【正文】 of f down the m ai n str eet of the ci ty r idi ng a baby el ephant cal led Jum bo. He, shoul d have known t hat t he pol ice woul d neve r al ow t hi s sor t of thing. A pol iceman appr oached Jimm y and told him he ought to have gone along a side str eet as Jumbo was holding up the t raf ic. Though Ji mmy agr ed t o go at once, Jum bo ref used to move. Fi ft en poli cem en had to push ver y hard to get him off t he main str eet . The pol ice had a di f icult ti me, but t hey were m ost amused. 39。Fancy m eti ng you here ! 39。 I39。 Then I 39。 I conti nued dr i vi ng and af t er som e ti me, t he exam i ner t apped loudly. Though t he sound could be hear d cl ear ly, it t ook m e a l ong t im e t o react . I suddenl y pr essed t he br ake pedal har d and we were bot h thr own f or war d. The exam iner looked at m e sadl y. 39。A r elati on of your s is i ng to see you. She wi l be a r ri ving t hi s evening and i ntends to stay f or a f ew days. The moment you leave t his t ent , you wil l get a big sur pri se. A wom an you know wel wi l r ush t owards you. She wi l speak to you and then she wi l lead you away fr om this pl ace. That i s al. 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 that i t would be possi ble t o buil d 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 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 bet ter plan was put for ward by an Engl ishman, Wi li am Low. He suggest ed that a double rail way tunnel should be bui lt . Thi s would solve t he problem of venti lati on, f or if a t rai n ent ered t hi s tunnel, it woul d draw in f resh air behind i t. Fort yt wo year s lat er a tunnel was actual y begun. If , at t he ti me, the Br it ish had not f ear ed invasi on, i t would have been pl et ed. Recent ly, ther e has again been great inter est in the i dea of a Channel Tunnel . If i t is buil t, i t wi l l connect Br it ai n t o Europe f or t he fi rst ti me i n hi st or y. Lesson65 Jumbo versus the poli ce 小象對(duì)警察 Last Chr istm as, the ci rcus owner , Ji mmy Gates, decided to take som e present s to a chil dren39。 Leson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff in is a moder n aer opl ane, 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 pl ane is al so a bi cycl e. I ts pi lot has t o 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 man power ed air cr aft to fl y half a mi le. Whi le being fl own by a cham pion amateur cycl ist in 1963, t he plane crashed on an ai rf iel d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wimpenny has had it r ebuil t. He has had t he lengt h of the wi ngs increased so t hat t hey now measur e 93 feetal 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 f l y over shor t distances, and may, event ualy, even get across the Engli sh Channel, i t i s doubt ful whether they wi l ever cycle across the At lanti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Har oun Tazi ef f the Poli sh sci ent ist, has spent his l if e ti me studying acti ve vol canoes and deep caves i n al part s of the wor ld. In 1948, he went t o l ake Ki vu in the Congo t o observe a new vol cano whi ch he lat er named Ki tur o. Tazief f was abl e to set up his camp very cl ose t o t he vol cano whi le i t was er upti ng vi olentl y. Though he managed t o t ake a number of bri l ia nt photogr aphs, he could not st ay near t he volcano for ver y l ong. He not iced that a ri ver of l iquid r ock was ing t owards him . I t thr eat ened t o sur round hi m plet el y, but Tazief m anaged to escape j ust i n ti me. He wait ed unt il t he vol cano becam e quiet and he was abl e to r etur n two days l at er. This t im e, he managed to cli mb i nto t he mouth of Ki t ur o so t hat he coul d t ake photographs and measure temperatur es. Tazi ef has oft en ri sked his lif e i n thi s way. He has been abl e t o tel us m or e about acti ve vol canoes than any man ali ve. Leson68 Persist ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed t he st reet to avoid m et ing hi m, but he saw me and came r unni ng towar ds me. It was no use pretending t hat I had not seen him, so I waved to hi m. I never enjoy m et ing Bert Dykes. He never has anythi ng to do. No m at ter how busy you are, he al ways insists on i ng wi th you. I had t o t hi nk of a way of prevent ing hi m f r om f ol lowi ng me ar ound al l morni ng. 39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hing, ar e you ?39。 I li ed, 39。wai ti ng r oom !39。s f oot st eps many year s later , Si r Malcol m39。 you have j ust ki l led that child !39。 There39。Woul d you m i nd m y i ng wit h you ?39。 Bert answer ed. 39。so it was f ort unate that we didn39。clock t his eveni ng. By that im e, t he Astr a wil l have been fl ying t hrough space for sevent en hours and wi l have cir cl ed the eart h a great many ti mes. When the f ir st r adi o messages have been r eceived, t he result s of the tr ip wil l be announced i mmediat el y. Lesson62 Af t er the f ire 大火之后 Fir em en had been fi ghti ng the f or est f ir e f or nearl y thr ee weeks befor e they could get it under contr ol. A short t im e bef ore, great r es had cover ed the count ryside f or mil es ar ound. Now, smoke stil l rose up f rom the war m gr ound over the desol ate hi ls. Winter was ing on and t he hil ls t hr eat ened t he sur rounding vi l ages wi th destr uct ion, for hea