【導(dǎo)讀】是因禍得福嗎？Leson59Inorout？進(jìn)來(lái)還是出去？

　　

【正文】 countr ysi de for mi les around. Now, smoke sti l r ose up f r om t he war m gr ound over the desolat e hil ls. Wi nt er was i ng on and the hi l s threatened the surr oundi ng vil lages wit h dest ructi on, f or heavy rai n would not only wash away t he soi l but would cause ser ious fl oods as wel l. When t he fi re had at last been put out , the f orest author it ies ordered sever al t ons of a special type of grass seed whi ch woul d gr ow quickly. The seed was sprayed over t he gr ound in huge quant it ies by aeroplanes. The planes had been planti ng sed f or near ly a m ont h when i t began to rain. By t hen, however , in m any pl aces t he gr as ha d alr eady taken root. I n place of the great tr ees whi ch had been gr owi ng t her e f or centuri es, patches of gr een had begun to appear i n t he bl ackened soi l. Lesson63 She was not am used 她并不覺(jué)得好笑 Geoff rey Hampden has a lar ge ci rcl e of fr iends and i s very popular at par ti es. Ever ybody admi res him f or hi s fi ne sense of humoreverybody, t hat is, except his six year old daughter, Jenny. Recent ly, one of Geof fr ey39。s cl osest fr iends asked him to make a speech at a weddi ng recept ion. Thi s i s the sort of t hi ng that Geoff rey l oves. He prepared t he speech car ef ull y and went t o t he weddi ng wit h Jenny. He had incl uded a l arge number of f unny st ori es i n t he speech and, of cour se, it was a gr eat succes. As soon as he had f ini shed, Jenny tol d him she want ed to go home. Geoff rey was a li tl e disappoi nted by t hi 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。t . Geof fr ey asked her why thi s was so and she t ol d him t hat she did not li ke to see so many peopl e laughing at him! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 In l858, a Fr ench engineer, Ai me Thome de Gam ond, ar ived i n Engl and wit h a pl an for a t went yone mi le t unnel acr oss the Engli sh Channel. He said t hat i t woul d be possi bl e to bui ld a platf orm in the cent re of t he Channe l. This pl atf or m would serve as a port and a r ailway st ation. The tunnel woul d be wel l venti lat ed if tal l chi mneys wer e buil t above seal evel . In 1860, a bet ter plan was put for ward by an Engl i shm an, Wi l iam Low. He suggest ed that a doubl e rai lway t unnel shoul d be bui lt . Thi s would sol ve the probl em of vent il at ion, for i f a tr ai n entered t his t unnel, i t woul d dr aw in fr esh ai r behind it. For tyt wo years l ater a tunnel was actual y begun. I f, at the ti me, the Br it ish had not feared i nvasion, it would have been pl eted. Recentl y, t her e has again been gr eat int er est i n the i dea of a Channel Tunnel. I f it is bui lt , i t wil l connect Br it ain t o Europe f or the f ir st t ime in hi st ory. Lesson65 Jum bo versus the pol ice 小象對(duì)警察 Last Chr ist mas, t he ci rcus owner, Jimm y Gates, decided t o take some present s to a chi ldr en39。s hospit al . Dressed up as Father Chri stmas and apanied by a 39。guar d of honour39。 of six pr et ty gi rl s, he set off down t he main str eet of t he ci ty ri di ng a baby el ephant cal led J umbo. He, shoul d have known that the poli ce woul d never al ow t his sort of thi ng. A pol iceman appr oached Jimmy and tol d him he ought t o have gone along a side st reet as Jumbo was holdi ng up the t raf fi c. Though Ji mmy agr eed to go at once, Jum bo r ef used t o m ove. Fi ft een pol icemen had t o push ver y har d t o get him off t he mai n st reet. The poli ce had a di f i cult t im e, but they wer e m ost am used. 39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a few t ons, 39。 sai d a pol i ceman aft er war ds, 39。so i t was f ort unat e t hat we di dn39。t have t o car ry him . Of c our se, we should ar rest hi m, but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l l et him off t his t im e.39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff in i s a m oder n aer o plane, but it s desi gner, Mr John Wim penny, is f i ndi ng i t dif 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 pil ot has t o pedal hard t o get i t i nt o t he ai r. Af ter Mr Wim penny had t he pl ane bui lt, i t was test ed t hor oughl y. I n 1961, it was t he fi r st m an power ed ai r cr af t t o fl y hal f a mi le. Whi le bei ng f l own by a cham pi on am ateur cycli st i n 1963, t he plane crashed on an ai rf iel d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wim penny has had i t r ebuil t. He has had t he l engt h of the wi ngs i ncreased 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 nterest in t his new and unusual spor t. But though air cycl ists m ay learn how to f ly over shor t distances, and may, event ual ly, even get across the Engli sh Channel, it i s doubt ful whether they wi l ever cycle across the At lanti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Har oun Tazief f the Poli sh sci ent ist, has spent hi s li fe ti me studying acti ve vol canoes and deep caves i n al part s of t he wor ld. In 1948, he went t o lake Ki vu in the Congo to observe a new vol cano whi ch he later named Ki tur o. Tazief was able to set up his camp very cl ose t o the vol cano whi le i t was er upting vi olentl y. Though he managed t o t ake a number of bri li ant photogr aphs, he could not stay near the volcano for very l ong. He not iced that a ri ver of l iquid rock was ing t owards him . It thr eat ened t o sur r ound hi m pl et el y, but Tazief m anaged to escape j ust i n ti me. He wait ed until t he vol cano became quiet and he was abl e to r etur n two days l at er. This t im e, he managed to cl imb into the mouth of Kit ur o so t hat he coul d t ake photogr aphs and measur e t em per at ures. Tazief f has of ten r isked hi s li fe in t his way. He has been able to t el l us more about act ive volcanoes t han