【導(dǎo)讀】像蜜一樣甜！'Hullo,Elizabeth,'Bertanswer

　　

【正文】 he t i m e t he t unnel shoul d be bui lt . This woul d solve the pr obl em of venti lation, f or i f a t rain ent er ed t hi s tunnel, it would draw i n fr esh ai r behi nd i t. For tyt wo year s later a t unnel was actual ly begun. If , at the time, the Brit ish had not feared invasi on, it woul d have been pl et ed. Recentl y, ther e has again been great interest i n the idea of a Channel Tunnel. If it is built , i t wi l connect Br itain t o Eur ope for the fi rst ime in history. Leson65 Jum bo versus t he poli ce 小象對警察 Last Christmas, the circus owner , Jim my Gates, decided to take some pr esent s to a chil dr en39。s hospit al. Dr essed up as Fat her Chr istmas and acpanied by a 39。guard of honour39。 of six pret y gi rl s, he set off down t he main str et of the city r iding a baby el ephant cal ed Jumbo. He, should have known t hat the poli ce woul d never alow t hi s sort of t hi ng. A pol iceman a pproached Jimmy and told him he ought to have gone al ong a si de str et as Jumbo was holding up the traf ic. Though Ji mmy agr ed to go at once, Jumbo r ef used t o move. Fi fteen poli cemen had to push ver y hard t o get hi m off the main st reet . The pol ice had a di f f i cult time, but they were most amused. 39。Jumbo must weigh a few tons,39。 said a policeman aft er war ds, 39。so i t was fort unate that we didn39。t have t o car y hi m. Of cour se, we should ar est hi m, but as he has a good r ecord, we shal l et him off t hi s t ime.39。 Leson66 Swet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hatheld Puf fi n is amodern aer oplane, but its designer , Mr John Wi mpenny, is fi nding i t dif fi cult to get i t off t he ground. The reason for this is t hat his pl ane is also a bi cycl e. I ts pi lot has to pedal hard to get i t i nt o the ai r. Aft er Mr Wi mpenny had t he plane buil t, it was t ested thor oughly. I n 1961, it was t he f ir st man powered ai rcraft to f ly hal f a mi le. Whi le bei ng f lown by a champion amateur cycl ist i n 1963, the plane crashed on an ai rf ield. Since then, Mr Wimpenny has had i t r ebuilt . He has had the length of the wings i ncreased so t hat hey now measur e 93 f etalmost as l ong as those of a Dakota. Many people have shown interest in t hi s new and unusual sport. But t hough air cycli st s may l earn how to f ly over short di st ances, and may, eventualy, even get across t he Engl ish Channel, it is doubt f ul whether t hey wil l ever cycle acr oss the Atl anti c. Lesson67 Volcanoes 火山 Har oun Tazief t he Polish scientist, has spent his li fet ime st udying acti ve volcanoes and deep caves i n al l part s of the wor ld. In 1948, he went to l ake Kivu in t he Congo to observe anew volcano which he later named Kituro. Tazief was able to set up hi s camp ver y cl ose to the vol cano whi le it was erupti ng violently. Though he managed to t ake a number of br il iant photographs, he could not stay near t he volcano for very l ong. He noticed that a ri ver of l iqui d rock was ing towards hi m. I t threat ened t o surr ound him pl et el y, but Tazief managed t o escape just in t ime. He waited unt il the volcano became quiet and he was abl e to return t wo days lat er . This t ime, he managed to cli mb into t he mouth of Ki turo so that he could take phot ogr aphs and measure temper at ur es. Tazief has often ri sked hi s l if e in this way. He has been abl e to tel us mor e about acti ve volcanoes than any man ali ve. Leson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed the st reet to avoi d meti ng him, but he saw me and cam e r unni ng t owar ds me. I t was no use pr et ending that I had not sen hi m, so I waved to him. I never enjoy meet ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anything to do. No mat er how busy you ar e, he al ways insi st on i ng wi th you. I had to think of a way of pr event ing hi m fr om foll owi ng me around al morning. 39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。 I sai d. 39。Fancy meti ng you her e ! 39。 Hul lo, El izabet h, 39。 Bert answer ed. 39。 I was j ust wonder ing how t o spend t he morning unti l I saw you. You39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。 No, not at al ,39。 I answered. 39。 I 39。m going to.. .39。 39。Would you mi nd my ing with you ?39。 he asked, bef ore I had fi ni shed speaking. ‘Not at al ,39。 I l ied, 39。but I 39。m going to t he denti st .39。 39。 Then I 39。l e wi th you,39。 he answered. 39。 Ther e39。s al ways pl enty t o read i n the 39。wai ti ng r oom ! 39。 lesson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being test ed f or a driving l icence f or t he thi rd ti me. I had been asked t o dr ive in heavy traf ic and had done so successf ul ly. Af ter havi ng been i nstr ucted to dri ve out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sure t hat I had passed, I was almost beginning to enj oy my t est. The exami ner must have been pl eased wit h my perf ormance, f or he smi led and said, 39。Just one mor e thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenl y cr osses the road in fr ont of you. As soon as I tap on the window, I want t he car t o be stopped immedi at el y. 39。 I conti nued dr iving and after some ti me, the examiner t apped loudl y. Though the sound could be heard clear ly, it took me a l ong ti me to r eact . I suddenly presed the br ake pedal har d and we wer e bot h thrown forward. The examiner l ooked at me sadl y. 39。Mr Eames,39。 he sai d, in a mournful voice,39。 you have just kil ed t hat chil d !39。 leson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Duri ng a bul lf ight , a drunk suddenly wander ed i nt o the middle of t he r ing. The crowd began to shout, but the dr unk was unaware of the danger. The bull was busy wit h the mat ador at the time, but it suddenly caught si ght of t he drunk who was shout ing rude r emarks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Apparently sensit ve t o cr it ci sm, the bul l f or got a l about the matador and charged at the dr unk. The cr owd suddenl y gr ew quiet. The dr unk, however , seemed quit e sure of hi mself . When the bul l got clo