【正文】 at they now measure 93 feet al most as long as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nt er est in this new and unusual spor t. But t hough air cycli st s may learn how to fl y over shor t di stances, and may, eventual ly, even get across the Engli sh Channel , i t is doubt ful whether t hey wil l ever cycle acr oss the Atlantic. Leson67 Volcanoes 火山 Haroun Tazief the Pol ish scient ist, has spent his lif eti me st udying acti ve vol canoes and deep caves i n al l par ts of the wor ld. I n 1948, he went to lake Kivu in the Congo to observe a new vol cano whi ch he later named Ki turo. Tazief was abl e to set up hi s camp very close t o the vol cano whil e it was erupting violent ly. Though he managed to take a number of bri li ant photographs, he could not stay near the vol cano for very l ong. He noticed t hat a ri ver of li quid r ock was ing towar ds him . I t hr eatened t o surr ound hi m pletely, but Tazief managed to escape j ust in ti me. He wai ted unti l the volcano becam e quiet and he was able t o return t wo days l at er . This ti me, he managed to climb into the mout h of Kit ur o so t hat he coul d take phot ographs and measur e temper atur es. Tazi ef f has oft en r isked his li fe in t hi s way. He has been able to t el l us more about act ive volcanoes t han any man al ive. Leson68 Persist ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed t he street o avoid meet ing hi m, but he saw me and came runni ng t owards me. I t was no use pr et endi ng that I had not seen hi m, so I waved t o him. I never enjoy meet ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anything to do. No mater how busy you ar e, he always i nsists on ing wit h you. I had t o think of a way of preventi ng him fr om foll owi ng me around al morning. 39。 Hull o, Eli zabet h, 39。 39。m goi ng to.. .39。but I39。 he answered. 39。 leson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being t ested for a dr iving licence for the third t ime. I had been asked to dri ve i n heavy tr af fi c and had done so succe sfully. Aft er having been inst ruct ed t o dr ive out of t own, I began to acquir e conf idence. Sur e that I had passed, I was al most begi nni ng t o enjoy my test . The examiner must have been pl eased wit h my per formance, f or he smi led and said, 39。 he sai d, i n a mournful voice,39。s son, Donald, al so set up a wor ld recor d. Like hi s father , he was dr iving a car caled Bluebi rd. Leson73 The recordholder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit le boys who pl ay t ruant from school are unimagi nati ve. A qui et day39。 It couldn39。t we e mor e often ?39。 I39。 Look, sher if f, 39。m Rockwal Slinger and t hi s is Merli n Greeves.39。Wel, I39。 in the snow. Fort unat el y, a pilot saw t he signal and sent a message by radio to t he near est own. It was not l ong bef or e a heli copter ar ived on t he scene t o rescue the survivors of t he plane crash. Lesson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。s crop bef or e the September rains. On the ri ght , you can see Mrs Br abante hersel f. She has been hel pi ng her husband f or thir ty year s now. Mrs Brabante is t al ki ng t o the manager of the local fact or y where t he crop is processed. This last scene shows you what wil l happen at the end of the harvest : the famous Cal abri an macar oni eati ng peti tion ! Signor Fr at el li , t he present champion, has won it every year since 1961. And that ends our special bulleti n for today, Thur sday, April 1st . We ar e now r et ur ni ng you to the studi o. 39。s steam hammer. Though i n those days, tr avel li ng was not as easy as i t i s today, steam boats car ied thousands of visitors acr oss the Channel fr om Europe. On ar ivi ng i n Engl and, t hey wer e t aken t o t he Cr yst al Pa l 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 main st reet . The pol ice had a di f icul t ime, but t hey were most amused. 39。t have to cary hi m. Of course, we should ar rest him, but as he has a good recor d, we shal let hi m off this ti me. 39。Fancy meti ng you here ! 39。r e not busy doing anything, ar e you ?39。 I 39。 I l ied, 39。l l e wit h you,39。wai ting room ! 39。Mr Eames,39。s f ootsteps many year s later, Si r Mal colm39。 said Gl or ia Gleam. 39。No newspaper men, no f ilm fans! Why don39。 he shouted: 39。 39。t be too har d on us. I 39。 sai d the sher if f wi th a sneer . 39。 SOS39。 we ar e taki ng you to the macaroni f ields of Calabr ia. Macar oni has been gr own i n this area for over six hundred years. Two of t he l eadi ng gr owers, Gi useppe Moldova and Ricardo Brabante, t el l me t hat they have been expecti ng a splendid crop this year and har vesting has begun earl ier t han usual . Here you can see two workers who, bet ween them, have just f inished cutt ing three cart l oads of gol den br own macar oni st al ks. The whol e vi lage has been wor ki ng day and ni ght gatheri ng and t hreshing this year39。 I li t a cigarete t o calm my nerves. I smoked wit h concentrati on and pl easure as I was sur e that this woul d be my l ast ci garet e. For a whol e wek I di d not smoke at al l and duri ng t hi s time, my wif e suff er ed t er ribly. I had al l t he usual sympt oms of someone giving up smoki ng: a bad temper and an enormous appeti te. My f ri ends kept on of feri ng me cigaretes and cigar s. They made no ef fort to hi de their am usement whenever I pr oduced a packet of swets fr om my pocket. Af ter seven days of this I went to a par ty. Everybody ar ound me was smoking and I f el t ext remely un fortable. When my old fr iend Br ian ur ged me to accept a cigar et te, i t was more than I c oul d bear . I t ook one guilt il y, li t i t and smoked wit h sati sf acti on. My wif e was del ight ed t hat things had r et ur ned t o normal once mor e. Anyway, as Br ian poi nt ed out , it is the easi est thing in the worl d to give up smoking. He himself has done it lots of t imes! Leson79 By air 乘飛機(jī) I used t o trav