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Englishman, William Low. He suggested that a double railway tunnel should bebuilt. This wouldsolve theproblem of ventilation,for i f a train entered this tunnel, it would draw infresh airbehind it. Forty-two years later a tunnel was actually begun. If, at the time, theBritish had notfeared invasion, itwould havebeencomplete d. Recently, there has againbeen great interest in the ideaof a Channel Tunnel. If it is built, it will connect Britain toEurope for the first time in history.Lesson65 Jumbo versus the police小象对警察Last Christmas, the circusowner, Ji mmy Gates, decided to take some presents to achildrens hospital. Dressedup as FatherChristmas and accompanied by a guardofhonour of six pretty girls, he setoff down themain street of thecity riding a baby elepha nt called Jumbo. He, should have known that thepolice would never allow thissort of thing. A policeagreed to go at once, Jumbo refused to move. Fifteenpolicemen had t o push very hard to get himoff themain street. Thepolice had a diffi cult time,but they were most amused. Jumbo must weigh a few tons, said a policeman a fterwards, so it was fortunate that we didnthave tocarry him. Of course, we should arrest him, but as he has a good record, we shall let him off this time.Lesson66 Sweet as honey!像蜜一样甜！The Hatheld Puffin is a modern aero-plane, but its designer, Mr John Wimpenny, is finding it difficult to get it off the ground. The reason for this is that thisplane is also a bicycle. Its pilot has to pedal hard to get it into the air. After Mr Wimpenny had the plane built, it was tested thoroughly. I n 1961, it was thefirst man-powered aircraft to fly half a mile. While being flown by a champi on amateur cyclist in1963, theplanecrashe d on an airfield. Since then, Mr Wimpenny has had it rebuilt. He has had the lengthof the wings increased so that they nowmeasure 93 feet-almost as long as thoseof a Dakota. Many people have shown interest in this new andunusual sport. But though air cyclistsmay learn how to flyover short distances, andmay, event ually, even get across the English Channel, it is doubtful whether they will ever cycle across the Atlantic.Lesson67 Volcanoes火山 Haroun Tazieff the Polish scientist, hasspe nt his life-time studying active volcanoes and deep caves in all parts of the world. In 1948, he went to lake Kivu in the Congo toobserve a new volcano whi chhe later named Kituro. Tazieff was able to setup his camp very close to the volcano while it was erupting violently. Though he managed to take a number of brilliant photographs, hecould not stay near the volcanofor very long. He noticed that a river of liquid rock wascoming towards him. It threatened to surround him completely, but Tazieff managed to escape just in time.He waited until the volcano became quiet andhe was abl e to return twodays later. This time, hemanaged to climb into the mouthof Kituro so that hecoul d take photographsandmeasure temperatures.Tazieff has often riskedhis life in this way. Hehas been able to tell usmore about active volcanoes than anyman alive.Lesson68 Persiste nt 纠缠不休I crossed thestreet to avoidmeeting him,but hesaw me and camerunning towards me.It was no use pretending that Ihadnot seen him, soI waved to him. Inever enjoy meetingBert Dykes. Henever has anything todo.Nomatter how busy you are, he always insists on coming with you. Ihad to think of a way ofpreventinghim from followingme around allmor ning. Hullo,Bert, I said. Fancy meeting youhere ! Hullo, Elizabeth, Bert answered. I was just wondering how to spend the morning-until I saw you. Youre not busy doing anything, are you ? No, not at all, I answered. Im going to. . Would youmind mycoming with you ? he asked, before I hadfinished speaking. Not at all, I lied, but Im going to the dentist.waiting room !lesson69 But not murder!并非谋杀！ I was being tested for a driving licence for the third time. I had bee n asked todrive in heavy traffic and haddone so successfully. After having been instructed todrive out of town,I began to acquire confidence. Sure that Ihad passed, I was almost beginning to enjoy my test. The examinermust have been pleased withmy performance, for he smiled and said, Just onemore thing, Mr Eames. Letus suppose that a child suddenly crosses the road infront of you. As soon as I tap on the window, I want thecar to bestopped immediately. I continueddriving and after some time, the examiner tapped loudly. Though the sound could be heard clearly, it tookme a long time to react. I suddenly pressed the brake pedal hard and we wereboth thr ownforward. The examiner looked at me sadly. Mr Eames,he said, i n a mournful voice, youhave just killed that child !lesson70Red fordanger危middleof the ri ng. The crowd began to shout, but the drunk was unaware of the danger. Thebull was busy with the matador at the time, but it suddenly caught sight of the drunk who was shouting rude re marks and waving a redcap. Apparently sensitive to criticism, the bullforgot all about the matador and charged at the drunk. Thecrowd suddenly grew quiet. The drunk, however, seemed quite sure of himself. When the bull got close to him, he clumsily stepped aside to let it pass. The crowd broke into cheers and the drunk bowed. By this time, however, three men hadcome into the ring and they