【正文】 es fort able, a st ranger appeared. He looked very angry. 39。t be bet t er , Glor ia,39。s fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing t he same f ilm over and over again, is usualy as far as t hey get . They have al been put to shame by a boy who, while playing t ruant, r aveled 1600 miles. He hitch hiked t o Dover and, t owar ds evening, went int o a boat t o f ind somewher e t o sleep. When he woke up next m or ni g, he discover ed t hat t he boat had, in t he meant ime, t raveled t o Cal is. No one not iced t he boy as he cr ept of. From t her e, he hit ch hiked to Paris in a lor ry. The driver gave him a f ew biscuit s and a cup of cofee and lef t him just outside t he cit y. The next car t he boy st opped did not ake him int o the centr e of Paris as he hoped it would, but o Per pignan on t he Fr ench Spanish bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a policeman and sent back t o England by t he local authorit ies. He has sur ely set up a recor d for t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evading school. Lesson74 Out of t he lim elight 舞臺之外 An ancient bus stoped by a dr y r iver bed and a par ty of amous actor s and actr esses got of . Dr essed in dark glases and old clot hes, they had t aken special pr ecaut ions so t hat no one should r ecognize t hem. But as they soon discovered, disguises can somet imes be t oo perf ect. 39。 you have just kiled t hat child ! 39。J ust one more t hing, M r Eames. Let us supose t hat a child sudenly cr osses the r oad in f ront of you. As soon as I tap on t he window, I want he car t o be st opped im mediat ely.39。 Ther e39。m going to the dentist.39。Would you mind my ing wit h you ?39。 No, not at al, 39。 Hulo, Elizabeth,39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hatheld Puf fin is a m oder n aer o plane, but i s designer , M r J ohn Wim penny, is f inding it dif icult t o get it of f t he gr ound. The r eason f or t his t hat his plane is also a bicycle. It s pilot has t o pedal hard t o get it int o t he air . Af ter M r Wim penny had t he plane built , it was t ested t hor oughly. I n 1961, it was t he f ir st m an powered air cr aft t o f ly half a mile. While being f lown by a champion am at eur cyclist in 1963, t he plane cr ashed on an air field. Since t hen, Mr Wim penny has had it r ebuilt . He has had t he length of t he wings increased so t hat hey now measure 93 f eet almost as long as t hose of a Dakota. M any people have shown inter est in t his new and unusual sport. But t hough air c yclists may lear n how t o fly over shor t dist ances, and may, event ualy, even get across t he English Chanel, it is doubtf ul whet her they wil ever cycle acros t he Atlant ic. Lesson67 Volcanoes 火山 Haroun Tazieff t he Polish scientist , has pent his lf e time st udying active volcanoes and deep caves in al par t s of t he world. I n 1948, he went to lake Kivu in t he Congo t o observe a new volcano which he lat er named Kitur o. Tazieff was able to set up his camp ver y close to t he volcano while it was er upt ing violently. Though he managed t o t ake a number of brilant photographs, he could not stay near t he volcano f or ver y long. He noticed that a r iver of liquid r ock was ing t owards him. I t threatened t o sur ound him plet ely, but Tazieff managed t o escape just in t ime. He wait ed until he volcano became quiet and he was able t o ret ur n t wo days later. This t ime, he managed t o climb int o the m out h of Kit ur o so t hat he could take photogr aphs and measur e temper at ures. Tazieff has oft en r isked his lif e in t his way. He has been able t o t el us m or e about active volcanoes t han any m an alive. Lesson68 Per si t ent 糾纏不休 Icr ossed t he str eet t o avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came r unni g t owards me. I t was no use pr etending that I had not seen him , so I waved t o him . I never enjoy m eet ing Bert Dykes. He never has anyt hing t o do. No m at ter how busy you ar e, he always insists on ing wit h you. I had t o think of a way of prevent ing him fr om f olowing me around al m orning. 39。J um bo m ust weigh a f ew t ons, 39。t . Geofr ey asked her why t his was so and she t old him t hat she did not like t o see so many people laughing at him! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 In l858, a French engineer, Aim e Thome de Gamond, ar rived in England wit h a plan f or a twentyone m ile t unnel acr oss the English Channel. He said t hat it would be posible to build a plat form in t he centr e of t he Channel. This plat form would serve as a por t and a railway station. The tunnel would be well ventilat ed if t al chimneys were built above sea level. I n 1860, a bet t er plan was put forwar d by an Englishman, Wilam Low. He suggest ed t hat a double r ailway t unnel should be built . This would solve the problem of vent ilat ion, for if a t r ain enter ed t his t unel, it would dr aw in f r esh air behind it . For tyt wo years later a t unel was actualy begun. I f, at t he t ime, t he Br itsh had not f ear ed invasion, it would have been plet ed. Recent ly, t here has again been gr eat interest in t he idea of aChannel Tunnel. If it is built , it wil connect Brit ain to Europe f or t he f ir st time in history. Lesson65 J umbo versus t he police 小象對警察 Last Chr istmas, the circus owner, J immy Gates, decided t o t ake some presents t o a childr en39。Your si t er wil be her e in less t han an hour and we must be at the station t o meet her . We are lat e alr eady.39。A r elation of yours is ing t o see you. She wil be ar r iving this evening and int ends t o stay f or a f ew days. The moment you leave t his t ent, you wil get a big sur pr ise. A woman you know well wil r ush t owar ds you. She wil speak t o you and then she wil ead you away fr om this place. That is al. 39。hide gold. The pir ates would oft en bury gold in t he cave and t hen f ail t o colect i . Ar med wit h t he new machine, a se