【正文】 d be hear d cl ear l y, it t ook m e a l ong tim e t o r eact. I suddenly pr esed t he br ake pedal har d and we wer e bot h t hrown f or war d. The exami ner l ooked at m e sadl y. 39。s al ways pl ent y t o r ead i n t he 39。 Then I 39。 I li ed, 39。m goi ng t o. . .39。 39。Hul l o, El izabet h, 39。Hul l o, Ber t, 39。 sai d a poli cem an af t er war ds, 39。s hospit al. Dr essed up as Fat her Chr istm as and ac pani ed by a 39。t. Geof fr ey asked her why t hi s was so and she t ol d him t hat she di d not li ke t o se so m any people l aughi ng at him ! Leson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l 858, a Fr ench engineer , Aim e Thom e de Gam ond, ar ived i n Engl and wit h a pl an for a t went y one mi le t unnel across the Engli sh Channel. He sai d that i t woul d be possi ble t o buil d a pl at f orm i n t he centr e of t he Channel . This pl at f orm woul d ser ve as a port and a r ai l way st at i on. The t unnel woul d be wel l venti l at ed if t al l chim neys wer e buil t above sea level . I n 1860, a bet er pl an was put f or war d by an Engli shm an, Wil li am Low. He suggested t hat a double r ail way tunnel shoul d be buil t. This woul d sol ve t he pr obl em of ventil ati on, f or i f a t rai n ent er ed t hi s t unnel , it woul d draw i n f r esh air behi nd 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 would have been pl et ed. Recent l y, t her e has again been gr eat i nt er est i n t he i dea of a Channel Tunnel. I f i t is buil t, i t wil l connect Br it ain t o Eur ope f or the f ir st t im e in hi st ory. Leson65 Jum bo versus t he pol ice 小象對警察 Last Chri stm as, 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。Jum bo must wei gh a f ew t ons,39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hatheld Puf fi n i s a m oder n aer o pl ane, but it s desi gner, Mr John Wim penny, i s fi nding i t di f i cult t o get it off t he ground. The r eason f or t his i s t hat t hi s pl ane is al so a bi cycl e. I ts pil ot has t o pedal har d t o get it i nt o t he ai r. Af t er Mr Wim penny had t he pl ane bui lt , it was t est ed t hor oughl y. In 1961, i t was t he f ir st m an power ed air craft t o fl y half a m il e. Whil e bei ng fl own by a champi on am at eur cycl i st i n 1963, t he pl ane cr ashed on an air fi el d. Since t hen, Mr Wim penny has had i t rebuil 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 etal most as l ong as t hose of a Dakot a. Many peopl e have shown i nter est i n t his new and unusual spor t. But t hough air cycl i st s m ay l ear n how t o fl y over short dist ances, and may, eventual y, even get acr oss t he Engli sh Channel, i t is doubt f ul whet her t hey wi l ever cyc l e acr oss t he Atl ant ic. Leson67 Volcanoes 火山 Har oun Tazi ef t he Pol ish sci ent i st, has spent his l if eti me st udyi ng acti ve volcanoes and deep caves in al part s of t he wor l d. I n 1948, he went to l ake Ki vu i n t he Congo t o obser ve a new volcano which he l at er nam ed Kit ur o. Tazi ef f was abl e t o set up hi s cam p ver y close t o t he volcano whil e it was er upti ng vi ol ent ly. Though he m a naged t o t ake a num ber of br il i ant phot ographs, he coul d not st ay near t he vol cano f or ver y l ong. He noti ced t hat a ri ver of li qui d r ock was i ng t owar ds hi m. I t hr eat ened t o sur r ound him plet el y, but Tazi ef f m anaged t o escape j ust i n t im e. He wait e d unt il t he vol cano becam e quiet and he was abl e t o ret ur n t wo days l ater. Thi s tim e, he m anaged t o cl im b i nt o t he m out h of Kit ur o so t hat he coul d t ake phot ogr aphs and m easur e t em per at ures. Tazi ef f has of ten r isked hi s li f e in t his way. He has been abl e to t el us mor e about act i ve vol canoes t han any m an al i ve. Lesson68 Persist ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed t he str eet t o avoi d m eti ng him , but he saw m e and came r unni ng t owar ds m e. It was no use pretending t hat I had not seen him, so I waved t o him. I never enj oy m eet ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng t o do. No m at er how busy you ar e, he al ways i nsi st s on ing wi t h you. I had t o t hi nk of a way of pr eventi ng him f rom foll owi ng m e ar ound al m or ning. 39。 39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。 I 39。 he asked, bef ore I had f inished speaking. ‘ Not at al ,39。 39。 Ther e39。Just one m ore t hing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose t hat a chi l d suddenl y cr osses t he r oad i n f ront of you. As soon as I t ap on t he wi ndow, I want t he car t o be st opped imm edi atel y.39。 you have j ust ki l ed that chi ld ! 39。s f ishing, or ei ght hours i n a ci nema seei ng t he same f il m over and over agai n, is usual ly as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whi l e pl ayi ng tr uant , tr avel ed 1600 mil es. He hi t ch hiked t o Dover and, towar ds eveni ng, went i nt o a boat o f i nd somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next m or ni ng, he di scover ed t hat t he boat had, i n t he m eanti m e, tr avel led t o Calais. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tch hi ked t o Pari s i n a l or r y. The dri ver gave him a f ew biscui t s and a cup of coff ee and left him j ust outsi de t he cit y. The next car t he boy st opped di d not t ake him i nto t he cent re of Pari s as he hoped i t woul d, but t o Per pi gnan on t he Fr ench Spani sh bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a poli cem an and sent back t o Engl and by t he l ocal aut hori ti es. He has sur ely set up a r ecor d for t he t housands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school . Lesson74 O ut of t he li m eli ght 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dr y r i ver bed and a part y of fam ous act ors and actr eses got of f. Dr esed i n dar k glasses and old cl ot he