewher e t o sl eep. When he woke up next morni ng, he discover ed t hat he boat had, in t he meantim e, tr avel ed t o Cal ais. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. From t here, he hit chhi ked to Par is i n a l or r y. The dri ver gave him a f ew biscuit s and a cup of cof ee and left him j ust outside the ci ty. The next car the boy st opped di d not take him into t he centr e of Paris as he hoped it woul d, but t o Per pi gnan on t he French Spanish bor der. Ther e he was pi cked up by a poli ceman and sent back t o Engl and by t he l ocal author it ies. He has sur el y set up a recor d for t he t housands of boys who dream of evading school. Lesson74 O ut of t he l imeli ght 舞臺(tái)之外 An ancient bus stopped by a dr y r i ver bed and a part y of f am ous actors and actr esses got of f. Dresed i n dar k gl asses and old clothes, t hey had t ake n speci al pr ecaut ions so that no one should r ecognize t hem. But as they soon discover ed, di sgui ses can sometim es be too perf e ct. 39。 you have j ust kil led that chi ld !39。Just one m or e thing, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenl y cr osses t he r oad in f ront of you. As soon as I t ap on the window, I want t he car t o be stopped immedi at el y. 39。 There39。 39。 he asked, before I had fi nished speaking. ‘Not at al ,39。 I 39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。 39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hathel d Puf fi n i s a m oder n aer o pl ane, but i ts designer, Mr John Wim penny, i s fi nding it dif icul t o get it off the gr ound. The reason f or t hi s is that t hi s pl ane is al so a bicycl e. It s pil ot has t o pedal har d to get it i nt o t he air . Af ter Mr Wim penny had t he plane built , i t was test ed t hor oughl y. I n 1961, it was t he f irst m an power ed air cr af t o fl y half a mil e. Whil e being fl own by a cham pi on amateur cycli st i n 1963, the pl ane cr ashed on an ai rfi el d. Since t hen, Mr Wimpenny has had it r ebuilt . He has had the lengt h of the wings i ncr eased so t hat they now measur e 93 f eetalm ost as long as t hose of a Dakot a. Many peopl e have shown i nt er est i n this new and unusual spor t. But t hough air cycli st may lear n how to fl y over shor t di st ances, and m ay, event ual l y, even get across t he Engl ish Channel, it is doubtf ul whet her they wi l ever cycl e across t he Atl anti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Har oun Tazi ef f t he Poli sh sci enti st, has pent hi s l if e tim e studyi ng act ive vol canoes and deep caves i n al par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went to l ake Kivu in t he Congo t o observe a new volcano which he l at er named Kit ur o. Tazi ef was able t o set up his camp very close t o t he volcano whil e i t was er upt ing vi ol entl y. Though he managed t o take a num ber of bri li ant photographs, he could not stay near t he vol cano for ver y l ong. He noti ced that a ri ver of l iqui d rock was i ng t owar ds hi m. It threat ened to sur round him plet el y, but Tazi ef f m anaged to escape j ust i n tim e. He wait ed unti l t he volcano became quiet and he was able t o r et urn t wo days l at er. This tim e, he m anaged to clim b i nt o the m out h of Kit ur o so t hat he coul d take phot ographs and measur e tem per at ur es. Tazi ef f has of ten ri sked his l if e i n this way. He has been abl e t o tel us m or e about acti ve vol canoes than any m an ali ve. Leson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed the st reet to avoi d m eti ng him, but he saw me and cam e r unning towar ds m e. It was no use pretendi ng t hat I had not seen him, so I waved t o him . I never enjoy m eti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng t o do. No m at ter how busy you are, he al ways i nsists on ing wit h you. I had t o think of a way of preventi ng him fr om foll owi ng me around al m orning. 39。Jum bo m ust weigh a few t ons,39。t . Geoff rey asked her why this was so and she t ol d him t hat she di d not li ke t o see so many peopl e l aughi ng at him ! Leson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l 858, a Fr ench engi neer, Aime Thome de Gam ond, ari ved i n England wi th a plan for a t went y one m il e t unnel acr oss the Engli sh Channel . He sai d that it woul d be possible t o buil d a pl at form i n the centr e of the Channel. Thi s pl at form woul d ser ve as a por t and a rail way st at ion. The t unnel woul d be wel venti lated if t al chimneys wer e built above sea level. I n 1860, abet er pl an was put for ward by an Engl ishm an, Wil iam Low. He suggested that a double r ail way t unnel should be buil t. Thi s would sol ve t he pr oblem of vent il ati on, 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 year s l at er a t unnel was act ual y begun. If, at he t ime, the Br it ish had not feared i nvasi on, it woul d have been pl et ed. Recentl y, t here has again been great i nt er est i n the idea of a Channel Tunnel. If i t i s buil t, it wil connect Brit ai n to Europe f or t he f ir st tim e i n hi st or y. Lesson65 Jumbo versus the pol ice 小象對(duì)警察 Last Chri stm as, 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 Fat her Chri stm as and ac panied by a 39。 sai d a poli cem an aft er war ds, 39。Hull o, Ber t,39。Hull o, Eli zabet h,39。 39。m going to.. .39。 I lied, 39。 Then I 39。s al ways pl ent y t o read i n the 39。 I conti nued dr iving and aft er some tim e, t he exami ner t apped l oudly. Though the sound coul d be hear d cl earl y, it t ook me a l ong t ime t o r eact. I suddenl y