【正文】 o m ove. Fi f t een poli cem en had t o push ver y hard t o get hi m of f the m ai n str et . The pol ice had a dif fi cul t ti me, but t hey wer e most am used. 39。 I l it a cigaret te t o cal m my nerves. I smoked wit h concentr ati on and pl easure as I was sure t hat t his woul d be my l ast cigaret te. For a whol e week I did not s moke at al l and duri ng thi s ti me, my wi fe suf fered t er ibl y. I had al t he usual sympt om s of someone giving up sm oki ng: a bad t em per and an enor mous appet it e. My fr iends kept on of fer ing m e ci gar et t es and ci gar s. They m ade no ef f or t t o hi de t hei r am usem ent whenever I pr oduced a packet of sweet s f r om m y pocket . Af t er seven days of t hi s I went t o a par t y. Ever ybody ar ound m e was sm oki ng and I f el t ext r em el y un f or t abl e. When m y ol d f r i end Br i an ur ged m e t o accept a ci gar et t e, i t was m or e t han I coul d bear . I t ook one gui l t i l y, l i t i t and Geof f r ey l oves. He pr epared t he speech car efull y and went to t he weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a l arge number of funny stori es in t he speech and, of cour se, it was a gr eat success. As soon as he had f ini shed, Jenny tol d him she want ed to go hom e. Geof fr ey was a li t le di sappoi 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。 we ar e taking you t o the m acaroni f ields of Calabri a. Macar oni has been gr own i n thi s ar ea for over si x hundr ed year s. Two of t he leading gr ower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ri car do Br abante, tel l m e that they have been expect ing a splendid cr op this year and har vesti ng has begun earl ier than usual . Her e you can see t wo wor ker s who, bet ween them, have j ust f inished cut ti ng thr ee car t loads of gol den br own m acar oni stal ks. The whole vi l age has been working day and night gatheri ng and threshing t hi s year 39。 SOS39。 sai d the sheri f wi th a sneer. 39。t be too hard on us. I39。 39。 he shouted: 39。No newspaper m en, no f il m f ans! Why don39。 said Glor ia Gl eam. 39。s f oot st eps m any years later, Si r Malcolm 39。Mr Eames,39。wai t ing r oom ! 39。l l e wi th you,39。 I lied, 39。m going t o.. .39。 39。Hul lo, Eli zabeth,39。Hul l o, Ber t, 39。 sai d a poli cem an af ter wards, 39。s hospi t al. Dressed up as Father Chri st mas and apani ed by a 39。t . Geof f rey asked her why t hi s was so and she t old hi m t hat she did not li ke to see so many peopl e laughing at him! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 In l858, a French engi neer, Ai me Thome de Gam ond, ar ived i n England wi th a pl an for a t went yone mi le tunnel across the Engli sh Channel. He said t hat i t would be possi ble t o build a platf orm i n the centr e of the Channel . Thi s platf orm would serve as a por t and a r ail way st ati on. The t unnel would be wel l vent ilat ed if t al l chi mneys wer e buil t above sea level . In 1860, a bet ter plan was put for ward by an Engl ishman, Wil li am Low. He suggest ed t hat a doubl e rail way t unnel should be buil t. Thi s woul d solve t he pr oblem of venti lati on, f or if a t r ai n ent ered t hi s t unnel, it woul d draw in f r esh air behind i t. Fort yt wo year s l at er a t unnel was act ual y begun. If , at t he tim e, t he Br it sh had not f ear ed i nvasi on, i t woul d have been pl et ed. Recent l y, t her e has again been great int er est i n the i dea of a Channel Tunnel . If i t is buil t, it wil connect Br it ai n t o Europe f or t he fi rst ti me i n hist or y. Lesson65 Jum bo versus the poli ce 小象對警察 Last Chr istm as, t he cir cus owner , Ji mm y Gat es, deci ded t o t ake som e present s t o a chil dr en39。Jum bo must wei gh a f ew tons,39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hatheld Puf f in i s a modern aer o plane, but it s desi gner , Mr John Wim penny, is f inding i t dif fi cul t o get it off t he ground. The r eason f or t his i s that thi s pl ane is also a bi cycle. I ts pil ot has t o pedal hard t o get it int o the ai r. Af ter Mr Wim penny had the pl ane bui lt, i t was test ed thor oughly. I n 1961, i t was t he fi rst manpower ed ai rcr af t to f ly hal f a mi le. Whi le being f lown by a champi on amateur cycli st i n 1963, t he plane cr ashed on an air f ield. Since t hen, Mr Wimpenny has had i t rebuil t. He has had the l engt h of the wi ngs increased so t hat they now measure 93 feetalmost as long as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nt erest i n t hi s new and unusual sport . But t hough ai r cycli sts may l ear n how t o f ly over shor t di st ances, and m ay, event ual ly, even get acr oss t he Engl ish Channel , it is doubtf ul whet her t hey wil l ever cycl e acr oss t he At lanti c. Leson67 Volcanoes 火山 Haroun Tazief t he Polish scienti st , has spent hi s li fet im e st udyi ng act ive volcanoes and deep caves in al l par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went to lake Kivu in t he Congo to obser ve a new volcano which he l ater nam ed Kit uro. Tazi ef was able t o set up hi s camp ver y close to the volcano whil e it was er upt ing viol ent ly. Though he managed to take a number of br il li ant photographs, he coul d not st ay near t he vol cano f or ver y long. He noti ced t hat a ri ver of li quid r ock was i ng towar ds him. I t threatened to sur round him pletel y, but Tazi ef f managed t o escape just in tim e. He wait ed unt il the vol cano became qui et and he was able t o r et urn two days lat er . This t ime, he managed t o cli mb i nt o t he mouth of Ki tur o so that he coul d take photographs and m easure t emper atures. Tazi ef f has of ten r i sked hi s li fe i n t hi s way. He has been able t o t el l us more about acti ve volcanoes than any man al ive. Lesson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I crossed t he str et to avoid meet ing hi m,