【正文】 ong t ime to r eact. I suddenly presed t he br ake pedal har d and we wer e both t hrown f orwar d. The exami ner l ooked at me sa dl y. 39。 l eson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being t est ed for a dr iving l icence f or 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 instr ucted to dri ve out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sur e that I had passed, I was almost begi nni ng to enj oy my t est . The exami ner must have been pleased wi th my perf ormance, f or he smil ed and said, 39。s always plenty to r ead in t he 39。 he answer ed.39。 Then I 39。m goi ng to t he dent ist. 39。 I li ed, 39。Would you m ind m y ing wi th you ?39。m going to.. .39。 I answer ed.39。 39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he morni ngunti l I saw you. You39。Hul lo, Eli zabeth, 39。Fancy meeting you her e !39。Hull o, Ber t, 39。t have to car y him . Of cour se, we shoul d ar est hi m, but as he has a good recor d, we shal l let hi m of f thi s ti me.39。 said a pol icem an af ter wards, 39。 of si x pret y gir ls, he s et of f down the mai n str et of the cit y r iding a baby elephant cal ed Jum bo. He, should have known t hat t he pol ice would neve r al low thi s sor t of t hing. A poli cem an appr oached Ji mmy and t old hi m he ought to have gone al ong a side str eet as Jum bo was hol ding up t he tr af ic. Though Jim my agreed t o go at once, Jumbo r efused to m ove. Fif teen poli cem en had t o push ver y hard t o get hi m of f the m ai n str et . The pol ice had a dif fi cul t ti me, but t hey wer e most amused. 39。s hospi tal. Dr esed up as Fat her Chr ist mas and acpani ed by a 39。Geof f r ey l oves. He pr epared t he speech car efull y and went to t he weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a large number of funny stori es in t he speech and, of cour se, it was a gr eat success. As soon as he had f i ni shed, Jenny tol d him she want ed to go hom e. Geof fr ey was a li t le di sappoi nted by t his but he di d as his daught er asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny i f she had enjoyed the speech. To his surpr ise, she said she hadn39。t . Geof f rey asked her why t hi s was so and she t old hi m t hat she did not li ke to see so many peopl e l aughing at him ! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l858, a French engi neer , Ai me Thome de Gamond, ar ived i n England wi th a pl an for a t wentyone mile tunnel across the Engli sh Channel. He said that i t would be possi ble t o buil d a platf orm i n the centr e of the Channe l . Thi s platf orm would serve as a por t and a rail way stati on. The t unnel would be wel l vent il at ed if t al l chi mneys wer e buil t above sea level. In 1860, a beter plan was put f or ward by an Engl ishman, Wi li am Low. He suggest ed that a doubl 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 connect 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(duì)警察 Last Chr istmas, the cir cus owner , Ji mmy Gat es, deci ded to t ake some pr ese nts t o a chil dren39。guard of honour 39。Jumbo m ust wei gh a f ew t ons,39。so it was f ort unate that we didn39。 Leson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff in is a m oder n aer oplane, but i ts desi gner , Mr John Wi mpenny, is f indi ng it dif fi cul t to get it of f the ground. The reason f or thi s is t hat t hi s plane is al so a bicycl e. I ts pi lot has to pedal hard to get it i nt o t he ai r. Af ter Mr Wi mpenny had t he pl ane bui lt , it was tested t hor oughl y. I n 1961, i t was the f ir st m an power ed air cr aft t o fl y half a mi le. Whi le being fl own by a cham pion amateur cycl ist in 1963, the plane crashed on an ai rf iel d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wi mpenny has had it r ebui lt. He has had t he lengt h of the wi ngs increased so t hat t hey now measur e 93 f etal 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 air cycl ists may learn how to fl y over short distances, and may, eventual y, even get across the Engli sh Channel, i t i s doubt ful whether they wi l ever cycle acr oss t he At l ant i c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Haroun Tazief f t he Poli sh scienti st, has spent hi s li fe tim e studyi ng active vol canoes and deep caves in al l par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went t o lake Ki vu in t he Congo to obser ve a new vol cano whi ch he later named Kit uro. Tazi ef was able t o set up hi s cam p ver y close t o the volcano whil e it was er upt ing vi ol ently. 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 eat ened t o sur round him plet el 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 able to r eturn two days l at 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 emperatur 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 any man ali ve. Leson68 Persistent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed the st reet to avoid met 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 hi m , so I waved t o him . I never enj oy meeting Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hing t o do. No mat er how busy you ar e, he always i nsi st s on ing wi t h you. I had to think of a