【正文】 963, t he plane crashed on an ai rf ield. Since t hen, Mr Wim penny has had it rebuil t. He has had the l engt h of the wi ngs increased so t hat t hey now measur e 93 feetal most as long as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nterest in t his new and unusual spor t. But though ai r cycl ists may learn how to f ly over shor t distances, and may, event ual ly, even get acr oss the Engli sh Channel, it i s doubt f ul whether they wi l ever cycle across the At l ant ic. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Har oun Tazi ef f the Pol ish sci ent ist, has spent his l if e ti me studying acti ve vol canoes and deep caves i n al part s of the wor ld. In 1948, he went t o l ake Ki vu i n the Congo t o observe a new vol cano whi ch he lat er named Ki tur o. Tazief f was abl e to set up his camp very cl ose t o t he vol cano whi le i t was erupti ng violentl y. Though he managed to t ake a num ber of bri l iant phot ogr aphs, he could not stay near the volcano for very long. He not iced that a r iver of l iqui d rock was ing towards hi m. It t hr eat ened t o surr ound hi m pl et ely, but Tazief f managed to escape just i n t ime. He wai ted unti l the volcano became quiet and he was abl e to retur n t wo days l ater. Thi s ti me, he m anaged to cl im b int o the m out h of Kit uro so t hat he could t ake phot ogr aphs and measur e temperat ures. Tazief f has of ten r isked hi s li fe i n t hi s way. He has been able t o t el l us more about a cti 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, but he saw m e and cam e r unni ng t owards m e. I t was no use pr et endi ng that I had not seen hi m, so I waved to hi m. I never enj oy meeti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anything t o do. No mat ter how busy you ar e, he al ways i nsi st s on ing wi t h you. I had to think of a way of pr eventi ng him f rom fol lowi ng me around al mor ning. 39。 39。r e not busy doing anythi ng, are you ?39。 I39。 I li ed, 39。 Then I 39。s always plenty to r ead in t he 39。 I cont inued dri ving and aft er some t im e, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though t。 leson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being t est ed for a dr iving l icence for the t hir d ti me. I had been asked t o dri ve in heavy tr af ic and had done so successful ly. Aft er having been i nstr ucted t o dri ve out of town, I began to acqui re confi denc e. Sur e t hat I had passed, I was almost begi nning t o enj oy my t est . The exami ner m ust have been pleased wi th my perf ormance, f or he sm il ed and said, 39。 he answered.39。m goi ng to the dent ist. 39。 Would you m ind m y ing wi th you ?39。 No, not at al l, 39。 Ber t answered. 39。 I said. 39。so it was f or tunate t hat we di dn39。guard of honour39。 t im e. Even so, people ar e goi ng to fi nd it dif fi cul t to get to work. But so far , t he publ ic has expr esed it s grat it ude t o t he st udents i n l et ter s to t he Press. Onl y one or t wo people have obj ect ed that the students wi l dri ve too f ast ! Leson85 Never t oo old to l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just received a let ter fr om m y old school i nfor ming m e that my f orm er head m ast er , Mr Regmald Page, wil l be reti ri ng next week. Pupi ls of the school , ol d and new, wil l be sending him a pr esent to m ar k t he occasi on. Al l those who have contr ibut ed towards t he gif t wi l l si gn their names in a large al bum which wi l l be sent to t he headmaster39。 but I l ove to hear you say i t ! 39。Mr Lane was def eat ed in t he elect ions. He has reti red f rom poli tical li fe and gone to li ve abr oad !39。s Radical Pr ogresi ve Par ty. Af ter the electi ons, Cr awl ey went to t he for mer Pri me Mini st er 39。s st eam hammer. Though in those days, t ravel ing was not as easy as it i s today, steam boats car ied t housands of vi si tor s acr oss t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ar ri ving i n Engl and, t hey wer e t aken t o the Cr yst al Pal ace by t rai n. There wer e six mil li on visit or s i n al, and t he pr ofi ts f rom the exhibi ti on were used to bui ld m useums and col leges. Later , t he Cr yst al Palace was moved to Sout h London. It r emained one of the most famous buil di ngs in t he worl d unti l it was burnt down in 1936. Leson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had ki l ed the guard, the pr isoner of war qui ckly dr agged him int o the bushes. Wor king r api dly i n the dar kness, he soon changed into the dead man39。s cr op befor e the September rai ns. On t he ri ght , you can see Mr s Br abante her self . She has been helping her husband for t hir ty years now. Mr s Br abante i s tal ki ng to the manager of t he local f act or y wher e the crop is procesed. Thi s last scene shows you what wil l happen at the end of the harvest : t he famous Calabr ian macar oni eat ing peti ti on ! Si gnor Fr atel i, t he pr esent champi on, has won i t every year si nce 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull et in for today, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We are now ret ur ning you t o the st udi o.39。 in the snow. For tunately, a pil ot saw the signal and sent a mesage by radio t o t he near es t town. It was not long befor e a heli copter ar ri ved on t he scene to rescue t he sur vivors of t he plane cr ash. Leson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。Wel , I39。m Rockwal Sl inger and t his i s Merl in Greeves. 39。 Look, sher if f, 39。 I 39。t we e m ore of ten ?39。 It couldn39。s son, Donald, also set up a wor l d r ecor d. Li ke his f ather, he was dri ving a car cal led Bl uebi rd. Leson73 The recordholder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li t le boys who pl ay tr uant fr om school ar e uni maginati ve. A qui et day39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce, 39。 leson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being t est ed for a dr iving l icence for the t hir d ti me. I had been asked t o dri ve in heavy tr af ic and had done so successful ly. Aft er having been i nstr ucted t o dri ve out of town, I began to acqui re confi