【正文】 ation. The t unnel would be well vent ilat ed if t al chim neys wer e built above sealevel. In 1860, a bett er plan was put f or ward by an Englishm an, Wilam Low. He suggest ed t hat a double r ailway t unnel should be built . This would solve t he pr oblem of vent ilat ion, f or if a t r ain ent er ed t his t unnel, it would dr aw in f r esh air behind it . For t yt wo year s lat er a t unnel was act ualy begun. I f, at he t im e, t he Br it ish had not f ear ed invasion, it would have been plet ed. Recently, t here has again been gr eat int er est in t he idea of a Channel Tunnel. I f it is built , it wil connect Br it ain t o Eur ope f or t he f ir st tim e in hist or y. Lesson65 J um bo versus t he police 小 象對(duì)警察 Last Chr istm as, t he cir cus owner , J im my Gat es, decided t o t ake some pr esents t o a childr en39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hatheld 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 t his plane is also a bicycle. I ts 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 powered air craf t o f ly half a m ile. While being f lown by a cham pion amat eur cyclist in 1963, t he plane cr ashed on an air f ield. Since t hen, M r Wimpenny has had it r ebuilt . He has had t he lengt h of t he wings incr eased so t hat t hey now m easur e 93 f eet almost as long as t hose of a Dakot a. M any people have shown int er est in t his new and unusual spor t . But t hough air cyclist s may 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 ful whet her t hey wil ever cycle acr oss t he At lant ic. Lesson67 Volcanoes 火山 Haroun Tazieff t he Polish scient ist , 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 named Kit ur o. Tazieff was able t o set up his camp ver y close t o t he volcano while it was er upt ing violent ly. Though he m anaged to t ake a number of br ilant phot ogr aphs, 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 round him plet ely, but Tazief f m anaged t o escape just in t im e. He wait ed unt il t he volcano became quiet and he was able t o r etur n t wo days lat er . This t im e, he m anaged t o clim b int o t he mout h of Kit ur o so t hat he could t ake phot ogr aphs and m easur e t em perat ures. Tazieff has oft en r isked his lif e in t his way. He has been able t o t ell us m or e about act ive volcanoes t han any m an alive. Lesson68 Per si t ent 糾纏不休 I crossed t he str eet t o avoid m eet ing 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 Iwaved t o him . I never enjoy m eeting Ber t Dykes. He never has anything t o do. No m at ter how busy you are, he always insists 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。 No, not at al, 39。but I 39。 lesson69 But not mur der ! 并 非謀殺！ I was being t est ed for a dr iving licence f or t he t hir d t ime. Ihad been asked t o dr ive in heavy t r af fic and had done so successfuly. Af ter having been inst r uct ed t o dr ive out of t own, I began t o acquir e conf idence. Sure t hat I had passed, Iwas alm ost beginning t o enjoy m y t est . The examiner must have been pleased wit h m y per f or mance, f or he sm iled and said, 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(jì)錄保持者 Lit t le boys who play t r uant f rom school ar e unim aginat ive. A quiet day39。so it was f or t unat e t hat we didn39。I was just wonder ing how t o spend t he m or ni guntil I saw you. You39。 I lied, 39。wait ing r oom ! 39。 you have just kiled t hat child ! 39。 Ther e39。 Would you m ind m y ing wit h you ?39。 Hul lo, Elizabet h,39。J umbo m ust weigh a f ew t ons, 39。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bulf ight , a dr unk suddenly wandered int o t he middle of t he r ing. The crowd began t o shout , but t he dr unk was unaware of t he danger . The bul was busy wit h t he m at ador at he t im e, but it suddenly caught sight of t he drunk who was shouting r ude r emarks and waving a r ed cap. Apparent ly sensit ive t o cr it icism, t he bul f or got al about t he m at ador and char ged at t he dr unk. The cr owd suddenly gr ew quiet . The drunk, however , seemed quit e sure of him self . When t he bul got close t o him , he clum sily st epped aside t o let it pass. The crowd br oke int o cheer s and t he dr unk bowed. By t his t ime, however , t hr ee m en had e int o t he r ing and t hey quickly dr aged t he drunk t o safety. Even t he bul seem ed t o f eel sor ry f or him , f or it looked on sym pat heticaly unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way bef ore once mor e t urning it s at tent ion t o the m atador. Lesson71 A f am ous clock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of t he f ir st hings you wil see is Big Ben, t he f am ous clock which can be hear d al over t he wor ld on t he B. B. C. I f the Houses of Par liam ent had hot been bur ned down in 1834, t he gr eat clock would never have been er ected. Big Ben t akes it s name f r om Sir Benjamin Hal who was r esponsible f or t he m aking of t he clock when t he new Houses of Parliam ent wer e being built . I t is not only of im mense size, but is extr emely accurat e as well. Of f icials f r om Gr eenwich Observa tor y have t he clock checked t wice