quickly dragged the drunk to safety. Even the bull seemed to feel sorry for him,for it looked on sy mpathetically until the drunk was out of the way beforeonce mor e turning its attention to the matador.Lesson71 A famous clock一个著名的大钟 When you visit London, oneof the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous clock whi ch ca n be heard all over the world on theB.B. C. If the Houses of Parliament hadhot been bur neddown i n 1834, the great clock would neverhave been erected. BigBen takes itsnamefrom Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the clock whe n the new Housesof Parliament werebeing built. It is notonly of immense size,but is e xtremely accurate as well. Officials from GreenwichObservatory have the clock checke d twice aday. On the B.B.C. y oucan hear the cl ock when it is actually striking because microphones areconnected to theclock tower. BigBenhas rarely gone wrong. Once, however, itfailed to give thecorrect time. A painter whohad been working on the towerhung a pot of paint onone of thehands andslowe d it down !Lesson72 A carcalled Bluebird“蓝 鸟”汽车 The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was thefirst man to drive at over 300 miles per hour. He set up anew world record in September 1935 atBonneville Salt Flats, Utah. Bluebird, the car he was driving, hahorse-power engine. Although Campbell reached a speedofover 304milesper hour, hehad great difficulty incontrolling the carbecause a tyre burst during thefirst run. After his attempt, Campbell was disappointed to learn that his averagespeed had been 299 miles per hour. However, a fewdayslater, he was told that amistake had bee n made.His averagespeed had been 301milesper hour. Since that time, racing drivershave reachedspeeds of over 400 miles an hour. Followinghi s fathers footsteps many years later, Sir Malcolms son, Donald, also set up a world record. Likehis father, hewas driving a carcalled Bluebird.Lesson73 The record-holder纪录保持者Little boys whoplay truant from school areunimaginative. A quiet daysfishisomewhere to sleep. When he woke upnextmorning, he discovered that the boat had, in themeantime, travelled to Calais.No o ne noticed theboy as hecrept off. From there, he hitch-hiked to Paris in a lorry. The driver gave him a few biscuits and acup ofcoffe e and left him just outside the city. Thenext car theboy stoppeddid not take him into thecentreof Paris ashe hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border. There he waspickedup by a policeman and sentback to England by the local authorities. He has surely set up a recordfor the thousands of boys whodreamof evading school.Lesson74 Out of the limelight舞台之外An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and aparty of famous actors and a ctresses got off. Dressed in dark glasses andold clothes, they had taken special precautions so that no one should recognize them. But as they soon discovered, disguises ca n sometimesbe tooperfect. This is a wonderful place for aBrinksley Meers agreed. No newspaper men, nofilmfans! Why dont we come more often ?Meanwhile, two other actors, Rockwall Slinger and Merlin Greeves,had carried two large food baskets to a shady spot under some trees. When they had all made themselves comfortable, a stranger appeared. He looked very angry.Now you gut out ofhere, all of you! he shouted: Im sheriff here. Do you see that notice ? It says NoCamping-in case youcant read ! Look, sheriff, saidRockwall, dont be too hardon us. ImRockwall Slinger and this is Merlin Greeves. Oh, i s it ? said the sheriff witha sneer. Well, Im Brinksley Meers, andmy other name is Gloria Gleam.Now you get out of herefast !lesson75OS呼救信号 When a light passenger planeflew off course some time ago, it crashed in themountains and its pilot was killed. The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were unhurt. It was themiddle of winter. Snowlay thick on the ground. The woman knew that thenearestvillage was miles away. When it grew dark. she turned a suitcase into a bed and put thechildren inside it, covering them with all the clothesshecoul d find. During the night, it got terribly cold. The woman kept as near as she could to the chil dren and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small. Early ,next morning she heard planes passing overhead and wonder ed how shecoul d send a signal. Then she had an idea. Shestamped out the letters SOS in the snow. Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent amessageby radio to thenearest town. It wasnot longbefore a helicopter arrived on thescene to rescue thesurvivors of the plane crash.Lesson76 A pril Fools Day愚人节 To end our special news bulletin, said the voice of the television announcer, we are taking you to themacar oni fields of Calabria. Macaroni has been grown in this area for over six hundred years. Two of theleading growers, Giuseppe Moldova andRicar do Brabante, tell me that they have been expecting a splendid crop thisyear and harvesting hasbegun earlier than usual. Here youcan see two workers who,between them,濮阳市良种猪场建设可行性研究报告(代项目建议书 )项目名称：良种猪场建设项目性质：重组、扩建项目地点：濮阳市项目负责人：聂秋平技术负责人：聂世伟项目总投资： 310 万元填报时间：二零一一年三月Englishman, William Low. He suggested that a double railway tunnel should be built. This would solve theproblem of ventilation,for if a train entered this tunnel, it woulddraw in fresh