【正文】 er must have been pleased wi th my perf orm ance, f or he sm il ed and said, 39。s al ways pl enty to r ead in t he 39。 he answer ed. 39。 Then I 39。but I39。 he asked, bef or e I had fi nished speaki ng. ‘ Not at al ,39。 39。 I39。 No, not at al l, 39。r e not busy doing anything, are you ?39。 Ber t answered. 39。 39。 I said. 39。 Leson66 Sweet 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 cult t o get it of f t he gr ound. The r eason for t hi s is t hat t hi s pl ane i s al so a bicycl e. I t s pi l ot has to pedal har d t o get it i nt o t he ai r. Aft er Mr Wi mpenny had t he plane bui lt , it was t est ed t horoughl y. In 1961, i t was t he f ir st m an power ed air cr aft t o fl y half a m il 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 length of t he wi ngs i ncr eas ed so t hat hey now m easur e 93 f eet al most as l ong as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nterest in t his new and unusual spor t. But though ai r cycl ists m ay learn how to f ly over shor t distances, and m ay, event ual ly, even get acr oss the Engli sh Cha nnel, it i s doubt ful whether they wi l ever cycl e across the At lanti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Haroun Tazief f the Poli sh sci ent ist, has spent hi s li fe ti me studying acti ve vol canoes and deep caves i n al part s of t he worl d. In 1948, he went t o lake Ki vu in the Congo to observe a new vol cano whi ch he later named Ki turo. Tazief was able to set up hi s cam p very cl ose t o the volcano whi le i t was er upt ing vi olentl y. Though he managed t o take a number of br il li ant photogr aphs, he could not stay near t he volc ano for very l ong. He not iced that a ri ver of l iquid rock was ing t owards him . I t thr eat ened t o sur r ound hi m plet el y, but Tazief managed to escape j ust i n ti me. He wait ed until t he vol cano became quiet and he was abl e to r etur n two days l at er. This t ime, he managed to cl imb into the mouth of Ki t ur o so t hat he could t ake phot ogr aphs and measur e temper at ures. Tazief f has of ten r isked hi s li fe in t his way. He has been able t o t el l us more about act ive volcanoes t han any man al ive. Lesson68 Persi st ent 糾纏 不休 I crossed the str et to avoi d meeti ng hi m, 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 meet ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hing t o do. No mat er how busy you ar e, he alwa ys i nsi st s on ing wi th you. I had to t hink of a way of pr eventi ng him fr om foll owing m e around al mor ni ng. 39。so it was f ort unat e t hat we didn39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a f ew t ons,39。guar d of honour 39。 l esson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Duri ng a bull fi ght , a drunk suddenl y wander ed i nto t he mi ddl e of t he r i ng. The crowd began t o shout, but t he dr unk was unaware of t he danger. The bull was busy wit h t he m atador at t he tim e, but it suddenl y caught si ght of t he drunk who was shouti ng r ude r em ar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Apparentl y sensit ive t o cri ti ci sm , the bull f ot al l about t he m at ador and char ged at t he dr unk. The cr owd suddenl y grew qui et . The drunk, however, s eem ed qui te sur e of him sel f. When t he bull got cl ose t o him , he cl um sil y st epped asi de t o l et it pass. The cr owd broke i nt o c heer s and the dr unk bowed. By t hi s ti me, however, t hree m en had e i nto t he ri ng and t hey quickl y dr agged t he drunk t o saf et y. Even t he bull seem ed t o f eel sorr y f or him , f or i t looked on sym pat heti cal l y unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way befor e once m or e t urni ng i ts at tenti on to t he mat ador. Lesson71 A f am ous cl ock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you vi si t London, one of t he fi r st t hi ngs you wil see i s Big Ben, t he f am ous cl ock whi ch can be hear d al over the wor l d on the B. B. C. I f the Houses of Parl i am ent had hot been burned down i n 1834, t he gr eat cl ock woul d never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes it s nam e fr om Si r Benjami n Hal who was r esponsi bl e for t he m aki ng of the cl ock when t he new Houses of Parl iament were bei ng bui l t. I t i s not onl y of imm ense size, but i s ext remely accurat e as wel l. Of fi cials f r om Gr eenwi ch Obser vat ory have the cl ock checked t wice a day. On t he . C. you can hear the clock when i t i s act ual ly st ri king because mi cr ophones are connect ed to t he cl ock tower. Bi g Ben has rar el y gone wr ong. Once, however , it f ai led t o give t he cor r ect ti me. A paint er who had been wor ki ng on t he tower hung a pot of paint on one of t he hands and slowed i t down ! Lesson72 A car cal led Bl uebi rd “藍(lán)鳥(niǎo)”汽車 The great racing dri ver, Sir Mal colm Campbel l, was the f ir st man to dr ive at over 300 m il es per hour . He set up a new worl d r ecor d in September 1935 at Bonnevil le Salt Fl at s, Ut ah. Bl uebi rd, the ca r he was dri ving, had been special ly buil t for him . I t was over 30 f eet i n length and had a 2500 horsepower engi ne. Al though Campbel l reached a speed of over 304 mi les per Engl i shm an, Wi l iam Low. He suggest ed that a doubl e rai 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 entered t his t unnel, i t woul d dr aw in fr esh ai r behind it. For tyt wo 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 eted. Recentl y, t her e has again been gr eat int er est i n the i dea of a Channel Tunnel. I f it is bui lt , i t wil l connect Br it ain t o Europe f or the f ir st t ime in hi st ory. Lesson65 Jum bo versus the pol ice 小象對(duì)警察 Las