【正文】 onger tha n I expected. 39。 eggs and asked me whet her my col lecti on was growing. He then asked me how my br ot her was and whether I li ked my new j ob i n London. In answer t o these questi ons I ei ther nodded or made strange noises. Meanwhil e, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been. I suddenly f el t very worr ied, but could not say anyt hi ng. When t he dent ist at l ast removed the cott onwool f rom my mouth, I was able t o tel l hi m that he had pul led out the wrong toot h. Leson49 The nd of a dream 美夢(mèng)告終 Ti red of sleeping on t he f loor, a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed. For the fi rst ime in his l ife, he became the pr oud owner of a bed which had spr ings and a mat tress. Because t he weather was very hot , he car ri ed the bed on to t he r oof of his house. He sl ept very wel f or the fi rst wo ni ght s, but on t he t hi rd ni ght , a storm bl ew up. A gust of wind swept t he bed of f t he r oof and sent it cr ashing into the court yard below. The young man did not wake up unt il the bed had str uck the ground. Al though the bed was smashed t o pi eces, the man was miracul ously unhurt. When he woke up, he was ti l on t he mat res. Gl ancing at the bits of wood and metal t hat lay ar ound hi m, the man sadly picked up the mat tr ess and car ried it into his house. Aft er he had put it on the f loor, he promptl y went t o sl ep again. Leson50 Taken for a ri de 乘車兜風(fēng) I l ove tr avel li ng i n the count ry, but I don39。l l tel you wher e to get off ,39。 I asked. 39。I 39。You don39。A relati on of yours is ing to see you. She wil l be ari ving this eveni ng and intends to stay for a f ew days. The moment you l eave this tent , you wil l get a big sur pr ise. A woman you know wel wil l r ush towar ds you. She wi l speak t o you and t hen she wil l ead you away f rom t hi s pl ace. That is al. 39。t . Geoff rey asked her why this was so and she t ol d hi m that she did not like to se so many people laughing at him! Lesson64 The Channel Tunel 海峽隧道 In l858, a French engineer , Ai me Thome de Gamond, ar rived in Engl and with a plan for a twent y one mi le tunnel across t he Engl ish Channel. He said that i t would be possibl e t o bui ld a pl at form in the centr e of the Channel . This platform would serve as a por t and a railway staion. The tunnel would be wel lvent ilated if tal chi mneys wer e buil t above sea level . I n 1860, a bet ter plan was put f or war d by an Engl i shman, Wi li am Low. He suggest ed t hat a doubl e railway tunnel should be bui lt. This woul d solve the pr oblem 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 tytwo year s later a t unnel was act ual y begun. If , at the time, the Br it ish had not fear ed i nvasi on, it would have been pleted. Recently, 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 t ime in history. Leson65 Jumbo versus t he police 小象對(duì)警察 Last Chr istmas, the circus owner , Jimmy Gates, decided to take some pr esent s t o a chil dr en39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat held Puffi n is a moder n aeroplane, but it s desi gner , Mr John Wimpenny, is f indi ng i t dif fi cult t o get i t of f t he gr ound. The r eason f or this i s t hat this plane i s also a bi cycle. I ts pil ot has t o pedal hard t o get i t into t he air. Aft er Mr Wim penny had the pl ane bui lt, it was t ested t horoughly. I n 1961, i t was the fir st man powered ai rcraft t o f ly hal f a mi le. Whi le bei ng f lown by a cham pi on am at eur cycl ist i n 1963, t he plane cr ashed on an airf ield. Si nce then, Mr Wim penny has had i t rebuil t. He has had t he lengt h of t he wi ngs i ncr eased so t hat they now meas ur e 93 f eetalm ost as long as those of a Dakot a. Many people 球還是水球？ The Wayl e is a smal ri ver that cut s across t he park near my home. I li ke sit ting by the Wayl e on f ine af ternoons. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual . Some chil dr en were playing games on the bank and t here were some people r owi ng on the ri ver. Suddenly, one of t he childr en kicked a ten hours. The man was order ed t o pay amp。 but I don39。 the conductor said. 39。t mat ter, 39。Thi s i s the pr et tiest car pet I have ever sen,39。. Because the tr e was mentioned i n a newspaper, the number of visi tors t o Fr inley has now i ncr eased. The tree was planted near a church f ift y years ago, but i t is onl y in recent year s that it has gai ned an evil reput at ion. It i s aid tha t i f anyone touches the tr e, he wi l have bad luck。clock t hi s eveni ng. By t hat ti me, the Ast ra wil l have been f lying through space f or sevent en hours and wi l have ci rcled the eart h a gr eat many ti mes. When the fi rst r adio messages have been received, the result s of the tr ip wi l l be announced immediately. Leson62 Aft er t he f ire 大火之后 Fi remen had been f ighting the for est f ir e for near ly thr e weeks befor e t hey could get i t under contr ol . A shor t time before, great rees had covered the countryside for mi les ar ound. Now, smoke stil l r ose up fr om the war m ground over the desolate hil ls. Winter was ing on and the hil s threat ened the surr oundi ng vil lages with dest ruct ion, f or heavy r ain woul d not only wash away the soil but would cause seri ous fl oods as wel. When t he f ir e had at l ast been put out, the forest aut hori ties order ed several t ons of a special t ype of gr ass seed which woul d gr ow quickly. The seed was spr ayed over the ground i n huge quanti ti es by aeroplanes. The planes had been planting seed for near ly a month when it began to r ain. By then, however, in many pl aces t he gras had al ready taken root. In place of the great tr es whi ch had been gr owi ng t here f or