【正文】 owing t her e f or centuri es, patches of gr een had begun t o appear i n t he bl ackened soi l. Leson63 She was not am used 她并不覺得好笑 Geoff r ey Ham pden has a l ar ge cir cl e of fr i ends and is ver y popul ar at par ti es. Ever ybody adm ir es hi m for his f i ne sense of humor ever ybody, t hat i s, except hi s si xyear ol d daught er , Jenny. Recentl y, one of Geoff rey39。guar d of honour39。so i t was for tunat e t hat we di dn39。 I sai d. 39。 I was just wonder ing how to spend the mor ning unt il I saw you. You39。 I 39。 he asked, before I had f ini shed speaking. ‘ Not at al l, 39。 39。 There39。 As soon as I went out si de, I f ot al l about Madam Bel li nsky because my wi f e hur r ied t owar ds me. 39。 As she walked away, I f oll owed her out of the f ai r. Leson61 Trouble wi th the H ubl e 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n f ut ure, ast ronauts wi l be r equir ed to descend f r om a spaceshi p whi le i t is sti l i n space and to r etur n to it. The abil it y to do thi s wil l be necesary in f uture fl ights t o distant pla s. Sci ent ists ar e now tr ying t o discover i f this i s possibl e. The spaceshi p Astr a whi ch left t he ear th a short t im e ago, wi l be tr avel li ng thr e hundred m il es i nto space. At a cert ai n point , t he Astr a wi l stop f or a short t im e and an astr onaut wi l at em pt t o l eave t he st at ionary spaceship and t hen retur n to it . We shal l not know whet her t he experi ment has been successful unti l we have r ecei ved a radio m essage. The fi rst message i s expect ed to ar r ive at 7 o39。 she asked im pat ientl y. 39。wai ti ng room !39。l l e wit h you,39。but I39。 39。 No, not at al ,39。 Hul l o, El izabet h,39。 Lesson66 Swet 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 designer, Mr John Wi m penny, i s fi ndi ng it di f icult t o get i t off t he gr ound. The r eason f or t hi s i s t hat his pl ane i s also a bi cycle. It s pil ot has t o pedal har d t o get i t int o the air . Aft er Mr Wim penny had t he pl ane buil t, i t was t est ed t hor oughl y. I n 1961, it was t he fi r st man power ed ai rcr af t t o fl y hal f a mi le. Whi le bei ng f l own by a cham pi on am ateur cycli st i n 1963, t he plane crashed on an ai rf iel d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wim penny has had it r ebuil t. He has had t he l engt 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 people have shown int er est i n this new and unusual spor t. But t hough air cycli st s may l ear n how t o fl y over short di st ances, and m ay, event ual y, even get acr oss t he Engl ish Channel , i t is doubtf ul whet her t hey wil l ever cycl e acr oss t he Atl ant i c. Leson67 Vol canoes 火山 Haroun Tazief t he Pol i sh scienti st , has spent hi s li fet im e st udyi ng act i ve vol canoes and deep caves i n al l par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went t o lake Ki vu i n t he Congo t o observe a new vol cano whi ch he lat er nam ed Ki tur o. Tazief was abl e t o set up hi s cam p very cl ose t o t he vol cano whi le i t was er upti ng vi olentl y. Though he managed 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 hr eatened t o sur round him plet el y, but Tazi ef f managed t o escape j ust i n t im e. He wait ed unt il t he vol cano becam e qui et and he was abl e t o r et ur n t wo days l at er . This t im e, he m anaged t o cli mb i nto t he mout h of Ki t ur o so t hat he coul d t ake phot ogr aphs and m easur e temperat ur es. Tazi ef has oft en ri sked hi s li fe i n t hi s way. He has been able t o t el l us more about act i ve vol canoes than any man ali ve. Leson68 Persist ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed t he st reet to avoid m et ing him , but he saw me and came r unni ng towar ds me. I t was no use pr etending t hat I had not seen him, so I waved to hi m. I never enjoy m eti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anythi ng to do. No m at ter how busy you are, he al ways insists on i ng wit h you. I had t o thi nk of a way of prevent ing hi m f rom f ol lowi ng me ar ound al l morning. 39。J um bo m ust wei gh a f ew tons, 39。t . Geoff r ey asked her why t his was so and she t ol d him t hat she di d not l i ke t o see so m any pe opl 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 Gamond, ar i ved i n Engl and wit h a pl an for a t went y one mi l e t unnel acr oss t he Engl ish Channel . He sai d t hat it woul d be possibl e to buil d a pl at f or m i n t he centr e of t he Channel . This pl at f orm woul d ser ve as a por t and a r ai l way st at ion. The t unnel woul d be wel vent il ated i f t al chim neys wer e bui lt above seal evel. I n 1860, a bet er pl an was put f or war d by an Engli shm an, Wi l i am Low. He suggest ed t hat a doubl e r ai l way t unnel shoul d be bui lt . This woul d sol ve the pr obl em of vent il at i on, f or i f a tr ai n enter ed t his t unnel, i t would dr aw i n fr esh ai r behi nd it. For tyt wo years l ater a t unnel was act ual y begun. I f, at the t im e, t he Brit i sh had not feared i nvasi on, it woul d have been pl eted. Recentl y, t her e has agai n been gr eat i nt erest i n t he i dea of a Channel Tunnel. I f it i s bui lt , i t wil l connect Brit ai n t o Eur ope f or t he f ir st t im e in hi st or y. Leson65 Jum bo versus t he pol i ce 小象對警察 Last Chri st mas, t he ci r cus 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 her. We ar e l at e alr eady.39。 l esson69 But not m urder! 并非謀 1 國美電器經(jīng)營管理手冊 ( – 20202017) 門店系統(tǒng)分冊w days. The m om ent you l eave t hi s tent, you wil l get a bi g surpri se. A woman