【正文】 ual spor t. But t hough air cycli st s may l ear n how t o fl y over short di st ances, and may, event ual y, even get acr oss t he Engl ish Channel, i t is doubt f ul whet her t hey wi l ever cycl e a cr oss t he Atl ant ic. Leson67 Volcanoes 火山 Har oun Tazi ef t he Pol ish sci ent i st, has spent his l if et im e st udyi ng act ive volcanoes and deep caves in al part s of t he wor l d. I n 1948, he went t o l ake Ki vu in t he Congo to obser ve a new volcano whi ch he later nam ed Kit uro. Tazi ef was able t o set up hi s cam p ver y close to the volcano whil e it was er upt ing vi ol ent ly. Though he managed t o take a number of br il li ant photographs, he could not stay near t he vol cano f or ver y l ong. He noti ced that a ri ver of li quid r ock was ing t owar ds him. I t thr eatened to sur round him pletel y, but Tazi ef managed to escape j ust in ti me. He wait ed unt il t he vol cano becam e qui et and he was able to r eturn two days lat er . This t ime, he managed t o cli mb i nto t he mouth of Ki tur o so tha t he coul d take photographs and m easure t emper atur es. Tazi ef has oft en ri sked his l if e in this way. He has been abl e to tel us mor e about active vol canoes than any man ali ve. Lesson68 Persistent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed the st reet o avoid m et ing him , but he saw me and came r unni ng towar ds me. I t was no use pr etending t hat I had not seen him, so I waved to hi m. I never enjoy meeti ng Be rt Dykes. He never has anythi ng to do. No mat ter how busy you ar e, he al ways insists on i ng wit h you. I had t o thi nk of a way of pr eventing hi m fr om f oll owi ng me ar ound al l morni ng. 39。re not busy doi ng anyt hing, ar e you ?39。 I l ied, 39。s al ways pl ent y t o read i n the 39。 leson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed int o the m iddle of t he ri ng. The crowd began t o shout, but the dr unk was unaware of t he danger. The bull was busy wit h t he matador at t he ti me, but it s uddenly caught si ght of the dr unk who was shout ing r ude remarks and waving a red cap. Appar ent ly sensi ti ve to cr it cism, the bull f ot al about t he m atador and charged at the drunk. The cr owd suddenly grew qui et . The dr unk, however, semed quit e sure of him self . When t he bul l got close t o him, he clum si ly st epped asi de to l et it pass. The cr owd br oke i nto cheer s and the dr unk bowed. By t his t ime, however , t hree men had e i nto t he ri ng and they quickly dr agged t he dr unk to saf et y. Even t he bul l seemed t o feel sor ry for hi m, f or i t looked on sym pat heti cal l y unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way bef or e once m or e t ur ning i ts at ent i on t o t he m atador. Leson71 A f amous clock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of t he f ir st t hings you wil l se i s Bi g Ben, t he fam ous clock whi ch can be heard al over t he wor l d on the B. B. C. I f the Houses of Parl i am ent had hot been bur ned down i n 1834, t he gr eat clock woul d never have been erected. Bi g Ben t akes i ts name f r om Sir Benj ami n Hal who was responsi bl e f or t he m aki ng of t he cl ock when t he new Houses of Parl iament were bei ng buil t. I t is not onl y of im mense si ze, but i s ext r em el y accur at e as wel . Of ici al s fr om Greenwich Observator y have t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he cl ock when i t is act ual y str iki ng because mi cr ophones ar e connect ed t o t he clock t ower . Bi g Ben has r arel y gone wr ong. Once, however, i t fail ed to gi ve the corr ect t im e. A pai nt er who had been wor ki ng on t he t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and sl owed i t down ! Leson72 A car cal l ed Bluebird “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Si r Mal colm Campbel l, was t he fi rst man to dr i ve at over 300 m il es per hour . He set up a new wor ld r ecor d in Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil le Salt Fl at s, Ut ah. Bl uebi rd, t he car he was dri ving, ha d been special ly buil t for him . It was over 30 f eet i n l ength and had a 2500 horsepower engi ne. Al though Campbel reached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour , he had gr eat dif fi cul ty in contr olli ng the car because a tyr e bur st dur ing t he fi rst run. Af ter his at empt, Campbel was disappoi nt ed to lear n t hat his average speed had been 299 mil es per hour. However, a f ew days later , he was t old t hat a m istake had been m ade. Hi s average speed had been 301 mil es per hour. Si nce t hat t ime, r acing dr iver s have r ea ched speeds of over 400 mil es an hour . Fol lowi ng his f at her 39。 Br inksl ey Meers agr ed. 39。t r ead !39。 Oh, is i t ?39。 she asked im pat ientl y. 39。 of si x pr et ty gi rl s, he set of f down the m ai n str eet of the ci ty r idi ng a baby el ephant cal led Jumbo. He, shoul d have known t hat he police woul d never al ow t hi s sor t of thing. A pol iceman appr oached Jimm y and tol d him he ought to have gone along a side st reet as Jumbo was holdi ng up the t raf i c. Though Ji mmy agr eed t o go at once, Jum bo ref used t o move. Fi ft en pol icemen had to push ver y hard to get him off t he main str eet. The pol ice had a di f icult t ime, but t hey were most amused. 39。Fancy m et ing you here ! 39。 I 39。 39。Just one more thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a child suddenl y crosses t he road i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on the wi ndow, I want t he car to be st opped i mmediat el y.39。s f ishing, or ei ght hours i n a cinema seei ng the same f il m over and over agai n, i s usual l y as f ar as t hey get. They have al l been put to shame by a boy who, whi le pl ayi ng tr uant , t ravel ed 1600 m il es. He hit c h hi ked to Dover and, t owar ds evening, went into a boat to fi nd som ewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next morni ng, he discover ed that the boat had, in t he meant im e, t ravel