【正文】 wor ld. I n 1948, he went t o l ake Ki vu i n t he Congo t o obser ve a new vol cano which he l at er nam ed 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 t ake a num ber of br il i ant phot ographs, he coul d not st ay near t he vol cano f or ver y l ong. He noti ced t hat a ri ver of li quid r ock was ing t owar ds him. I t thr eat ened t o sur r ound him pl et el y, but Tazi ef m anaged to escape j ust i n tim e. He wait ed unt il t he vol cano becam e quiet and he was a bl e t o ret ur n t wo days l at er. Thi s t im e, he m anaged to cl im b int o the m out h of Kit uro so t hat he could t ake phot ogr aphs and measur 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 abl e t o tel us m or e about acti ve vol canoes than any man ali ve. Leson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I crossed t he st r et to avoi d m eet ing him , but he saw m e and cam e r unni ng t owar ds me. It was no use pret endi ng t hat I had not seen him, so I waved t o him. I never enj oy m eet ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng t o do. No m at er how busy you ar e, he al ways i nsist s on i ng wi th you. I had to t hink of a way of pr eventi ng hi m fr om f oll owing m e ar ound al l mor ni ng. 39。so i t was fort unat e t hat we di dn39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a few t ons, 39。guar d of honour39。Engl ishm an, Wil li am Low. He suggest ed t hat a doubl e rail way t unnel should be buil t. Thi s woul d solve t he pr oblem of venti lati on, f or if a t r ai n ent ered t hi s t unnel, it woul d draw in f r esh air behind i t. Fort yt wo year s l at er a t unnel was actual y begun. If , at t he tim e, t he Br it ish had not f ear ed i nvasi on, i t would have been pl et ed. Recent l y, t her e has again been gr eat i nt er est i n t he i dea of a Channel Tunnel. I f i t is buil t, i t wil l connect Br it ai n t o Eur ope f or t he fi r st t im e i n hi st or y. Lesson65 Jum bo versus t he pol ice 小象對(duì)警察 Last Chr i stm as, t he ci r cus owner, Jimm y Gat es, deci ded t o t ake som e pr esent s t o a chi l dr en39。s hospit al . Dr essed up as Fat her Chri stm as and ac panied by a 39。 of si x pr et y gir ls, he set off down t he mai n st reet of t he ci t y ri ding a baby elephant cal l ed Jum bo. He, should have known t hat t he poli ce would never al low t his sort of t hi ng. A poli cem an appr oached Jim my and t ol d him he ought t o have gone al ong a si de str eet as Jum bo was hol ding up t he tr af f ic. Though Jimm y agr ed t o go at once, Jum bo r ef used t o m ove. Fi ft een pol icemen had t o push ver y har d t o get him off t he mai n st r et. The poli ce had a di f i cult t im e, but they wer e m ost am used. 39。 sai d a pol i ceman aft er war ds, 39。t have t o car ry hi m. Of cour se, we should ar r est hi m, but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l l et him off t his t im e.39。Hul l o, Ber t,39。Fancy m eet ing you her e !39。Hull o, Eli zabeth,39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he m orni ngunti l I saw you. You39。 No, not at al l,39。 I39。 39。 he asked, bef or e I had fi nished speaki ng. ‘ Not at al, 39。but I39。 39。l l e wi t h you,39。 Ther e39。wai t i ng r oom ! 39。Just one m ore t hi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose that a chi l d suddenl y cr osses t he r oad i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on t he wi ndow, I want t he car t o be st opped i mm edi at el y.39。Mr Eam es,39。 you have j ust ki l ed t hat chi l d !39。s f ootst eps m any years l at er, Sir Malcolm39。s fi shi ng, or ei ght hours i n a ci nema seei ng t he same f il m over and over agai n, is usual ly as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hit ch hi ked t o Dover and, t owar ds evening, went i nto a boat t o fi nd som ewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next m or ni ng, he discover ed that the boat had, in t he m eant im e, tr avel led t o Cal ai s. No one not iced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi t ch hi ked to Par is i n a l orr y. The dr i ver gave hi m a f ew biscui ts and a cup of cof fee and l ef t hi m just out si de t he ci ty. The next car t he boy st opped di d not t ake hi m int o the cent r e of Par is as he hoped it woul d, but t o Perpi gnan on t he Fr ench Spani sh bor der. There he was pi cked up by a poli cem an and sent back t o England by t he local aut hor it ies. He has sur el y set up a r ecor d for t he t housands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school. Leson74 O ut of t he li meli ght 舞臺(tái)之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dry r i ver bed and a part y of f am ous act or s and act resses got off . Dr essed i n dar k gl ases and old cl ot hes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so that no one shoul d recogni ze them . But as they soon di scovered, di sgui ses can som etim es be t oo per fect. 39。 said Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。t be bet er, Gl ori a, 39。No newspaper men, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。 Meanwhi l e, t wo ot her act ors, Rockwal l Sl i nger and Merl i n Gr eves, had car ri ed t wo lar ge food baskets t o a shady spot under som e t ree s. When t hey had al l made t hemselves fort able, a st r anger appeared. He l ooked ver y angr y. 39。 he shout ed: 39。m sheri f her e. Do you see t hat noti ce ? It says No Cam ping i n case you can39。 39。sai d Rockwal l,39。t be t oo har d on us. I39。 39。 sai d t he sheri f wi t h a sneer. 39。m Br i nksley Meer s, and m y ot her nam e is Gl ori a Gl eam. Now you get out of her e f ast !39。 SOS39。To end our special news bul leti n,39。 we are t aking you to the macaroni fi elds of Calabri a. Macaroni has been gr own in this ar ea for over six hundr ed years. Two of t he leadi ng grower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ri car do Brabante, tel me that they have been expecti ng a spl endi d crop t his year and harvesti ng has begun ear li er t