【正文】 vy r ain woul d not onl y wash away the soil but woul d cause ser ious f loods as wel. When the f ir e had at l ast been put out, t he for est aut hor i ties or der ed several tons of a speci al t ype of gr asssed whi ch would gr ow qui ckl y. The seed was spr ayed over the ground i n huge quanti ti es by aer opl anes. The pl anes had been pl ant ing seed for near ly a month when it began t o r ai n. By then, however, i n many plac es the grass had al ready taken r oot . I n pl ace of the gr eat t rees which had been gr owi ng there f or centur ies, pat ches of green had begun t o appear in t he blackened soil . Lesson63 She was not amused 她并不覺(jué)得好笑 Geof fr ey Hampden has a l arge cir cle of f ri ends and is ver y popul ar at part ies. Everybody admir es hi m for his f ine sense of humor ever ybody, that i s, except his si x year ol d daught er , Jenny. Recently, one of Geoff rey39。s son, Donald, also set up a worl d r ecord. Li ke hi s fat her , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record holder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li tl e boys who play t ruant f r om school are unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。 lesson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng tested f or a dr i vi ng li cence f or t he thi rd t im e. I had been asked to dr i ve i n heavy t r af fi c and had done so succe ss f ul l y. Af ter havi ng been i nst r uct ed t o dri ve out of t own, I began t o acquir e conf i dence. Sur e t hat I had passed, I was alm ost beginni ng t o enjoy m y test. The exami ner m ust have been pl eased wit h m y per f orm ance, f or he smi led and sai d, 39。but I39。 No, not at al l , 39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。s hospi tal . Dr essed up as Father Chri st mas and acpani ed by a 39。 As soon as I went out side, I f ot al about Madam Bel li nsky because my wif e hurr ied t owards me. 39。Your si st er wil l be her e in l es t han an hour and we must be at the stati on to meet her. We are l a te alr eady. 39。Jumbo must weigh a f ew t ons,39。 39。m goi ng to.. .39。l l e wit h you, 39。Mr Eam es,39。 As soon as I went out side, I f ot al about Madam Bel li nsky because my wif e hurr ied t owards me. 39。s hospi tal . Dr essed up as Father Chri st mas and acpani ed by a 39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。 No, not at al ,39。but I39。 lesson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng tested f or a dr i vi ng li cence f or t he thi rd t im e. I had been asked to dr i ve i n heavy t r af fi c and had done so succesf ul l y. Af ter havi ng been i nst r uct ed t o dri ve out of t own, I began t o acquir e conf i dence. Sur e t hat I had passed, I was alm ost beginni ng t o enjoy m y test. The exami ner m ust have been pl eased wit h m y per f orm ance, f or he smi led and sai d, 39。s son, Donald, also set up a worl d r ecord. Li ke hi s fat her , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record holder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li tl e boys who play t ruant f r om school are unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。 he said, i n a m ournf ul voi ce,39。 he answered.39。 39。Hull o, El izabet h,39。 said a pol icem an af t er wards, 39。 As she wal ked away, I fol lowed her out of the f air . Lesson61 Trouble wi t h the Hubble 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n f utur e, ast r onauts wi l be r equi red t o descend fr om a spaceship whi le it is st il i n space and to retur n t o it . The abi li ty t o do t hi s wi l be necessar y in f utur e fl ights to di st ant plas. Sci ent ists ar e now t ryi ng to di scover i f thi s is possi bl e. The spaceship Ast ra whi ch lef t he ear th a shor t ti me ago, wi l be t raveli ng t hr ee hundr ed mil es into space. At a cert ain poi nt , the Astr a wi l stop f or a shor t ti me and an ast ronaut wi l at empt to l eave t he st ati onar y spaceship and then ret ur n t o it . We shal not know whet her t he exper iment has been succesf ul unti l we have recei ved a radio mesage. The f ir st m essage i s expected t o ar ive at 7 o39。s f oot st eps many year s later , Si r Malcol m39。wai ti ng r oom !39。 I li ed, 39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hing, ar e you ?39。 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 iant 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