【正文】 pol ice woul d never al low t hi s ort of t hi ng. A poli ceman approached Jimmy and t ol d him he ought t o have gone al ong a si destr et as Jumbo was hol di ng up t he t rafi c. Though Jimm y agreed t o go at once, Jumbo ref used t o m ove. Fi f t een pol icemen had t o push very har d to get him of f the m ain str et. The poli ce had a dif fi cult ti me, but they wer e most amused. 39。Jumbo must weigh a few tons, 39。 sai d a poli ceman af ter war ds, 39。so it was for tunate t ha t we didn39。t have to car ry him. Of cour se, we should ar est hi m, but as he has a good record, we shal l et him of f t hi s time.39。 Lesson66 Swet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat held Puffi n is a modern aeroplane, but its designer , Mr John Wimpenny, is f indi ng i t dif fi cult to get i t of f t he ground. The r eason for this is t hat this plane i s also a bi cycle. I ts pilot has to pedal hard t o get i t into the air. Aft er Mr Wi mpenny had the pl ane bui lt, it was t ested thoroughly. I n 1961, i t was the fir st man powered ai rcraft to f ly hal f a mi le. Whi le bei ng f lown by a champion amat eur cycl ist i n 1963, t he plane crashed on an airf ield. Si nce then, Mr Wimpenny has had i t r ebuil t. He has had the lengt h of the wings i ncr eased so t hat they now measur e 93 f etalmost as long as those of a Dakot a. Many people have shown interest in t hi s new and unusual sport. But t hough air cycli st s may learn how to f ly over shor t di st ances, and may, eventualy, even get across the Engl ish Channel, it is doubtful whether t hey wil l ever cycle acr oss the Atlantic. Leson67 Volcanoes 火山 Haroun Tazief the Pol ish scient ist, has spent his li feti me st udying acti ve volcanoes and deep caves i n al l parts of the wor ld. I n 1948, he went to lake Kivu in the Congo to observe a new volcano whi ch he later named Ki turo. Tazief was able to set up hi s camp very close to the vol cano whil e it was erupting violent ly. Though he managed to take a number of bri l iant photographs, he could not stay near t he volcano for very l ong. He noticed that ari ver of li qui d rock was ing towards hi m. I t hr eatened t o surr ound hi m pletely, but Tazief managed to escape j ust in ti me. He wai ted unt il the volcano became quiet and he was able t o return t wo days l at er . This ti me, he managed to cli mb into the mout h of Kit uro so t hat he coul d take phot ographs and measure temper at ur es. Tazi ef f has of ten r i sked hi s l if e in this way. He has been abl e to tel us mor e about acti ve volcanoes than any man ali ve. Leson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I crossed the st reet to avoi d meti ng him, but he saw me and cam e r unning towards m e. It was no use pretending t hat I had not seen him, so I waved to hi m. I never enjoy meti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng t o do. No mat ter how busy you are, he always insist s on ing with you. I had to t hink of a way of pre venting him f rom f ol lowing me ar ound al l m or ni ng. 39。Hullo, Ber t,39。 I said. 39。Fancy meet ing you her e !39。 39。Hullo, Elizabeth,39。 Ber t answered. 39。 I was just wondering how to spend the mor ni ngunt il I saw you. You39。r e not busy doing anything, are you ?39。 39。 No, not at al l,39。 I answer ed.39。 I39。m going t o. . 39。 Would you mind my ing wit h you ?39。 he asked, before I had f inished speaking. ‘ Not at al l,39。 I li ed, 39。but I39。m goi ng t o the dent ist.39。 39。 Then I39。l l e with you, 39。 he answer ed.39。 There39。s always plent y to r ead in the 39。wait ing room !39。 l esson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being tested for a dr i vi ng l icence f or t he t hi rd ti me. I had been asked t o dr ive in heavy traf ic and had done so successf ul ly. Af ter havi ng been i nstr ucted to dri ve out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sure t hat I had passed, I was almost beginning to enj oy my t est. The exami ner must have been pleased with my perf or mance, for he smil ed and said, 39。Just one more t hi ng, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a child suddenly cr osses the road i n fr ont of you. As soon as I tap on t he wi ndow, I want the car to be st opped i mmediately.39。 I continued dri vi ng and af ter some time, the exami ner tapped loudl y. Though t he sound could be heard clear ly, i t ook me a long time t o react. I suddenly presed t he brake pedal hard and we wer e both t hr own f or war d. The examiner looked at me sadly. 39。Mr Eames, 39。 he said, in a mour nf ul voice, 39。 you have j ust ki led that child ! 39。 leson70 Red for danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bull fi ght, a drunk suddenl y wandered into t he mi ddl e of the ri ng. The crowd began t o shout , but t he drunk was unaware of t he danger . The bul l was busy wi th the matador at the ti me, but it suddenly caught sight of t he dr unk who was shout ing rude remar ks and waving a red cap. Apparently sensit ive t o cr it icism, t he bul l fot al about t he matador and charged at the drunk. The crowd suddenly grew qui et . The dr unk, however, seemed qui te sur e of himsel f. When t he bul l got cl ose to him, he clumsily stepped aside to l et it pass. The crowd broke i nt o cheer s and the dr unk bowed. By t hi s t ime, however, three men had e into t he r ing and they quickly dragged the dr unk to saf ety. Even t he bull seemed to f e l sorr y for hi m, f or i t l ooked on sympat heti cal y unti l the dr unk was out of the way before once more tur ni ng i ts at tent ion to t he matador . Lesson71 A famous clock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of the fir st things you wil l se i s Bi g Ben, the famous cl ock which can be hear d al l over t he worl d on t he . C. I f t he Houses of Par li ament had hot been burned down in 1834, t he gre at clock would never have been erect ed. Big Ben takes its name f rom Si r Benjamin Hal who was r esponsi bl e f or t he making of the clock when the new Houses of Par liament wer e being bui lt . I t i s not only of immense si ze, but is