【正文】 r esed i n dar k glasses and ol d cl ot hes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecogni ze t hem. But as t hey soon di scovered, di sgui ses can som et im es be t oo per f ect. 39。s f oot st eps m any year s l ater, Si r Mal colm39。 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 suddenl y cr osses the r oad i n f r ont of you. As soon as I tap on t he wi ndow, I want t he car t o be st opped imm edi atel y.39。wai ti ng r oom !39。 Ther e39。l l e wit h you,39。 39。but I39。 he asked, befor e I had f i ni shed speaki ng. ‘ Not at all,39。m goi ng t o. . 39。 I answer ed.39。 39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he mor ni ng unt il I saw you. You39。 Hul l o, El i zabet h,39。 I sai d. 39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puf f in i s a m oder n aer o plane, but it s desi gner, Mr John Wim penny, i s fi nding i t di f i cult t o get i t off t he ground. The r eason f or t his i s t hat t hi s plane is al so a bi cycl e. I ts pi lot has to pedal har d t o get it i nto t he air. Aft er Mr Wi m penny had the pl ane buil t, it was t est ed t hor oughl y. I n 1961, it was t he fi rst ma n power ed ai rcr af t t o fl y hal f a mi le. Whi le bei ng fl own by a cham pi on amat eur cycl ist in 1963, the pl ane cr ashed on an ai r fi el d. Si nce then, Mr Wi mpenny has had i t rebui lt . He has had the l engt h of t he wi ngs i ncreased so t hat t hey now m easur e 93 f etalm ost as l ong as t hose of a Dakot a. Many peopl e have shown i nter est i n this new and unusual spor t. But t hough air cycli st s may 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 Engli sh Channel, it i s doubt ful whether they wi l ever cycle acr oss t he Atl anti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Har oun Tazi ef f t he Pol ish sci ent ist, has spent his l if et im e st udyi ng act ive volcanoes and deep caves i n al l par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went t o lake Ki vu i n t he 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 close to t he vol cano whi le i t was er upti ng vi olentl y. Though he m anaged t o t ake a num ber of bri l iant phot ogr aphs, he coul d not st ay near the volcano f or ver y long. He not i ced t hat a r iver of l i qui d r ock was i ng towar ds him . It t hreat ened to surr ound hi m pl et el y, but Tazi ef f m anaged t o escape just i n t im e. He wai ted unti l the vol cano became qui et and he was abl e t o r et ur n t wo days lat er . Thi s ti me, he m anaged t o cl im b i nt o t he m out h of Ki tur o so that he coul d take phot ographs and m easur e t em per at ur es. Tazi ef f has of t en r isked his l if e i n t his way. He has been abl e t o t el us m or 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 str eet t o avoi d m eti ng him, but he saw me and cam e r unni ng t owar ds m e. I t was no use pr etendi 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 to do. No m at t er how busy you are, he al ways i nsists on i ng wit h you. I had t o t hi nk of a way of pr event i ng hi m f r om f ol l owi ng m e ar ound al l m or ni ng. 39。so i t was f or tunat e t hat we di dn39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a f ew t ons, 39。guar d of honour39。山西晉城市陽城縣瑞義大型沼 氣示范工程建設項目 Engli shm an, Wi l iam Low. He suggest ed t hat a doubl e r ai l way t unnel shoul d be bui lt . Thi s woul d sol ve t he pr obl em of vent il at i on, f or i f a tr ai n enter ed t his t unnel, i t woul d dr aw i n fr esh ai r behi nd i t. For tyt wo years l at er a t unnel was act ual y begun. I f, at the ti me, t he Br it ish had not feared i nvasion, it woul d have been pl eted. Recentl y, t her e has agai n been gr e at i nt er est i n t he i dea of a Channel Tunnel . If i t i s buil t, it wi l connect Br it ai n t o Europe f or t he fi rst ti me i n hist or y. Les son65 Jum bo versus the poli ce 小象對警察 Last Chr istm as, t he cir cus owner , Ji mm y Gates, decided t o take som e present s to a chil dr en39。s hospi t al. Dressed up as Fat her Chri st mas and apani ed by a 39。 of si x pr et t y gi rl s, he set of f down t he m ai n s tr eet of t he ci ty r i di ng a baby el ephant cal led Jum bo. He, shoul d have known that he poli ce woul d never al ow t his sort of t hi ng. A pol i ceman approached Jimm y and t ol d him he ought t o have gone al ong a si de st r et as Jum bo was hol di ng up t he t r af fi c. Though Jimm y agr eed t o go at once, Jum bo r ef used t o m ove. Fi ft een pol i cemen had t o push ver y har d t o get him of f t he m ai n st r et. The poli ce had a di f fi cul t im e, but t hey wer e most am used. 39。 sai d a poli cem an af ter war ds, 39。t have t o car r y hi m. Of course, we shoul d ar est him, but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et him of f thi s t im e. 39。Hul l o, Bert ,39。Fancy m eeti ng you here ! 39。 Bert answer ed. 39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。 No, not at al, 39。 I39。 Woul d you mi nd m y i ng wit h you ?39。 I lied, 39。m going to the dentist.39。 Then I39。 he answer ed.39。s al ways pl ent y t o r ead i n t he 39。 l esson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng t ested f or a dri vi ng li cence f or t he t hi r d t im e. I had been asked t o dr i ve i n heavy t r af fi c and had done so succe ssf ull y. Af t er havi ng been instr uct ed to dr i ve out of town, I began t o acquir e confi dence. Sur e t hat I had passed, I was al m ost begi nni ng to enj oy m y t est. The exam i ner must have been pl eased wi t h m y perf orm ance, f or he sm il ed and sai d, 39。 I conti nued dr ivi ng and aft er som e tim e, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though t he sound coul d be hear d cl earl y, i t t ook m e a l ong t im e to r eact . I suddenl y pressed t he brake pedal