【正文】 ng him f rom foll owi ng m e ar ound al m or ning. 39。t. Geof fr ey asked her why t hi s was so and she t ol d him t hat she di d not li ke t o se so m any people l aughi ng at him ! Leson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l 858, a Fr ench engineer , Aim e Thom e de Gam ond, ar ived i n Engl and wit h a pl an for a t went y one mi le t unnel across the Engli sh Channel. He sai d that i t woul d be possi ble t o buil d a pl at f orm i n t he centr e of t he Channel . This pl at f orm woul d ser ve as a port and a r ai l way st at i on. The t unnel woul d be wel l venti l at ed if t al l chim neys wer e buil t above sea level . I n 1860, a bet er pl an was put f or war d by an Engli shm an, Wil li am Low. He suggested t hat a double r ail way tunnel shoul d be buil t. This woul d sol ve t he pr obl em of ventil ati on, f or i f a t rai n ent er ed t hi s t unnel , it woul d draw i n f r esh air behi nd 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 would have been pl et ed. Recent l y, t her e has again been gr eat i nt er est i n t he i dea of a Channel Tunnel. I f i t is buil t, i t wil l connect Br it ain t o Eur ope f or the f ir st t im e in hi st ory. Leson65 Jum bo versus t he pol ice 小象對警察 Last Chri stm as, t he ci r cus owner, Jimm y Gat es, deci ded t o t ake som e pr esent s t o a chi l dr en39。 sai d a poli cem an af t er war ds, 39。Hul l o, El izabet h, 39。m goi ng t o. . .39。 Then I 39。 I conti nued dr ivi ng and af ter som e ti me, the exam i ner tapped loudly. Though t he sound could be hear d cl ear l y, it t ook m e a l ong tim e t o r eact. I suddenly pr esed t he br ake pedal har d and we wer e bot h t hrown f or war d. The exami ner l ooked at m e sadl y. 39。Thi s is a wonder ful place f or a pi i c, 39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you!39。 don39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a l i ght pasenger plane f lew of f cour se som e t im e ago, i t cr ashed i n t he m ount ai ns and i ts pi l ot was kil led. The onl y pa senger s, a young woman and her t wo baby daught er s, wer e unhurt. I t was t he m iddle of wi nter. Snow l ay t hi ck on the gr ound. The woman knew t hat t he near est vi l age was m il es away. When i t grew dar k. she t ur ned a sui t case int o a bed and put t he chil dr en i nsi de it , coveri ng t hem wit h al t he cl othes she coul d fi nd. Dur ing t he ni ght, it got t er ri bl y col d. The woman kept as near as she coul d t o t he chil dr en and even tr ied t o get i nt o t he case herself , but i t was too smal . Ear l y ,next m or ni ng she hear d pl anes pasi ng over head and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal. Then she had an idea. She sta m ped out the l et t er s39。Ci garet e Sm oki ng and Your Healt h39。so it was f ort una t e that we di dn39。 Ber t answer ed. 39。 39。l l e wit h you, 39。Mr Eam es,39。 sai d Gl or ia Gl eam . 39。 he shout ed: 39。t be t oo har d on us. I 39。m Bri nksl ey Meers, and m y ot her name i s Gl or i a Gl eam. Now you get out of her e fast !39。sai d Rockwal ,39。 Meanwhil e, t wo ot her act or s, Rockwal Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eeves, had car ied t wo l ar ge f ood basket s t o a shady spot under some t r es. When t hey had al m ade t hem sel ves f or table, a str anger appear ed. He l ooked very angr y. 39。s f ishing, or ei ght hours i n a ci nema seei ng t he same f il m over and over agai n, is usual ly as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whi l e pl ayi ng tr uant , tr avel ed 1600 mil es. He hi t ch hiked t o Dover and, towar ds eveni ng, went i nt o a boat o f i nd somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next m or ni ng, he di scover ed that t he boat had, i n t he m eanti m e, tr avel led t o Calais. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tch hi ked t o Pari s i n a l or r y. The dri ver gave him a f ew biscui t s and a cup of coff ee and left him j ust outsi de t he cit y. The next car t he boy s t opped di d not t ake him i nto t he cent re of Pari s as he hoped i t woul d, but t o Per pi gnan on t he Fr ench Spani sh bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a poli cem an and sent back t o Engl and by t he l ocal aut hori ti es. He has sur ely set up a r ecor d for t he t housands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school . Lesson74 O ut of t he li m eli ght 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dr y r i ver bed and a part y of fam ous act ors and actr eses got of f. Dr esed i n dar k glasses and old cl ot hes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecognize t hem. But as t hey soon di scover ed, disgui ses can som etim es be too perf ect . 39。Just one m ore t hing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose t hat a chi l d suddenl y cr osses t he r oad i n f ront of you. As soon as I t ap on t he wi ndow, I want t he car t o be st opped imm edi atel y.39。 39。 I 39。 39。Jum bo must wei gh a f ew t ons,39。s cr op bef ore t he Sept em ber r ains. On t he r i ght, you can s ee Mr s Br abante her self . She has been hel pi ng her husband f or t hir ty years now. Mrs Br abant e is t al king t o t he m anager of t he l ocal fact or y wher e t he cr op i s pr ocessed. This l ast scene shows you what wil l happen at he end of the har vest : t he f am ous Cal abr i an m acar oni eati ng pet it on ! Si gnor Fr at el li , t he pr esent cham pion, has won it ever y year si nce 1961. And that ends our spec ial bul l et in f or today, Thur sday, Apr il 1st. We are now ret ur ni ng you t o t he st udi o.39。Wel l, I 39。 Look, sher if f, 39。t we e m or e oft en ?39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a wor l d record. Li ke hi s fat her, he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebi r d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who pl ay tr uant f r om school are unim agi nat i ve. A qui et day39。 l eson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was being t est ed for a dri ving l icence f o