【正文】 been plet ed. Recentl y, there has agai n been great i nter est i n t he i dea of a Channel Tunnel . If 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 ory. Leson65 Jum bo versus t he pol ice 小象對警察 Last Chri stm as, t he ci r cus owner, Jimm y Gat es, deci ded t o t ake some pr esents t o a chil dr en39。guar d of honour 39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a f ew t ons, 39。so i t was f or t unate t hat we di dn39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff i n is a m oder n aer o pl ane, but i ts desi gner , Mr John Wi mpenny, i s fi ndi ng it dif fi cul t t o get it of f the gr ound. The reason for t hi s is t hat t hi s plane i s al so a bicycl e. I t s pi l ot has to pedal har d to get it i nt o t he ai r. Af t er Mr Wim penny had t he pl ane bui lt , it was t est ed t hor oughl y. I n 1961, i t was t he f ir st m an power ed air cr aft t o fl y half a mi l e. Whi l e bei ng fl own by a cham pion amat eur cycl ist in 1963, the pl ane cr ashed on an ai rf i el d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wim penny has had it r ebui lt. He has had t he lengt h of t he wings i ncr eased so t hat t hey now measur e 93 f eet al most as l ong as t hose of a Dakot a. Many peopl e have shown i nter est i n t his new and unusual spor t. But t hough air cycl i st s may l ear n how t o fl y over short dist ances, and may, eventual y, even get acr oss t he Engli sh Channel, i t i s doubt f ul whet her t hey wi l ever cycle acr oss t he Atl ant ic. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Har oun Tazi ef f t he Pol ish sci ent ist, has spent his l if e ti me st udyi ng acti ve vol canoes and deep caves i n al part s of the wor l d. I n 1948, he went t o l ake Kivu i n t he Congo t o obser ve a new vol cano whi ch he l ater nam ed Kit uro. Tazi ef was able t o set up hi s cam p ver y cl ose t o the volcano whil e it was er upt ing vi ol ent l y. Though he m anaged t o take a number of br il li ant photographs, 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 li quid r ock was ing t owar ds him. I t thr eat ened t o sur r ound him plet el y, but Tazi ef m anaged t o escape j ust i n tim e. He wait ed unt il t he vol cano becam e qui et and he was abl e to r etur n t wo days l at er. This t im e, he m anaged t o cli mb i nto t he mout h 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 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 cr ossed t he st reet to avoi d m eet ing him , but he saw m e and came r unni ng t owar ds m e. It was no use pret endi ng t hat I had not see n 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 t o t hi nk of a way of pr eventi ng hi m fr om f oll owing me ar ound al l mor ni ng. 39。 I sai d. 39。 39。 Ber t answer ed. 39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。 No, not at al l, 39。 I39。 39。 he asked, bef or e I had f i ni shed speaki ng. ‘ Not at al ,39。but I39。 39。l l e wit h you, 39。 There39。wai ti ng r oom !39。Just one mor e thi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenl y cr osses t he r oad i n f ront of you. As soon as I t ap on t he window, I want t he car t o be st opped i mm edi at el y.39。Mr Eam es,39。 you have just ki l ed that chi ld ! 39。s f oot st eps m any year s l ater, Si r Mal colm39。s fi shi ng, or ei ght hour s i n a cinem a seei ng t he sam e f ilm over and over agai n, i s usual y as f ar as t hey get. They have al l been put t o sham e by a boy who, whil e pl ayi ng t r uant, t r avel ed 1600 m il es. He hit ch hi ked t o Dover and, t owar ds eveni ng, went i nt o a boat t o fi nd som ewher e t o sl eep. When he woke up next m or ni ng, he discover ed that the boat had, in t he meant ime, t ravel l ed t o Cal ai s. No one not iced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hit chhi ked t o Pari s in a lor ry. The dri ver gave him a f ew biscui ts and a cup of coff ee and left him j ust outsi de t he cit y. The next car t he boy st opped di d not t ake him i nt o t he cent r e of Pari s as he hoped i t would, but t o Per pi gnan on t he Fr enchSpani sh bor der. There he was pi cked up by a pol icem an and sent back to Engl and by t he l ocal aut hor it ies. He has sur el y set up a record f or the t housands of boys who dr eam of evading school. Lesson74 O ut of t he li meli ght 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dr y r i ver bed and a par t y of f am ous act or s and act r esses got off . Dr essed i n dar k gl ases and ol d cl ot hes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecaut i ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecogni ze t hem. But as they soon di scovered, di sgui ses can som et im es be t oo perf ect . 39。 sai d Gl or ia Gl eam . 39。t be bet er, Gl or i a,39。No newspaper m en, no f il m fans! Why don39。 Meanwhil e, t wo ot her act or s, Rockwal Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eeves, had car ied t wo l ar ge f ood basket s t o a shady spot under som e t r es. When t hey had al m ade t hem sel ves f or t abl e, a st ranger appear ed. He l ooked ver y angr y. 39。 he shout ed: 39。m sheri f f her e. Do you see t hat noti ce ? It says No Cam pi ng i n case you can39。 39。said Rockwal ,39。t be t oo hard on us. I39。 39。 sai d t he sheri f wi t h a sneer. 39。m Br inksl ey Mer s, and my ot her nam e i s Gl or ia Gl eam . Now you get out of here f ast !39。 SOS39。To end our speci al news bull eti n, 39。 we ar e t a ki ng you to t he macar oni fi el ds of Cal abr i a. Macaroni has been gr own in t his ar ea f or over six hundr ed years. Two of t he l eadi ng grower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ri car do Brabant e, t el m e t hat t hey have been expecti ng a spl endi d cr op t his year and har ve sti ng has begun ear li er t han usual.