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m our nf ul voi ce,39。Woul d you mi nd my i ng wit h you ?39。t have to car y him . Of cour se, we shoul d ar rest him , but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l l et him off t his t im e.39。so it was f ort unat e that we di dn39。 39。Mr Eam es,39。 he shout ed: 39。 SOS39。t have to car y him . Of cour se, we shoul d ar rest him , but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l l et him off t his t im e.39。Woul d you mi nd my i ng wit h you ?39。 he said, i n a m our nf ul voi ce,39。 I39。Wel l, I 39。t we e m or e oft en ?39。 l eson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺! I was being t est ed for a dri ving l icence f or t he t hir d ti me. I had been asked t o dri ve i n heavy t raf i c and had done so succe sf ul l y. Af ter havi ng been i nst r uct ed t o dri ve out of t own, I began t o acquir e confi dence. Sur e t hat I had passed, I was alm ost begi nni ng t o enj oy m y t est. The exami ner m ust have been pleased wit h my per form ance, f or he sm il ed and sai d, 39。 I answer ed.39。 of si x pret y gir ls, he set off down the m ai n st r et of the c it y r idi ng a baby el ephant cal ed Jum bo. He, shoul d have known t hat t he pol ice woul d never al l ow t hi s sor t of t hi ng. A poli cem an appr oached Ji mm y and tol d hi m he ought t o have gone al ong a si destr eet as Jum bo was hol di ng up t he t r af fi c. Though Jimm y agreed t o go at once, Jumbo r ef used t o m ove. Fif teen poli cemen had t o push ver y har d t o get him of f t he m ai n str eet . The pol ice ha d a dif fi cul t tim e, but t hey wer e m ost am used. 39。 sai d the sher if f wi th a sneer. 39。No newspaper m en, no f il m fans! Why don39。wai t ing r oom !39。 No, not at al ,39。guar d of honour 39。Fancy meeti ng you her e !39。m goi ng t o t he denti st .39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a wor l d record. Li ke hi s fat her, he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebi r d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who pl ay tr uant f r om school are unim agi nat i ve. A qui et day39。 Look, sher if f, 39。s cr op bef ore t he Sept em ber r ains. On t he r i ght, you can s ee Mr s Br abante her self . She has been hel pi ng her husband f or t hir ty years now. Mrs Br abant e is t al king t o t he m anager of t he l ocal fact or y wher e t he cr op i s pr ocessed. This l ast scene shows you what wil l happen at he end of the har vest : t he f am ous Cal abr i an m acar oni eati ng pet it on ! Si gnor Fr at el li , t he pr esent cham pion, has won it ever y year si nce 1961. And that ends our spec ial bul l et in f or today, Thur sday, Apr il 1st. We are now ret ur ni ng you t o t he st udi o.39。 39。 39。s f ishing, or ei ght hours i n a ci nema seei ng t he same f il m over and over agai n, is usual ly as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whi l e pl ayi ng tr uant , tr avel ed 1600 mil es. He hi t ch hiked t o Dover and, towar ds eveni ng, went i nt o a boat o f i nd somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next m or ni ng, he di scover ed that t he boat had, i n t he m eanti m e, tr avel led t o Calais. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tch hi ked t o Pari s i n a l or r y. The dri ver gave him a f ew biscui t s and a cup of coff ee and left him j ust outsi de t he cit y. The next car t he boy s t opped di d not t ake him i nto t he cent re of Pari s as he hoped i t woul d, but t o Per pi gnan on t he Fr ench Spani sh bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a poli cem an and sent back t o Engl and by t he l ocal aut hori ti es. He has sur ely set up a r ecor d for t he t housands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school . Lesson74 O ut of t he li m eli ght 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dr y r i ver bed and a part y of fam ous act ors and actr eses got of f. Dr esed i n dar k glasses and old cl ot hes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecognize t hem. But as t hey soon di scover ed, disgui ses can som etim es be too perf ect . 39。sai d Rockwal ,39。t be t oo har d on us. I 39。 sai d Gl or ia Gl eam . 39。l l e wit h you, 39。 Ber t answer ed. 39。Ci garet e Sm oki ng and Your Healt h39。 don39。Thi s is a wonder ful place f or a pi i c, 39。 Then I 39。Hul l o, El izabet h, 39。t. Geof fr ey asked her why t hi s was so and she t ol d him t hat she di d not li ke t o se so m any people l aughi ng at him ! Leson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l 858, a Fr ench engineer , Aim e Thom e de Gam ond, ar ived i n Engl and wit h a pl an for a t went y one mi le t unnel across the Engli sh Channel. He sai d that i t woul d be possi ble t o buil d a pl at f orm i n t he centr e of t he Channel . This pl at f orm woul d ser ve as a port and a r ai l way st at i on. The t unnel woul d be wel l venti l at ed if t al l chim neys wer e buil t above sea level . I n 1860, a bet er pl an was put f or war d by an Engli shm an, Wil li am Low. He suggested t hat a double r ail way tunnel shoul d be buil t. This woul d sol ve t he pr obl em of ventil ati on, f or i f a t rai n ent er ed t hi s t unnel , it woul d draw i n f r esh air behi nd i t. Fort yt wo year s l at er a t unnel was act ual y begun. If , at t he tim e, t he Br it sh had not f ear ed i nvasi on, i t would have been pl et ed. Recent l y, t her e has again been gr eat i nt er est i n t he i dea of a Channel Tunnel. I f i t is buil t, i t wil l connect Br it ain t o Eur ope f or the f ir st t im e in hi st ory. Leson65 Jum bo versus t he pol ice 小象對警察 Last Chri stm as, t he ci r cus owner, Jimm y Gat es, deci ded t o t ake som e pr esent s t o a chi l dr en39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。 Ther e39。t be bet er, Gl ori a,39。 39。s hospit al. Dr essed up as Fat her Chr istm as and ac pani ed by a 39。 39。s al ways pl ent y t o r ead i n t he 39。 Br i nksl ey Meer s agreed. 39。 Oh, i s it ?39。t read !39。 l eson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Duri ng a bull fi ght , a dr unk suddenl y