【正文】 we ar e t aki ng you to t he macar oni f iel ds of Cal abr ia. Macar oni has been grown i n t hi s area f or over six hundred year s. Two of the l eading gr owers, Giuseppe Moldova and Ricardo Br abant e, 。To end our speci al news bull eti n, 39。 SOS39。m Br i nksley Meer s, and my other name is Gl ori a Gleam. Now you get out of her e fast !39。 said t he sher if f wit h a sneer . 39。 39。t be too har d on us. I 39。said Rockwal l, 39。 39。m sher if f here. Do you se that not ice ? I t says No Campingi n case you can39。 he shouted: 39。 Meanwhi le, two other act ors, Rockwal l Sl inger and Merl in Gr eeves, had car ri ed two l arge f ood basket s to a shady spot under some tr es. When they had al ma de t hemselves for table, a str anger appeared. He looked ver y angry. 39。No newspaper m en, no f il m f ans! Why don39。t be bet er , Gl or ia, 39。 said Glor ia Gl eam . 39。s f ishing, or ei ght hours i n a ci nema seeing t he same fi lm over and over again, is usual ly as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put t o shame by a boy who, whi le pl ayi ng tr uant , tr avel ed 1600 mil es. He hi tch hiked to Dover and, t owards eveni ng, went int o a boat t o f ind somewher e t o sl eep. When he woke up next mor ni ng, he di scover ed that the boat had, in the meanti me, t ravel ed to Cal ai s. No one not iced the boy as he crept off . From there, he hit ch hiked to Par is i n a l or r y. The dr iver gave him a f ew bi scuit s and a cup of coff ee and lef t hi m j ust outside t he cit y. The next car the boy stopped did not take hi m i nto t he centr e of Pari s as he hoped it woul d, but to Per pignan on the Fr enchSpanish border . Ther e he was pi cked up by a policeman and sent back to Engl and by t he local aut hor it ies. He has surel y set up a r ecor d f or t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school. Leson74 Out of the l imel ight 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus stopped by a dry r iver bed and a par ty of f amous act ors and act r esses got off . Dressed i n dark gl ases and ol d clot hes, they had taken special precaut ions so that no one should r ecogniz e t hem . But as t hey soon discover ed, disguises can someti mes be too perf ect. 39。s foot st eps m any years l ater, Si r Malcolm 39。 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 in f ront of you. As soon as I tap on t he window, I want the car t o be stopped imm edi ately.39。wait ing r oom ! 39。 Ther e39。l e wi th you, 39。 39。but I39。 he asked, bef or e I had f inished speaking. ? Not at al ,39。 39。 I39。 No, not at al l, 39。r e not busy doing anything, are you ?39。 Ber t answered. 39。 39。 I said. 39。 Leson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff in is a m oder n aer oplane, but i ts desi gner , Mr John Wi mpenny, is f indi ng it dif fi cul t to get it of f the ground. The reason f or thi s is t hat t hi s plane is al so a bicycl e. I ts pi lot has to pedal hard to get it i nt o t he ai r. Af ter Mr Wi mpenny had t he pl ane bui lt , it was tested t hor oughl y. I n 1961, i t was the f ir st m an power ed air cr aft t o fl y half a mi le. Whi le being fl own by a cham pion amateur cycl ist in 1963, the plane crashed on an ai rf iel d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wi mpenny has had it r ebui lt. He has had t he lengt h of the wi ngs increased so t hat t hey now measur e 93 f etal most as l ong as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nterest in t his new and unusual spor t. But though air cycl ists may learn how to fl y over short distances, and may, eventual y, even get across the Engli sh Channel, i t i s doubt ful whether they wi l ever cycle across the At l ant i c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Haroun Tazief f t he Poli sh scienti st, has spent hi s li fe tim e studyi ng active vol canoes and deep caves in al l par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went t o lake Ki vu in t he Congo to obser ve a new vol cano whi ch he later named Kit uro. Tazi ef was able t o set up hi s cam p ver y close t o the volcano whil e it was er upt ing vi ol ently. Though he managed t o take a number of br il li ant photographs, he could not stay near t he vol cano f or ver y l ong. He noti ced that a ri ver of l iquid r ock was ing t owar ds him. I t thr eat ened t o sur round him c omplet el y, but Tazi ef managed to escape j ust in ti me. He wait ed unt il t he vol cano becam e qui et and he was able to r eturn two days l at er . This t ime, he managed t o cli mb i nto t he mouth of Ki tur o so that he coul d take photographs and m easure t emperatur es. Tazi ef has oft en ri sked his l if e i n thi s way. He has been abl e to tel us mor e about active vol canoes than any man ali ve. Leson68 Persistent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed the st reet to avoid met ing him, but he saw me and came r unni ng towar ds me. I t was no use pr etending t hat I had not seen hi m , so I waved t o him . I never enj oy meeting Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hing t o do. No mat er how busy you ar e, he always i nsi st s on ing wi t h you. I had to think of a way of pr eventi ng him fr om foll owing m e around al mor ning. 39。so it was f ort unate that we didn39。Jumbo m ust wei gh a f ew t ons,39。gua rd of honour 39。t . Geof f rey asked her why t hi s was so and she t old hi m t hat she did not li ke to see so many peopl e l aughing at him ! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l858, a French engi neer , Ai me Thome de Gamond, ar ived i n England wi th a pl an for a t wentyone mile tunnel across the Engli sh Channel. He said that i t would be possi ble t o buil d a platf orm i n the centr e of the Channel . Thi s platf orm would serve as a por t and a rail way stati on. The t unnel would be wel l vent il at ed if t al l chi mneys wer e buil t above sea level. In 1860, a beter plan was put f or ward by an Engl ishman, Wi li am Low. He suggest ed that a doubl