【正文】 t he t ime, t he Br itsh had not f ear ed invasion, it would have been plet ed. Recent ly, t here has again been gr eat interest in t he idea of aChannel Tunnel. If it is built , it wil connect Brit ain to Europe f or t he f ir st time in history. Lesson65 J umbo versus t he police 小象對警察 Last Chr istmas, the circus owner, J immy Gates, decided t o t ake some presents 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 i s designer , M r J ohn Wim penny, is f inding it dif icult t o get it of f t he gr ound. The r eason f or t his t hat his plane is also a bicycle. It s pilot has t o pedal hard t o get it int o t he air . Af ter M r Wim penny had t he plane built , it was t ested t hor oughly. I n 1961, it was t he f ir st m an powered air cr aft t o f ly half a mile. While being f lown by a champion am at eur cyclist in 1963, t he plane cr ashed on an air field. Since t hen, Mr Wim penny has had it r ebuilt . He has had t he length of t he wings increased so t hat hey now measure 93 f eet almost as long as t hose of a Dakota. M any people have shown inter est in t his new and unusual sport. But t hough air c yclists may lear n how t o fly over shor t dist ances, and may, event ualy, even get across t he English Chanel, it is doubtf ul whet her they wil ever cycle acros t he Atlant ic. Lesson67 Volcanoes 火山 Haroun Tazieff t he Polish scientist , has pent his lf e time st udying active volcanoes and deep caves in al par t s of t he world. I n 1948, he went to lake Kivu in t he Congo t o observe a new volcano which he lat er named Kitur o. Tazieff was able to set up his camp ver y close to t he volcano while it was er upt ing violently. Though he managed t o t ake a number of brilant photographs, he could not stay near t he volcano f or ver y long. He noticed that a r iver of liquid r ock was ing t owards him. I t threatened t o sur ound him plet ely, but Tazieff managed t o escape just in t ime. He wait ed until he volcano became quiet and he was able t o ret ur n t wo days later. This t ime, he managed t o climb int o the m out h of Kit ur o so t hat he could take photogr aphs and measur e temper at ures. Tazieff has oft en r isked his lif e in t his way. He has been able t o t el us m or e about active volcanoes t han any m an alive. Lesson68 Per si t ent 糾纏不休 Icr ossed t he str eet t o avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came r unni g t owards me. I t was no use pr etending that I had not seen him , so I waved t o him . I never enjoy m eet ing Bert Dykes. He never has anyt hing t o do. No m at ter how busy you ar e, he always insists on ing wit h you. I had t o think of a way of prevent ing him fr om f olowing me around al m orning. 39。 No, not at al, 39。m going to the dentist.39。J ust one more t hing, M r Eames. Let us supose t hat a child sudenly cr osses the r oad in f ront of you. As soon as I tap on t he window, I want he car t o be st opped im mediat ely.39。s fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing t he same f ilm over and over again, is usualy as far as t hey get . They have al been put to shame by a boy who, while playing t ruant, r aveled 1600 miles. He hitch hiked t o Dover and, t owar ds evening, went int o a boat t o f ind somewher e t o sleep. When he woke up next m or ni g, he discover ed t hat t he boat had, in t he meant ime, t raveled t o Cal is. No one not iced t he boy as he cr ept of. From t her e, he hit ch hiked to Paris in a lor ry. The driver gave him a f ew biscuit s and a cup of cofee and lef t him just outside t he cit y. The next car t he boy st opped did not ake him int o the centr e of Paris as he hoped it would, but o Per pignan on t he Fr ench Spanish bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a policeman and sent back t o England by t he local authorit ies. He has sur ely set up a recor d for t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evading school. Lesson74 Out of t he lim elight 舞臺之外 An ancient bus stoped by a dr y r iver bed and a par ty of amous actor s and actr esses got of . Dr essed in dark glases and old clot hes, they had t aken special pr ecaut ions so t hat no one should r ecognize t hem. But as they soon discovered, disguises can somet imes be t oo perf ect. 39。 M eanwhile, t wo other actors, Rockwal Slinger and Merlin Gr eeves, had car ried t wo lar ge f ood baskets to a shady spot under some t rees. When t hey had al m ade t hemselves fort able, a st ranger appeared. He looked very angry. 39。 don39。 SOS39。. Because t he tr ee was m ent ioned in a newspaper, t he num ber of vist or s t o Fr inley has now incr eased. The t r ee was plant ed near achurch f if t y ear s ago, but i is only in r ecent year s t hat it has gained an evil r eputation. I t is said t hat if anyone t ouches t he t r ee, he wil have bad luck。clock t his evening. By that ime, t he Astr a wil have been flying t hr ough space f or sevent een hour s and wil have cir cled t he ear th a great many t imes. When t he f ir st r adio messages have been r eceived, the r esult s of t he t r ip wil be announced immediately. Lesson62 Af ter t he f ir e 大火之后 Firemen had been f ight ing t he f orest f ire f or near ly three weeks bef or e t hey could get it under cont rol. A short t ime bef or e, great t rees had cover ed t he c ount ryside f or miles around. Now, smoke st il r ose up f r om t he war m ground over t he desolate hils. Wint er was ing on and t he hils t hr eat ened t he sur rounding vilages wit h destr uction, f or heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious f loods as wel. When t he f ir e had at last been put out, t he f or est aut horit ies order ed several t ons of aspecial t ype of grasseed which would grow quickly. The seed was spr ayed over t he gr ound in huge quanti ies by aeroplanes. The planes had been planting seed f or near ly a mont h when it began t o r ain.