【正文】 e 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 rua nt, 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 news paper 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 rees. 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 speci al news bull eti n, 39。 we are t aki ng you t o t he macar oni fi el ds of Cal abr i a. Macar oni has been gr own in t his ar ea f or over si x hundr ed years. Two of t he leadi ng gr ower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ri car do Br abante, tel m e that they have been expecti ng a splendi d cr op this year and har vesti ng has begun earli er than usual. Her e you can se t wo wor ker s who, bet ween them , have j ust f ini shed cutt ing t hree car t loads of gol den brown m acaroni stalks. The whol e vil lage has been wor king day and night gat her ing and t hreshi ng thi s year 39。 Leson77 A succes sf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The mummy of an Egypti an woman who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper ati on. The mum my i s that of Shepenm ut who was once a singer in t he Temple of Thebes. As t her e were st range marks on t he X ray plat es t aken of t he mummy, doct ors have been tr yi ng to fi nd out whether t he Engl i shm an, Wi l iam Low. He suggest ed that a doubl e rai lway t unnel shoul d be bui lt . This would sol ve the probl em of vent il at ion, for i f a tr ai n entered t his t unnel, i t woul d dr aw in fr esh ai r behind it. For tyt wo years l ater a tunnel was actual y begun. I f, at the t ime, the Br it ish had not feared i nvasion, it would have been pl eted. Recentl y, t her e has again been gr eat int er est i n the i dea of a Channel Tunnel. I f it is bui lt , i t wil l connect Br it ain t o Europe f or the f ir st t ime in hi st ory. Lesson65 Jum bo versus the pol ice 小象對警察 Last Chri st mas, t he ci rcus owner, Jimm y Gates, decided t o take some present s to a chi ldr en39。guar d of honour 39。Jumbo must we igh a f ew t ons,39。so it was f or t unate that we didn39。 Leson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff in is a m odern aer oplane, 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 this is t hat thi s plane 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 Wim penny has had it r ebuil t. He has had t he lengt h of the wi ngs i ncr eased so that they now m easure 93 feetalm ost as long as those of a Dakot a. Many peopl e have shown int erest i n t hi s new and unusual sport . But t hough ai r cycli sts may l ear n how t o f ly over shor t di st ances, and m ay, event ual ly, even get