【正文】 in t he snow. For tunat ely, a pil ot saw t he signal and sent a message by radio t o t he nearest town. It was not long befor e a heli copter ar ived on t he scene to rescue t he sur vivors of t he pl ane cr ash. Leson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。m Rockwal l Slinger and this i s Mer li n Gr eves. 39。 I39。 I t couldn39。 he sai d, i n a m our nful voice, 39。 he answer ed.39。Would you m ind m y ing wi th you ?39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he morni ngunti l I saw you. You39。t have to car y him . Of cour se, we shoul d ar est hi m, but as he has a good recor d, we shal l let hi m of f thi s ti me.39。 I li t a ci garet e to cal m m y ner ves. I smoked wit h concentr at ion and pl easur e as I was sur e t hat t hi s would be my last cigaret e. For a whol e week I di d not smoke at al and duri ng thi s ti me, my wi f e suf f er ed t er r i bl y. I had al l t he us ual sym pt om s of som eone gi vi ng up sm oki ng: a bad t em per and an enor m ous appet i t e. My f r i ends kept on of f er i ng m e ci gar et t es a nd ci gar s. They m ade no ef f or t t o hi de t hei r am usem ent whenever I pr oduced a packet of sweet s f r om m y pocket . Af t er seven day s of t hi s I went t o a par t y. Ever ybody ar ound m e was sm oki ng and I f el t ext r em el y un f or t abl e. When m y ol d f r i end Br i an ur ged m e t o accept a ci gar et t e, i t was m or e t han I coul d bear . I t ook one gui l t i l y, l i t i t and Geof f r ey l oves. He pr epared t he speech car efull y and went to t he weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a large number of funny stori es in t he speech and, of cour se, it was a gr eat success. As soon as he had f i ni shed, Jenny tol d him she want ed to go hom e. Geof fr ey was a li t le di sappoi nted by t his but he di d as his daught er asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny i f she had enjoyed the speech. To his surpr ise, she said she hadn39。 SOS39。t be too har d on us. I 39。 he shouted: 39。 said Glor ia Gl eam . 39。Mr Eames,39。l e wi th you, 39。 39。 Ber t answered. 39。so it was f ort unate that we didn39。Geof f r ey l oves. He pr epared t he speech car efull y and went to t he weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a large number of funny stori es in t he speech and, of cour se, it was a gr eat success. As soon as he had f i ni shed, Jenny tol d him she want ed to go hom e. Geof fr ey was a li t le di sappoi nted by t his but he di d as his daught er asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny i f she had enjoyed the speech. To his surpr ise, she said she hadn39。t have to car y him . Of cour se, we shoul d ar est hi m, but as he has a good recor d, we shal l let hi m of f thi s ti me.39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he morni ngunti l I saw you. You39。Would you m ind m y ing wi th you ?39。 he answer ed.39。 he sai d, i n a m our nful voice, 39。 I t couldn39。 I39。m Rockwal l Slinger and this i s Mer li n Gr eves. 39。 in t he snow. For tunat ely, a pil ot saw t he signal and sent a message by radio t o t he nearest town. It was not long befor e a heli copter ar ived on t he scene to rescue t he sur vivors of t he pl ane cr ash. Leson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。t . Geof f rey asked her why t hi s was so and she t old hi m t hat she did not li ke to see so many peopl e l aughing at him ! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l858, a French engi neer , Ai me Thome de Gamond, ar ived i n England wi th a pl an for a t wentyone mile tunnel across the Engli sh Channel. He said that i t would be possi ble t o buil d a platf orm i n the centr e of the Channel . Thi s platf orm would serve as a por t and a rail way stati on. The t unnel would be wel l vent il at ed if t al l chi mneys wer e buil t above sea level. In 1860, a beter plan was put f or ward by an Engl ishman, Wi li am Low. He suggest ed that a doubl e rail way t unnel should be bui lt . Thi s would solve t he pr obl em of venti lati on, f or if a t rain ent er ed thi s tunnel , it would dr aw i n f resh air behi nd it . Fort y two year s later a t unnel was act ual ly begun. I f , at t he t im e, t he Bri ti sh had not f ear ed invasi on, i t woul d have been plet ed. Recent ly, there has agai n been gr eat i nterest in t he idea of a Channel Tunnel . If i t i s buil t, it wi l c onnect Bri tai n to Eur ope for t he fi rst ti me i n histor y. Lesson65 Jumbo versus t he poli ce 小象對警察 Last Chr istmas, the cir cus owner , Ji mmy Gat es, deci ded to t ake some pr esents t o a chil dren39。 Leson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff in is a m oder n aer oplane, but i ts desi gner , Mr John Wi mpenny, is f indi ng it dif fi cul t to get it of f the ground. The reason f or thi s is t hat t hi s plane is al so a bicycl e. I ts pi lot has to pedal hard to get it i nt o t he ai r. Af ter Mr Wi mpenny had t he pl ane bui lt , it was tested t hor oughl y. I n 1961, i t was the f ir st m an power ed air cr aft t o fl y half a mi le. Whi le being fl own by a cham pion amateur cycl ist in 1963, the plane crashed on an ai rf iel d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wi mpenny has had it r ebui lt. He has had t he lengt h of the wi ngs increased so t hat t hey now measur e 93 f etal most as l ong as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nterest in t his new and unusual spor t. But though air cycl ists may learn how to fl y over short distances, and may, eventual y, even get across the Engli sh Channel, i t i s doubt ful whether they wi l ever cycle across the At l ant i c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Haroun Tazief f t he Poli sh scienti st, has spent hi s li fe tim e studyi ng active vol canoes and deep caves in al l par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went t o lake Ki vu in t he Congo to obser ve a new vol cano whi ch he later named Kit uro. Tazi ef was able t o set up hi s cam p ver y close t o the volcano whil e it was er upt ing vi ol ently. Though he managed t o take a number