【正文】 st reet. The pol i ce had a di f icult t im e, but t hey were m ost amused. 39。Fancy m eet ing you here ! 39。m goi ng t o. . .39。l l e wi t h you,39。Mr Eam es,39。Your si st er wil l be her e i n less t han an hour and we m ust be at t he st at ion t o meet her . We ar e lat e al r eady. 39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a few t ons,39。 39。 I 39。 39。Just one mor e thi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenly cr osses the r oad i n f r ont of you. As soon as I tap on t he wi ndow, I want the car t o be st opped imm edi atel y.39。Mr Eames,39。l l e wi t h you, 39。 39。 Bert answer ed. 39。so it was f ort unat e t hat we di dn39。cl ock t hi s evening. By t hat ti me, t he Ast ra wi l have been fl yi ng t hr ough space f or seventeen hours and wi l have ci r cl ed t he eart h a gr eat m any ti mes. When the f ir st r adi o m essages have been r ecei ved, t he r esult s of t he t ri p wil l be announced i mm edi at el y. Lesson62 Aft er t he f i re 大火之后 Fir em en had been f ighti ng t he f orest fi re f or nearl y t hree weeks bef ore t hey coul d get i t under cont rol. A shor t tim e bef or e, gr eat tr ees had cove red t he countr ysi de f or mi l es ar ound. Now, sm oke st il r ose up fr om t he warm gr ound over the desol at e hil ls. Wi nter was ing on and t he hi l s t hr eat ened t he sur r ounding vil l ages wit h dest r ucti on, for heavy r ai n woul d not onl y wash away the soil but woul d cause seri ous f l oods as wel . When t he f ir e had at l ast been put out , t he f orest aut hor it ies or der ed sever al tons of a special t ype of gr ass sed whi ch would gr ow qui ckl y. The seed was spr ayed over t he gr ound i n huge quanti ti es by aer opl anes. The pl anes had been pl a nt i ng seed f or near l y a mont h when i t began t o r ai n. By t hen, however, i n many places t he gr ass had al r eady t aken r oot . In pl ace of t he gr eat t r es whi ch had been growi ng t her e for cent uri es, pat ches of gr en had begun t o appear i n the bl ackened soil . Lesson63 She was not am used 她并不覺得好笑 Geof fr ey Ham pden has a lar ge ci rcl e of f ri ends and i s ver y popul ar at part i es. Ever ybody admi res him f or hi s fi ne sense of hum or ever ybody, t hat is, except hi s six year old daught er, Jenny. Recentl y, one of Geof fr ey39。 you have j ust kil led t hat chil d !39。 Ther e39。Woul d you mi nd m y i ng wi th you ?39。 Bert answer ed. 39。 said a pol icem an aft er war ds, 39。 As she wal ked away, I f ol lowed her out of t he f ai r. Leson61 Troubl e wi t h the H ubbl e 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 I n f ut ure, ast ronaut s wi l be r equir ed t o descend f r om a spaceshi p whi le i t is sti l i n space and t o r et ur n t o it. The abil it y t o do t hi s wil l be necessar y in f utur e fl i ghts t o di st ant pl as. Sci ent ists ar e now t ryi ng t o di scover i f t hi s is possi bl e. The spaceship Ast ra whi ch l ef t he ear t h a shor t tim e ago, wi l be t r aveli ng t hr ee hundr ed mil es i nt o space. At a cer tai n poi nt , t he Ast ra wi l st op for a shor t ti me and an ast r onaut wil l at tem pt t o leave the stati onar y spaceshi p and t hen r et ur n t o i t. We shal not know whet her t he exper im ent has been successf ul unt il we have r ecei ved a r adi o m essage. The fi rst message is expect ed to ar ri ve at 7 o39。A r elati on of your s is i ng t o see you. She wi l be ar ri vi ng t hi s eveni ng and i ntends t o st ay f or a f ew days. The m oment you l eave t his t ent , you wil l get a bi g sur pri se . A wom an you know wel wi l r ush t owards you. She wi l speak t o you and t hen she wil l l ead you away f rom this pl ace. That i s al l. 39。t . Geof fr ey asked her why t hi s was so and she t ol d him t hat she did not li ke t o see so m any peopl e l aughing at him ! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l 858, a French engi neer, Aim e Thom e de Gamond, ar ri ved i n Engl and wit h a pl an f or a t went y one mil e t unnel acr oss t he Engl ish Channel . He sai d t hat it woul d be possi bl e t o bui ld a pl at f or m in t he cent re of t he Channe l. This pl at f or m woul d ser ve as a port and a r ai l way st at i on. The t unnel woul d be wel venti lat ed i f tal chim neys wer e bui lt above seal evel. I n 1860, a bet er pl an was put for war d by an Engli shm an, Wil li am Low. He suggested t hat a double r ai l way tunnel shoul d be buil t. This woul d sol ve t he pr obl em of vent il ati on, f or i f a tr ai n ent er ed t hi s tunnel , it woul d dr aw i n f resh ai r behi nd it . For t y t wo year s lat er a t unnel was act ual l y begun. I f, at t he t im e, t he Bri ti sh had not f ear ed i nvasi on, it woul d have been plet ed. Recentl y, there has agai n been gr eat i nter est in t he i dea of a Channel Tunnel . I f it i s bui lt , it wi l connect Bri t ai n t o Eur ope f or t he fi rst tim e i n hi stor y. Lesson65 Jum bo versus t he poli ce 小象對警察 Last Chri stm as, t he cir cus owner, Jimmy Gat es, deci ded to t ake some pr esents t o a chil dren39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puf fi n i s a m oder n aer o plane, but it s desi gner, Mr John Wimpenny, is f indi ng i t di f fi cul t o get it off t he ground. The r eason f or t his i s t hat thi s pl ane is al so a bicycl e. I t s pi l ot has to pedal har d t o get it i nto t he air . Aft er Mr Wi m penny had t he pl ane buil t, it was t est ed thor oughly. I n 1961, it was t he fi rst manpower ed ai rcr af t o f l y hal f a mil e. Whil e being f l own by a cham pi on am at eur cycli st i n 1963, t he pl ane crashed on an ai rf iel d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wim penny has had it r ebuil t. He has had t he l engt h of t he wings i ncr eased so t hat t hey now measur e 93 f eet al most as l ong as t hose of a Dakot a. Many people have shown int er est i n thi s new and unusual sport. But t hough air cycli st s may l ear n how t o fl y over short di st ances, and m ay, event ual y