【正文】 f thing t hat Geof fr ey loves. He pr epar ed the speech careful ly and went to the wedding wi th Jenny. He had included a lar ge num ber of funny stor ies in the speech and, of course, i t was a gr eat succes. As soon as he had f inished, Jenny told him she want ed to go home. Geoff rey was a l it tl e disappoi nt ed by thi s but he di d as his daught er asked. On t he way home, he asked Jenny i f she had enjoyed the speech. To his surpr ise, she sai d she hadn39。 I was just wonder ing how to spend the mor ning until I saw you. You39。 There39。cl ock t his eveni ng. By that tim e, t he Astr a wi l have been f lyi ng t hr ough space f or sevent een hour s and wil l have cir cl ed t he eart h a gr eat m any t im es. When t he fi rst radi o m esages have been r ecei ved, t he r esult s of t he t ri p wi l be announced imm edi at ely. Leson62 Aft er t he fi re 大火之后 Fir em en had been f i ghti ng t he for est fi re f or near ly t hree weks bef ore t hey coul d get i t under cont r ol. A shor t tim e bef or e, gr eat tr ees had covered t he countr ysi de f or mi l es ar ound. Now, sm oke sti l r ose up fr om t he warm gr ound over t he desol at e hil s. Wi nt er was i ng on and t he hi l s thr eat ened t he sur roundi ng vil lages wit h dest ructi on, f or heavy r ai n woul d not only wash away t he soi l but woul d cause ser ious fl oods as wel l. When t he fi r e had at l ast been put out , t he f orest aut hor it ies or der ed sever al tons of a special t ype of gr ass seed whi ch would gr ow qui ckl y. The seed was spr ayed over t he gr ound i n huge quantit i es by aer opl anes. The pl anes had been pl ant i ng seed f or nearl y a m ont h when it began t o r ai n. By t hen, however, i n many pl aces the gr ass had al r eady t aken r oot . In pl ace of t he gr eat t r es whi ch had been growi ng t her e for cent uri es, pat ches of gr en had begun t o appear i n the bl ackened soil . Lesson63 She was not am used 她并不覺得好笑 Geof fr ey Hampden has a lar ge ci rcl e of f ri ends and i s ver y popul ar at part ies. Ever ybody admi res him f or hi s fi ne sense of hum or ever ybody, t hat is, except hi s si x year ol d daught er, Jenny. Recentl y, one of Geoff r ey39。 39。Fancy m et ing you here ! 39。 she asked impati ent ly. 39。 he asked, befor e I had fi nished speaki ng. ‘ Not at al, 39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hatheld Puf fi n i s a modern aer o plane, but it s desi gner, Mr John Wim penny, i s f indi ng i t di f fi cul t o get it off t he gr ound. The r eason f or t his i s t hat t hi s pl ane is al so a bi cycl e. I ts pi lot has t o pedal har d to get it i nt o t he ai r. Af t er Mr Wim penny had t he pl ane bui lt , it was t est ed t hor oughl y. In 1961, i t was t he f ir st m an power ed air craft t o fl y half a m il e. Whil e bei ng fl own by a champi on am at eur cycl i st i n 1963, t he pl ane cr ashed on an air fi el d. Since t hen, Mr Wi m penny has had i t rebuilt . He has had the l engt h of t he wi ngs i ncr eased so t hat t hey now m easur e 93 feetalm ost as l ong as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nt er est in t his new and unusual spor t. But t hough air cycl ist s m ay lear n how t o fl y over short dist ances, and may, eventual y, even get acr oss t he Engli sh Channel, i t is doubt f ul whet her t hey wi l ever cycl e acr oss t he Atl ant ic. Leson67 Volcanoes 火山 Har oun Tazi ef t he Pol ish sci enti st , has spent his l if et im e st udyi ng act ive vol canoes and deep caves i n al l par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went t o lake Ki vu in t he Congo t o obser ve a new vol cano whi ch he l at er named Ki t ur o. Tazief f was abl e t o set up his camp ver y cl ose to t he vol cano whi l e it was er upti ng vi ol ent ly. Though he m anaged t o take a num ber of br il li ant phot ographs, he coul d not st ay near t he vol cano f or ver y l ong. He noti ced t hat a ri ver of l iqui d rock was i ng t owar ds him . It t hr eat ened t o surr ound hi m pl et ely, but Tazi ef f m anaged t o escape just i n t im e. He wai ted unti l t he vol cano becam e qui et and he was able t o r et ur n t wo days l at er . This t im e, he ma naged t o cli mb i nto t he mout h of Kit ur o so t hat he coul d t ake phot ogr aphs and m easur e temper at ur es. Tazief has oft en ri sked hi s li fe i n t hi s way. He has been able t o t el l us m or e about act ive volcanoes t han any m an al i ve. Lesson68 Persi stent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed t he str eet t o avoi d m eti ng him, but he saw m e and came r unni ng t owar ds m e. It was no use pret ending t hat I had not seen him, so I waved t o him. I never enj oy m eet i ng Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hing t o do. No mat er how busy you ar e, he al ways i nsist s on ing wi th you. I had to t hink of a way of pr eventi ng him fr om f oll owi ng m e ar ound al l morni ng. 39。A r el at i on of your s i s i ng t o see you. She wi l be ar i vi ng thi s evening and i nt ends t o stay f or a few days. The m om ent you l eave t his t ent , you wil get a bi g sur pr i se. A wom an you know wel wi l r ush t owar ds you. She wil l speak t o you and t hen she wi l l ead you away f r om t hi s place. That is al .39。s hospit al . Dr essed up as Fat her Chri stm as and ac panied by a 39。 39。wai t ing r oom ! 39。Jumbo m ust weigh a few t ons, 39。m goi ng t o. . .39。 if he pi cks a l eaf , he wil l die. Many vil lagers beli eve t hat t he tr ee has al ready cl aim ed a num ber of victi ms. The vi car has been asked t o have t he t r e cut down, but so f ar he has r ef used. He has poi nt ed out that he tr ee is a usef ul sour ce of in e as t ouri sts have been i ng fr om al l par ts of t he countr y t o see i t. I n spi te of al t hat has been sai d, t he t ouri st s have been picki ng l eaves and cut ti ng t heir names on t he tr ee tr unk. So f ar , not one of t hem has been str uck down by sudden deat h! Le