【正文】 n Engl ishman, Wi l iam Low. He suggest ed t hat a double r ai l way tunnel should be buil t. Thi s would sol ve t he pr oblem of vent il at ion, f or if atr ai n enter ed t his t unnel, i t would draw i n f resh air behi nd it . Fort y t wo years l at er atunnel was act ual y begun. I f, at he t ime, t he Br it sh had not fear ed i nvasi on, i t would have been pleted. Recent ly, t her e has agai n been gr eat interest i n t he i dea of a Channel Tunnel . I f it is bui lt, it wil l connect Bri tain t o Eur ope for t he f ir st tim e in hist ory. Leson65 Jumbo versus t he pol ice 小象對警察 Last Chr ist mas, the ci rcus owner, Jimmy Gates, decided t o take som e pr esents t o a chil dr en39。 sai d a poli ceman af terwards, 39。Hull o, Elizabeth,39。m goi ng t o. . 39。l l e with you, 39。Mr Eames, 39。 sai d Gloria Gl eam. 39。 he shouted: 39。t be too har d on us. I 39。 SOS39。 I l it a ci garet e to calm my ner ves. I smoked wi th concentr at ion and pl easur e as I was sur e that thi s would be my last ci gar et te. For a whole wek I di d not smoke at al and dur ing this ti me, my wif e suff er ed t er ri bl y. I had al the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoki ng: abad temper and an enormous appeti te. My fr iends kept on off er ing me ci gar et tes and ci gars. They made no ef fort to hide thei r amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweet s fr om my pocket. Aft er seven days of this I went to a par ty. Ever ybody around me was smoking and I felt ext remel y unf or tabl e. Whe n my ol d fr iend Bri an ur ged me to acept aci garet e, it was mor e than I could bear . I took one gui lti ly, lit it and smoked wit h satisfaction. My wi fe was deli ghted that t hi ngs had retur ned to normal once more. Anyway, as Br ian pointed out , i t i s t he easi est hi ng i n the wor ld t o gi ve up smoking. He himsel f has done i t l ots of t imes! Leson79 By ai r 乘飛機(jī) I used to t ravel by air a great deal when I was a boy. My parents, used to l ive in Sout h Amer ica nd I used t o fly t her e f rom Europe in the hol idays. An airhost ess would t ake charge of me and I never had an unpl easant experi ence. I am used t o tr avel ling by ai r and onl y on one occasi on have I ever felt fr ight ened. Aft er taking of f, we wer e fl yi ng l ow over t he cit y and sl owl y gaining hei ght, when t he plane suddenl y turned r ound and f l ew back t o t he ai r por t . Whi l e we wer e wai t i ng t o l and, an ai r host ess t ol d us t o keep cal m and t o get of f t he pl ane qui et l y as soon as i t had t ouched down. Ever ybody on boar d was wor r i ed and we wer e cur i ous t o f i nd out what had happened. Lat er we l ear nt t hat t her e was a ver y i m por t ant per son on boar d. The pol i ce had been t ol d t hat a bom b had been pl ant ed on t he pl ane. eof f r ey l oves. He pr epared the speech carefull y and went to the wedding wit h Jenny. He had incl uded a l ar ge number of f unny st or ies in the speech and, of course, it was a gr eat success. As soon as he had f inished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Geoffr ey was ali tl e di sappointed by t hi s but he did as hi s daughter asked. On t he way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his sur pr ise, she said she hadn39。t have to car ry him. Of cour se, we should ar est hi m, but as he has a good record, we shal l et him of f t hi s time.39。 I was just wonderi ng how to spend the mor ni ngunt il I saw you. You39。 he asked, before I had f inished speaking. ‘ Not at al l, 39。 There39。 you have j ust ki led that child ! 39。t be bet ter, Glori a, 39。m sheri f here. Do you se that notice ? It says No Campi ng in case you can39。 39。To end our s。 said t he sher if wi th a sneer . 39。 39。No newspaper men, no f il m fans! Why don39。s foot st eps many years l at er , Sir Malcolm39。wait ing room !39。but I39。 39。Hullo, Ber t,39。s hospi tal. Dresed up as Father Chri stm as and ac panied by a 39。To end our speci al news bulleti n, 39。 39。m sheri f here. Do you se that notice ? It says No Campi ng in case you can39。t be bet ter, Glori a, 39。 you have j ust ki led that child ! 39。 There39。 he asked, before I had f inished speaking. ‘ Not at al l, 39。 I was just wonderi ng how to spend the mor ni ngunt il I saw you. You39。t have to car ry him. Of cour se, we should ar est hi m, but as he has a good record, we shal l et him of f t hi s time.39。eof f r ey l oves. He pr epared the speech carefull y and went to the wedding wit h Jenny. He had incl uded a l ar ge number of f unny st or ies in the speech and, of course, it was a gr eat success. As soon as he had f inished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Geoffr ey was ali tl e di sappointed by t hi s but he did as hi s daughter asked. On t he way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his sur pr ise, she said she hadn39。so it was for tunate t hat we didn39。 Ber t answered. 39。 Would you mind my ing wit h you ?39。 he answer ed.39。 he said, in a mour nful voice, 39。 It couldn39。 I39。m Rockwal Slinger and t hi s i s Mer li n Greeves.39。 in t he snow. For tunately, a pi lot saw the si gnal and sent amessage by r adio t o the nearest town. I t was not long before a hel icopter ar ri ved on the scene to r escue the sur vi vors of the pl ane cr ash. Leson76 April Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。t . Geoff rey asked her why this was so and she t ol d hi m that she did not l ike to se so many people laughing at him! Lesson64 The Channel Tunel 海峽隧道 I n l858, a French engineer , Ai me Thome de Gamond, ar rived in England with a plan for atwent y one mi le tunnel across t he Engl ish Channel. He said that i t would be possible t o buil d a pl at form in the centr e of the Channel. This plat form would serve as a por t and a railway st at ion. The tunnel would be wel vent ilated if tal chi mneys were built above sea level. I n 1860, a bet er plan was put f or war d by an Engl ishman, Wi l iam Low