【正文】 m y per f or mance, f or he smi led and sai d, 39。s al ways pl ent y t o r ead i n t he 39。 he answer ed.39。 Then I39。m goi ng t o t he denti st .39。 I l i ed, 39。Woul d you mi nd my i ng wit h you ?39。m goi ng t o. . .39。 I answer ed.39。 39。 I was j ust wonder i ng how to spend the m or ning unt il I saw you. You39。 Hul l o, El i zabet h,39。 I sai d. 39。 Lesson66 Swet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff i n i s a m oder n aer opl ane, but it s desi gner , Mr John Wim penny, is f i ndi ng i t dif fi cul t to get it of f t he gr ound. The reason f or thi s i s t hat t hi s plane is al so a bi cycl e. I ts pi lot has t o pedal har d t o get it i nt o t he ai r. Af t er Mr Wim penny had t he pl ane bui lt , i t was tested t hor oughl y. I n 1961, i t was the f ir st m an power ed ai r cr aft t o fl y hal f a mi l e. Whi le bei ng fl own by a cham pi on amateur cycli st i n 1963, t he plane crashed on an ai rf iel d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wim penny has had it r ebuil t. He has had t he l engt h of t he wi ngs incr eased so t hat t hey now measur e 93 f etalm ost as l ong as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nter est in t his new and unusual spor t. But t hough ai r cycl ists m ay learn how to f l y over shor t distances, and m ay, event ual l y, even get across the Engli sh Channel, it i s doubt f ul whether they wi l ever cycle acr oss t he At l anti c . Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Har oun Tazi ef f the Poli sh sci ent ist, has spent hi s li f e tim e st udyi ng acti ve vol canoes and deep caves i n al part s of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went t o l ake Ki vu i n the Congo t o obser ve a new vol cano whi ch he l at er named Ki t ur o. Tazi ef f was abl e t o set up his camp ver y cl ose to t he vol cano whil e it was er upti ng vi ol ent ly. Though he m anaged t o take a num ber of br il li ant phot ographs, he coul d not st ay near t he vol cano f or ver y l ong. He noti ced that a ri ver of l iqui d rock was i ng t owa rds him . It t hr eat ened t o surr ound him pl et el y, but Tazief f m anaged t o escape j ust i n t im e. He wai ted unti l the volcano be came qui et and he was abl e t o r et urn t wo days lat er . Thi s ti me, he managed t o clim b i nt o t he m outh of Ki t ur o so t hat he coul d t ake photogr aphs and m easur e t em perat ur es. Tazi ef has oft en ri sked hi s l if e i n t hi s way. He has been able t o t el l us m ore about acti ve vol canoes t han any m an ali ve. Lesson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed t he str eet t o avoi d meeti ng hi m, but he saw m e and cam e r unni ng t owar ds m e. I t was no use pr et endi ng t hat I had not seen hi m, so I waved t o hi m. I never enjoy m eti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng t o do. No m at er how busy you ar e, he al ways i nsi st s on i ng wi th you. I had t o t hi nk of a way of pr event i ng hi m fr om f ol l owi ng m e ar ound al l m or ni ng. 39。so i t was fort unat e t hat we di dn39。Jumbo m ust wei gh a few t ons,39。guar d of honour39。t . Geoff rey asked her why t his was so and she tol d hi m t hat she di d not l i ke t o see so m any peopl e laughi ng at hi m! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l858, a French engi neer, Aim e Thom e de Gam ond, ar ri ved i n Engl and wi t h a plan f or a t went y one m il e t unnel acr oss t he Engl i sh Channel . He sai d t hat i t woul d be possi bl e t o buil d a plat form i n t he centr e of t he Channel . Thi s pl at form woul d ser ve as a port and a r ai l way st at i on. The t unnel woul d be wel venti l at ed i f t al l chim neys wer e buil t above sea level . 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 double r ail way tunnel shoul d be buil t. Thi s woul d solve t he problem of venti lati on, for if a t r ai n enter ed t his t unnel, i t woul d dr aw i n fr esh ai r behi nd it . For t y t wo year s lat er a t unnel was act ual l y begun. If , at t he tim e, t he Br it ish had not f ear ed i nvasi on, i t woul d have been pl et ed. Recent l y, t her e has agai n been gr eat i nt er est i n t he i dea of a Channel Tunnel. I f it i s bui lt, i t wil l connect Bri tai n t o Eur ope f or t he f ir st t im e i n hi st or y. Leson65 Jum bo versus t he pol i ce 小象對警察 Last Chri st mas, t he cir cus owner, Jim my Gat es, deci ded to t ake some pr esents t o a chil dren39。cl ock t hi s eveni ng. By t hat t im e, t he Ast r a wil l have been fl yi ng t hr ough space f or sevent en hours and wi l have ci r cl ed the eart h a gr eat many ti mes. When the f ir st r adi o m essages have been r ecei ved, t he r esult s of t he tr i p wil l be announced i mm edi at el y. Lesson62 Aft er t he f ire 大火之后 Fir em en had been f ighti ng the f orest f ir e f or nearl y t hr ee weeks bef or e t hey coul d get it under contr ol. A shor t im e bef or e, gr eat tr ees had cover ed t he count r ysi de f or mi les around. Now, sm oke sti l r ose up f r om t he war m ground over t he desolat e hi l s. Wi nt er was i ng on and the hil l s t hr eatened t he surr oundi ng vil ages wi t h destr uct i on, f or heavy r ai n would not only wash away t he soil but woul d cause ser ious fl oods as wel l. When t he fi r e had at l ast been put out , the f or est aut hori ti es ordered sever al t ons of a speci al type of grass sed whi ch woul d gr ow quickl y. The sed was spr ayed over t he ground i n huge quant it i es by aer opl anes. The pl anes had been pl ant ing seed for near l y a m onth when i t began t o r ai n. By then, however, i n m any places t he grass had al r eady t aken r oot. I n pl ace of t he gr eat t rees whi ch had been growi ng there f or cent ur i es, pat ches of green had begun t o appear i n the bl ackened soil . Lesson63 She was not am used 她并不覺得好笑 Geof fr ey Hampden has a lar ge ci rcl e of f ri ends and i s ver y popul ar at part i es. Ever ybody admi res him f or hi s fi ne sense of hum or ever ybody