【正文】 pear i n the bl ackened soil . Lesson63 She was not am used 她并不覺得好笑 Geof fr ey Ham pden has a lar ge ci rcl e of f ri ends and i s ver y popul ar at part i es. Ever ybody admi res him f or hi s fi ne sense of hum or ever ybody, t hat is, except hi s six year old daught er, Jenny. Recentl y, one of Geof fr ey39。Wher e have you been hi di ng ?39。 you have j ust kil led t hat chil d !39。Just one mor e t hi ng, Mr Eames. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenl y cr osses the r oad i n f r ont of you. As soon as I tap on t he wi ndow, I want t he car t o be stopped imm edi at ely.39。 Ther e39。m goi ng to t he dent ist. 39。Woul d you mi nd m y i ng wi th you ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 Bert answer ed. 39。Hul l o, Bert ,39。 said a pol icem an aft er war ds, 39。s hospi tal. Dr essed up as Fat her Chri st mas and ac panied by a 39。 As she wal ked away, I f ol lowed her out of t he f ai r. Leson61 Troubl e wi t h the H ubbl e 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n f ut ure, ast ronaut s wi l be r equir ed t o descend f r om a spaceshi p whi le i t is sti l i n space and t o r et ur n t o it. The abil it y t o do t hi s wil l be necessar y in f utur e fl i ghts t o di st ant pl as. Sci ent ists ar e now t ryi ng t o di scover i f t hi s is possi bl e. The spaceship Ast ra whi ch l ef t he ear t h a shor t tim e ago, wi l be t r aveli ng 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 for a shor t ti me and an ast r onaut wil l at tem pt t o leave the stati onar y spaceshi p and t hen r et ur n t o i t. We shal not know whet her t he exper im ent has been successf ul unt il we have r ecei ved a r adi o m essage. The fi rst message is expect ed to ar ri ve at 7 o39。 As soon as I went out side, I f or got al about Madam Bel li nsky because m y wif e hurr i ed t owards m e. 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 t o st ay f or a f ew days. The m oment you l eave t his t ent , you wil l get a bi g sur pri se . A wom an you know wel wi l r ush t owards you. She wi l speak t o you and t hen she wil l l ead you away f rom this pl ace. That i s al l. 39。Your si st er wil l be her e i n less t han an hour and we m ust be at the stati on t o meet her. We ar e l a te al ready.39。t . Geof fr ey asked her why t hi s was so and she t ol d him t hat she did not li ke t o see so m any peopl e l aughing at him ! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l 858, a French engi neer, Aim e Thom e de Gamond, ar ri ved i n Engl and wit h a pl an f or a t went y one mil e t unnel acr oss t he Engl ish Channel . He sai d t hat it woul d be possi bl e t o bui ld a pl at f or m in t he cent re of t he Channe l. This pl at f or m woul d ser ve 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 tal chim neys wer e bui lt above seal evel. I n 1860, a bet er pl an was put for war d by an Engli shm an, Wil li am Low. He suggested t hat a double 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 tr ai n ent er ed t hi s tunnel , it woul d dr aw i n f resh ai r behi nd it . For t y t wo year s lat er a t unnel was act ual l y begun. I f, at t he t im e, t he Bri ti sh had not f ear ed i nvasi on, it woul d have been plet ed. Recentl y, there has agai n been gr eat i nter est in t he i dea of a Channel Tunnel . I f it i s bui lt , it wi l connect Bri t ai n t o Eur ope f or t he fi rst tim e i n hi stor y. Lesson65 Jum bo versus t he poli ce 小象對警察 Last Chri stm as, t he cir cus owner, Jimmy Gat es, deci ded to t ake some pr esents t o a chil dren39。Jumbo m ust wei gh a f ew t ons,39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puf fi n i s a m oder n aer o plane, but it s desi gner, Mr John Wimpenny, is f indi ng i t di f fi cul t o get it off t he ground. The r eason f or t his i s t hat thi s pl ane is al so a bicycl e. I t s pi l ot has to pedal har d t o get it i nto t he air . Aft er Mr Wi m penny had t he pl ane buil t, it was t est ed thor oughly. I n 1961, it was t he fi rst manpower ed ai rcr af t o f l y hal f a mil e. Whil e being f l own by a cham pi on am at eur cycli st i n 1963, t he pl ane 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 thi s new and unusual sport. 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 , it i s doubtf ul whet her t hey wil l ever cycl e across the At lanti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Har oun Tazi ef f the Poli sh sci enti st, has spent hi s li f e tim e studying acti ve vol canoes and deep caves i n al part s of the wor ld. I n 1948, he went t o l ake Kivu i n t he Congo t o obser ve a new vol cano which he l at er named Ki t ur o. Tazi ef f was abl e t o set up hi s cam p very cl ose t o t he vol cano whil e i t was er upt i ng vi olentl y. Though he managed t o t ake a num ber of bri li ant phot ogr aphs, he coul d not st ay near the volcano f or ver y l ong. He not iced t hat a r iver of l i qui d r ock was i ng towar ds him . It t hreat ened to surr ound hi m pl et el y, but Tazi ef f m anaged t o escape just i n t im e. He wai t ed unti l t he vol cano became 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 ographs and m easure t em per atur es. Tazi ef has oft en ri sked his l if e i n t hi s way. He has been abl e t o tel us m or e about acti ve vol canoes than any man ali ve. Leson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I crossed t he st r et to avoi d m eet i ng him , but he saw m e and cam e running t owar ds me. It was no use pr et endi ng t hat I