【正文】 y begun. If , at t he ti me, the Br it ish 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 f i r st t i m e i n hi st or y. Lesson65 Jumbo versus the poli ce 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 chil dren39。guard of honour39。Jumbo must weigh a f ew t ons,39。so it was f ort unate that we didn39。 Leson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff in is a moder n aer opl ane, but i ts desi gner , Mr John Wi mpenny, is f indi ng it dif fi cul t to get it of f the ground. The reason f or thi s is t hat t hi s pl ane is al so a bi cycl e. I ts pi lot has t o pedal hard to get it i nt o t he ai r. Af ter Mr Wi mpenny had t he pl ane bui lt , it was tested t hor oughl y. I n 1961, i t was the f ir st man power ed air cr aft to fl y half a mi le. Whi le being fl own by a cham pion amateur cycl ist in 1963, t he plane crashed on an ai rf iel d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wimpenny has had it r ebuil t. He has had t he lengt h of the wi ngs increased so t hat t hey now measur e 93 feetal most as l ong as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nterest in t his new and unusual spor t. But though air cycl ists may learn how to f l y over shor t distances, and may, event ualy, even get across the Engli sh Channel, i t i s doubt ful whether they wi l ever cycle across the At lanti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Har oun Tazi ef f the Poli sh sci ent ist, has spent his l if e ti me studying acti ve vol canoes and deep caves i n al part s of the wor ld. In 1948, he went t o l ake Ki vu in the Congo t o observe a new vol cano whi ch he lat er named Ki tur o. Tazief f was abl e to set up his camp very cl ose t o t he vol cano whi le i t was er upti ng vi olentl y. Though he managed t o t ake a number of bri l iant photogr aphs, he could not st ay near t he volcano for ver y l ong. He not iced that a ri ver of l iquid r ock was ing t owards him . I t thr eat ened t o sur round hi m plet el y, but Tazief m anaged to escape j ust i n ti me. He wait ed unt il t he vol cano becam e quiet and he was abl e to r etur n two days l at er. This t im e, he managed to cli mb i nto t he mouth of Ki t ur o so t hat he coul d t ake photographs and measure temperatur es. Tazi ef has oft en ri sked his lif e i n thi 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 Persist ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed t he st reet to avoid m et ing hi m, but he saw me and came r unni ng towar ds me. It was no use pretending t hat I had not seen him, so I waved to hi m. I never enjoy m et ing Bert Dykes. He never has anythi ng to do. No m at ter how busy you are, he al ways insists on i ng wi th you. I had t o t hi nk of a way of prevent ing hi m f r om f ol lowi ng me ar ound al l morni ng. 39。 I sai d. 39。 39。 Bert answer ed. 39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hing, ar e you ?39。 I answered.39。m goi ng to.. .39。Woul d you m i nd m y i ng wit h you ?39。 I li ed, 39。m goi ng t o the dent i st. 39。l l e wit h you, 39。 There39。wai ti ng r oom !39。Just one m ore t hing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chi l d suddenl y cr osses t he road i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on the wi ndow, I want t he car t o be st opped im mediat el y. 39。Mr Eam es,39。 you have j ust ki l led that child !39。s f oot st eps many year s later , Si r Malcol m39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a cinema sei ng the same f il m over and over agai n, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al l be en put to shame by a boy who, whi l e pl ayi ng t r uant , t r avel l ed 1600 m i l es. He hi t ch hi ked t o Dover and, t owar ds eveni ng, went i nt o a boat t o f i nd som ewher e t o sl eep. When he woke up next m or ni ng, he di scover ed t hat t he boat had, i n t he t our i st shave been pi cki ng leaves and cutt ing t hei r nam es on the t reet runk. So far , not one of them has been st ruck down by sudden death! Leson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to si t out si de our f ront gate and bark. Ever y t ime he want ed to e into the garden he would bar k unti l s omeone opened the gate. As t he nei ghbours pl ai ned of the noise, m y husband spent weeks t rai ni ng him to pres hi s paw on t he latch t o let him sel f i n. Rex soon becam e an expert at openi ng the gate. However , when I was goi ng out shopping l ast week, I noti ced hi m i n t he gar den near the gate. This t ime he was bar king so that som eone woul d let him out ! Si nce then, he has devel oped another bad habit . As soon as he opens the gate f rom the outsi de, he es into the garden and wait s unt il t he gat e shut s. Then he sit s and bar ks unt il som eone l et s him out. Af ter thi s he imm edi ately l ets him sel f in and begins bar king again. Yest erday my husband r emoved the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen hi m si nce. Lesson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vi lage f ai r, I decided to vi sit a f or tunet el er cal ed Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nto her tent and she t old m e to si t down. Af ter I had given her some m oney, she l ooked i nto a cr yst al bal and sai d: 39。 As soon as I went out side, I f ot al about Madam Bel li nsky because my wif e hurr ied t owards me. 39。 she asked im pat ientl y. 39。 As she wal ked away, I fol lowed her out of the f air . Lesson61 Trouble wi t h the Hubble 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n f utur e, ast r onauts wi l be r equi red t o descend fr om a spaceship whi le it is st il i n space and to retur n t o it . The abi li ty t o do t hi s wi l be necessar y in f utur e fl ights to di st ant plas. Sci ent ists ar e now t ryi ng to di scover i f thi s is possi bl e. The spaceship Ast ra whi ch lef t he ear th a shor t ti me ago, wi l be t raveli