【正文】 i s usual y as far as they get. They have al l been put to shame by a boy who, whil e playing t r uant , tr avel led 1600 mil es. He hi tch hiked to Dover and, t owards eveni ng, went int o a boat t o f ind somewher e t o sleep. When he woke up next mor ni ng, he di scover ed that the boat had, in the meanti me, t r avel ed to Cal ai s. No one not iced the boy as he crept off . From there, he hit ch hiked to Par is i n a l orr y. The dr iver gave hi m a f ew bi scuit s and a cup of cof fee and lef t hi m j ust outsi de the cit y. The next car t he boy st opped did not t ake hi m i nto t he cent re of Pari s as he hoped i t woul d, but to Per pignan on the Fr ench Spanish bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a poli ceman and sent back to Engl and by the local aut hor it ies. He has sur el 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(tái)之外 An anci ent bus stopped by a dry ri ver bed and a par t y of famous act ors and actr esses got off . Dr essed in dark gl ases and ol d clot hes, they had taken special precaut ions so that no one should recogni ze t hem . But as t hey soon discover ed, disguises can someti mes be too per fect. 39。t be bet er, Gl or ia, 39。 Meanwhil e, t wo other actors, Rockwal l Slinger and Merl in Greeves, had car ri ed two large f ood baskets t o a shady spot under som e tr ees. When t hey had al m ade t hem sel ves f or table, a str anger appeared. He l ooked very angry. 39。m sheri f here. Do you see that not ice ? I t says No Campi ng in case you can39。sai d Rockwal l, 39。 39。m Bri nksl ey Meers, and m y other nam e is Gl ori a Gl eam. Now you get out of her e f ast !39。To end our speci al news bull et in,39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a f ew tons, 39。 Lesson66 Swet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff i n is a m oder n aer o pl ane, but i ts desi gner , Mr John Wi mpenny, i s fi ndi ng it dif fi cul t t o get it of f the gr ound. The reason for t hi s is t hat t hi s plane i s al so a bicycl e. I t s pi l ot has to pedal har d to get it i nt o t he ai r. Af t er Mr Wim penny had t he plane bui lt , it was t est ed t hor oughl y. I n 1961, i t was t he f ir st m an power ed air cr aft t o fl y half a mi l e. Whi l e bei ng fl own by a cham pion amat eur cycl ist i n 1963, the pl ane cr ashed on an ai rf i el d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wim penny has had it r ebui lt. He has had t he lengt h of t he wings i ncr eased so t hat t hey now measur e 93 f eet al 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 i s doubt f ul whet her t hey wi l ever cycl 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 et im e st udyi ng act ive volcanoes and deep caves i n al l par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went t o lake Ki vu in t he Congo to observe a new vol cano whi ch he lat er nam ed Ki tur o. Tazief was abl e to set up hi s cam p ver y cl ose t o t he vol cano whi le i t was erupti ng vi ol entl y. Though he m anaged t o t ake a num ber of bri l iant phot ogr aphs, he coul d not st ay near t he vol cano f or ver y l ong. He noti ced t hat a r i ver of li qui d r ock was i ng t owar ds hi m. I t thr eat ened t o sur r ound him plet el y, but Tazi ef m anaged t o escape j ust i n tim e. He wait ed unt il t he vol cano becam e quiet and he was abl e t o ret ur n t wo days l at er. Thi s t im e, he m anaged t o cl im b int 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 m or e about act i ve vol canoes t han any m an ali ve. Leson68 Persist ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed t he st reet o avoid m eet ing him , but he saw m e and came r unni ng t owar ds m e. It was no use pret endi ng t hat I had not sen him , so I waved t o him. I never enj oy m eet i ng Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hing t o do. No mat 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 fr om f oll owi ng m e around al m or ni ng. 39。 39。r e not busy doing anythi ng, are you ?39。m goi ng t o.. .39。 I li ed, 39。 Then I39。s al ways plent y t o r ead i n t he 39。 I cont i nued dri ving and aft er som e t im e, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though t he sound coul d be hear d cl earl y, i t t ook m e a l ong t im e to r eact . I suddenl y pr essed t he brake pedal hard and we were bot h thr own f or war d. The exami ner looked at m e sa dl y. 39。 l eson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bull fi ght, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed i nt o t he mi ddle of t he ri ng. The cr owd began t o shout, but t he dr unk was unawar e of the danger. The bul l was busy wi t h t he mat ador at he ti me, but i t suddenl y caught sight of t he dr unk who was shouti ng r ude r em ar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Apparentl y sensit ive t o cri ti ci sm , the bull f or got al l about t he m at ador and char ged at t he drunk. The cr owd suddenl y gr ew qui et . The dr unk, however, sem ed quit e sure of him sel f. When t he bul l got cl ose t o him, he cl um si l y st epped asi de t o let it pas. The crowd br oke int o cheers and t he drunk bowed. By thi s t im e, however, t hr ee m en had e i nt o t he r i ng and t hey qui ckl y dr agged t he dr unk to safet y. Even t he bul l seem ed t o feel sor ry f or him, f or i t l ooked on sym pat het ical y unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way bef or e once m ore t urni ng i ts at tenti on to t he mat ador. Lesson71 A fam ous cl ock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you vi sit London, one of t he fi rst thi ngs you wi l see is Bi g Ben, t he f am ous cl ock whi ch can be hear d al l over t he worl d on t he B. B. C. I f t he