【正文】 i n the snow. For tunat el y, a pi lot saw t he si gnal and sent a mesage by radi o to t he nearest t own. I t was not l ong bef or e a heli copt er ar ived on t he scene t o rescue t he sur vi vor s of t he plane crash. Leson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。m Rockwal Sli nger and this is Merl in Gr eves. 39。 I39。 I t coul dn39。 he said, i n a m our nf ul voi ce,39。 he answer ed.39。Would you mi nd m y ing wit h you ?39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he morning until I saw you. You39。t have t o car ry him. Of cour se, we shoul d ar est him , but as he has a good recor d, we shal l et him of f t hi s tim e.39。 I li t a ci garet e t o calm m y ner ves. I sm oked wi th concentr at ion and pleasur e as I was ure t hat t hi s would be m y last cigar et te. For a whole week I did not sm oke at al and duri ng t his t ime, m y wi fe suf fered ter ibly. I had al t he usual sym pt oms of som eone gi vi ng up sm oki ng: a bad tem per and an enorm ous appeti e. My f ri ends kept on of feri ng me cigar et tes and ci gar s. They m ade no ef fort t o hi de t heir amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweet s fr om my pocket. Aft er seven days of this I went to a par ty. Ever ybody around m e was smoking and I felt ext remel y unf or tabl e. When my ol d fr iend Bri an ur ged me to acept aci garet e, it was mor e than I could bear . I took one gui lt ily, lit it and Geoff rey loves. He prepar ed t he speech car ef ul ly and went t o the weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had i ncluded a l ar ge num ber of f unny st ori es i n the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon as he had fi ni shed, Jenny t ol d him she want ed t o go hom e. Geof fr ey was a lit tl e di sappointed by t hi s but he did as hi s daughter asked. On t he way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed t he speech. To his sur pr ise, she sai d she hadn39。 SOS39。t be t oo hard on us. I39。 he shouted: 39。 said Gl ori a Gleam. 39。Mr Eames,39。l e wi th you,39。 39。 Bert answer ed. 39。so i t was f or tunate t hat we di dn39。Geoff rey loves. He prepar ed t he speech car ef ul ly and went t o the weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had i ncluded a l ar ge num ber of f unny st ori es i n the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon as he had fi ni shed, Jenny t ol d him she want ed t o go hom e. Geof fr ey was a lit tl e di sappointed by t hi s but he did as hi s daughter asked. On t he way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed t he speech. To his sur pr ise, she sai d she hadn39。t have t o car ry him. Of cour se, we shoul d ar est him , but as he has a good recor d, we shal l et him of f t hi s tim e.39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he morning until I saw you. You39。Would you mi nd m y ing wit h you ?39。 he answer ed.39。 he said, i n a m our nf ul voi ce,39。 I t coul dn39。 I39。m Rockwal Sli nger and this is Merl in Gr eves. 39。 i n the snow. For tunat el y, a pi lot saw t he si gnal and sent a mesage by radi o to t he nearest t own. I t was not l ong bef or e a heli copt er ar ived on t he scene t o rescue t he sur vi vor s of t he plane crash. Leson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。t . Geoff rey asked her why this was so and she t ol d him t hat she di d not li ke t o see so many peopl e l aughi ng at him ! Leson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l 858, a Fr ench engi neer, Aime Thome de Gam ond, ari ved i n England wi th a plan for a t went y one m il e t unnel acr oss the Engli sh Channel . He sai d that it woul d be possible t o buil d a pl at form i n the centr e of the Channel. Thi s pl at form woul d ser ve as a por t and a rail way st at ion. The t unnel woul d be wel venti lated if t al chimneys wer e built above sea level. I n 1860, abet er pl an was put for ward by an Engl ishm an, Wil iam Low. He suggested that a double r ail way t unnel should be buil t. Thi s would sol ve t he pr oblem of vent il ati on, f or if atr ai n enter ed t his t unnel, i t would draw i n f resh air behi nd it . Fort y t wo year s l at er a t unnel was act ual y begun. If, at he t ime, the Br it ish had not feared i nvasi on, it woul d have been pl et ed. Recentl y, t here has again been great i nt er est i n the idea of a Channel Tunnel. If i t i s buil t, it wil connect Brit ai n to Europe f or t he f ir st tim e i n hi st or y. Lesson65 Jumbo versus the pol ice 小象對警察 Last Chri stm as, the ci rcus owner, Jimmy Gates, decided t o take som e pr esents t o a chil dr en39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hathel d Puf fi n i s a m oder n aer o pl ane, but i ts designer, Mr John Wim penny, i s fi nding it dif icul t o get it off the gr ound. The reason f or t hi s is that t hi s pl ane is al so a bicycl e. It s pil ot has t o pedal har d to get it i nt o t he air . Af ter Mr Wim penny had t he plane built , i t was test ed t hor oughl y. I n 1961, it was t he f irst m an power ed air cr af t o fl y half a mil e. Whil e being fl own by a cham pi on amateur cycli st i n 1963, the pl ane cr ashed on an ai rfi el d. Since t hen, Mr Wimpenny has had it r ebuilt . He has had the lengt h of the wings i ncr eased so t hat they now measur e 93 f eetalm ost as long as t hose of a Dakot a. Many peopl e have shown i nt er est i n this new and unusual spor t. But t hough air cycli st may lear n how to fl y over shor t di st ances, and m ay, event ual l y, even get across t he Engl ish Channel, it is doubtf ul whet her they wi l ever cycl e across t he Atl anti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Har oun Tazi ef f t he Poli sh sci enti st, has pent hi s l if e tim e studyi ng act ive vol canoes and deep caves i n al par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went to l ake Kivu in t he Congo t o observe a new volcano which he l at er named Kit ur o. Tazi ef was able t o set up his camp very close t o t he volcano whil e i t was er upt ing vi ol entl y. Though he managed t o take a num ber of bri li ant photographs, he could not stay near t he vol cano for ver