【正文】 hat a child suddenly cr osses t he r oad in f r ont of you. As soon as I t ap on t he window, I want t he car t o be st opped im m ediat ely.39。 Ther e39。m going to the dentist. 39。 Would you m ind m y ing wit h you ?39。 No, not at al, 39。 Hul lo, Elizabet h,39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat held Puf fin is a m oder n aer o plane, but it s designer , M r J ohn Wim penny, is f inding it dif f icult t o get it of f t he gr ound. The r eason f or t his is t hat his plane is also a bicycle. I t s pilot has t o pedal har d t o get it int o t he air . Af t er 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 m an power ed air cr af 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, M r Wim penny has had it r ebuilt . He has had t he lengt h of t he wings incr eased so t hat hey now m easur e 93 f eet alm ost as long as t hose of a Dakot a. M any people have shown i t er est in t his new and unusual spor t . But t hough air cyclist s m ay lear n how t o f ly over shor t dist ances, and m ay, eventualy, even get acr oss t he English Channel, it is doubt f ul whet her t hey wil l ever cycle acr os t he At lant ic. Lesson67 Volcanoes 火山 Har oun Tazieff t he Polish scientist , has spent his lif e t im e st udying active volcanoes and deep caves in al par t s of t he wor ld. I n 1948, he went t o lake Kivu in t he Congo t o observ e a new volcano which he lat er nam ed Kit ur o. Tazieff was able t o set up his cam p ver y close t o t he volcano while it was er upt ing violent ly. Though he m anaged t o t ake a num ber of bril iant phot ographs, he could not st ay near t he volcano f or ver y long. He not iced t hat a r iver of liquid r ock was ing t owar ds him . I t hr eat ened t o sur ound him plet ely, but Tazief f m anaged t o escape just in t im e. He wait ed unt il t he volcano becam e 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 m out h of Kit ur o so t hat he could t ake phot ogr aphs and m easur e t em perat ur es. Tazief f has of t en r isked his lif e in t his way. He has been able t o t ell us m or e about active volcanoes t han any m an alive. Lesson68 Per sist ent 糾纏不休 I cr osed t he st r eet t o avoid m eeting him , but he saw m e and cam e r unning t owar ds m e. I t was no use pr et ending t hat I had not seen him , so I waved t o him . I never enjoy m eeting Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hing t o do. No m at t er how busy ou ar e, he always insist s 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 ning. 39。J um bo m ust weigh a f ew t ons,39。Englishm an, Wil iam Low. He suggest ed t hat a double r ailway t unnel should be built . This would solve t he pr oblem of ventilat ion, f or if a t r ain ent er ed t his t unnel, it would dr aw in f r es h air behind it . Fort yt wo years lat er a t unnel was act ualy begun. I f, at t he t im e, t he Br it ish ad not f ear ed invasion, it would have been plet ed. Recently, t her e has again been gr eat int er est in t he idea of a Channel Tunnel. I f it is built , it w il c onnect Br it ain t o Eur ope f or t he f ir st t im e in hist or y. Lesson65 J um bo ver sus t he police 小 象對警察 Last Chr ist mas, t he cir cus owner , J imm y Gat es, decided t o t ake som e pr esents t o a childr en39。 of six pr et ty gir ls, he set of f down t he m ain st r eet of t he cit y r iding a baby elephant caled J um bo. He, should have known t hat he police would never alow t his sor t of t hing. A policem an appr oached J imm y and t old him he ought t o have gone along a side st reet as J um bo was holding up t he t r af ic. Though Jim m y agr eed t o go at once, J um bo r efused t o m ove. Fif t een policem en had t o push very har d t o get him of f t he m ain st r eet . The police had a dif f icult t im e, but t hey wer e m ost am used. 39。t have t o car r y him . Of cour se, we should ar r est him , but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal et him of f t his t im e.39。Fancy m eeting you her e ! 39。r e not busy doing anyt hing, ar e you ?39。m going t o. 39。but I 39。 he answer ed.39。 lesson69 But not m ur der ! 并非謀殺！ I was being t est ed f or a dr iving licence f or t he t hir d t im e. I had been asked t o dr ive in heavy t r af fic and had done so successf uly. Af ter having been inst r uct ed t o dr ive out of t own, I began t o acquir e conf idence. Sur e t hat I had passed, Iwas alm ost beginning t o enjoy m y t est. The examiner m ust have been pleased wit h m y per form ance, f or he smiled and said, 39。 he said, in a m our nf ul voice, 39。s son, Donald, also set up a wor ld r ecor d. Like his f at her, he was dr iving a car caled Bluebir d. Lesson73 The r ecord holder 紀錄保持者 Lit t le boys who play t r uant f r om school ar e unim aginat ive. A quiet day39。 I t couldn39。t we e m or e of t en ?39。I 39。 Look, sherif f , 39。m Rockwal Slinger and t his is M er lin Gr eeves. 39。m Br inksley M eer s, and m y ot her nam e is Glor ia G leam . Now you get out of her e f ast ! 39。To end our special news bulet in, 39。guar d of honour 39。 o it was f or t unate t hat we didn39。 I said. 39。I was just wonder ing how t o spend the m orningunt il I saw you. You39。 I 39。 I lied, 39。l e wit h you, 39。wait ing r oom ! 39。M r Eames,39。s f oot st eps m any ear s lat er , Sir M alcolm 39。 said Glor ia Gleam. 39。No newspaper m en, no f ilm f ans! Why don39。 he shout ed: 39。 Look, sher if f , 39。m Rockwal Slinger and t his is M er lin Gr eeves.39。m Br inksley M eer s, and my ot her nam e is Glor ia Gleam . Now you get out of her e f ast ! 39。To end our special news bulet in, 39。guar d of honour39。 o it was f or t unate t hat we didn39。 I said. 3