【正文】 would cause serious floods which would destroy the surrounding villages. To prevent this, the forest authorities ordered grassseed which was sprayed over the ground by planes for nearly a month. By the time that it began to rain, the grass had taken root in many places. (75 words) Lesson 63 She was not amused When Jeremy Hampden, who is greatly admired for his great sense of humour, was invited to make a speech at a wedding reception, he immediately agreed to do so. Since the speech contained a lot of funny stories, it was a great success. When his sixyearold daughter, Jenny, wanted to go home after his speech, Jeremy was disappointed. She had not enjoyed it because she did not like to see so many people laughing at him. (76 words) Lesson 64 The Channel Tunnel The tunnel, which the French engineer, Aime Thome, planned to build under the English Channel in 1858, would be ventilated by tall chimneys built above sea level. An Englishman, William Lowe, suggested a better plan two years later. Passing trains would solve the problem of ventilation in his proposed double railwaytunnel because they would draw in fresh air behind them. Though work began fortytwo years later, it was stopped because the British feared invasion. However, the tunnel was officially opened on March 7, 1994. (85 words) Lesson 65 Jumbo versus the police After having decided to take some presents to a children161。175。s hospital, the circus owner, Jimmy Gates, dressed up as Father Christmas and set off down the main street of the city riding an elephant called Jumbo. On being told that he was holding up the traffic, Jimmy agreed to go at once but Jumbo refused to move, so fifteen policemen had to push him off the main street. As he had a good record, however, Jumbo was not arrested. (79 words) Lesson 66 Sweet as honey! The Lancaster bomber was not too badly damaged when it crashed on a remote island in the South the wreck remained undisturbed for twentysix years until it was rediscovered in an aerial survey of the French authorities had the plane packaged and moved in parts back to France,where a group of enthusiasts will be having it will have to have three of the engines rebuilt,but the fourth engine is still in perfect condition because a colony of bees had turned it into a hive and it was totally covered in beeswax.(94 words) Lesson 67 Volcanoes Tazieff,the Polish scientist,went to Lake Kivu in the Congo in 1948 to observe a new volcano which he called taking photographs,he had to leave almost at once because a river of liquid rock threatened to surround escaped just in time but he returned two days later when the volcano had bee time he climbed into the mouth of Kituro in order to take photographs and measure temperatures.(70 words) Lesson 68 Persistent Even though Elizabeth tried to avoid meeting Nigel Dykes,she was not able to do so. As he always insisted on acpanying her,she had to think of a way of preventing him from following her around all she told him she was going to the dentist,he said he would e with her because there was always plenty to read in the waiting room.(63 words) Lesson 69 But not murder! had driven successfully through heavy traffic during his third duiving test when the examiner instructed him to drive out of told him to suppose that a child would suddenly cross the road in front of . Eames would have to stop the car within five feet when the examiner tapped on the he tapped loudly, did not react quickly enough and was told that he had just killed the child.(73 words) Lesson 70 Red for danger A drunk suddenly wandered into the middle of the ring during a bullfight and shouted rude remarks and waved a red the matador,the bull charged at the drunk,but he stepped aside to let it crowd cheered and the drunk after this,three men dragged the drunk to safety while the bull looked on sympathetically before it once more turned its attention to the matador.(66 words) Lesson 71 A famous clock After the Houses of Parliament were burnt down in 1834,Sir Benjamin Hall was made responsible for the construction of a huge clock,which became known as Big is very accurate despite its immense size,for offcials from the Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day. This clock,which has rarely gone wrong,can be heard on the . when it is striking, because microphones are connected to the clock tower.(69 words) Lesson 72 A car called Bluebird Sir Malcolm Campbell set up a landspeed record in 1935 duiving a car called Bluebird,which had been secially built for average speed was incorrectly declared to be 299 miles per hour,but this mistake was corrected had averaged 301 miles an later,his son,Donald,also broke a record and his car was also called Bluebird.(55 words) Unit 4: Lesson 73 The Record Holder A boy who played truant travelled 1, 600 miles. He hitchhiked to Dover where he slept in a boat, only to find himself in Calais the next morning. A lorry driver gave him a lift and something to eat, and the boy got off near Paris. He stopped another car but, instead of being taken to Paris, he was taken to Perpignan on the FrenchSpanish border. After being picked up by a policeman, he was sent home by the local authorities.(81 words) Lesson 74 Out of the Limelight After an ancient bus had stopped by a dry river bed, a party of famous film stars descended. They were dressed in dark glasses and old clothes so as not to be recognized. Two of the actors carried some piic things to a shady spot and everyone sat down. Just then a sheriff arrived and told them rudely that they must leave because camping was not allowed. Even when they told him who they were, he did not believe them.(80 words) Lesson 75 SOS A plane crashed in the mountains, but the only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were not hurt. It was midwinter and extremely cold, so the woman put the children in a case, covered them with clothes and kept close to them all night. When she heard planes early next morning,