【正文】 si ght of t he drunk who was shout ing rude r emarks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Apparently sensit ve t o cr it ci sm, the bul l f or got a l about the matador and charged at the dr unk. The cr owd suddenl y gr ew quiet. The dr unk, however , seemed quit e sure of hi mself . When the bul l got clos。 lesson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being test ed f or a driving l icence f or t he thi rd ti me. I had been asked t o dr ive in heavy traf ic and had done so successf ul ly. Af ter havi ng been i nstr ucted to dri ve out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sure t hat I had passed, I was almost beginning to enj oy my t est. The exami ner must have been pl eased wit h my perf ormance, f or he smi led and said, 39。m going to t he denti st .39。 I answered. 39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。s hospit al. Dr essed up as Fat her Chr istmas and acpanied by a 39。 answer ed Cr awl ey,39。 which have at times been si ghted are si mply st range f ish. Ocasional ly, unusual cr eatur es ar e washed to t he shor e, but they ar e rarely caught out at sea. Some ti me ago, however , a peculi ar fi sh was caught near Madagascar. A smal l f ishi ngboat was car ied miles out to sea by the powerf ul fi sh as it pull ed on the li ne. Reali zi ng t hat this was no ordinar y fi sh, t he f isherman made ever y ef fort not to damage it in any way. When it was eventual ly brought to shore, it was f ound to be over t hi rteen feet long. It had a head l ike a horse, big blue eyes, shining si lver ski n, and a bri ght red tail , The fish, which has since been sent t o a museum where i t i s being examined by a scientist, is cal led an oarfi sh. Such cr eatures have rarely been seen al ive by man as t hey li ve at a dept h of six hundred feet . Leson83 Aft er t he elect ions 大選之后 The former Prime Minister , Mr Wentwor th Lane, was defeated i n the recent elections. He is now retir ing fr om poli ti cal if e and has gone abr oad. My f ri end, Cr awley, has always been a f anatical opponent of Mr Lane39。 we ar e taki ng you to t he macaroni f ields of Calabr ia. Macar oni has been gr own in this area for over six hundred years. Two of the leading grower s, Giuseppe Moldova and Ri cardo Brabante, tel me that they have been expect ing a splendi d cr op t hi s year and harvesti ng has begun ear lier than usual. Her e you can se t wo wor ker s who, between them, have j ust finished cut ti ng t hr e car t loads of golden brown macaroni stalks. The whole vil age has been working day and night gather ing and threshi ng t hi s year 39。 said the sherif f with a sneer. 39。 39。No newspaper men, no fil m f ans! Why don39。s f oot steps many years later, Sir Malcol m39。wai ti ng r oom ! 39。but I39。 No, not at al ,39。 Leson66 Swet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hatheld Puf fi n is amodern aer oplane, but its designer , Mr John Wi mpenny, is fi nding i t dif fi cult to get i t off t he ground. The reason for this is t hat his pl ane is also a bi cycl e. I ts pi lot has to pedal hard to get i t i nt o the ai r. Aft er Mr Wi mpenny had t he plane buil t, it was t ested thor oughly. I n 1961, it was t he f ir st man powered ai rcraft to f ly hal f a mi le. Whi le bei ng f lown by a champion amateur cycl ist i n 1963, the plane crashed on an ai rf ield. Since then, Mr Wimpenny has had i t r ebuilt . He has had the length of the wings i ncreased so t hat hey now measur e 93 f etalmost as l ong as those of a Dakota. Many people have shown interest in t hi s new and unusual sport. But t hough air cycli st s may l earn how to f ly over short di st ance s, and may, eventualy, even get across t he Engl ish Channel, it is doubt f ul whether t hey wil l ever cycle acr oss the Atl anti c. Lesson67 Volcanoes 火山 Har oun Tazief t he Polish scientist, has spent his li fet ime st udying acti ve volcanoes and deep caves i n al l part s of the wor ld. In 1948, he went to l ake Kivu in t he Congo to observe anew volcano which he later named Kituro. Tazief was able to set up hi s camp ver y cl ose to the vol cano whi le it was erupti ng violently. Though he managed to t ake a number of br il iant photographs, he could not stay near t he volcano for very l ong. He noticed that a ri ver of l iqui d rock was ing towards hi m. I t threat ened t o surr ound him pl et el y, but Tazief managed t o escape just in t ime. He waited unt il the volcano became quiet and he was a bl e to return t wo days lat er . This t ime, he managed to cli mb into t he mouth of Ki turo so that he could take phot ogr aphs and measure temper at ur es. Tazief has often ri sked hi s l if e in this way. He has been abl e to tel us mor e about acti ve volcanoes than any man ali ve. Leson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed the st reet to avoi d meti ng him, but he saw me and cam e r unni ng t owar ds me. I t was no use pr et ending that I had not sen hi m, so I waved to him. I never enjoy meet ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anything to do. No mat er how busy you ar e, he al ways insi st on i ng wi th you. I had to think of a way of pr event ing hi m fr om foll owi ng me around al morning. 39。t unnel shoul d be bui lt . This woul d solve the pr obl em of venti lation, f or i f a t rain ent er ed t hi s tunnel, it would draw i n fr esh ai r behi nd i t. For tyt wo year s later a t unnel was actual ly begun. If , at the time, the Brit ish had not feared invasi on, it woul d have been pl et ed. Recentl y, ther e has again been great interest i n the idea of a Channel Tunnel. If it is built , i t wi l connect Br itain t o Eur ope for the fi rst ime in history. Leson65 Jum bo versus t he poli ce 小象對警察 Last Christmas, the circus owner , Jim my Gates, decided to take some pr esent s to a chil dr en39。t have t o car y hi m. Of cour se, we should ar est hi m, but as he has a good r ecord, we shal l et him off t hi s t ime.39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。 I l ied, 39。s al ways pl enty t o read i n the 39。