【正文】 engineer, Ai me Thome de Gam ond, ar ived i n Engl and wit h a pl an for a t went yone mi le t unnel acr oss the Engli sh Channel. He said t hat i t woul d be possi bl e t o bui ld a platf orm in the cent re of t he Channe l. Thi s pl atf or m would serve as a port and a r ail way st ation. The tunnel woul d be wel l venti lat ed if tal l chi mneys wer e buil t above sea level . In 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 should be buil t. This woul d solve t he pr oblem of venti lati on, f or if a t rain ent er ed thi s tunnel, it would draw i n f resh air behind i t. Fort y two year s later a t unnel was act ual ly begun. If , at t he time, t he Br i t i sh had not feared i nvasion, it woul d have been pleted. Recentl y, t her e has agai n been gr eat i nt erest i n t he idea of a Channel Tunnel. I f it i s bui lt , it wi l connect Bri tain to Eur ope f or the f ir st im e in hi st ory. Leson65 Jumbo versus t he pol ice 小象對(duì)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 childr en39。guar d of honour 39。Jumbo must wei gh a few tons, 39。so i t was for tunat e t hat we di dn39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hatheld Puf fi n is a moder n aero pl ane, but its designer, Mr John Wimpenny, i s fi ndi ng it di f icult t o get i t of f the gr ound. The r eason for t hi s is t hat his pl ane i s also a bicycle. It s pil ot has to pedal har d to get i t i nto t he air . Aft er Mr Wi mpenny had the plane buil t, it was t est ed thoroughly. In 1961, it was t he f i rst man powered air craf t o f ly half a mil e. Whil e bei ng fl own by a champion am at eur cyclist in 1963, the pl ane cr ashed on an air fi el d. Since then, Mr Wi mpenny has had i t r ebui lt . He has had t he length of t he wings i ncr eased so that they now measure 93 f eet almost as long as those of a Dakot a. Many people have shown int er est i n thi s new and unusual sport . But t hough air cycli st s may l ear n how t o fl y over short di st ances, and may, eventual y, even get acr oss t he Engl ish Channel , i t is doubtf ul whet her t hey wi l l ever cycl e acr oss t he Atl ant ic. Leson67 Volcanoes 火山 Har oun Tazi ef t he Pol ish scienti st , has spent his l if et ime st udyi ng act ive volcanoes and deep caves in al l par ts of the wor ld. I n 1948, he went to l ake Kivu i n t he Congo t o obser ve a new volcano which he l at er name d Ki t ur o. Tazi ef f was abl e t o set up his camp ver y close to t he volcano whil e it was erupti ng viol ent ly. Though he m anaged to t ake a number of br il iant phot ogr aphs, he coul d not st ay near the vol cano f or ver y long. He noti ced t hat a r iver of li qui d r ock was i ng towar ds hi m. I t hreatened to surr ound him pletely, but Tazi ef f managed t o escape just in t im e. He wai ted unti l the volcano became qui et and he was able t o ret urn t wo days later . Thi s ti me, he managed t o clim b int o t he m out h of Ki turo so that he could take phot ogr aphs and measur e t em per at ures. Tazi ef f has of ten r isked his l if e in t his way. He has been able to t el us more about act ive volcanoes t han any man al ive. Lesson68 Persi stent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed the str eet t o avoi d meeti ng him, but he saw me and came r unning towards me. I t was no use pr et endi ng that I had not sen hi m, so I waved to hi m. I never enj oy meeti ng Ber t Dykes. He never has anything t o do. No mat ter how busy you ar e, he al ways i nsi st s on ing wi t h you. I had to think of a way of pr eventi ng him f rom fol lowing me around al mor ning. 39。 I said. 39。 39。 Ber t answered. 39。r e not busy doing anythi ng, are you ?39。 No, not at al l, 39。 I39。 Would you m ind m y ing wi th you ?39。 I li ed, 39。m goi ng to the dent ist. 39。 Then I 39。 he answered.39。s always plenty to r ead in t he 39。 leson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being t est ed for a dr iving l icence for the t hir d ti me. I had been asked t o dri ve in heavy tr af ic and had done so successfull y. Aft er having been i nstr ucted t o dri ve out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sur e t hat I had passed, I was alm ost begi nni ng to enj oy my t est . The exami ner must have been pleased wi th my perf ormance, for he smil ed and said, 39。 I cont inued dri ving a nd aft er some t im e, t he exami ner t apped loudly. Though the sound could be hear d clear ly, i t ook me a l ong ti me t o react. I s uddenly pr esed the br ake pedal har d and we were bot h thr own f orwar d. The examiner looked at m e sadl y. 39。 he said, i n a mournf ul voi ce, 39。 l eson70 Red for danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bull fi ght, a drunk suddenl y wander ed into the mi ddle of the r ing. The crowd began to shout, but the drunk was unaware of t he danger. The bull was busy wit h the m atador at the t ime, but it suddenly caught si ght of the dr unk who was shout ing r ude r emarks and waving a red cap. Apparentl y se nsit ive t o cri ti cism, the bull f ot al l about the mat ador and char ged at t he drunk. The cr owd suddenly gr ew quiet . The dr unk, however , seemed quit e sur e of himself . When t he bul l got close to him, he clumsi ly stepped asi de to l et i t pass. The cr owd broke i nto cheer s and the dr unk bowed. By t hi s ti me, however, t hree men had e int o the r ing and t hey qui ckl y dragged the dr unk t o safety. Even the bull seem ed to f eel sorr y f or hi m, f or i t looked on sympathet ical ly unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way bef ore once mor e tur ning i ts at ent ion t o t he matador . Leson71 A f amous clock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of the f ir st t hings you wil l see i s Big Ben, t he famous clock which can be heard al l over the wor ld on the B. . I f the Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down in 1834, the gr eat clock