【正文】 t form woul d ser ve as a port and a r ai l way st at i on. The t unnel woul d be wel l vent il at ed if t al l chi mneys were buil t above sea l evel. I n 1860, a bet er pl an was put for war d by an 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 problem of venti lati on, f or if a t r ai n ent ered t hi s t unnel, it woul d dr aw in f r esh air behi nd i t. Fort yt wo years l at er a tunnel was act ual y begun. If , at t he ti me, the Br it ish had not feared i nvasion, it woul d have been pl et ed. Recentl y, t her e has agai n been gr eat i nt er est i n t he i dea of a Channel Tunnel. I f it i s bui lt , i t wil l connect Bri tai n t o Eur ope f or t he f ir st t im e i n hi st or y. Leson65 Jum bo versus t he pol i ce 小象對(duì)警察 Last Chri st mas, t he cir cus owner, Jimm y Gat es, deci ded t o t ake some pr esents t o a chil dr en39。guard of honour 39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a few t ons, 39。so i t was fort unat e t hat we di dn39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像 蜜一樣甜！ The Hatheld Puf fi n is a m oder n aero pl ane, but i t s 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 i s t hat t his pl ane i s al so a bi cycle. It s pi l ot has t o pedal har d t o get i t i nt o t he air . Aft er Mr Wi m penny had t he plane buil t, it was t est ed t hor oughly. I n 1961, it was t he f i rst m an powered air craft t o f ly half a m il e. Whil e bei ng fl own by a champi on am at eur cycl i st i n 1963, t he pl ane cr ashed on an air fi el d. Si nce then, Mr Wi mpenny has had i t r ebui lt . He has had t he l engt h of t he wi ngs i ncr eased so t hat they now m easure 93 f eet alm ost as l ong as those of a Dakot a. Many people have shown i nt er est i n t hi s new and unusual sport . But t hough ai r cycli st s m ay l ear n how t o f ly over shor t di st ances, and m ay, event ual l y, even get acr oss t he Engli sh Channel, it i s doubt ful whether they wi l ever cycle acr oss t he At l anti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Har oun Tazi ef f t he Poli sh 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 t he wor l d. I n 1948, he went to l ake Ki vu i n t he Congo t o obser ve a new volcano whi ch he l at er nam ed Kit uro. Tazi ef f was able t o set up hi s cam p ver y cl ose t o the volcano whil e it was er upt i ng vi ol ent l y. Though he m anaged t o t ake a num ber of br il li ant phot ogr aphs, he coul d not stay near t he volcano f or very l ong. He not iced t hat a ri ver of l i qui d r ock was i ng t owar ds him . It t hr eat ened t o surr ound hi m pl et ely, but Tazi ef f m anaged t o escape just i n t im e. He wai ted unti l t he vol cano became qui et and he was able t o r et urn t wo days lat er . Thi s ti me, he managed t o clim b i nt o t he m outh of Ki t ur o so t hat he coul d t ake photogr aphs and m easure t em per at ures. Tazief f has of ten r isked hi s li fe in t his way. He has been able to t el l us more about act ive volcanoes t ha n any m an al ive. Lesson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I crossed the str et t o avoi d meeti ng him, but he saw me and cam e running t owards me. I t was no use pr et endi ng that I had not sen hi m, so I waved t o him . I never enj oy meeting Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hing t o do. No mat er how busy you ar e, he always i nsi st s on ing wi th you. I had to think of a way of pr eventi ng him fr om foll owing m e around al mor ning. 39。 I said. 39。 39。 Ber t answered. 39。r e not busy doing anything, are you ?39。 No, not at al l, 39。 I39。 39。 he asked, bef or e I had f inished speaking. ‘ Not at al ,39。but I39。 Then I 39。 he answer ed.39。s always plenty to r ead in t he 39。 l eson69 But not murder! 并非謀 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 e xpert 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. Leson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vi l age fair , I decided t o visit a f ort une tel er cal led 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 owar ds 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 ronauts 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 l i t y to do t his wi l be necessar y i n fut ure f li ght s to distant pl a s. Scienti st s are now tr yi ng to discover if t his i s possible. The spaceshi p Astr a which l ef t the eart h a short ti me ago, wil l be tr avel ing t hree hundred mi les i nt o space. At a cer tai n poi nt, t he Ast ra wil l st op for a short ti me and an astr onaut wil l at tempt t o leave