【正文】 d 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. He suggest ed t hat a doubl e railway 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 Jumbo versus t he poli ce 小象對警察 Last Christmas, the circus owner , Jimmy Gates, decided to take some pr esent s to a chil dr en39。 said a pol iceman afterwards, 39。 Bert answer ed. 39。Woul d you mi nd my ing with you ?39。 he answered. 39。 he said, i n a mour nf ul voi ce,39。 It couldn39。 I 39。m Rockwal Slinger and t hi s is Merl in Greeves. 39。 i n the snow. Fortunat el y, a pilot saw t he signal and sent a mesage by radio to t he near est own. It was not l ong bef or e a heli copter ar ived on t he scene t o rescue the survivor s of t he plane crash. Lesson76 Apri l Fools 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. He suggest ed t hat a doubl e railway 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 Jumbo versus t he poli ce 小象對警察 Last Christmas, the circus owner , Jimmy Gates, decided to take some pr esent s to a chil dr en39。 Leson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hathel d Puf fin i s a moder n aer o pl ane, but i ts designer, Mr John Wim penny, i s finding it dif icul t to get it off the gr ound. The reason f or t hi s is that t hi s plane is al so a bicycl e. It s pi lot has t o pedal har d to get it into t he air . Af ter Mr Wimpenny had t he plane built , i t was test ed t hor oughl y. In 1961, it was t he f irst manpower ed air cr af t o fl y half a mil e. Whil e being fl own by a champion amateur cycli st in 1963, the pl ane cr ashed on an ai rfi el d. Since t hen, Mr Wimpenny has had it rebui lt. He has had t he l ength of t he wi ngs increased so that t hey now measure 93 feet al most as long as t hose of aDakota. Many peopl e have shown i nt er est in this new and unusual spor t. But though air cyclists may lear n how t o fl y over shor t di st ances, and may, event ual y, even get across t he English Channel, it is doubtf ul whet her they wi l ever cycl e across t he At lant ic. Lesson67 Volcanoes 火山 Har oun Tazi ef f t he Poli sh sci enti st, has spent his l ifet ime studying act ive volcanoes and deep caves in al part s of the world. In 1948, he went to l ake Kivu in t he Congo t o obser ve a new volcano which he l at er named Kit ur o. Tazief f was able t o set up his camp ver y close to t he volcano while i t was er upti ng viol entl y. Though he managed to t ake a number of br il liant phot ographs, he could not stay near the volcano f or ver y long. He noti ced that a r iver of l iquid rock was i ng t owards him. It threat ened to sur round him pletel y, but Tazi ef f managed to escape just in t ime. He wait ed until the vol cano became qui et and he was abl e to r et ur n two days later. Thi s time, he managed t o cl imb into t he mouth of Kituro so that he could t ake photogr aphs and measure t emperatures. Tazief has oft en r isked his lif e in t hi s way. He has been abl e to t el us mor e about act ive volcanoes t han any man al i ve. Lesson68 Persistent 糾纏不休 I crossed t he str et o avoid meet ing hi m, but he saw me and came runni ng t owards 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 mater how busy you ar e, he always insists on i ng wi th you. I had to think of a way of pr eventi ng hi m fr om foll owi ng me around al morning. 39。 No, not at al ,39。but I 39。wai ting r oom ! 39。s f ootsteps many years later, Sir Malcol m39。No newspaper men, no f il m fans! Why don39。 39。 sai d the sher if f wi th a sneer . 39。 we ar e taki ng you to the macaroni f ield。m Bri nksley Mers, and my other name i s Gl or ia Gl eam. Now you get out of her e fast !39。sai d Rockwal ,39。 Meanwhile, two other act or s, Rockwal l Sli nger and Merli n Greeves, had car ried two l ar ge f ood basket s t o a shady spot under some t rees. When they had al l made themselves f or tabl e, a stranger appeared. He looked ver y angry. 39。s f ishi ng, or eight hours i n a ci nema seei ng t he same fil m over and over again, i s usual y as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put to shame by a boy who, whi le playi ng t ruant , t ravel ed 1600 mi les. He hi tch hiked t o Dover and, towards evening, went i nt o a boat o