【正文】 you have j ust kil led t hat chil d ! 39。Mr Eames,39。Just one mor e thi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenly cr osses the r oad i n f r ont of you. As soon as I tap on t he wi ndow, I want the car t o be st opped imm edi atel y.39。wai ti ng r oom !39。 There39。l l e wi t h you, 39。 39。but I39。 he asked, bef or e I had fi nished speaki ng. ‘ Not at al l, 39。 39。 I 39。 No, not at al ,39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。 Bert answer ed. 39。 39。 I sai d. 39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff i n is a m oder n aer o pl ane, but i ts desi gner , Mr John Wim penny, is f i ndi ng it dif fi cul t t o get it of f the gr ound. The reason f or t hi s is t hat t hi s plane is al so a bi cycl e. I ts pi lot has t o pedal har d to get it i nt o t he ai r. Af t er Mr Wim penny had t he pl ane bui lt , it was t ested 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 in 1963, t he pl ane cr ashed on an ai rf i el d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wim penny has had it r ebuil t. He has had t he lengt h of t he wings i ncr eased so t hat t hey now measur e 93 f etal most as l ong as t hose of a Dakot a. Many peopl e have shown i nt er est i n t hi s new and unusual sport . But t hough ai r 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 Tazi ef t he Pol i sh scienti st , has spent hi s l if et 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 l ake Ki vu i n t he Congo t o obser ve a new vol cano whi ch he l at er nam ed Kit uro. Tazi ef f was able t o set up hi s cam p ver y cl ose t o the volcano whil e it was er upt ing vi ol ent l y. Though he m anaged t o take a num ber of br il li ant phot ographs, he coul d not st ay near t he vol cano f or ver y l ong. He noti ced t hat a ri ver of li qui d r ock was i ng t owar ds hi m. I t hr eat ened t o sur round him plet el y, but Tazi ef f managed t o escape j ust i n t im e. He wait ed unt il t he vol cano becam e qui et and he was able t o r et ur n t wo days l at er . Thi s ti me, he managed t o clim b i nt o t he mouth of Ki t uro so t hat he coul d t ake phot ogr aphs and measur e tem per at ur es. Tazief has oft en ri sked hi s li fe i n t hi s way. He has been able t o t el l us m ore about acti ve vol canoes t han any m an al ive. Lesson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed t he str eet t o avoi d meeti ng hi m, but he saw m e and cam e r unni ng t owar ds m e. It was no use pr et endi ng t ha t I had not seen him , so I waved t o him . I never enj oy meeti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anythi ng t o do. No m at ter how busy you ar e, he al ways i nsi st s on i ng wit h you. I had t o t hi nk of a way of prevent ing him f r om f ol l owi ng me ar ound al m orni ng. 39。so it was f ort unat e t hat we di dn39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a few t ons,39。guard of honour 39。t . Geoff r ey asked her why t his was so and she tol d hi m that she di d not l i ke t o see so m any people l aughi ng at him ! Leson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l 858, a Fr ench engi neer , Aim e Thom e de Gam ond, ar ri ved in Engl and wit h a plan f or a t went y one m il e t unnel acr oss t he Engl ish Channel . He sai d t hat it woul d be possi bl e to buil d a pl at f or m in t he cent re of t he Channel. This pl at f orm woul d ser ve as a port and a r ai l way st at ion. The tunnel woul d be wel venti lated i f tal chim neys wer e bui lt above seal evel. I n 1860, a bet er pl an was put for war d by an Engli shm an, Wil li am Low. He suggested t hat a double r ai l way tunnel shoul d be buil t. This woul d sol ve t he pr obl em of venti l ati on, for if a t r ai n ent er ed t his t unnel, i t woul d dr aw i n fr esh ai r behi nd i t. For tyt wo years l at er a t unnel was act ual y begun. I f, at t he t im e, t he Bri ti sh had not f ear ed i nvasi on, it woul d have been plet ed. Recentl y, there has agai n been great i nter est i n t he i dea of a Channel Tunnel . If i t is buil t, it wil connect Br it ai n t o Eur ope f or t he fi r st ti me i n hi st or y. Lesson65 Jum bo versus t he pol ice 小象對警察 Last Chri stm as, t he ci r cus owner, J imm y Gat es, deci ded t o t ake som e pr esent s t o a chi l dr en39。cl ock t hi s evening. By t hat ti me, t he Ast ra wi l have been fl yi ng t hr ough space f or seventeen hours and wi l have ci r cl ed t he eart h a gr eat m any ti mes. When the f ir st r adi o m essages have been r ecei ved, t he r esult s of t he 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 hree weeks bef ore t hey coul d get i t under cont rol. A shor t tim e bef or e, gr eat tr ees had cove red t he countr ysi de f or mi l es ar ound. Now, sm oke st il r ose up fr om t he warm gr ound over the desol at e hil ls. Wi nter was ing on and t he hi l s t hr eat ened t he sur r ounding vil l ages wit h dest r ucti on, for heavy r ai n woul d not onl y wash away the soil but woul d cause seri ous f l oods as wel . When t he f ir e had at l ast been put out , t he f orest aut hor it ies or der ed sever al tons of a special t ype of gr ass sed whi ch would gr ow qui ckl y. The seed was spr ayed over t he gr ound i n huge quanti ti es by aer opl anes. The pl anes had been pl a nt i ng seed f or near l y a mont h when i t began t o r ai n. By t hen, however, i n many places t he gr ass had al r eady t aken r oot . In pl ace of t he gr eat t r es whi ch had been growi ng t her e for cent uri es, pat ches of gr en had begun t o appear i n the bl ackened soil . Lesson63 She was not am used 她并不覺得好笑 Geof fr ey Ham