【正文】 she asked i m pati ent l y. 39。s f ishing, or ei ght hours i n a cinema seeing t he same f il m over and over agai n, is usual ly as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put to shame by a boy who, whi le pl ayi ng tr uant , t ravel ed 1600 mil es. He hi tch hi ked to Dover and, t owar ds evening, went into a boat t o fi nd somewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next morni ng, he di scover ed that the boat had, in t he meant im e, t ravel led t o Calai s. No one noti ced the boy as he crept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tchhi ked to Pari s in a lor ry. The dri ver gave him a f ew biscui ts and a cup of coff e and l eft him j ust outside t he ci ty. The next car the boy stopped di d not take him int o the 中藥有效成分提取與分離項目 資 金 申 請 報 告 項目名稱 ： 中藥有效成分提取與分離項目 申報單位： 遼寧 某某 藥業(yè)有限公司 地 址： 某某 市 某某 縣泡子沿街 68 號 郵政編碼： 聯(lián) 系 人： 某某 聯(lián)系電話： and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since. Leson60 The f ut ure 卜算未來 At a vi l age fair , I deci ded t o vi sit a fort une t el ler cal led Madam Beli nsky. I went int o her t ent and she tol d m e t o si t down. Aft er I had gi ven her som e m oney, she l ooked i nt o a cr yst al bal and sai d: 39。 you have just ki l ed that chi ld ! 39。Just one more thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenl y crosses t he road i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on the wi ndow, I want t he car to be st opped i mmediat el y.39。 There39。 39。 he asked, before I had f ini shed speaking. ‘ Not at al l, 39。 I 39。 I was just wonder ing how to spend the mor ning unt il I saw you. You39。 I sai d. 39。so it was f ort unate that we didn39。guard of honour39。cl ock t his eveni ng. By that tim e, t he Astr a wil l have been fl yi ng t hr ough space f or sevent een hour s and wil have cir cl ed t he eart h a gr eat m any t im es. When t he f ir st radio m essages have been r ecei ved, the r esult s of the t ri p wil l be announced i mm edi at el y. Lesson62 Aft er t he f i re 大火之后 Fir em en had been f ighti ng t he f orest fi re f or nearl y t hr ee weeks bef or e t hey coul d get it under contr ol. A shor t im e bef or e, gr eat tr ees had cover ed t he count r ysi de f or mil es around. Now, smoke st il l rose up f rom the war m gr ound over the desol ate hil ls. Wi nter was ing on and t he hil s thr eat ened t he sur rounding vi lages wi th dest ruct ion, f or heavy r ain woul d not only wash away the soi l but woul d cause ser ious f loods as wel. When the f ir e had at l ast been put out, t he forest aut hor it ies or der ed several tons of a special type of grass sed whi ch would gr ow qui ckl y. The seed was spr ayed over the ground i n huge quanti ti es by aer opl anes. The pl anes had been pl ant ing seed for near ly a month when it began t o r ai n. By then, however, i n many places t he grass had al ready taken root . I n pl ace of the gr eat t rees whic h had been gr owi ng there f or centur ies, pat ches of green had begun t o appear in t he blackened soil. Leson63 She was not amused 她并不覺得好笑 Geof fr ey Hampden has a l arge cir cle of f ri ends and is ver y popul ar at par t ies. Everybody admir es hi m for his f ine sense of humor ever ybody, that i s, except his si x year ol d daughter , Jenny. Recent ly, one of Geof f rey39。Where have you been hi di ng ?39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a wor ld r ecor d. Li ke his f ather, he was dri vi ng a car cal l ed Bl uebi r d. Leson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit l e boys who pl ay tr uant f rom school ar e unim agi nati ve. A quiet day39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce,39。 lesson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng t est ed f or a dr ivi ng l i cence for t he t hir d ti me. I had been asked t o dri ve i n heavy t raf i c and had done so succe sf ul ly. Aft er havi ng been i nst ructed t o dri ve out of t own, I began to acqui r e conf idence. Sure t hat I had pased, I was alm ost begi nning t o enj oy m y t est . The exami ner m ust have been pl eased wit h m y per form ance, f or he sm il ed and sai d, 39。 he answer ed. 39。m going t o t he denti st .39。 Woul d you mi nd m y i ng wit h you ?39。 No, not at al l,39。 Hul l o, El i zabet h,39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hatheld Puf fi n i s a m oder n aero pl ane, but it s desi gner, Mr John Wim penny, i s fi nding i t di f i cult t o get i t off t he gr ound. The r eason f or t his i s that thi s pl ane i s also a bi cycl e. It s pil ot has t o pedal hard t o get i t i nt o t he ai r. Af ter Mr Wim penny had t he pl ane bui lt, i t was tested t hor oughl y. I n 1961, i t was the f ir st m an power ed ai r cr aft t o fl y half a mi l e. Whi l e bei ng fl own by a cham pion amat eur cycl ist i n 1963, the pl ane cr ashed on an ai r fi el d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wi mpenny has had it r ebui lt . He has had t he l engt h of t he wi ngs i ncr eased so t hat they now m easure 93 f eet alm ost as long as t hose of a Dakot a. Many people have shown int er est i n thi s 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 m ay, event ual y, even get acr oss t he Engl ish Channel , i t is doubtf ul whet her t hey wil l ever cycl e acr oss t he Atl ant i c. Leson67 Vol canoes 火山 Haroun Tazief t he Pol i sh scienti st , has spent hi s li fet im e st udyi ng act i ve vol canoes and deep caves i n al l par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went t o lake Ki vu i n t he Congo t o observe a new vol cano whi ch he lat er nam ed Ki tur o. Tazief was abl e t o set up hi s cam p very cl ose t o t he vol cano whi le i t was er upti ng vi olentl y. Though he managed t o t ake a num ber of bri l iant phot ogr aphs, he coul d not st ay near the volcano f or ver y long. He not i ced t hat a r iver of l i qui d r ock was i ng towar ds him . It t hreatened to surr ound hi m pl etel y, but Tazi ef f m anaged t o escape j ust in t im e. He wai t ed unti l t he vol