【正文】 wards eveni ng, went int o a boat t o f ind somewher e t o sl eep. When he woke up next mor ni ng, he di scover ed that the boat had, in the meanti me, t ravel ed to Cal ai s. No one not iced the boy as he crept off . From there, he hit ch hi ked to Par is i n a l or r y. The dr iver gave him a f ew bi scuit s and a cup of coff ee and left hi m j ust outside t he cit y. The next car the boy stopped did not take him i nto t he centr e of Pari s as he hoped it woul d, but to Per pignan on the Fr enchSpanish border . There he was pi cked up by a pol iceman and sent back to Engl and by t he local aut hor it ies. He has surel y set up a recor d f or the thousands of boys who dream of evadi ng school. Leson74 Out of the l im el ight 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus stopped by a dry ri ver bed and a par ty of famous act ors and actr esses got off . Dressed in dark gl ases and ol d clot hes, they had take n special precaut ions so that no one should r ecognize t hem . But as t hey soon discover ed, disguises can someti mes be too per fe ct. 39。 you have just kil led that child !39。Just one mor e thi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenly cr osses the r oad in f ront of you. As soon as I tap on t he window, I want t he car t o be stopped imm edi at ely.39。 Ther e39。m going to the dentist.39。Would you mind my i ng wi th you ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how to spend the m orningunti l I saw you. You39。Fancy meet ing you here !39。t have t o car r y hi m. Of course, we shoul d ar r est hi m, but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et him off t his t im e.39。s st eam ham m er . Though i n t hose days, t r avel l i ng was not as easy as i t i s t oday, st eam boat s car r i ed t housands of vi si t o r s acr oss t he Channel f r om Eur ope. On ar r i vi ng i n Engl and, t hey wer e t aken t o t he Cr yst al Pal ace by t r ai n. Ther e wer e si x m i l l i on vi si t or s i n al l , and t he pr of i t s f r om t he exhi bi t i on wer e used t o bui l d m useum s t he mai n st r et. The poli ce had a di f fi cult t im e, but t hey wer e m ost am used. 39。s crop befor e the September r ai ns. On the r ight, you can see Mrs Br abant e her sel f. She has been helping her husband f or t hir ty years now. Mrs Br abante is t al king t o the m anager of t he local f act ory wher e the cr op is pr ocessed. Thi s last scene shows you what wi l happen at the end of the har vest : t he f am ous Cal abr ian macaroni eat ing peti ti on ! Signor Fratel i, t he present cham pi on, has won i t every year since 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull eti n for t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We ar e now r et urning you t o t he st udi o. 39。 in t he snow. For tunat ely, a pil ot saw t he signal and sent a message by r adio t o t he nearest town. It was not long befor e a helicopter ar ived on t he scene to rescue t he sur vivors of t he pl ane cr ash. Leson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。Wel l, I 39。m Rockwal l Sli nger and thi s is Mer li n Gr eeves.39。 Look, sheri f , 39。 I39。t we e mor e oft en ?39。 I t coul dn39。s son, Donal d, also set up a worl d r ecor d. Li ke his f at her , he was dri vi ng a car cal led Bl uebir d. Lesson73 The record holder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li t le boys who play t ruant fr om school are uni maginative. A qui et day39。 he said, in a mour nful voice,39。 lesson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being t est ed for a dr iving licence for the t hir d t ime. I had been asked t o dr ive in heavy t raf ic and had done so successful ly. Aft er havi ng been i nst ructed t o dri ve out of t own, I began to acqui re conf idence. Sure t hat I had passed, I was almost begi nning t o enj oy m y test. The exami ner m ust have been pl eased wit h my per for mance, for he smi led and sai d, 39。 he answered.39。m going to the dentist.39。 Would you mind m y ing wi t h you ?39。 No, not at al, 39。 Ber t answer ed. 39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。 sai d a poli cem an af ter wards, 39。Jumbo must weigh a f ew t ons,39。 Lesson66 Swet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff in i s a modern aer o plane, but it s desi gner , Mr John Wi mpenny, is f inding it dif fi cul t to get it of f t he ground. The reason f or this i s that thi s plane is also a bi cycl e. I ts pi lot has t o pedal hard t o get it int o the ai r. Af ter Mr Wim penny had t he pl ane bui lt , i t was tested t hor oughl y. I n 1961, i t was the f ir st manpower ed ai rcr af t to fl y hal f a mi le. Whi le being f lown by a cham pi on amateur cycli st i n 1963, t he plane crashed on an ai rf ield. Since t hen, Mr Wimpenny has had it r ebuil 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 t he Engli sh Channel, it i s doubt ful whether they wi l ever cycle across the At lanti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Haroun Tazief f the Poli sh sci ent ist, has spent hi s li fe ti me studying acti ve vol canoes and deep caves i n al part s of t he worl d. In 1948, he went t o lake Ki vu in the Congo to observe a new vol cano whi ch he later named Ki turo. Tazief was able to set up hi s cam p very cl ose t o the volcano whi le i t was er upt ing vi olentl y. Though he managed t o take a number of br il li ant photogr aphs, he could not stay near t he volcano for ver y l ong. He not iced that a ri ver of l iquid rock was ing t owards him . I t thr eat ened t o sur r ound hi m plet el y, but Tazief m anaged to escape j ust i n ti me. He wait ed unt il t he vol cano becam e quiet and he was abl e to r etur n two days l at er. This t im e, he managed to cli mb i nto t he mouth of Ki t ur o so t hat he coul d t ake photographs and measure temperatur es. Tazief has oft en ri sked his lif e i n thi s w