【正文】 I cont inued dri ving and aft er some t im e, t he exami n。 l esson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng t ested f or a dri vi ng li cence f or t he t hi rd t im e. I had been asked t o dr i ve i n heavy t r af fi c and had done so successf ul l y. Af ter havi ng been i nst r uct ed t o dr ive out of t own, I began t o acquir e conf i dence. Sur e t hat I had passed, I was alm ost begi nni ng t o enj oy m y t est. The exam iner m ust have been pl eased wit h m y per f or mance, f or he smi led and sai d, 39。s al ways pl ent y t o r ead i n t he 39。 he answer ed.39。 Then I39。m goi ng t o t he denti st .39。 I l i ed, 39。Woul d you mi nd my i ng wit h you ?39。m goi ng t o. . .39。 I answer ed.39。 39。 I was j ust wonder i ng how to spend the m or ning unt il I saw you. You39。 Hul l o, El i zabet h,39。 I sai d. 39。 Lesson66 Swet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff i n i s a m oder n aer opl ane, but it s desi gner , Mr John Wim penny, is f i ndi ng i t dif fi cul t to get it of f t he gr ound. The reason f or thi s i s t hat t hi s plane is al so a bi cycl e. I ts pi lot has t o pedal har d t o get it i nt o t he ai r. Af t er 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 hal f a mi l e. Whi le bei ng fl own by a cham pi on amateur cycli st i n 1963, t he plane crashed on an ai rf iel d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wim penny has had it r ebuil t. He has had t he l engt h of t he wi ngs incr eased so t hat t hey now measur e 93 f etalm ost as l ong as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nter est in t his new and unusual spor t. But t hough ai r cycl ists m ay learn how to f l y over shor t distances, and m ay, event ual l y, even get across the Engli sh Channel, it i s doubt f ul whether they wi l ever cycle acr oss t he At l anti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Har oun Tazi ef f the Poli sh sci ent ist, has spent hi s li f e tim e st udyi ng acti ve vol canoes and deep caves i n al part s of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went t o l ake Kivu i n the Congo t o obser ve a new volcano which he l at er named Ki t ur o. Tazi ef f was abl e to set up his camp ver y close to t he vol cano while it was erupti ng viol ent ly. Though he m anaged to 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 noti ced t hat a r iver of li qui d r ock was i ng towar ds hi m. It t hreatened to surr ound him pl etely, but Tazief f managed t o escape just in t ime. He wai ted unti l the volcano became qui et and he was able t o ret ur n t wo days later . Thi s ti me, he managed to cl im b int o the m out h of Ki turo so that he could take phot ogr aphs and measur e t em per at ures. Tazief f has of ten r isked his li f e in t his way. He has been able to t el l us more about act ive volcanoes t han any m an al ive. Lesson68 Persi stent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed the str et t o avoi d meeti ng him, but he saw me and cam e running t owards me. I t was no use pr et endi ng that I had not sen 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 i ng wi th you. I had t o t hi nk of a way of pr event i ng hi m fr om f ol l owi ng m e ar ound al l m or ni ng. 39。so i t was for tunate t hat we di dn39。Jum bo must wei gh a few tons,39。guar d of honour 39。t . Geoff rey asked her why t his was so and she told him that she di d not l ike t o se so m any people l aughi ng at hi m! Leson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l 858, a Fr ench engineer , Aim e Thom e de Gamond, ar ri ved in England wi th a plan f or a twenty one mil e tunnel acr oss t he Engl ish Channel . He sai d that it would be possible to buil d a pl at for m i n t he centr e of the Channel . This plat for m woul d ser ve as a por t and a rai lway stat ion. The tunnel would be wel ventil ated i f tal chimneys were bui lt above seal evel. I n 1860, a bet er pl an was put f orwar d by an Engli shman, Wi l iam Low. He suggested that a doubl e r ai lway t unnel shoul d be bui lt . This would sol ve the probl em of vent il at ion, for i f a tr ai n enter ed this t unnel , i t would dr aw in fr esh ai r behi nd it . For ty two years l ater a tunnel was actual y begun. I f, at the t ime, the Br it ish had not feared i nvasion, it would have been pl et ed. Recentl y, there has agai n been gr eat i nterest in t he idea of a Channel Tunnel . I f it i s bui lt , it wi l connect Bri tain to Eur ope for the f ir st tim e in hi story. Leson65 Jumbo versus t he police 小象對(duì)警察 Last Chri st mas, t he cir cus owner, Jim my Gat es, deci ded t o t ake some pr esents t o a chil dr en39。clock thi s evening. By t hat t ime, the Ast ra wi l l have been fl yi ng thr ough space for sevente en hours and wi l have ci rcl ed the ear th a great many ti mes. When the f ir st r adi o messages have been received, t he results of t he tr ip wi l l be announced i mmediatel y. Lesson62 Af ter t he f ire 大火之后 Fi remen had been fi ght ing t he for est f ir e for near l y thr e weks befor e they coul d get it under contr ol . A short t ime bef or e, gr eat t rees had covered t he count ryside f or m il es ar ound. Now, s moke st il l rose up fr om the warm gr ound over the desol at e hil ls. Wi nter was ing on and t he hi l s thr eat ened t he sur rounding vil lages wit h dest ructi on, f or heavy r ai n would not only wash away t he soi l but woul d cause ser ious f loods as wel l. 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 quickl 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