【正文】 eech car efull y and went to t he weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a l arge 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 ini 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 sai d she hadn39。so it was for tunate t hat we di dn39。 Ber t answered. 39。 39。 he answer ed. 39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce, 39。 I t coul dn39。 I 39。m Rockwal Sl inger and t his i s Merl in Greeves.39。 i n t he snow. Fort unat el y, a pi lot saw t he si gnal and sent a message by r adi o to the near est t own. I t was not l ong bef ore a hel icopter ar r ived on the scene to r escue the survi vor s of the pl ane cr ash. Lesson76 Apri l Fool s 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 laughing at him! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 In l858, a French engi neer, Ai me Thome de Gam ond, ar ived i n England wi th a pl an for a t went yone mi le tunnel across the Engli sh Channel. He said t hat i t would be possi ble t o build a platf orm i n the centr e of the Channe l . Thi s platf orm would serve as a por t and a r ail way st ati on. The t unnel would be wel l vent ilat ed if t al l chi mneys wer e buil t above sea level . In 1860, a bet ter plan was put for ward by an Engl ishman, Wil li am Low. He suggest ed t hat a doubl e rail way t unnel should be buil t. Thi s woul d solve t he pr oblem of venti lati on, f or if a t r ai n ent ered t hi s t unnel, it woul d draw in f r esh air behind i t. Fort yt wo year s l at er a t unnel was act ual y begun. If , at t he tim e, t he Br it sh had not f ear ed i nvasi on, i t woul d have been pl et ed. Recent l y, t her e has again been great int er est i n the i dea of a Channel Tunnel . If i t is buil t, it wil connect Br it ai n t o Europe f or t he fi rst ti me i n hist or y. Lesson65 Jum bo versus the poli ce 小象對警察 Last Chr istm as, t he cir cus owner , Ji mm y Gat es, deci ded t o t ake som e present s t o a chil dr en39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hatheld Puf f in i s a modern aer o plane, but it s desi gner , Mr John Wim penny, is f inding i t dif fi cul t o get it off t he ground. The r eason f or t his i s that thi s pl ane is also a bi cycle. I ts pil ot has t o pedal hard t o get it int o the ai r. Af ter Mr Wim penny had the pl ane bui lt, i t was test ed thor oughly. I n 1961, i t was t he fi rst manpower ed ai rcr af t to f ly hal f a mi le. Whi le being f lown by a champi on amateur cycli st i n 1963, t he plane cr ashed on an air f ield. Since t hen, Mr Wimpenny has had i t rebuil t. He has had the l engt h of the wi ngs increased so t hat they now measure 93 feetalmost as long as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nt erest i n t hi s new and unusual sport . But t hough ai r cycli sts may l ear n how t o f ly over shor t di st ances, and m ay, event ual ly, even get acr oss t he Engl ish Channel , it is doubtf ul whet her t hey wil l ever cycl e acr oss t he At lanti c. Leson67 Volcanoes 火山 Haroun Tazief t he Polish scienti st , has spent hi s li fet im e st udyi ng act ive volcanoes and deep caves in al l par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went to lake Kivu in t he Congo to obser ve a new volcano which he l ater nam ed Kit uro. Tazi ef was able t o set up hi s camp ver y close to the volcano whil e it was er upt ing viol ent ly. Though he managed to take a number of br il li ant photographs, he coul d not st ay near t he vol cano f or ver y long. He noti ced t hat a ri ver of li quid r ock was i ng towar ds him. I t threatened to sur round him pletel y, but Tazi ef f managed t o escape just in tim e. He wait ed unt il the vol cano became qui et and he was able t o r et urn two days lat er . This t ime, he managed t o cli mb i nt o t he mouth of Ki tur o so that he coul d take photographs and m easure t emper atures. Tazi ef f has of ten r i sked hi s li fe i n t hi s way. He has been able t o t el l us more about acti ve volcanoes than any man al ive. Lesson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I crossed t he str et to avoid meet ing hi m, but he saw m e and cam e running t owards me. It was no use pret ending that I had not seen him , so I waved t o him . I never enjoy meet ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hing t o do. No mat er how busy you are, he always i nsist s on ing wi th you. I had to t hink of a way of pr eventi ng him fr om f oll owing m e ar ound al l mor ni ng. 39。r e not busy doing anyt hing, ar e you ?39。 he asked, befor e I had fi nished speaki ng. ‘ Not at al, 39。s al ways plenty t o r ead i n the 39。 leson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed int o the middle of t he ri ng. The crowd began to shout, but the dr unk was unaware of t he danger. The bull was busy wi t h the m at ador at the t im e, but it suddenly caught sight of the dr unk who was shouti ng r ude r emarks and waving a r ed cap. Apparentl y sensit ive t o cri ti ci sm, the bull f ot al l about the m at ador and char ged at t he drunk. The cr owd suddenly gr ew quiet . The dr unk, however , seemed quit e sur e of himself . When the bul l got close to hi m, he clumsil y stepped asi de t o l et i t pass. The cr owd broke i nt o cheer s and the drunk bowed. By thi s ti me, however, t hree men had e i nt o t he ri ng and t hey qui ckl y dr agged the dr unk to safet y. Even t he bul l seemed to fe el sor ry f or him, f or it looked on sym pat het ical y until t he drunk was out of t he way befor e once mor e t ur ning i ts at tenti on to t he matador. Leson71 A famous clock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of the f ir st things you wi l se is Bi g Ben, t he famous clock whi ch can be heard al l over