【正文】 e rail way t unnel should be bui lt . Thi s would solve t he 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 . Fort y two year s later a t unnel was act ual ly begun. I f , at t he t im e, t he Bri ti sh had not f ear ed invasi on, i t woul d have been plet ed. 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 c onnect Bri tai n to Eur ope for t he fi rst ti me i n histor y. Lesson65 Jumbo versus t he poli ce 小象對警察 Last Chr istmas, the cir cus owner , Ji mmy Gat es, deci ded to t ake some pr esents t o a chil dren39。Ci gar et te Sm oki ng and Your Heal th39。s crop be for e the September rai ns. On t he ri ght, you can see Mrs Br abante her sel f. She has been helping her husband f or t hir ty years now. Mrs Br abante is t al king t o the m anager of t he local f act ory wher e the cr op is pr ocessed. Thi s last scene shows you what wi l happen at the end of the harvest : t he famous Cal abr ian macaroni eat ing peti ti on ! Signor Fr atel i, t he pr esent champi on, has won i t every year since 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull e ti n for t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We ar e now r et urning you t o t he st udi o.39。 said the voice of the t elevision announcer, 39。 in t he snow. For tunat ely, a pil ot saw t he signal and sent a message by radio t o t he nearest town. It was not long befor e a heli copter ar ived on t he scene to rescue t he sur vivors of t he pl ane cr ash. Leson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 leson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a l ight passenger plane fl ew of f cour se some t ime ago, it cr ashed i n t he mountai ns and i ts pi lot was kil led. The onl y passengers, a young woman and her t wo baby daughter s, wer e unhur t. I t was t he mi ddl e of wint er . Snow lay t hick on t he gr ound. The wom an knew that he near est vil lage was mi les away. When it grew dar k. she t urned a suit case int o a bed and put t he chi ldren i nsi de it , coveri ng them wit h al t he cl othes she could f ind. Dur ing t he ni ght , it got ter ibl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d to the chil dr en and even t ri ed to get int o the case her sel f, but it was too sm al l. Earl y ,next morni ng she heard pl anes pasi ng over head and wonder ed how she c oul d send a si gnal . Then she had an idea. She stamped out the l et ter s39。Wel l, I39。 Oh, is it ?39。m Rockwal l Slinger and this i s Mer li n Gr eves. 39。 don39。 Look, sher if f , 39。t read ! 39。 I39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you!39。t we e more of ten ?39。 Br inksley Mer s agr eed. 39。 I t couldn39。Thi s is a wonder ful place for a pi i c, 39。s son, Donald, also set up a wor ld record. Like hi s father , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀錄保持者 Lit le boys who pl ay tr uant f rom school ar e unimaginati ve. A qui et day39。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed int o the m iddle of t he ri ng. The cr owd began t o shout , but the dr unk was unawar e of the dange r . The bull was busy wi th t he matador at t he ti me, but i t suddenl y caught si ght of t he dr unk who was shout ing r ude remar ks and wavi ng a red cap. Appar ent ly sensi ti ve to cr it icism, t he bul l f ot al about t he matador and charged at the drunk. The crowd suddenl y grew qui et . The drunk, however, semed qui te sure of him sel f. When t he bull got cl ose t o him , he cl um si ly st epped asi de to let it pas. The cr owd br oke i nt o cheer s and the dr unk bowed. By t hi s ti me, however, t hree men had e i nt o t he ri ng and they qui ckly dr agged the dr unk to safet y. Even t he bul l seemed to feel sor ry f or him, f or it looked on sym pat het ical y unti l t he drunk was out of the way befor e once m ore t urning i ts at tenti on to t he matador. Lesson71 A famous clock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visi t London, one of t he fi rst things you wi l se is Bi g Ben, the f am ous clock whi ch can be heard al l over t he worl d on the B. . I f the Houses of Par li am ent had hot been burned down i n 1834, t he gr eat clock woul d never have been erected. Big Ben takes its name fr om Si r Benj am in Hal l who was r esponsi bl e f or t he making of t he cl ock when the new Houses of Par liam ent were bei ng bui lt . It i s not only of i mmense si ze, but is extr emely accur ate as wel . Of fi ci als f rom Greenwich Observator y have the clock checked twi ce a day. On the B. . you can hear t he cl ock when it i s act ual ly str iki ng because micr ophones ar e connected t o the clock t ower. Bi g Ben has rarel y gone wr ong. Once, however , i t fai led to give the cor rect time. A pai nt er who had been worki ng on the t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and sl owed it down ! Leson72 A car call ed Bluebird “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Sir Mal col m Cam pbel , was the f ir st m an to dr ive at over 300 mi les per hour . He set up a new worl d record i n September 1935 at Bonnevi l e Salt Flats, Ut ah. Bl uebir d, the car he was dr ivi ng, had been special y buil t f or him. I t was over 30 f et in length and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Al though Cam pbel l r eached a speed of over 304 mil es per hour, he had great di f icult y i n cont rol ling the car be cause a t yre bur st duri ng the f ir st r un. Af t er hi s at tempt , Cam pbel l was di sappointed t o l ear n that his aver age speed had been 299 m iles per hour . However , a few days l at er, he was tol d that a mi st ake had been made. Hi s average speed had been 301 m il es per hour . Since that ti me, racing dr ivers have reached speeds of over 400 m il es an hour. Foll owing hi s father 39。 he sai d, i n a m our nful voice, 39。 I continued dr iving and aft er some ti me, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though the sound coul d be hear d clearl y, i t took me a l