【正文】 could be hear d cl earl y, it t ook me a long t ime t o react. I suddenl y pr essed the brake pedal hard and we were both thrown f or war d. The exami ner looked at me sa dly. 39。 leson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being tested for a driving li cence f or the thir d ti me. I had been asked t o dr ive in heavy t raf ic and had done so successful ly. Af ter havi ng been i nstr ucted to dri ve out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sure t hat I had pased, I was almost beginning to enj oy my t est. The exami ner must have been pleased wi th my perfor mance, for he smiled and sai d, 39。s always pl enty t o read i n the 39。 he answered. 39。 Then I 39。but I39。 he asked, bef or e I had fi ni shed speaking. ?Not at al ,39。 39。 I 39。 No, not at al ,39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。 Bert answer ed. 39。Fancy meti ng you here ! 39。Hull o, Bert, 39。t have t o car y hi m. Of cour se, we should ar est him , but as he has a good r ecord, we shal let hi m off this t ime.39。 said a policeman aft er war ds, 39。 of si x pr et ty girl s, he set of f down the mai n st reet of t he cit y riding a baby elephant cal ed Jumbo. He, shoul d have known t hat the poli ce would neve r al ow this sor t of thing. A policeman appr oached Ji mmy and told him he ought to have gone al ong a side st reet as Jumbo was holding up the tr af fic. Though Jimmy agr ed to go at once, Jumbo r ef used to move. Fi ft en poli cemen had to push ver y har d to get him off t he main street. The pol ice had a dif icul t time, but they were most amused. 39。s hospit al . Dr essed up as Fat her Chr istmas and acpani ed by a 39。Geof f r ey l oves. He pr epar ed the speech carefull y and went to the wedding wit h Jenny. He had incl uded a l ar ge number of f unny st or ies in the speech and, of course, it was a gr eat success. As soon as he had f inished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Geoffr ey was ali tl e di sappointed by t hi s but he did as hi s daughter asked. On t he way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his sur pr ise, she said she hadn39。t . Geoffr ey asked her why this was so and she tol d hi m that she did not l ike to se so many people laughing at him! Lesson64 The Channel Tunel 海峽隧道 I n l858, a French engineer, Aime Thome de Gamond, ar ived in England with a plan for atwent y one mi le tunnel across t he Engl ish Channel. He said that i t would be possible t o buil d a pl at form in the centr e of the Channe l. This pl at form would serve as a por t and a railway st at ion. The tunnel would be wel vent ilated if tal chi mneys were built above sea level. I n 1860, abet er plan was put f or war d by an Engl ishman, Wi li am Low. He suggest ed t hat a doubl e railway tunnel shoul d be bui lt . This woul d solve t he pr obl em of venti lati on, for i f a train entered this tunnel, it woul d dr aw in fr esh air behind it. For tyt wo years later a t unnel was actual ly begun. If , at the ti me, the Bri tish had not f eared invasion, it woul d have been pl et ed. Recentl y, there has again been great i nt er est in the idea of aChannel Tunnel. If i t i s buil t, it wil connect Br it ai n to Eur ope f or the fi rst time i n hi st or y. Lesson65 Jumbo versus t he poli ce 小象對(duì)警察 Last Chri stmas, t he cir cus owner, Ji mmy Gat es, deci ded to t ake some presents to a chi ldren39。guard of honour 39。Jumbo m ust wei gh a f ew tons,39。so i t was fort unate that we didn39。 Leson66 Swet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hatheld Puf fi n is a modern aer o plane, but i ts designer , Mr John Wi mpenny, is fi nding it dif ficult to get it off the ground. The reason for this is that hi s pl ane is also a bi cycl e. I ts pi lot has to pedal har d to get i t i nt o the ai r. Aft er Mr Wi mpenny had t he plane buil t, it was t ested thor oughl y. I n 1961, it was t he f ir st man power ed air craft to f ly hal f a mi le. Whi le being f lown by a champion amateur cycl ist i n 1963, the plane crashed on an ai rf ield. Since then, Mr Wimpenny has had i t r ebuilt . He has had the length of the wings i ncreased so that hey now measur e 93 f etalmost as l ong as those of a Dakota. Many people have shown interest in t hi s new and unusual sport. But t hough air cycli st s may learn how to f ly over shor t di st ances, and may, eventualy, even get across the Engl ish Channel, it is doubtful whether t hey wil l ever cycle acr oss t he At l ant i c. Lesson67 Volcanoes 火山 Har oun Tazief t he Polish scientist, has spent his li fet ime st udying acti ve volcanoes and deep caves i n al l part s of the wor ld. In 1948, he went to l ake Kivu in t he Congo to observe a new volcano which he l ater named Kitur o. Tazief was able to set up his camp ver y cl ose to t he vol cano whi le it was erupti ng violently. Though he managed to t ake a number of br il iant phot ographs, he could not stay near t he volcano for ver y long. He noti ced that a ri ver of l iqui d rock was i ng t owards hi m. I t threat ened to sur round him pl et el y, but Tazief managed t o escape just in t ime. He waited unt il the volcano became quiet and he was abl e to return t wo days later . This t ime, he managed to cli mb into t he mouth of Ki turo so that he could take photogr aphs and measure t emper at ur es. Tazief has often r isked hi s lif e in this way. He has been abl e to tel us mor e about acti ve volcanoes than any man al ive. Leson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed the st reet to avoi d meti ng him, but he saw me and came running towards me. It was no use pretendi ng t hat I had not seen hi m, so I waved to him. I never enjoy meet ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anything to do. No mater how busy you ar e, he always i nsists on i ng wi th you. I had to think of a way of pr eventi ng him fr om foll owi ng me around al morning. 39。 I sai d. 39。 Hul lo, Eli zabet h, 39。 I was j ust wonder ing how t o spend the morningunti l I saw you. You39。 39。 I answer