【正文】 phs and measur e temperat ur es. Tazief has oft en ri sked hi s li fe i n thi s way. He has been able t o tel l us m or e about acti ve vol canoes than any man ali ve. Leson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I crossed t he st reet to avoid meet ing hi m, but he saw m e and came running t owar ds me. It was no use pretending t hat I had not seen him , so I waved t o him. I never enjoy m et ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng to do. No mat er how busy you are, he always insists on i ng wi th you. I had to t hink of a way of preventing hi m fr om f oll owi ng me ar ound al l morni ng. 39。so i t was fort unat e that we di dn39。Jumbo m ust weigh a few tons, 39。guar d of honour 39。t . Geof fr ey asked her why thi s was so and she t ol d him t hat she di d not li ke to see so many peopl e laughi ng at hi m! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 In l 858, a Fr ench engineer, Ai me Thome de Gam ond, ar ived in Engl and wit h a plan f or a twent yone mi le t unnel acr oss t he English Channel . He said t hat i t woul d be possibl e to bui ld a pl atf orm in the cent re of t he Channe l. This pl atf or m woul d serve as a port and a r ai lway st at ion. The tunnel woul d be wel venti lated i f tal l chim neys wer e built above seal evel . I n 1860, a bet ter plan was put for ward by an Engl ishman, Wil li am Low. He suggested t hat a double r ail way tunnel shoul d be buil t. This woul d solve the pr obl em of venti lati on, f or if a t rain ent er ed thi s tunnel , it would dr aw i n f resh air behi nd it . For ty two year s later a t unnel was act ual ly begun. I f , at the t ime, t he Bri ti sh had not f ear ed invasi on, i t woul d have been pleted. Recent ly, there has agai n been gr eat i nterest in t he idea of a Channel Tunnel . If i t i s buil t, it wi l connect Bri tai n to Eur ope for t he fi rst ti me in histor y. Lesson65 Jumbo versus t he pol ice 小象對(duì)警察 Last Chri st mas, t he ci rcus owner, Jimm y Gates, decided t o take some present s to a chi ldr en39。cl ock thi s evening. By t hat ti me, the Ast ra wi l have been f lyi ng thr ough space f or seventeen hour s and wil l have ci rcled t he ear th a gr eat m any tim es. When t he fi rst radio mesages have been recei ved, t he resul ts of t he tr ip wi l be announced im mediately. Leson62 Af ter t he fi re 大火之后 Fi remen had been fi ght ing t he for est fi re for near ly three weeks bef ore they coul d get i t under cont rol . A shor t ti me befor e, gr eat t rees had covered t he countr ysi de for mi les around. Now, smoke st il r ose up fr om t he warm ground over t he desolat e hil ls. Wi nt er was i ng on and the hi l s threatened the surr oundi ng vil lages wi t h dest ructi on, f or heavy rai n would not only wash away t he soi l but would cause ser ious fl oods as wel l. When t he fi re had at last been put out , t he f or est aut hor it ies order ed several tons of a special type of grass sed whi ch would gr ow quickly. The seed was spr ayed over t he ground i n huge quanti ti es by aeropl anes. The pl anes had been pl ant ing seed for near ly a month when i t began t o rai n. By then, however, in many places t he grass had al ready taken root . I n place of the gr eat t rees which had been gr owing there f or centur ies, pat ches of green had begun t o appear in t he blackened soi l. Leson63 She was not amused 她并不覺得好笑 Geof fr ey Hampden has a l ar ge cir cle of f ri ends and is very popul ar at par ti es. Everybody admir es hi m for his f ine sens e of humoreverybody, t hat i s, except his si x year ol d daughter , Jenny. Recent ly, one of Geof f rey39。Your si st er wi l l be her e in l es t han an hour and we m ust be at the stati on to meet her. We are l ate alr eady. 39。Wher e have you been hidi ng ?39。A r elati on of your s is i ng to see you. She wi l be ar ri vi ng thi s evening and i ntends to stay f or a few days. The moment you leave t his t ent , you wil l get a big sur pri se. A wom an you know wel wi l r ush t owards you. She wi l speak to you and then s he wi l lead you away fr om this pl ace. That i s al l. 39。m Bri nksl ey Meer s, and m y ot her nam e i s Gl ori a Gl eam. Now you get out of her e fast !39。 said t he sher if f wit h a sneer . 39。 39。t be t oo har d on us. I 39。sai d Rockwal l,39。 39。m sher if f here. Do you see t hat not ice ? I t says No Campi ng i n case you can39。 he shout ed: 39。 Meanwhi l e, t wo ot her act ors, Rockwal Sl i nger and Merl in Greeves, had car ri ed t wo l ar ge f ood basket s t o a shady spot under som e t r es. When t hey had al m ade t hem sel ves f or table, a str anger appeared. He l ooked ver y angr y. 39。No newspaper m en, no f ilm f ans! Why don39。t be bet er , Gl or i a,39。 sai d Gl or ia Gl eam . 39。s fi shi ng, or ei ght hour s in a ci nem a sei ng t he sam e fi lm over and over agai n, is usual l y as f ar a s t hey get . They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whi l e pl ayi ng t ruant , tr avel ed 1600 mil es. He hi t ch hiked t o Dover and, t owar ds eveni ng, went i nt o a boat t o f ind som ewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next m or ni ng, he di scovered t hat t he boat had, i n the m eantim e, t r avel ed t o Cal ai s. No one not i ced t he boy as he cr ept off . Fr om t her e, he hit ch hiked t o Par is i n a l orr y. The dr i ver gave him a few bi scuit s and a cup of cof fee and l ef t hi m just out si de the cit y. The next car t he boy st opped di d not t ake him i nto t he cent re of Pari s as he hoped i t woul d, but t o Per pi gnan on t he Fr ench Spani sh bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a poli cem an and sent back t o Engl and by the l ocal aut hor it i es. He has sur el y set up a recor d f or the t housands of boys who dream of evadi ng school. Lesson74 O ut of t he l im eli ght 舞臺(tái)之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dr y ri ver bed and a part y of fam ous act ors and actr eses got of f. Dr esed in dar k glasses and ol d cl ot hes