【正文】 e m ai n str eet of t he cit y ri di ng a baby elephant cal ed Jum bo. He, shoul d have known that t he pol ice would never al ow this sor t of t hi ng. A poli ceman approached Jimmy and t ol d him he ought t o have gone al ong a si de str et as Jumbo was holding up t he t raf ic. Though Jimm y agr ed to go at once, Jum bo r ef used t o m ove. Fi ft en poli cem en had to push ver y har d t o get him off t he main str et. The pol ice had a dif icul t tim e, but they were m ost am used. 39。s hospit al. Dr essed up as Fat her Chr istm as and acpani ed by a 39。Geoff rey loves. He prepar ed t he speech car ef ul ly and went t o the weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had i ncluded a l ar ge num ber of f unny st ori es i n the speech and, of course, it was a gr eat success. As soon as he had fi ni shed, Jenny t ol d hi m she wanted to go home. Geoffr ey was a li tl e di sappointed by t hi s but he di d as his daught er asked. On t he way hom e, he asked Jenny i f she had enj oyed t he speech. To hi s ur prise, she sai d she hadn39。t . Geof r ey asked her why t hi s was so and she told him t hat she did not li ke t o see so m any peopl e laughing at him! Lesson64 The Channel Tunel 海峽隧道 I n l858, a Fr ench engineer, Aim e Thom e de Gam ond, ar ived i n Engl and wit h a plan f or a t went y one mil e tunnel across t he Engl ish Channel. He said t hat i t would be possi bl e t o bui ld a platf orm in t he centr e of t he Channel . This platf orm woul d ser ve as a port and a r ail way stati on. The t unnel woul d be wel l ventil at ed i f t al l chimneys were bui lt above seal evel. In 1860, a bet er pl an was put f or war d by an Engli shm an, Wil li am Low. He suggest ed t hat a doubl e r ai l way tunnel shoul d be bui lt. Thi s woul d solve the pr obl em of ventil at ion, f or i f a t rain ent er ed t hi s tunnel , it would draw i n fr esh ai r behi nd i t. Fort yt wo year s l at er a t unnel was act ual y begun. If , at the tim e, the Brit ish had not f eared invasi on, it woul d have been pl et ed. Recentl y, t here has agai n been gr eat i nt er est in t he i dea of aChannel Tunnel. I f i t i s buil t, it wil l connect Brit ai n to Europe f or t he f ir st tim e in hist ory. Leson65 Jumbo versus t he pol ice 小象對(duì)警察 Last Chr istmas, the ci rcus owner , Jimmy Gates, decided t o take som e pr esent s t o a chil dr en39。guard of honour39。Jum bo must weigh a few t ons,39。so i t was f or tunate t hat we di dn39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puf fi n is a m odern aer o plane, but i ts designer , Mr John Wim penny, is fi ndi ng it dif fi cult to get it off t he ground. The r eason for this is t hat hi s pl ane is also a bi cycl e. It s pi lot has to pedal har d t o get i t i nt o the ai r. Aft er Mr Wim penny had t he pl ane buil t, it was t ested thor oughl y. I n 1961, it was t he f ir st m an powered ai rcraft to fl y hal f a mi le. Whi le bei ng f lown by a champion am at eur cycl ist i n 1963, t he plane crashed on an ai rf ield. Si nce then, Mr Wimpenny has had it r ebuilt . He has had the lengt h of the wings i ncreased so t hat hey now m easur e 93 f etalmost as l ong as t hose of a Dakota. Many people have shown interest in t hi s new and unusual sport. But t hough air cycli st s m ay l earn how to fl y over shor t di st ances, and m ay, event ual l y, even get across t he Engl ish Channel , it is doubt f ul whet her t hey wil l ever cycle acr oss the Atl anti c. Lesson67 Volcanoes 火山 Har oun Tazief t he Pol ish scient ist, has spent his li fetim e st udying acti ve vol canoes and deep caves i n al l parts of the wor ld. I n 1948, he went to l ake Kivu i n the Congo to obser ve a new vol cano whi ch he later nam ed Ki turo. Tazi ef f was abl e to set up hi s cam p ver y cl ose t o the vol cano whil e it was erupt ing vi olent ly. Though he m anaged t o take a num ber of bri li ant photogr aphs, he could not st ay near t he vol cano for very l ong. He not iced t hat a ri ver of li qui d r ock was ing towar ds him. I t hr eat ened t o surr ound him pl et el y, but Tazief m anaged t o escape j ust i n tim e. He wai ted unti l t he volcano becam e quiet and he was abl e t o return t wo days l at er . This tim e, he m anaged to clim b into t he mout h of Kit uro so t hat he coul d take phot ogr aphs and measure tem per at ur es. Tazi ef f has of ten ri sked hi s l if e i n this way. He has been abl e t o tel us m or e about acti ve vol canoes than any m an ali ve. Leson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed the st reet to avoi d m eti ng him, but he saw me and cam e r unning towar ds m e. It was no use pretendi ng t hat I had not seen him, so I waved t o him. I never enj oy m eti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng t o do. No m at er how busy you are, he al ways i nsist s on ing wit h you. I had t o t hi nk of a way of preventi ng him f r om f ol lowing m e ar ound al l m or ni ng. 39。 I sai d. 39。 39。 Bert answered. 39。r e not busy doing anything, are you ?39。 I answer ed.39。m goi ng t o. .39。Would you m ind m y i ng wit h you ?39。 I li ed, 39。m goi ng t o the dent ist.39。 Then I39。 he answer ed.39。s al ways plent y to r ead in t he 39。 l eson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng t ested for a dr iving li cence for the thir d t ime. I had been asked to dri ve i n heavy t rafi c and had done so succe sfull y. Aft er havi ng been inst ruct ed t o dri ve out of t own, I began t o acquir e confi dence. Sure t hat I had pased, I was alm ost beginni ng t o enj oy my t est. The exam i ner m ust have been pleased wi th my per formance, f or he smi led and sai d, 39。 I cont inued dri vi ng and aft er som e t ime, t he exami ner tapped loudl y. Though t he sound could be hear d cl earl y, it t ook me a long t ime t o react. I suddenl y pr essed t he brake pedal hard and we were both t hr own f or war d. The exami ner looked at me sadly. 39。 he said, in a m our nf ul voi ce,39。 leson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bul fi gh