【導(dǎo)讀】由于天氣很熱，他。頭兩天晚上，他睡得非常好。但第三天晚上起了風(fēng)暴。一陣大風(fēng)把床從屋頂上刮了下來(lái)，把它摔碎在下面的院子里。到地上才醒了過(guò)來(lái)。盡管床摔成了碎片，但年輕人卻奇跡地沒(méi)有受傷。仍然躺在床墊上。年輕人看了一眼周圍的碎木片和碎金屬片，傷心地?fù)炱鹆舜矇|，他把床墊往地板上一放，很快又睡著了。聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。我喜歡在鄉(xiāng)間旅行，但卻不愿意迷路。最近我作了一次短途旅行，但這次旅行所。花費(fèi)的時(shí)間比我預(yù)計(jì)的要長(zhǎng)。我坐在汽車的前部，以便飽覽農(nóng)村風(fēng)光。身旁，驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)車?yán)锞椭皇Ｎ乙粋€(gè)乘客了?！斑@里是伍德福德草地嗎？”“我們現(xiàn)在要返回去，”售票員說(shuō)。“好吧，既然如此，我還是留在車上吧。”

　　

【正文】 almost another 100 years for the Channel Tunnel. It was officially opened on March 7,1994, finally connecting Britain to the European continent. New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ) 1 tunnel n. 隧道 2 port n. 港口 3 ventilate v. 通風(fēng) 4 chimney n. 煙囪 5 sea level 海平面 6 double adj. 雙的 7 ventilation n. 通風(fēng) 8 fear v. 害怕 9 invasion n. 入侵，侵略 10 officially adv. 正式地 11 connect v. 連接 12 European adj. 歐洲的 13 continent n. 大陸 參考譯文 1858年，一位名叫埃梅 .托梅 .德 .干蒙的法國(guó)工程師帶著建造一條長(zhǎng) 21英里、穿越英吉利海陜的隧道計(jì)劃到了英國(guó)。他說(shuō)，可以在隧道中央建造一座平臺(tái)，這座平臺(tái)將用作碼頭和火車站。如果再建些伸出海面的高大的煙囪狀通風(fēng)管，隧道就具備了良好的通風(fēng)條件。 1860年，一位名叫威廉 .洛的英國(guó)人提出了一項(xiàng)更好的計(jì)劃。他提議建一條雙軌隧道，這樣就解決了通風(fēng)問(wèn)題。因?yàn)槿绻辛谢疖囬_(kāi)進(jìn)隧道，它就把新鮮空氣隨之抽進(jìn)了隧道。 42年以后，隧 道實(shí)際已經(jīng)開(kāi)始建了。如果不是因?yàn)槟菚r(shí)英國(guó)人害怕入侵，隧道早已建成了。世界不得不再等將近 100年才看到海峽隧道竣工。它于 1994年 3月 7日正式開(kāi)通，將英國(guó)與歐洲大陸連到了一起。 Lesson 65:Jumbo versus the police 小象對(duì)警察 First listen and then answer the question. 聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。 Why did the police have to push Jumbo off the main street? Last Christmas, the circus owner, Jimmy Gates, decided to take some presents to a children39。s hospital. Dressed up as Father Christmas and acpanied by a 39。guard of honour39。 of six pretty girls, he set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elephant called Jumbo. He should have known that the police would never allow this sort of thing. A policeman approached Jimmy and told him he ought to have gone along a side street as Jumbo was holding up the traffic. Though Jimmy agreed to go at once, Jumbo refused to move. Fifteen policemen had to push very hard to get him off the main street. The police had a difficult time, but they were most amused. ‘Jumbo must weigh a few tons,39。 said a policeman afterwards, ‘so it was fortunate that we didn39。t have to carry him. Of course, we should arrest him, but as he has a good record, we shall let him off this time.39。 參考譯文 去年圣誕節(jié)，馬戲團(tuán)老板吉米 .蓋茨決定送些禮物給兒童醫(yī)院。他打扮成圣誕老人，在由 6個(gè)漂亮姑娘組成的“儀仗隊(duì)”的陪同下，騎上一頭名叫江伯的小象，沿著城里的主要街道出發(fā)了。他本該知道警察絕不會(huì)允許這類事情發(fā)生。一個(gè)警察走過(guò)來(lái)告訴吉米，他應(yīng)該走一條小路，因?yàn)榻醋璧K了交通。雖然吉米同意馬上就走，但江伯卻拒絕移動(dòng)。 15個(gè)警察不得 不用很大的力氣把它推離主要街道。警察雖然吃了苦頭，但他們還是感到很有趣?！敖欢ㄓ泻脦讎嵵?，”一個(gè)警察事后這樣說(shuō)，“值得慶幸的是它沒(méi)讓我們抬它走。當(dāng)然，我們應(yīng)該逮捕它，但由于它一貫表現(xiàn)很好，這次我們饒了它?！? Lesson 66: Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜 ！ First listen and then answer the question. 聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。 What was 39。sweet as honey39。 and why? In 1963 a Lancaster bomber crashed on Wallis Island, a remote place in the South Pacific, a long way west of Samoa. The plane wasn39。t too badly damaged, but over the years, the crash was fotten and the wreck remained undisturbed. Then in 1989, twentysix years after the crash, the plane was accidentally rediscovered in an aerial survey of the island. By this time, a Lancaster bomber in reasonable condition was rare and worth rescuing. The French authorities had the plane packaged and moved in parts back to France. Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane has four RollsRoyce Merlin engines, but the group will need to have only three of them rebuilt. Imagine their surprise and delight when they broke open the packing cases and found that the fourth engine was sweet as honey still in perfect colony of bees had turned the engine into a hive and it was totally preserved in beeswax! New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ) 1 Lancaster n. 蘭開(kāi)斯特 2 bomber n. 轟炸機(jī) 3 remote adj. 偏僻的 4 Pacific n. 太平洋 5 damage v. 毀壞 6 wreck n. 殘骸 7 rediscover v. 重新發(fā)現(xiàn) 8 aerial adj. 航空的 9 survey n. 調(diào)查 10 rescue v. 營(yíng)救 11 package v. 把 ......打包 12 enthusiast n. 熱心人 13 restore v. 修復(fù) 14 imagine v. 想像 15 packing case 包裝箱 16 colony n. 群 17 bee n. 蜂 18 hive n. 蜂房 19 preserve v. 保護(hù) 20 beeswax n. 蜂蠟 參考譯文 1963年，一架蘭開(kāi)斯特轟炸機(jī)在瓦立斯島毀。那是南太洋中一個(gè)很偏僻的小島，位于薩摩亞群島以西，距離群島還有很長(zhǎng)一段距離。飛機(jī)損壞的程度并不嚴(yán)重，但是，多年來(lái)這起飛機(jī)失事已被遺忘，飛機(jī)殘骸也沒(méi)受到破壞。于是，到了 1989年，飛機(jī)失事 26年后，在對(duì)小島的一次航空勘查中那架飛機(jī)被意外地發(fā)現(xiàn)了。到了那個(gè)時(shí)候，狀況良好的蘭開(kāi)斯特轟炸機(jī)實(shí)屬罕見(jiàn)，值得搶救。法國(guó)政府讓人把飛機(jī)包裝起來(lái)，一部分一部分地搬回法國(guó)。一群熱心人計(jì)劃修復(fù)這架飛機(jī)。該飛機(jī)裝裝配有 4臺(tái)羅爾斯 羅伊斯的默林發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)，但是他們只需要修 復(fù)其中的 3臺(tái)。想一想他們所感受到的驚奇和興奮 ——當(dāng)他們拆開(kāi)包裝箱時(shí)，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)第 4臺(tái)發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)就像蜂蜜一樣甜 ——發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)完好無(wú)損。一群蜜蜂把發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)當(dāng)作了蜂房，發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)在蜂蠟中被完整地保存了下來(lái)。 Lesson 67： volcanoｅｓ 火山 First listen and then answer the question. 聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。 Why does Tazieff risk his life like this? Haroun Tazieff, the Polish scientist, has spent his lifetime studying active volcanoes and deep caves in all parts of the world. In 1948, he went to Lake Kivu in the Congo to observe a new volcano which he later named Kituro. Tazieff was able to set up his camp very close to the volcano while it was erupting violently. Though he managed to take a number of brilliant photographs, he could not stay near the volcano for very long. He noticed that a river of liquid rock was ing towards him. It threatened to surround him pletely, but Tazieff managed to escape just in time. He waited until the volcano became quiet and he was able to return two days later. This time, he managed to climb into the mouth of Kituro so that he could take photographs and measure temperatures. Tazieff has often risked his life in this way. He has been able to tell us more about active volcanoes than any man alive. New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ) 1 volcano n. 火山 2 active adj. 活動(dòng)的 3 Kivu n. 基伍湖 4 Congo n. 剛果 5 Kituro n. 基圖羅 6 erupt v. （火山）噴發(fā) 7 violently adv. 猛烈地，劇烈地 8 manage v. 設(shè)法 9 brilliant adj. 精彩的 10 liquid adj. 液態(tài)的 11 escape v. 逃脫 12 alive adj. 活著的 參考譯文 波蘭科學(xué)家哈羅恩 .塔捷耶夫花了畢生的精力來(lái)研究世界各地的活火山和探洞。1948年他去了剛果的基伍湖，對(duì)一座后來(lái)被他命名為基圖羅的新火山進(jìn)行觀察。當(dāng)火山正在猛烈地噴發(fā)時(shí)，塔捷耶夫有辦法把帳篷搭在離它非常近的地方。盡管他設(shè)法拍了一些十分精彩的照片，但他卻不能在火山附近停留太長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間。他發(fā)現(xiàn)有一股巖漿正向他流過(guò)來(lái)，眼看就要將他團(tuán)團(tuán)圍住，但塔捷 耶夫還是設(shè)法及時(shí)逃離了。他等到火山平靜下來(lái)，兩天以后又返回去。這次他設(shè)法爬進(jìn)了基圖羅火山口，以便能拍攝照片和測(cè)試溫度。塔捷耶夫經(jīng)常冒這樣的生命危險(xiǎn)。他能告訴我們的有關(guān)活火山的情況比任何在世的人都要多。 Lesson 68:Persistent 糾纏不休 First listen and then answer the question. 聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。 Why did Elizabeth tell Nigel that she was going to the dentist? I crossed the street to avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came running towards me. It was no use pretending that I had not seen him, so I waved to him. I never enjoy meetin