【正文】 Wel, I 39。t we e more oft en ?39。 leson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being tested f or a driving li cence f or the thir d ti me. I had been asked t o dr ive in heavy traf ic and had done so successf ul ly. Af ter havi ng been i nst r ucted to drive out of town, I began t o acquir e confi dence. Sure that I had pased, I was al most beginni ng t o enjoy my te st. The examiner must have been pleased wi th my per formance, f or he sm iled and sai d, 39。 I answered. 39。s hospit al. Dr essed up as Fat her Chr istmas and acpanied by a 39。 39。t be bet ter, Glori a, 39。 Ther e39。 I was j ust wonder ing how t o spend the morningunti l I saw you. You39。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。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。s always pl enty t o read i n the 39。 Bri nksley Mers agreed. 39。Oh, is it ?39。guard of honour39。 I 39。Just one more thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenly crosses t he r oad in f ront of you. As soon as I t ap on the window, I want the car to be stopped immediately.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。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 the sher if f wi th a sneer . 39。No newspaper men, no f il m fans! Why don39。wai ting r oom ! 39。 No, not at al ,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(duì)警察 Last Christmas, the circus owner , Jimmy Gates, decided to take some pr esent s to a chil dr en39。m Rockwal Slinger and t hi s is Merl in Greeves. 39。 It couldn39。 he answered. 39。 Bert answer ed. 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(duì)警察 Last Christmas, the circus owner , Jimmy Gates, decided to take some pr esent s to a chil dr en39。 No, not at al ,39。wai ting r oom ! 39。No newspaper men, no f il m fans! Why don39。 sai d the sher if f wi th a sneer . 39。 of six pret y gi rl s, he set off down t he main str et of the city r iding a baby el ephant cal ed Jumbo. He, should have known t hat the poli ce woul d never alow t hi s sort of t hi ng. A pol iceman approached Jimmy and told him he ought to have gone al ong a si de str et as Jumbo was holding up the traf ic. Though Ji mmy agr ed to go at once, Jumbo r ef used t o move. Fi fteen poli cemen had to push ver y hard t o get hi m off t he m ain st reet . The pol ice had a di f icul t ime, but t hey were most am used. 39。m going to.. .39。 I cont inued driving and aft er some t ime, t he exami ner tapped l oudly. Though the sound coul d be hear d cl earl y, it took me a long t ime to r eact. I suddenl y pr essed the brake pedal hard and we were both thrown for war d. The exami ner looked at me sadly. 39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you! 39。 leson75 SOS 呼救信號(hào) When a li ght pasenger plane f lew off course some ti me ago, i t crashed in the mountains and i ts pi lot was kil ed. The onl y pa ssengers, a young woman and her t wo baby daughters, were unhur t. It was the mi ddle of winter. Snow lay thick on t he ground. The woman knew that the nearest vil age was mi les away. When it gr ew dark. she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the chi ldren insi