【正文】 el woul d be wel venti lated i f tal chim neys wer e bui lt above seal evel . I n 1860, a bet er plan was put forwar d by an Engli shm an, Wil liam Low. He suggested t hat a double r ai lway tunnel shoul d be buil t. This woul d sol ve the pr obl em of vent il ation, f or i f a tr ain enter ed this tunnel , it would dr aw i n fr esh ai r behi nd it . For ty two year s later a t unnel was act ual ly begun. I f, at the t im e, t he Bri ti sh had not f ear ed invasi on, i t would have been pl et ed. Recent ly, ther e has again been great inter est in the i dea of a Channel Tunnel. If i t is buil t, i t wi l l connect Br it ai n t o Europe f or t he fi rst ti me i n histor y. Lesson65 Jum bo versus the pol ice 小象對(duì)警察 Last Chr istm as, the ci rcus owner , Ji mmy Gates, decided to take som e present s to a chi ldren39。guar d of honour39。Jumbo must weigh a f ew t ons, 39。so it was f ort unat e that we didn39。 Lesson66 Swet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puf fi n is a m oder n aero pl ane, but i ts designer, Mr John Wi m penny, i s fi ndi ng it di f icult t o get i t of f t he gr ound. The r eason f or t hi s is t hat t his pl ane i s al so a bicycl e. It s pi l ot has t o pedal har d t o get it i nto t he air. Aft er Mr Wi mpenny had t he plane built , it was t est ed t horoughl y. In 1961, it was t he f ir st m an powered air craft t o fl y half a m il e. Whil e bei ng fl own by a cham pi on am at eur cycl ist i n 1963, t he pl ane cr ashed on an air fi el d. Si nce then, Mr Wi mpenny has had it r ebui lt . He has had t he length of t he wi ngs i ncr eased so that they now m easur e 93 f eet al m ost as l ong as those of a Dakot a. Many people have shown int er est i n thi s new and unusual spor t. But t hough air cycli st s may l ear n how t o fl y over short di st ances, and may, event ual y, even get acr oss t he Engl ish Channel, i t is doubt f ul whet her t hey wi l ever cycl e a cr oss t he Atl ant ic. Leson67 Volcanoes 火山 Har oun Tazi ef t he Pol ish sci ent i st, has spent his l if et im e st udyi ng act ive volcanoes and deep caves in al part s of t he wor l d. I n 1948, he went t o l ake Ki vu in t he Congo to obser ve a new volcano whi ch he later nam ed Kit uro. Tazi ef was able t o set up hi s cam p ver y close to the volcano whil e it was er upt ing vi ol ent ly. Though he managed t o take a number of br il li ant photographs, he could not stay 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 eatened to sur round him pletel y, but Tazi ef managed to escape j ust in ti me. He wait ed unt il t he vol cano becam e qui et and he was able to r eturn two days lat er . This t ime, he managed t o cli mb i nto t he mouth of Ki tur o so tha t he coul d take photographs and m easure t emper atur es. Tazi ef has oft en ri sked his l if e in this way. He has been abl e to tel us mor e about active vol canoes than any man ali ve. Lesson68 Persistent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed the st reet o avoid m et ing him , but he saw me and came r unni ng towar ds me. I t was no use pr etending t hat I had not seen him, so I waved to hi m. I never enjoy meeti ng Be rt Dykes. He never has anythi ng to do. No mat ter how busy you ar e, he al ways insists on i ng wit h you. I had t o thi nk of a way of pr eventing hi m fr om f oll owi ng me ar ound al l morni ng. 39。 I sai d. 39。 39。 Bert answer ed. 39。re not busy doi ng anyt hing, ar e you ?39。 I answer ed. 39。m going t o. . .39。Woul d you mi nd my i ng wit h you ?39。 I l ied, 39。m going t o t he denti st.39。 Then I39。 he answer ed. 39。s al ways pl ent y t o read i n the 39。 l esson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng tested f or a dri vi ng li cence f or t he thi rd t im e. I had been asked to dr ive i n heavy t raf fi c and had done so succe ssf ully. Af ter havi ng been instr uct ed to dr ive out of t own, I began to acquir e conf idence. Sure that I had passed, I was al most beginning to enjoy m y test. The exam iner must have been pl eased wi th my per for mance, f or he smi led and sai d, 39。 I cont i nued dri ving and aft er some t im e, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though the sound coul d be hear d clearl y, i t took me a long ti me t o r eact. I suddenly pr esed the br ake pedal har d and we wer e bot h t hr own f orwar d. The examiner looked at me sadl y. 39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce, 39。 leson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed int o the m iddle of t he ri ng. The crowd began t o shout, but the dr unk was unaware of t he danger. The bull was busy wit h t he matador at t he ti me, but it s uddenly caught si ght of the dr unk who was shout ing r ude remarks and waving a red cap. Appar ent ly sensi ti ve to cr it cism, the bull f ot al about t he m atador and charged at the drunk. The cr owd suddenly grew qui et . The dr unk, however, semed quit e sure of him self . When t he bul l got close t o him, he clum si ly st epped asi de to l et it pass. The cr owd br oke i nto cheer s and the dr unk bowed. By t his t ime, however , t hree men had e i nto t he ri ng and they quickly dr agged t he dr unk to saf et y. Even t he bul l seemed t o feel sor ry for hi m, f or i t looked on sym pat heti cal l y unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way bef or e once m or e t ur ning i ts at ent i on t o t he m atador. Leson71 A f amous clock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of t he f ir st t hings you wil l se i s Bi g Ben, t he fam ous clock whi ch can be heard al over t he wor l d on the B. B. C. I f the Houses of Parl i am ent had hot been bur ned down i n 1834, t he gr eat clock woul d never have been erected. Bi g Ben t akes i ts name f r om Sir Benj ami n Hal who was responsi bl e f or t he m aki ng of t he cl ock when t he new Houses of Parl iament were bei ng buil t. I t is not onl y of im mense s