【正文】 t he idea of a Channel Tunnel. If it is built , it wil connect Brit ain t o Europe for t he fir st ime in histor y. Lesson65 J umbo versus t he police 小象對警察 Last Christmas, t he cir cus owner, Jim my Gat es, decided to t ake some presents t o a childr en39。J um bo m ust weigh af ew t ons, 39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hatheld Puf fin is a m odern aer o plane, but i s designer, M r J ohn Wim penny, is f inding it dif icult t o get it of t he ground. The r eason f or t his is t hat his plane is also a bicycle. I ts pilot has t o pedal har d t o get it int o t he air . Af ter M r Wim penny had t he plane built , it was t ested t horoughly. I n 1961, it was t he f ir st man power ed air cr aft t o f ly half a m ile. While being f lown by a cham pion am at eur cyclist in 1963, t he plane cr ashed on an air field. Since t hen, Mr Wim penny has had it r ebuilt . He has had t he lengt h of t he wings increased so t hat hey now measure 93 f eet alm ost as long as t hose of a Dakot a. Many people have shown int er est in t his new and unusual sport . But hough air cyc list s may learn how t o f ly over shor t dist ances, and m ay, event ualy, even get acr oss t he English Channel, it is doubtf ul whet her they wil ever cycle acros t he At lant ic. Lesson67 Volcanoes 火山 Haroun Tazieff t he Polish scient ist , has pent his lif etim e st udying active volcanoes and deep caves in al par t s of the world. I n 1948, he went t o lake Kivu in t he Congo to observe a new volcano which e lat er named Kit ur o. Tazieff was able to set up his camp ver y close to t he volcano while it was er upt ing v iolently. Though he managed t o t ake a number of br ilant photographs, he could not stay near t he volcano f or very long. He not iced t hat a r iver of liquid r ock was ing t owar ds him. It thr eatened t o sur ound him plet ely, but Tazieff managed t o escape just in t ime. He wait ed until he volcano becam e quiet and he was able t o r et ur n two days later . This t ime, he m anaged t o climb int o the mouth of Kit uro so t hat he could t ake photographs and measure t emperatures. Tazieff has oft en r isked his lif e in t his way. He has been able to t ell us more about active volcanoes than any man alive. Lesson68 Persistent 糾纏不休 I crosed t he str eet to avoid m eet ing him , but he saw m e and came r unning t owar ds me. I t was no use pretending t hat Ihad not seen him, so Iwaved t o him. I never enjoy meet ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anything t o do. No mat er how busy ou are, he always insi t s on ing wit h you. Ihad to t hink of a way of pr event ing him f rom f ol wing me ar ound al m orning. 39。 Hulo, Elizabet h, 39。 No, not at al, 39。 Would you m ind m y ing wit h you ?39。m going to the dentist. 39。 Ther e39。J ust one m ore thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose t hat a child suddenly crosses t he r oad in f r ont of you. As oon as It ap on t he window, I want the car t o be stopped immediately.39。 you have just kiled t hat child ! 39。s f ishing, or eight hour s in a cinema seeing the same f ilm over and over again, is usualy as f ar as they get. They have al been put o shame by a boy who, while playing t ruant , t ravelled 1600 miles. He hit ch hiked t o Dover and, towards evening, went int o a boat to f ind som ewher e t o sleep. When he woke up next mor ni g, he discover ed t hat t he boat had, in t he meant ime, t ravelled t o Cal is. No one not iced t he boy as he cr ept of. From t here, he hit ch hiked to Paris in a lor ry. The driver gave him a f ew biscuit s and a cup of cofee and lef t him just outside t he cit y. The next car t he boy st opped did not ake him int o the centr e of Paris as he hoped it would, but o Per pignan on t he FrenchSpanish bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a policeman and sent back t o England by t he local author it ies. He has urely set up a recor d f or t he t housands of boys who dr eam of evading school. Lesson74 Out of t he limelight 舞臺之外 An ancient bus stoped by a dry r iver bed and a par ty of amous actor s and actr esses got of . Dr essed in dark glases and old clothes, they had taken special pr ecaut ions so t hat no one should r ecognize t hem. But as they soon discovered, disguises can somet imes be t o perf ect. 39。t be bet ter, Gloria, 39。 M eanwhile, t wo t her actor s, Rockwal Slinger and Mer lin Greeves, had car ied t wo large food baskets t o a shady spot under some t r ees. When t hey had al m ade t hemselves f or table, a str anger apear ed. He looked very angr y. 39。m sher if her e. Do you see t hat not ice ? I t s ays No Camping in case you can39。 don39。 said t he sher if wit h a sneer . 39。 SOS39。 we are t aking you t o t he m acaroni f ields of Calabria. Macaroni has been grown in t his ar ea f or over six hundred years. Two of t he leading r owers, Giuseppe Moldova and Ricardo Brabante, t ell me t hat t hey have been expecting a splendid crop this year and har vesting has begun ear lier t han usual. Her e you can see t wo worker s who, between t hem, 濮陽市 良種豬場建設(shè)可行性研究報(bào)告 (代項(xiàng)目建議書 ) 項(xiàng)目名稱：良種豬場建設(shè) 項(xiàng)目性質(zhì)： 重組、擴(kuò)建 項(xiàng)目地點(diǎn)： 濮陽市 項(xiàng)目負(fù)責(zé)人： 聶秋平 技術(shù)負(fù)責(zé)人： 聶世偉 項(xiàng)目總投資： 310 萬元 填報(bào)時(shí)間：二 零一一 年 三 月 Englishm an, Wilam Low. He sugest ed t hat double r ailway t unnel should be built . This would solve t he pr oblem of vent ilation, f or if a t r ain ent er ed t his t unnel, it would dr aw in f r esh air behind it . Fort yt wo years lat er at unnel was act ualy begun. I f, at he t im e, t he Brit ish ad not f ear ed invasion, it would have been plet ed. Recently, t here has again been gr eat int er est in t he idea of a Channel Tunnel. I f it is built , it wil c onnect Brit ain t o Eur ope f or t he f ir st t ime in hist or y. Lesson65 J umbo ver sus t he police 小象對警察 Last Christm as, t he cir cus owner, Jimm y Gat es, decided t o t ake som e pr esent s t o a childr en39。J um bo m ust weigh a