【正文】 as the mi ddl e of wi nt er. Snow lay t hick on t he ground. The wom an knew that the near est vil lage was mi les away. When it gr ew dark. she t urned a suit case int o a bed and put t he chi ldr en inside it , coveri ng them wit h al t he cl othes she could fi nd. Dur ing t he ni ght, it got ter ri bl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d t o the chil dren and even t r ied to get i nt o t he case her sel f, but it was t oo sm al l. Earl y , next mor ni ng she heard pl anes passi ng over head and wondered how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she ha d an idea. She stam ped out the l eter s39。 SOS39。 in the snow. For tunately, a pil ot saw the si gnal and sent a m esage by radio t o t he nearest town. It was not long befor e a heli copter ar i ved on t he scene to rescue t he sur vivors of t he plane cr ash. Leson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。To end our speci al news bull eti n, 39。 said the voice of the t elevision announcer, 39。 we ar e t aki ng you to t he macar oni f iel ds of Cal abr ia. Macaroni has been grown in t his area f or over six hundred years. Two of the l eadi ng gr owers, Giuseppe Moldova and Ricardo Br abant e, t el me t hat t hey have been expecting a spl endid cr op t hi s year and harvest ing has begun ear lie r t han usual. Here you can see two workers who, between t hem, 廣元市旺蒼縣 遠大 汽車城 工程建設項目 工程編號： 20200920 可行性研究報告 遠大汽車城項目籌備組 二 O 一 O 年 九 月 編制 Engl i shm an, Wi l iam Low. He suggest ed that a doubl e rai lway t unnel shoul d be bui lt . This 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 t ime, 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 小象對警察 Last Chri st 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 Fat her Chr istmas and acpanied by a 39。guar d of honour 39。 of six pr ety gir ls, he set off down t he main st reet of t he ci ty ri di ng a baby elephant cal led Jumbo. He, shoul d have known that the poli ce woul d never al ow t his sort of thi ng. A pol iceman approached Jimmy and tol d him he ought t o have gone along a si de st reet as Jumbo was hol di ng up the t raf fi c. Though Jimmy agr eed to go at once, Jumbo r ef used t o move. Fi ft een pol icemen had to push very har d to get hi m of f t he main st reet. The poli ce had a di f icult t ime, but they were most amused. 39。Jumbo m ust weigh a few t ons, 39。 said a pol iceman aft erwar ds, 39。so i t was f ort unat e that we didn39。t have to car ry hi m. Of cour se, we should ar rest hi m, but as he has a good record, we shal l let him off t his t ime.39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hatheld Puf fi n is a moder n aero pl ane, but i ts designer, Mr John Wimpenny, i s fi ndi ng it di f icult t o get i t of f the gr ound. The reason for t hi s is t hat t his plane i s al so a bicycle. It s pilot has to pedal har d to get i t i nto t he air . Af t er Mr Wi mpenny had t he plane buil t, it was t ested thoroughly. In 1961, it was the f ir st man powered air craft t o f ly half a m il e. Whil e bei ng fl own by a champion amat eur cycl ist in 1963, the pl ane cr ashed on an air fi el d. Si nce then, Mr Wi mpenny has had i t r ebui lt . He has had t he length of t he wings i ncr eased so that they now measur e 93 f eet almost as l ong as those of a Dakot a. Many people have shown inter est in this new and unusual spor t . But t hough air cycli st s may l ear n how t o fl y over short di st ances, and may, eventual y, even get across t he Engl i sh Channel, it i s doubt ful whether they wi l ever cycl e across the At lanti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Haroun 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 worl d. In 1948, he went t o lake Ki vu in the Congo to observe a new vol cano whi ch he later named Ki turo. Tazief was able to set up hi s cam p very cl ose t o the volc ano whi le i t was er upt ing vi olentl y. Though he managed t o take a number of br il li ant photogr aphs, he could not stay near t he volcano for very l ong. He not iced that a ri ver of l iquid rock was ing t owards him . I t thr eat ened t o sur r ound hi m plet 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 Ki t ur o so t hat he coul d t ake photogr aphs and measure temperatur es. Tazief has oft en ri sked hi s li fe i n thi s way. He has been able t o tel us m or e about acti ve vol canoes than any man ali ve. Leson68 Persist ent 糾纏不休 I crossed t he st reet to avoid m eet ing hi m, but he saw m e and came r unni ng t owards m e. I t was no use pr et endi ng that I had not seen hi m, so I waved to hi m. I never enj oy meeti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anything t o do. No mat ter how busy you ar e, he al ways i nsi st s on ing wi t h you. I had to think of a way of pr eventi ng him f rom fol lowi ng me around al mor ning. 39。Hull o, Ber t, 39。 I said. 39。Fancy meeti ng you her e !39。 39。Hul lo, El izabet h, 39。 Ber t answered. 39。 I was just wonderi ng how t o spend t he morni ngunt il I saw you. You39。r e not busy doing anythi ng, are you ?39。 39。 No, not at al l, 39。 I answered.39。 I39。m goi ng to.. . 39。 Would you m ind my ing wi th you ?39。 he asked, bef ore I had f inished speaking. ? Not at al,39。 I lied, 39。but I39。m going to the dentist.39。 39。 Then I 39。l e wi t h you, 39。 he answered.39。 Ther e39。s always ple