【正文】 uddenly pressed t he br ake pedal har d and we wer e both t hrown f orwar d. The exami ner l ooked at me sadl y. 39。 l eson69 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 succe ssf 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 that I had passed, I was al most 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 plent y t o r ead i n t he 39。 he answer ed. 39。 Then I39。m goi ng to t he dent ist.39。 I li ed, 39。Would you mi nd m y i ng wi th you ?39。m goi ng t o.. .39。 I answer ed. 39。r e not busy doing anythi ng, are you ?39。 Ber t answered. 39。 39。 I said. 39。 Lesson66 Swet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff i n is a m oder n aer o pl ane, but i ts desi gner , Mr John Wi mpenny, i s fi ndi ng it dif fi cul t t o get it of f the gr ound. The reason for t hi s is t hat t hi s plane i s al so a bicycl e. I t s pi l ot has to pedal har d to get it i nt o t he ai r. Af t er Mr Wim penny had t he plane bui lt , it was t est ed t hor oughl y. I n 1961, i t was t he f ir st m an power ed air cr aft t o fl y half a mi l e. Whi l e bei ng fl own by a cham pion amat eur cycl ist i n 1963, the pl ane cr ashed on an ai rf i el d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wim penny has had it r ebui lt. He has had t he lengt h of t he wings i ncr eased so t hat t hey now measur e 93 f eet al most as l ong as t hose of a Dakot a. Many peopl e have shown i nter est i n t his new and unusual spor t. But t hough air cycl i st s m ay l ear n how t o fl y over short dist ances, and may, eventual y, even get acr oss t he Engli sh Channel, i t i s doubt f ul whet her t hey wi l ever cycl e acr oss the At lanti c. Leson67 Volcanoes 火山 Haroun Tazief t he Poli sh scienti st , has spent hi s li fet im e st udyi ng act ive vol canoes and deep caves in al l par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went to lake Ki vu in t he Congo to obser ve a new volcano whi ch he later nam ed Kit uro. Tazi ef was able t o set up hi s cam p ver y close to the volcano whil e it was er upt ing vi ol ent ly. 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 eatened t o sur round him pletel 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 a ble to r eturn two days lat 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 emper atur 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 a ny man ali ve. Leson68 Persistent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed the st reet o avoid m et 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 him, so I waved to hi m. I never enj oy m eet i ng Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hing t o do. No mat er how busy you ar e, he al ways i nsi st s on ing wi t h you. I ha d t o t hi nk of a way of pr eventi ng him fr om f oll owi ng m e around al m or ni ng. 39。so i t was fort unat e t hat we di dn39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a f ew tons, 39。 we ar e taki ng you t o t he m acar oni f iel ds of Calabri a. Macar oni has been gr own i n t hi s ar ea f or over si x hundr ed year s. Two of t he l eading gr ower s, Giuseppe Mol dova and Ricar do Br abant e, t el l m e t hat t hey have been expect ing a splendid cr op t hi s year and har vesti ng has begun earl ier t han usual . Her e you can se t wo wor ker s who, bet ween them , have j ust f i ni shed cutti ng t hr ee car t l oads of gol den br own m acar oni st alks. The whol e vil lage has been wor ki ng day and ni ght gat her i ng and t hr eshi ng thi s year39。To end our speci al news bull et in,39。 SOS39。m Bri nksl ey Meers, and m y ot her nam e i s Gl or ia Gl eam . Now you get out of here f ast ! 39。 sai d the sher if f wit h a sneer . 39。 39。t be too har d on us. I39。said Rockwal ,39。 39。m sheri f her e. Do you see t hat not i ce ? It says No Cam pi ng i n case you can39。 he shout ed: 39。 Meanwhil e, t wo ot her act ors, Rockwal l Sl i nger and Merl i n Gr eves, had car ri ed t wo lar ge food baskets t o a shady spot under som e t rees. When t hey had al l made t hemsel ves fort abl e, a st r anger apear ed. He l ooked ver y angry. 39。No newspaper m en, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。t be bet t er , Glori a,39。 sai d Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s i n a ci nem a seei ng the sam e fi lm over and over agai n, i s usual y as f ar as t hey get. They have al l been put to sham e by a boy who, whil e pl ayi ng t r uant, t r avel ed 1600 m il es. He hit ch hi ked to Dover and, t owards eveni ng, went i nt o a boat t o f ind som ewher e t o sl eep. When he woke up next m or ning, he di scovered t hat t he boat had, i n t he m eanti m e, tr avel led t o Calai s. No one noti ced the boy as he crept of f. Fr om t here, he hi t ch hi ked 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 cof f e and l ef t him j ust out si de t he cit y. The next car t he boy stopped di d not take him i nt o t he centr e of Par i s as he hoped it woul d, but t o Per pignan 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 t he l ocal authori ti es. 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 O ut of t he l im el i ght 舞臺(tái)之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dr y ri ver bed and a part y of f am ous actor s and actr eses got of f. Dr esed i n dar k gl asses and ol d cl ot hes, t hey had t ake n speci al pr ecauti ons so that no one should r ec