【正文】 said Glor ia Gleam . 39。 he shouted: 39。m Rockwal Slinger and t his is Merlin Gr eeves. 39。To end our special news buletin, 39。A r elation of yours is ing t o see you. She wil be ar r iving this evening and int ends t o stay f or a f ew days. The moment you leave t his t ent, you wil get a big sur pr ise. A woman you know well wil r ush t owar ds you. She wil speak t o you and then she wil ead you away fr om this place. That is al. 39。t . Geofr ey asked her why t his was so and she t old him t hat she did not like t o see so many people laughing at him! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 In l858, a French engineer, Aim e Thome de Gamond, ar rived in England wit h a plan f or a twentyone m ile t unnel acr oss the English Channel. He said t hat it would be posible to build a plat form in t he centr e of t he Channel. This plat form would serve as a por t and a railway station. The tunnel would be well ventilat ed if t al chimneys were built above sea level. I n 1860, a bet t er plan was put forwar d by an Englishman, Wilam Low. He suggest ed t hat a double r ailway t unnel should be built . This would solve the problem of vent ilat ion, for if a t r ain enter ed t his t unel, it would dr aw in f r esh air behind it . For tyt wo years later a t unel was actualy begun. I f, at t he t ime, t he Br itsh had not f ear ed invasion, it would have been plet ed. Recent ly, t here has again been gr eat interest in t he idea of aChannel Tunnel. If it is built , it wil connect Brit ain to Europe f or t he f ir st time in history. Lesson65 J umbo versus t he police 小象對警察 Last Chr istmas, the circus owner, J immy Gates, decided t o t ake some presents t o a childr en39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hatheld Puf fin is a m oder n aer o plane, but i s designer , M r J ohn Wim penny, is f inding it dif icult t o get it of f t he gr ound. The r eason f or t his t hat his plane is also a bicycle. It s pilot has t o pedal hard t o get it int o t he air . Af ter M r Wim penny had t he plane built , it was t ested t hor oughly. I n 1961, it was t he f ir st m an powered air cr aft t o f ly half a mile. While being f lown by a champion am at eur cyclist in 1963, t he plane cr ashed on an air field. Since t hen, Mr Wim penny has had it r ebuilt . He has had t he length of t he wings inc reased so t hat hey now measure 93 f eet almost as long as t hose of a Dakota. M any people have shown inter est in t his new and unus ual sport. But t hough air cyclists may lear n how t o fly over shor t dist ances, and may, event ualy, even get across t he Englis h Chanel, it is doubtf ul whet her they wil ever cycle acros t he Atlant ic. Lesson67 Volcanoes 火山 Haroun Tazieff t he Polish scientist , has pent his lf e time st udying active volcanoes and deep caves in al par t s of t he world. I n 1948, he went to lake Kivu in t he Congo t o observ e a new volcano which he lat er named Kitur o. Tazieff was able to set up his camp ver y close to t he volcano while it was er upt ing violently. Though he managed t o t ake a number of brilant photographs, he could not stay near t he volc ano f or ver y long. He noticed that a r iver of liquid r ock was ing t owards him. I t threatened t o sur ound him plet ely, but Tazieff managed t o escape just in t ime. He wait ed until he volcano became quiet and he was able t o ret ur n t wo days later. This t ime, he managed t o climb int o the m out h of Kit ur o so t hat he could take photogr aphs and measur e temper at ures. Tazieff has oft en r isked his lif e in t his way. He has been able t o t el us m or e about active volca。guard of honour 39。Where have you been hiding ?39。 we ar e taking you t o t he macar oni f ields of Calabr ia. M acar oni has been grown i t his area for over six hundr ed year s. Two of the leading growers, Giuseppe Moldova nd Ricar do Br abant e, t el me t hat hey have been expect ing a splendid crop t his year and harvesting has begun earlier t han usual. Here you can see two workers who, bet ween t hem, have just finished cut ing t hree cart loads of golden brown macaroni stalks. The whole vilage has been wor king day and night gat her ing and threshing t his year 39。 said t he sherif f wit h a sneer. 39。m sherif f here. Do you see that notice ? It says No Camping in case you can39。t be bet t er , Glor ia,39。 you have just kiled t hat child ! 39。 Ther e39。Would you mind my ing wit h you ?39。 Hulo, Elizabeth,39。J um bo m ust weigh a f ew t ons, 39。Your si t er wil be her e in less t han an hour and we must be at the station t o meet her . We are lat e alr eady.39。hide gold. The pir ates would oft en bury gold in t he cave and t hen f ail t o colect i . Ar med wit h t he new machine, a sear ch part y went he did not like it . She enjoyed her self m aking t he asistant bring alm ost ever yt hing in t he window bef or e f inaly buying t he dress she had f ir st asked f or. Lesson58 A blessing in disguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The t iny vilage of Frinley is said t o posess a 39。 she asked impatiently. 39。 of six pr et ty gir ls, he set of f down the main street of the city r iding a baby elephant caled J umbo. He, should have known t hat the police would never alow t his sor t of thing. A policeman appr oached J immy and t old him he ought t o have gone along a sidestr eet as J umbo was holding up t he t rafic. Though J imm y agreed t o go at once, J um bo r ef used t o m ove. Fif t een policemen had t o push very har d t o get him of f t he m ain st reet . The police had a dif ficult tim e, but hey were most am used. 39。Fancy meeting you here ! 39。m going to. .39。 he answer ed.39。 he said, in a mour nf ul voice,39。I t couldn39。I 39。 Oh, is it ?39。 said t he voice of t he t elevision anouncer ,39。 As soon as Iwent outside, I fot al about Madam Belinsky because my wif e hur ied t owards me. 39。s hospital. Dressed up as Fat her Chr ist mas and acpanied by