【正文】 has again been gr eat int er est in t he idea of a Channel Tunnel. I f it is bui lt , it wil l connect Br it ain t o Eur ope f or t he f ir st im e in hist or y. Lesson65 J um bo ver sus t he police 小象對警察 Last Christ m as, t he cir cus owner , J im m y Gat es, decided t o t ake some pr esent s t o a childr en39。s hospit al. Dr essed up as Fat her Chr istm as and ac panied by a 39。guar d of honour39。 of six pr et t y gir ls, he s et of down t he m ain st r eet of t he cit y r iding a baby elephant caled J um bo. He, should have known t hat he police would never alow t his sor t of t hing. A policem an appr oached J im m y and t old him he ought t o have gone along a side str eet as J um bo was holding up t he t r af fic. Though J im m y agr eed t o go at once, J um bo r ef used t o m ove. Fif t een policem en had t o push ver y har d t o get him of f t he m ain st reet. The police had a dif f icult t im e, but hey wer e m ost am used. 39。J umbo m ust weigh a f ew t ons, 39。 said a policem an af t er war ds, 39。so it was f or t unat e t hat we didn39。t have t o car ry him . Of cour se, we should ar r est him , but as he has a good r ecord, we shal et h im of f t his t im e.39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat held Puf f in is a m oder n aer o plane, but it s designer, M r J ohn Wim penny, is f inding it dif f icult t o get it of f t he gr ound. The r eason f or t his is t hat his plane is also a bicycle. I t s pilot has t o pedal har d t o get it int o t he air . Af t er M r W im penny had t he plane built , it was t ested t horoughly. I n 1961, it was t he f ir st m an power ed air cr af t o f ly half a m ile. While being f lown by a cham pion am at eur cyclist in 1963, t he plane cr ashed on an air f ield. Since t hen, M r Wim penny has had it r ebuilt . He has had t he lengt h of t he wings incr eased so t hat hey now m easur e 93 f eetalm ost as long as t hose of a Dakot a. M any people have shown i t er est in t his new and unusual spor t . But t hough air cyclist s m ay lear n how t o f ly over short dist ances, and m ay, event ualy, even get acr oss t he English Channel, it is doubt f ul whet her t hey wil ever cycle acr oss t he At lant ic. Lesson67 Volcanoes 火山 Har oun Tazief f t he Polish scient ist , has spent his lif e t im e st udying act ive volcanoes and deep caves in al par t s of t he wor ld. I n 1948, he went t o lake Kivu in t he Congo t o obser ve a new volcano which he lat er nam ed Kit ur o. Tazief f was able t o set up his cam p ver y close t o t he volcano while it was er upt ing violent ly. Though he m anaged t o t ake a num ber of bril iant phot ographs, he could not st ay near t he volcano f or ver y long. He not iced t hat a r iver of liquid r ock was ing t owar ds him . I t t hreat ened t o sur r ound him plet ely, but Tazief f m anaged t o escape just in t im e. He wait ed unt il t he volcano becam e quiet and he was able t o r et ur n t wo days lat er. This t im e, he m anaged t o clim b int o t he m out h of Kit ur o so t hat he could t ake phot ogr aphs and m easur e t em per at ur es. Tazief f has of t en r isked his l if e in t his way. He has been able t o t ell us m or e about active volcanoes than any m an alive. Lesson68 Per si t ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed t he st r eet t o avoid m eet ing him , but he saw m e and cam e r unning t owar ds m e. I t was no use pr et ending t hat I had not seen him , so Iwaved t o him . Inever enjoy m eet ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hing t o do. No m at er how busy you ar e, he always insist s on ing wit h you. Ihad t o t hink of a way of pr event ing him f r om f olowing m e ar ound al m or ning. 39。Hulo, Ber t , 39。 I said. 39。Fancy m eeting you her e ! 39。 Hul lo, Elizabet h,39。 Ber t answer ed. 39。I was just wonder ing how t o spend t he m or ni guntil I saw you. You39。r e not busy doing anyt hing, ar e you ?39。 No, not at al, 39。 I answer ed.39。 I 39。m going t o. . 39。 Would you m ind m y ing wit h you ?39。 he asked, bef or e I had f inished speaking. ‘ Not at al, 39。 I lied, 39。but I 39。m going to the dentist.39。 Then I 39。l e wit h you, 39。 he answer ed.39。 Ther e39。s always plent y t o r ead in t he 39。wait ing r oom ! 39。 lesson69 But not m ur der ! 并非謀殺！ I was being t est ed f or a dr iving licence f or t he t hir d t im e. I had been asked t o dr ive in heavy t raf ic and had done so successf uly. Af t er having been inst r uct ed t o dr ive out of t own, I began t o acquir e confidence. Sur e t hat I had passed, I was alm ost beginning t o enjoy m y t est. The exam iner m ust have been pleased wit h m y per f or mance, f or he smiled and said, 39。J ust one m or e t hing, M r Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a child suddenly cr osses t he r oad in f r ont of you. As soon as I t ap on t he window, I want t he car t o be st opped im m ediat ely.39。 I cont inued dr iving and af t er som e t im e, t he exam iner t apped loudly. Though t he sound could be hear d clearly, it t ook m e a long t im e t o r eact. I suddenly pr essed t he br ake pedal har d and we wer e bot h t hrown f or war d. The examiner looked at m e sadly. 39。M r Eam es,39。 he said, in a m our nf ul voice, 39。 you have just kiled t hat child ! 39。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 During a bulf ight , a dr unk suddenly wander ed int o t he m iddle of t he r ing. The cr owd began t o shout, but he dr unk was unawar e of t he danger. The bul was busy wit h t he m at ador at t he t im e, but i suddenly caught sight of t he dr unk who was shouting r ude r emar ks and waving a r ed cap. Appar ent ly sensit ive t o cr it icism, t he bul f or got al about t he m at ador and char ged at he dr unk. The cr owd suddenly gr ew quiet . The dr unk, however, seem ed quit e sur e of him self . When t he bul got close t o him , he clum sily st epped aside t o let it pass. The cr owd br o