【正文】 f ew t ons, 39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hatheld Puf fin is a m odern aer o plane, but i s designer, M r J ohn Wim penny, is f inding it dif icult t o get it of t he ground. The r eason f or t his is t hat his plane is also a bicycle. I ts pilot has t o pedal har d 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 horoughly. I n 1961, it was t he f ir st man power ed air cr aft t o f ly half a m ile. While being f lown by a cham pion 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 lengt h of t he wings increased so t hat hey now measure 93 f eet alm ost as long as t hose of a Dakota. M any people have shown i t erest in t his new and unusual spor t. But t hough air cyclists may lear n how t o f ly over shor t dist ances, and m ay, event ualy, even get acr oss t he English Channel, it is doubtf ul whet her t hey wil ever cycle acr oss t he At lant ic. Lesson67 Volcanoes 火山 Har oun Tazieff t he Polish scient ist, has pent his lif etim e st udying active volcanoes and eep caves in al par t s of t he world. I n 1948, he went o lake Kivu in t he Congo t o bserv e a new volcano which he lat er named Kit ur o. Tazief f was able t o set up his camp ver y close t o t he volcano while it was er upting violently. Though he m anaged t o t ake a num ber of brilant phot ographs, he could not st ay near t he volcano f or very long. He not iced t hat r iver of liquid r ock was ing t owards him. I t hreat ened t o sur r ound him plet ely, but Tazief f m anaged t o escape just in t im e. He wait ed until he volcano became quiet and he was able t o r et ur n t wo days lat er. This t im e, he m anaged t o clim b int o t he mout h of Kit uro so t hat he could t ake photogr aphs and m easur e t em per at ures. Tazief f has of t en r isked his lif e in t his way. He has been able t o t el us m ore about active volcanoes t han any man alive. Lesson68 Persistent 糾纏不休 I crosed t he st reet t o avoid meet ing him , but he saw m e and cam e r unni g t owards m e. I t was no use pr etending t hat I had not seen him , so I waved t o him . I never enjoy meet ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anything t o do. No m at er how busy ou ar e, he always insists on ing wit h you. I had t o t hink of a way of pr eventing him f r om f olowing m e ar ound al m or ni g. 39。 Hulo, Elizabet h,39。 No, not at al, 39。Would you m ind m y ing wit h you ?39。m going to the dentist.39。 Ther e39。J ust one m or e t hing, M r Eames. Let us uppose t hat child suddenly croses t he r oad in f r ont of you. As soon as I t ap on t he window, Iwant t he car t o be stopped imm ediately.39。wait ing r om ! 39。l e wit h you,39。 I lied, 39。 I 39。I was just wondering how t o spend t he morninguntil I saw you. You39。 I said. 39。so it was f ort unate t hat we didn39。guar d of honour 39。To end our special news bulet in,39。m Br inksley Meer s, and my ot her name is Gloria Gleam. Now you get out of here f ast ! 39。m Rockwal Slinger and t his is Mer lin Gr eeves.39。 Look, sherif f, 39。 he shout ed: 39。No newspaper men, no f ilm fans! Why don39。 said Glor ia Gleam. 39。s f oot st eps many year s lat er , Sir Malcolm39。M r Eames,39。wait ing r oom ! 39。l e wit h you,39。 Ilied, 39。 I 39。I was just wonder ing how t o spend t he m or ningunt il I saw you. You39。 I said. 39。so it was f ort unate t hat we didn39。guar d of honour39。To end our special news bulet in,39。m Br inksley M eer s, and my ot her nam e is Glor ia Gleam. Now you get out of here f ast ! 39。m Rockwal Slinger and t his is M erlin Gr eeves. 39。 Look, sher if , 39。 he shouted: 39。No newspaper m en, no film f ans! Why don39。 said Gloria Gleam. 39。s f otst eps m any ears lat er, Sir Malcolm 39。M r Eam es, 39。wait ing r om ! 39。l e wit h you,39。 I lied, 39。 I 39。I was just wondering how t o spend t he morninguntil I saw you. You39。 I said. 39。so it was f ort unate t hat we didn39。guar d of honour 39。s hospit al. Dr essed up as Father Christm as and ac panied by a 39。 said a policeman af t er war ds, 39。Hulo, Bert, 39。 Ber t answer ed. 39。 I answer ed.39。 he asked, bef or e I had f inished speaking. ‘ Not at al, 39。 Then I 39。s always plenty t o r ead in t he 39。 I cont inued driving and af ter som e t im e, t he examiner t aped loudly. Though t he sound could be heard clear ly, it t ook m e a long t im e t o r eact . I sudenly pr essed t he br ake pedal har d and we were bot h t hr own f or war d. The examiner looked at m e sadly. 39。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bulf ight, a dr unk sudenly wander ed int o t he middle of t he ring. The crowd began t o shout , but he dr unk was unawar e of t he danger. The bul was busy wit h t he m at ador at he t im e, but it sudenly caught sight of t he dr unk who was houting r ude r em ar ks and waving a r ed cap. Appar ently sensitve t o cr it icsm, t he bul f or got al about t he m at ador and charged at he dr unk. The cr owd suddenly gr ew quiet . The dr unk, however, seem ed quit e sure of him self. When t he bul got close t o him , he clum sily st epped aside t o let it pass. The crowd br oke int o cheer s and t he dr unk bowed. By t his t im e, however , t hree m en had e int o t he r ing and t hey quickly dragged t he drunk t o saf et y. Even t he bul seemed t o f eel sor y f or him, f or it looked on sympat heticaly until he dr unk was out of t he way bef or e once m or e t ur ni g it s at tent ion t o t he m at ador. Lesson71 A f amous clock 一個(gè)著 名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of t he f ir st hings you wil see is Big Ben, t he f amous clock which can be heard al over t he wor ld on t he B. . I f t he Houses of Parliam ent had hot been bur ned down in 1834, t he great clock would never have been er ected. Big Ben t akes it s nam e f r om Sir Benjamin Hal who was r esponsible f or t he making of t he clock when t he new Houses of Parlia