【正文】 anyt hing t o do. No mat er how busy you ar e, he always i nsi st s on ing wi th you. I had to think of a way of pr eventi ng him fr om foll owing m e around al mor ning. 39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a few t ons, 39。t . Geof fr ey asked her why thi s was so and she t ol d him 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 Fr ench engineer, Ai me Thome de Gam ond, ar ived i n England wit h a pl an for a t went yone mi le t unnel acr oss the Engli sh Channel. He said t hat i t would be possi bl e t o bui ld a platf orm in the cent re of t he Channe l. Thi s pl atf orm would serve as a port and a r ail way st ati on. The tunnel woul d be wel l venti lat ed if tal l chi mneys wer e buil t above sea level . In 1860, a bet ter plan was put for ward by an Engl i shm an, Wi l iam Low. He suggest ed that a doubl e rai lway t unnel shoul d be bui lt . This would sol ve the probl em of vent il at ion, for i f a tr ai n entered t his t unnel, i t woul d dr aw in fr esh ai r behind it. For tyt wo years l ater a tunnel was actual y begun. I f, at the t ime, the Br it ish had not feared i nvasion, it would have been pl eted. Recentl y, t her e has again been gr eat int er est i n the i dea of a Channel Tunnel. I f it is bui lt , i t wil l connect Br it ain t o Europe f or the f ir st t ime in hi st ory. Lesson65 Jum bo versus the pol ice 小象對警察 Last Chri st mas, t he ci rcus owner, Jimm y Gates, decided t o take some present s to a chi ldr en39。Your si st er wi l l be her e in l es t han an hour and we m ust be at the stati on to meet her. We are l ate alr eady. 39。A r elati on of your s is i ng to see you. She wi l be ar ri vi ng thi s evening and i ntends to stay f or a few days. The moment you leave t his t ent , you wil l get a big sur pri se. A wom an you know wel wi l r ush t owards you. She wi l speak to you and then she wi l lead you away fr om this pl ace. That i s al l. 39。 Ther e39。m goi ng to t he dent ist. 39。Would you m ind my ing wi th you ?39。 I answer ed.39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he morni ngunti l I saw you. You39。Fancy meet ing you her e !39。t have t o car ry hi m. Of cour se, we should ar r est hi m, but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l l et him off t his t im e.39。 of si x pret y gir l s, he set of f down the m ai n str eet of t he cit y r idi ng a baby el ephant cal ed Jum bo. He, shoul d have known t hat t he pol i ce woul d never al ow t hi s sor t of thi ng. A pol icem an appr oached Jimm y and t ol d him he ought t o have gone along a si de st reet as Jumbo was hol di ng up t he t r af fi c. Though Ji mm y agr eed to go at once, Jum bo r ef used t o m ove. Fi ft een pol icemen had t o push ver y har d t o get him off t he mai n st r et. The poli ce had a di f i cult t im e, but they wer e m ost am used. 39。s cl osest f ri ends asked hi m t o m ake a speech at a weddi ng r ecepti on. Thi s i s t he sort of t hi ng that Geof f rey l oves. He pr epared t he speech car efull y and went to t he weddi ng wi t h Jenny. He had included a l ar ge num ber of f unny st or i es i n t he speech and, of cour se, it was a gr eat success. As soon as he had fi nished, Jenny t ol d hi m she want ed t o go hom e. Geoff r ey was a li tl e di sappoi nted by t his but he did as hi s daughter asked. On t he way hom e, he asked Jenny i f she had enjoyed t he speech. To his sur pr ise, she said she hadn39。 she asked impati ent l y. 39。t ouri st s have been pi cki ng leaves and cutt ing t hei r nam es on the t reet r unk. So f ar , not one of t hem has been str uck down by sudden deat h! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o si t out si de our fr ont gat e and bar k. Ever y tim e he want ed t o e i nto t he gar den he woul d bar k until someone opened t he gat e. As the neighbour s plai ned of t he noi se, m y husband spent weeks t rai ni ng him t o press hi s paw on t he l at ch to l et hi msel f i n. Rex soon became an expert at openi ng the gate. However , when I was going out shoppi ng l ast wek, I not iced him i n the gar den near t he gate. This t im e he was bar king so t hat som eone woul d l et him out ! Si nce t hen, he has devel oped anot her bad habit. As soon as he opens the gate f r om t he out si de, he es i nt o t he gar den and wai ts unt il t he gat e shut s. Then he sit s and bar ks unt il som eone l ets him out. Aft er t his he i mm edi at el y l et s him self i n and begi ns bar king again. Yest erday m y husband rem oved t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him si nce. Lesson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vil l age f ai r, I decided t o vi sit a f ort unet el er cal ed Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nt o her t ent and she t old m e t o si t down. Af t er I had given her som e m oney, she looked int o a cryst al bal l and sai d: 39。Where have you been hi di ng ?39。cl ock t his eveni ng. By that tim e, t he Astr a wi l have been f lyi ng thr ough space f or sevent een hour s and wil l have ci rcl ed t he ear t h a great m any tim es. When t he fi r st r adi o messages have been r eceived, t he r esult s of t he tr i p wil l be announced i mm edi at el y. Lesson62 Aft er t he f i re 大火之后 Fir em en had been f ighti ng t he f or est fi re f or near ly t hree weks bef ore t hey coul d get i t under cont r ol . A shor t ti me bef or e, gr eat t rees had cover ed t he count rysi de f or m il es ar ound. Now, sm oke st il l r ose up f rom t he warm gr ound over t he desolate hi l s. Wint er was i ng on and t he hil ls t hreatened the surr oundi ng vi l ages wi t h destr uct i on, f or heavy rai n woul d not onl y wash away t he soil but woul d cause seri ous fl oods as wel . When t he fi r e had at l ast been put out , t he f orest aut hor it ies or der ed sever al tons of a special t ype of gr ass seed whi ch would gr ow qui ckl y. The seed was spr ayed over t he gr o