【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 r over six hundred years. Two of t he l eading gr owers, Giuseppe Moldova and Ricardo Brabante, t el l m e t hat they have been expect ing a splendid crop thi s year and harvesting has begun ear l i er than usual. Her e you can se t wo wor kers who, betwen them, 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。s hospital. Dressed up as Fat her Chr ist mas and acpanied by a 39。guard of honour39。 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 caled Jumbo. He, should have known t hat he poli ce woul d never alow t hi s sort of t hi ng. A pol iceman approached Jimmy and told him he ought t o have gone al ong a si de str et as Jumbo was holding up t he t raf ic. Though Ji mmy agreed to go at once, Jumbo r ef used t o move. Fif teen poli cemen had to push ver y hard t o get hi m off the m ai n street. The pol ice had a di f icul t ime, but t hey were most amused. 39。Jumbo must wei gh a f ew tons,39。 said a pol iceman afte rwards, 39。so it was fortunat e that we didn39。t have to car y hi m. Of course, we should arest him, but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal let hi m off this t ime.39。 Leson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hathel d Puf fin i s a modern aer o pl ane, but i ts designer, Mr John Wi mpenny, i s fi nding it dif icult to get it off the ground. The reason for t hi s is that hi s pl ane is also a bicycl e. It s pi lot has t o pedal har d to get it int o the air . After Mr Wimpenny had t he plane built , it was test ed t hor oughl y. In 1961, it was t he f irst manpower ed air cr af t to fl y half a mil e. Whil e being fl own by a champion amateur cycli st in 1963, the pl ane crashed on an ai rfi el d. Since t hen, Mr Wimpenny has had it rebui lt . He has had t he l ength of the wi ngs increased so that hey now m easure 93 feet al most as l ong as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nt er est in this new and unusual spor t. But t hough air cycli st may lear n how to fl y over shor t distances, and may, eventual ly, even get acr oss the Engli sh Channel , i t i s doubt f ul whether t hey wil l ever cycle acr oss the Atl anti c. Lesson67 Volcanoes 火山 Har oun Tazief t he Polish scientist, has spent his li fet ime st udying acti ve volcanoes and deep caves i n al l part s of the wor ld. In 1948, he went to l ake Kivu in t he Congo to observe anew volcano which he later named Kituro. Tazief was able to set up hi s camp ver y cl ose to the vol cano whi le it was erupti ng violently. Though he managed to t ake a number of br il iant photographs, he could not stay near t he volcano for very l ong. He noticed that a ri ver of l iqui d rock was ing towards hi m. I t threat ened t o surr ound him pl et el y, but Tazief managed t o escape just in t ime. He waited unt il the volcano became quiet and he was abl e to return t wo days lat er . This t ime, he managed to cli mb into t he mouth of Ki turo so that he could take phot ogr aphs and measure temper at ur es. Tazief has often ri sked hi s l if e in this way. He has been abl e to tel us mor e about acti ve volcanoes than any man ali ve. Leson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed the st reet to avoi d meti ng him, but he saw me and cam e r unning towards m e. It was no use pr et ending that I had not seen him, so I waved to him. I never enj oy m eting Bert Dykes. He never has anything to do. No mat er how busy you are, he always insist s on ing with you. I had to t hi nk of a way of prevent ing him f rom f ol lowing me ar ound al l mor ni ng. 39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。 I said. 39。Fancy meet ing you her e !39。 39。Hullo, Elizabeth,39。 Ber t answered. 39。 I was just wondering how to spend the m or ni ng unt il I saw you. You39。r e not busy doing anything, are you ?39。 No, not at al l,39。 I answered.39。 I39。m going to.. .39。 39。Would you mind my ing wit h you ?39。 he asked, before I had f inished speaking. ? Not at al l,39。 I li ed, 39。but I39。m going t o the dent ist.39。 39。 Then I39。l l e with you, 39。 he answer ed.39。 There39。s always plent y to read in the 39。wait ng room !39。 l esson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being tested f or a dri vi ng l icence for t he t hi rd t ime. I had been asked to drive in heavy tr af fi c and had done so successf ully. After having been inst ruct ed t o dr ive out of t own, I began to acquir e conf idence. Sur e that I had passed, I was almost begi nning to enjoy my test . The examiner must have been pl eased wit h my perf ormance, f or he smi led and said, 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。 I cont inued drivi ng and aft er some t ime, t he exami ner tapped loudly. Though the sound could be hear d cl earl y, it t ook me a long t ime t o react. I suddenl y pr essed the brake pedal hard and we were both thrown f or war d. The exami ner looked at me sa dly. 39。Mr Eames, 39。 he said, i n a mour nf ul voi ce,39。 you have just kil led that chi ld !39。 l esson70 Red for danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bull fight, a dr unk suddenly wandered into t he mi ddle of the ring. The cr owd began to shout, but the drunk was unawar e of t he danger . The bul l was busy wi th t he matador at t he ti me, but i t suddenly caught sight of the dr un