【正文】 he was pi cked up by a pol iceman and sent back t o Engl and by t he l ocal aut hor it ies. He has sur el y set up a r ecor d f or t he t housands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school . Lesson74 O ut of the l im el ight 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dry r i ver bed and a par t y of f amous act ors and act r esses got off . Dr essed i n dar k gl ases and ol d cl ot hes, they had t aken speci al pr ecaut i ons so t hat no one shoul d recogni ze them . But as t hey soon di scover ed, di sgui ses can som et im es be t oo per f ect. 39。s f oot st eps m any years l at er, Si r Malcolm39。 you have j ust kil ed t hat chi l d !39。Mr Eames, 39。Just one m or e t hi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenly cr oses the r oad i n f r ont of you. As soon as I t ap on t he wi ndow, I want t he car t o be stopped imm edi at ely.39。wai ti ng r oom !39。 Ther e39。l l e wit h you,39。 39。but I39。 he asked, bef or e I had f i ni shed speaki ng. ‘ Not at al l,39。 39。 I 39。 No, not at al ,39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。 Ber t answer ed. 39。 39。 I sai d. 39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff in i s a m oder n aer o plane, but it s desi gner, Mr John Wim penny, is f i ndi ng i t di f i cult t o get i t off t he gr ound. The r eason f or t his i s that this pl ane i s also a bi cycle. It s pil ot has t o pedal har d t o get i t int o the air . Aft er Mr Wim penny had t he pl ane buil t, i t was t est ed t hor oughl y. I n 1961, it was t he fi rst man power ed ai rcr af t to f l y hal f a mil e. Whil e being f lown by a cham pi on am at eur cycli st i n 1963, t he pl ane cr ashed on an air fi eld. Since t hen, Mr Wim penny has had i t rebuil t. He has had the l engt h of t he wi ngs i ncr eased so t hat t hey now m easur e 93 fee talm ost as l ong as t hose of a Dakot a. Many peopl e have shown i nt erest i n t hi s new and unusual sport . But t hough ai r cycli sts m ay l ear n how t o f ly over shor t di st ances, and m ay, event ual ly, even get acr oss t he Engl i sh Channel , it i s doubtf ul whet her t hey wil l ever cycl e acr oss t he At lanti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Har oun Tazief f t he Poli sh sci enti st , has spent hi s li fet im e st udyi ng act i ve vol canoes and deep caves i n al l par t s of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went t o lake Ki vu in t he Congo t o observe a new vol cano whi ch he later nam ed Kit ur o. Tazi ef was able t o set up hi s cam p ver y cl ose t o t he vol cano whil e it was er upt i ng vi ol ent l y. Though he managed t o t ake a number of br il li ant phot ogr aphs, he could not stay near t he vol cano f or ver y l ong. He noti ced t hat a ri ver of li quid r ock was ing t owar ds him. I t thr eat ened t o sur r ound him pl et el y, but Tazi ef m anaged to escape j ust i n ti me. He wait ed unt il t he vol cano becam e quiet and he was abl e t o ret ur n t wo days l ater. Thi s tim e, he m anaged t o cl im b i nt o t he m out h of Kit ur o so t hat he coul d t ake phot ogr aphs and m easur e t em per at ures. Tazi ef f has of ten r isked hi s li f e in t his way. He has been abl e to t el us mor e about act i ve vol canoes t han any m an al i ve. Lesson68 Persist ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed t he st reet t o avoi d m eeti ng him , but he saw m e and came r unni ng t owar ds m e. It was no use pret ending t hat I had not seen him, so I waved t o him. I never enj oy m eet ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng t o do. No mat er how busy you ar e, he al ways i nsi st s on i ng wi t h you. I had t o thi nk of a way of pr eventi ng him f rom f ol owi ng m e ar ound al m or ning. 39。so i t was f or t unate t hat we di dn39。Jum bo must wei gh a f ew t ons,39。guard of honour 39。t . Geof fr ey asked he r why t hi s was so and she t ol d him t hat she di d not li ke to see so many peopl e l aughi ng at hi m! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l858, a French engi neer, Ai me Thom e de Gam ond, ar i ved i n England wit h a pl an f or a t went y one mi l e t unnel across the Engli sh Channel. He sai d t hat i t would be possi ble t o buil d a pl at form i n t he centr e of the Channel . Thi s platf orm woul d ser ve as a por t and a rail way stati on. The t unnel woul d be wel l vent il at ed if t al chim neys wer e bui lt above sea l evel. I n 1860, a bet er pl an was put f or war d by an Engli shm an, Wi l i am Low. He suggested t hat a doubl e r ai l way t unnel shoul d be built . This woul d sol ve t he pr obl em of vent il ati on, f or i f a tr ain ent er ed t hi s tunnel , it woul d dr aw i n f resh ai r behi nd it . For t y t wo year s lat er a t unnel was act ual l y 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 pl et ed. Recent ly, t here has agai n been gr eat i nt er est in t he idea of a Channel Tunnel. I f it i s bui lt , it wi l connect Bri tai n to Eur ope for t he f ir st im e i n hi stor y. Lesson65 Jumbo versus t he poli ce 小象對警察 Last Chri st mas, t he cir cus owner, Jim my Gat es, deci ded t o t ake some pr esents t o a chil dr en39。gr ound over t he desolate hi l s. Wint er was i ng on and t he hil ls t hreatened the surr oundi ng vi l ages wi t h destr uct i on, f or heavy rai n woul d not onl y wash away t he soil but would cause seri ous fl oods as wel . When t he fi re had at last been put out , t he f or est aut hori ti es ordered sever al t ons of a speci al t ype of grass seed whi ch woul d gr ow quickly. The sed was sprayed over t he gr ound i n huge quant it ies by aeropl anes. The pl anes had been pl a nti ng seed f or near ly a m ont h when i t began t o r ai n. By t hen, however , i n m any pl aces t he grass had al ready taken r oot. I n pl ace of t he gr eat t rees which had been gr owi ng t here f or cent ur ies, pat ches of green had begun t o appear in t he blackened soi l. Lesson63 She was not amused 她并不覺得好笑 Ge of fr ey Ham pden has a l arge cir cle