【正文】 aroni f ields of Calabri a. Macar oni has been gr own i n thi s ar ea for over si x hundr ed year s. Two of t he leading gr ower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ri car do Br abante, tel l m e that they have been expect ing a splendid cr op this year and har vesti ng has begun earl ier than usual . Her e you can see t wo wor ker s who, bet ween them, have j ust f inished cut ti ng thr ee car t loads of gol den br own m acar oni stal ks. The whole vi l age has been working day and night gatheri ng and threshing t hi s year 39。To end our special news bullet in,39。 SOS39。m Br inksl ey Meers, and my ot her name i s Glor ia Gl eam . Now you get out of here f ast ! 39。 sai d the sheri f wi th a sneer. 39。 39。t be too hard on us. I39。said Rockwal ,39。 39。m sher if f her e. Do you see t hat noti ce ? It says No Cam ping in case you can39。 he shouted: 39。 Meanwhil e, t wo other act ors, Rockwal l Sl i nger and Mer li n Gr eves, had car ied t wo l ar ge food basket s to a shady spot under some t rees. When t hey had al l made thems el ves f ort abl e, a st ranger appear ed. He looked ver y angr y. 39。No newspaper m en, no f il m f ans! Why don39。t be bet er, Gl or i a, 39。 said Glor ia Gl eam. 39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nem a sei ng the sam e fi lm over and over again, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hit ch hiked t o Dover and, towar ds evening, went i nt o a boat to f ind somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next mor ning, he di scovered t hat t he boat had, i n the meanti me, tr avel led to Calais. No one not i ced t he boy as he cr ept off . From there, he hit ch hiked to Par is i n a l orr y. The dr iver gave hi m a few bi scuit s and a cup of cof fee and lef t hi m just out si de the cit y. The next car t he boy st opped did not t ake hi m i nto t he cent re of Pari s as he hoped i t woul d, but t o Per pignan on t he Fr ench Spanish bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a poli ceman and sent back to Engl and by the l ocal aut hor it ies. He has sur el y set up a recor d f or the t housands of boys who dream of evadi ng school. Leson74 Out of the lim elight 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus stopped by a dry ri ver bed and a part y of famous act ors and actr esses got off . Dr essed in dark glases and ol d clot hes, they had taken special precaut ions so that no one should recogni ze t hem. But as t hey soon discover ed, disguises can someti mes be too per fect. 39。s f oot st eps m any years later, Si r Malcolm 39。 you ha ve just kil ed that chi ld !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 ront of you. As soon as I tap on t he window, I want t he car t o be stopped imm edi at ely.39。wai t ing r oom ! 39。 Ther e39。l l e wi th you,39。m going to t he dent ist. 39。 I lied, 39。Woul d you mi nd my i ng wi th you ?39。m going t o.. .39。 I answer ed. 39。 39。 I was j ust wonder ing how to spend the m or ningunti l I saw you. You39。Hul lo, Eli zabeth,39。Fancy meet ing you here ! 39。Hul l o, Ber t, 39。t have t o car y him. Of course, we shoul d ar est him , but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et hi m of f thi s tim e.39。 sai d a poli cem an af ter wards, 39。 of si x pr et ty gi rl s, he set of f down t he m ai n str eet of t he ci ty r i di ng a baby el ephant cal ed Jum bo. He, shoul d have known t hat t he pol i ce woul d never al ow t hi s sor t of thi ng. A pol icem an appr oached Jimm y and tol d hi m he ought t o have gone along a si dest reet as Jum bo was hol di ng up the t raf i c. Though Ji mm y agr eed t o go at once, Jum bo ref used t o m ove. Fi f t een poli cem en had t o push ver y hard t o get hi m of f the m ai n str et . The pol ice had a dif fi cul t ti me, but t hey wer e most am used. 39。s hospi t al. Dressed up as Father Chri st mas and apani ed by a 39。Geof f r ey l oves. He pr epared t he speech car efull y and went to t he weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a l arge number of funny stori es in t he speech and, of cour se, it was a gr eat success. As soon as he had f ini shed, Jenny tol d him she want ed to go hom e. Geof fr ey was a li t le di sappoi nted by t his but he di d as his daught er asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny i f she had enjoyed the speech. To his surpr ise, she sai d she hadn39。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 laughing at him! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 In l858, a French engi neer, Ai me Thome de Gam ond, ar ived i n England wi th a pl an for a t went yone mi le tunnel across the Engli sh Channel. He said t hat i t would be possi ble t o build a platf orm i n the centr e of the Channel . Thi s platf orm would serve as a por t and a r ail way st ati on. The t unnel would be wel l vent ilat ed if t al l chi mneys wer e buil t above sea level . In 1860, a bet ter plan was put for ward by an Engl ishman, Wil li am Low. He suggest ed t hat a doubl e rail way t unnel should be buil t. Thi s woul d solve t he pr oblem of venti lati on, f or if a t r ai n ent ered t hi s t unnel, it woul d draw in f r esh air behind i t. Fort yt wo year s l at er a t unnel was act ual y begun. If , at t he tim e, t he Br it sh had not f ear ed i nvasi on, i t woul d have been pl et ed. Recent l y, t her e has again been great int er est i n the i dea of a Channel Tunnel . If i t is buil t, it wil connect Br it ai n t o Europe f or t he fi rst ti me i n hist or y. Lesson65 Jum bo versus the poli ce 小象對警察 Last Chr istm as, t he cir cus owner , Ji mm y Gat es, deci ded t o t ake som e present s t o a chil dr en39。guar d of honour39。Jum bo must wei gh a f ew tons,39。so it was for tunate t hat we di dn39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hatheld Puf f in i s a modern aer o plane, but it s desi gner , Mr John Wim p