【正文】 號 When a light passenger plane f lew of f cour se some t im e ago, it cr ashed in t he mount ains and it s pilot was kiled. The only passenger s, a young woman and her t wo baby daught er s, wer e unhurt . I t was t he middle of wint er . Snow lay t hick on t he gr ound. The woman knew t hat he nearest vilage was m iles away. When it gr ew dar k. she t ur ned a suit case int o a bed and put he childr en inside it , covering t hem wit h al t he clot hes she could f ind. Dur ing t he night , it got er ribly cold. The wom an kept as near as she could t o t he childr en and even t ried t o get int o t he case her self , but it was t oo sm al. Ear ly , next m orning she heard planes passing over head and wonder ed how she could send a signal. Then she had an idea. She st am ped out t he let ter s39。 SOS39。 in t he snow. For t unat ely, a pilot saw t he signal and sent a m essage by r adio t o t he nearest own. I t was not long bef ore a helicopt er ar r ived on t he scene t o r escue t he survivor s of t he plane cr ash. Lesson76 Apr il Fools Day 愚 人節(jié) 39。To end our special news bulet in, 39。 said t he voice of t he t elevision announcer, 39。 we ar e t aking you t o t he m acar oni f ields of Calabr ia. M acaroni has been gr own in t his ar ea f or over six hundr ed year s. Two of t he leading gr owers, Giuseppe M oldova nd Ricar do Br abant e, t ell me t hat hey have been expect ing a splendid cr op t his year and har vest ing has begun earlier t han usual. Her e you can see t wo wor kers who, between t hem, 濮陽市 良種豬場建設可行性研究報告 (代項目建議書 ) 項目名稱：良種豬場建設 項目性質(zhì)： 重組、擴建 項目地點： 濮陽市 項目負責人： 聶秋平 技術負責人： 聶世偉 項目總投資： 310萬元 填報時間：二 零一一 年 三 月 Englishm an, Wil iam Low. He suggest ed t hat a double r ailway t unnel should be built . This would solve t he pr oblem of ventilat ion, f or if a t r ain ent er ed t his t unnel, it would dr aw in f r es h air behind it . Fort yt wo years lat er a t unnel was act ualy begun. I f, at t he t im e, t he Br it ish ad not f ear ed invasion, it would have been plet ed. Recently, t her e has again been gr eat int er est in t he idea of a Channel Tunnel. I f it is built , it w il c onnect Br it ain t o Eur ope f or t he f ir st t im e in hist or y. Lesson65 J um bo ver sus t he police 小 象對警察 Last Chr ist mas, t he cir cus owner , J imm y Gat es, decided t o t ake som e pr esents t o a childr en39。s hospit al. Dr essed up as Fat her Chr ist m as and ac panied by a 39。guar d of honour39。 of six pr et ty gir ls, he set of f down t he m ain st r eet of t he cit y r iding a baby elephant caled J um bo. He, should have known t hat he police would never alow t his sor t of t hing. A policem an appr oached J imm y and t old him he ought t o have gone along a side st reet as J um bo was holding up t he t r af ic. Though Jim m y agr eed t o go at once, J um bo r efused t o m ove. Fif t een policem en had t o push very har d t o get him of f t he m ain st r eet . The police had a dif f icult t im e, but t hey wer e m ost am used. 39。J um bo m ust weigh a f ew t ons,39。 said a policem an af t er war ds, 39。 o it was f or t unate t hat we didn39。t have t o car r y him . Of cour se, we should ar r est him , but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal et him of f t his t im e.39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat held Puf fin is a m oder n aer o plane, but it s designer , M r J ohn Wim penny, is f inding it dif f icult t o get it of f t he gr ound. The r eason f or t his is t hat his plane is also a bicycle. I t s pilot has t o pedal har d t o get it int o t he air . Af t er M r Wim penny had t he plane built , it was t ested t horoughly. I n 1961, it was t he f ir st m an power ed air cr af t o f ly half a m ile. While being f lown by a cham pion am at eur cyclist in 1963, t he plane cr ashed on an air field. Since t hen, M r Wim penny has had it r ebuilt . He has had t he lengt h of t he wings incr eased so t hat hey now m easur e 93 f eet alm ost as long as t hose of a Dakot a. M any people have shown i t er est in t his new and unusual spor t . But t hough air cyclist s m ay lear n how t o f ly over shor t dist ances, and m ay, eventualy, even get acr oss t he English Channel, it is doubt f ul whet her t hey wil l ever cycle acr os t he At lant ic. Lesson67 Volcanoes 火山 Har oun Tazieff t he Polish scientist , has spent his lif e t im e st udying active volcanoes and deep caves in al par t s of t he wor ld. I n 1948, he went t o lake Kivu in t he Congo t o observ e a new volcano which he lat er nam ed Kit ur o. Tazieff was able t o set up his cam p ver y close t o t he volcano while it was er upt ing violent ly. Though he m anaged t o t ake a num ber of bril iant phot ographs, he could not st ay near t he volcano f or ver y long. He not iced t hat a r iver of liquid r ock was ing t owar ds him . I t hr eat ened t o sur ound him plet ely, but Tazief f m anaged t o escape just in t im e. He wait ed unt il t he volcano becam e quiet and he was able t o r et ur n t wo days lat er . This t im e, he m anaged t o clim b int o t he m out h of Kit ur o so t hat he could t ake phot ogr aphs and m easur e t em perat ur es. Tazief f has of t en r isked his lif e in t his way. He has been able t o t ell us m or e about active volcanoes t han any m an alive. Lesson68 Per sist ent 糾纏不休 I cr osed t he st r eet t o avoid m eeting him , but he saw m e and cam e r unning t owar ds m e. I t was no use pr et ending t hat I had not seen him , so I waved t o him . I never enjoy m eeting Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hing t o do. No m at t er how busy ou ar e, he always insist s on ing wit h you. I had t o t hink of a way of pr eventing him f r om f olowing m e ar ound al m or ning. 39。Hulo, Ber t , 39。 I said. 39。Fancy m eeting you her e ! 39。 Hul lo, Elizabet h,39。