【正文】 enny. Recent ly, one of Geof f rey39。t . Geof f rey asked her why t hi s was so and she t old hi m t hat she did not li ke to see so many peopl e laughing at him! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 In l858, a French engi neer, Ai me Thome de Gamond, ar ived i n England wi th a pl an for a t went yone mi le tunnel across the Engli sh Channel. He said t hat i t would be possi ble t o build a platf orm i n the centr e of the Channe l . Thi s platf orm would serve as a por t and a r ail way st ati on. The t unnel would be wel l vent ilat ed if t al l chi mneys wer e buil t above sea level . In 1860, a bet ter pl an was put for ward by an Engl ishman, Wil li am Low. He suggest ed t hat a double rail way tunnel should be buil t. Thi s woul d solve t he pr oblem of venti lati on, f or if a t rain ent ered t hi s tunnel, it woul d draw in f resh air behind i t. Fort yt wo year s lat er a t unnel was actualy begun. If , at t he ti me, t he Br it sh had not f ear ed invasi on, i t woul d have been plet ed. Recent ly, there has again been great inter est in the idea of a Channel Tunnel . If i t is buil t, it wi l connect Br it ai n to Europe for t he fi rst ti me i n histor y. Lesson65 Jumbo versus t he poli ce 小象對警察 Last Chr istm as, the cir cus owner , Ji mmy Gates, decided to take some pr esents 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 m oder n 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 thi s is t hat t hi s plane is al so a bicycl e. I ts pi lot has to pedal hard to get it i nt o t he ai r. Af ter Mr Wi mpenny had t he plane bui lt , it was tested t hor oughl y. I n 1961, i t was the f ir st m an power ed air cr aft t o fl y half a mi le. Whi le bei ng fl own by a cham pion amateur cycl ist in 1963, the plane crashed on an ai rf iel d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wi mpenny has had it r ebui lt. He has had t he lengt h of the wi ngs increased so t hat t hey now measur e 93 f etal most as l ong as t hose of a Dakota. 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 acr oss t he English Channel , it i s doubtf ul whet her t hey wil l ever cycl e acr oss the At lanti c. Leson67 Volcanoes 火山 Haroun Tazief t he Poli sh scienti st , has spent hi s li fet im e studyi ng act ive vol canoes and deep caves in al l par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went to lake 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 l iquid r ock was ing t owar ds him. I t thr eatened t o 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 became 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 that he coul d t ake phot ographs and m easure t emperatur es. Tazi ef has oft en ri sked his l if e i n thi s way. He has been abl e to tel us mor e about acti ve vol canoes than any man ali ve. Leson68 Persistent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed t he st reet to 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 Bert Dykes. He never has anythi ng to do. No m at ter how busy you are, he al ways insists on i ng wit h you. I had t o thi nk of a way of prevent ing hi m f rom f ol lowi ng me ar ound al l m orning. 39。 I sai d. 39。 Hul l o, El izabet h,39。 I was just wonder ing how to spend the mor ning unt il I saw you. You39。 No, not at al ,39。 I 39。 39。 he asked, before I had f ini shed speaking. ‘ Not at al l, 39。but I39。 39。l l e wit h you,39。 There39。wai ti ng r oom ! 39。Just one more thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenl y crosses t he road i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on the wi ndow, I want t he car to be st opped i mmediat el y.39。Mr Eames, 39。 you have just ki l ed that chi ld ! 39。s f ootsteps many year s lat er , Sir Mal col m39。s f ishing, or ei ght hours i n a cinema seeing 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 to shame by a boy who, whi le pl ayi ng tr uant , t ravel ed 1600 mil es. He hi tch hi ked to Dover and, t owar ds evening, went into a boat t o fi nd somewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next morni ng, he di scover ed that the boat had, in t he meant im e, t ravel led t o Calai s. No one noti ced the boy as he crept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tchhi ked to Pari s in a lor ry. The dri ver gave him a f ew biscui ts and a cup of coff e and l eft him j ust outside t he ci ty. The next car the boy stopped di d not take him int o the 中藥有效成分提取與分離項目 資 金 申 請 報 告 項目名稱 ： 中藥有效成分提取與分離項目 申報單位： 遼寧 某某 藥業(yè)有限公司 地 址： 某某 市 某某 縣泡子沿街 68 號 郵政編碼： 聯(lián) 系 人： 某某 聯(lián)系電話： and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since. Leson60 The f ut ure 卜算未來 At a vi l age fair , I deci ded t o vi sit a fort une t el ler cal led Madam Beli nsky. I went int o her t ent and she tol d m e t o si t down. Aft er I had gi ven her som e m oney, she l ooked i nt o a cr yst al bal and sai d: 39。 As soon as I went out side, I for got al about Madam Bel insky because m y wi fe hur ri ed t owar ds m e. 39。 she asked i m pati ent l y. 39。 As she wal ked away, I f ol lowed her out of t he fair . Lesson61 Troubl e wit h t he Hubbl e 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 I n fut ur e, astr onaut s wil