air behind it. Forty-two years later a tunnel was actually begun. If, at the time, the British had not feared invasion, it would have beencompleted.Recently, there has againbeen great interest in the idea of a Channel Tunnel. If it is built, it will connectBritain to Europe for the first time inhistory.Lesson65 Jumbo versus the police小象对警察Last Christmas, thecircus owner, Jimmy Gates, decided to take somepresents to a chilagreed to go at once, Jumbo refused to move. Fifteenpolicemen had to push very hard to get himoff themain street. Thepolice had a diffi cult time,but they were most amused. Jumbo must weigh a few tons, said a policeman afterwards, so it was fortunate that we didnt have tocarry him. Of course, we should arrest him, but as he has a good record, we shall let him off this time.Lesson66 Sweet as honey!像蜜一样甜！The Hatheld Puffin is a modern aero-plane, but its designer, Mr John Wimpenny, is finding it difficult to get it off the ground. The reasonfor this is that thisplane is also a bicycle. Its pilot has to pedrens hospital. Dressed up as Father Christmas and accompanied by a guardof honour of six pretty girls, he set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elephant called Jumbo. He, should have known that the police would never allow this sort of thing. A policeman approached Jimmy and told him he ought to have gone along a side-street as Jumbo was holdingup the traffic. Thoug h Jimmydal hard to get it into the air. After Mr Wimpenny had the plane built, it was tested thoroughly. I n 1961, it was thefirst man-powered aircraft to fly half a mile. While being flown by a cha mpi on amateur cyclist in1963, theplane crashe d on an airfield. Since then, Mr Wimpenny has had it rebuilt. He has had the lengthof the wi ngs increased so that they nowmeas ure 93 fe et-almost as long as thoseof a Dakota. Many peoplehave shown interest in thisnew andunusual sport. But though air cyclists may learnhow to fly over short distances, and may, eventually, even get across the English Channel, it is doubtful whether they will ever cycle acrmeeting hioss the Atlantic.Lesson67 Volcanoes火山 Haroun Tazieff the Polishscientist,has spent his life-time studying active volcanoes and deepcaves in all parts of the world. In 1948, he went to lake Kivu in the Congo toobserve a new volcano which he later namedKituro. Tazieff was able to set up his camp very close to the volcano while it was erupting viole ntly. Though he managed to take a number ofbrilliant photographs,he couldnot stay near the volcano for very long. Henoticed that a river of liquid rock wascoming towardshim. It threatened to surround him completely, but Tazieff managed to escape just in time. He waited until the volcano became quiet and he was able to return two days later. This time, hemanaged to climb into themouth of Kituro so that hecoul d take photographsndmeasure temperatures. Tazieff has often risked his life in this way. Hehas bee n able to tell usmore a bout active volcanoes than any man alive.Lesson68 Persistent纠缠不休I crossed the street to avoidm, buthe saw me a nd came running towardsme. It was no use pretending that I hadnotseen him,so I waved to him. I never enjoy meeting Bert Dykes. Henever has anything to do.No matter how busy you are, he always insists oncoming with you. Ihad to thinkof a way ofpreventing him fromfollowing me around allmorning. Hullo, Bert, I said. Fancymeeting youhere ! Hullo, Elizabeth, Bert answered. I was just wonderinghow to spend the morning-until I saw you. Youre not busy doing anything, are you ? No, not at all, I answered. Im going to. . Would youmindmy coming with you ? he asked, before Ihadfinished speaking. Not at all, I lied, but Im going to the dentist. Then Ill come with you, he answered. Theres always plenty to read in thewaiting room !lesson69Butnot murder!并非谋杀！ I was being tested for a driving licence for the third time. Ihad been asked todrive in heavy traffic and had done so successfully. After having been instructed to drive out of town, I began to acquire confidence. Sure that I had passed, I was almost beginning to enjoy my test. The examinermust have been pleased withmy performance,for he smiled and said, Just onemore thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a childsuddenly crosses the road infront of you. As soon as I tap on the window, I want thecar to be stopped immediately. I continued driving and after some time, the examiner tapped loudly. Though the sound couldbe hear d clearly, it took me a long time to react. I suddenly pressed thebrake pedal hard and we wereboth thrown forward. The examiner looked at me sadly. Mr Eames,he said,in amournful voice, you have just killed that child !lesson70Red fordanger危险的红色 During a bullfight, a drunk suddenly wandered into themiddleof the ring. The crowd began to shout, but the drunk was unaware of the danger. Thebull was busy with the matador at the time, but it suddenly caug ht sight of the drunk who was shouting rude remarks and waving a redcap. Apparently sensitive to criticism, thebull forgot all about thematador and charged at the drunk. Thecrowd suddenly grew quiet. The drunk, however, seemed quite sure of himself.When the bull gotclose tohim,he clumsily stepped aside to let it pass. The crow d broke into cheers and the drunk bowed. By this time,however, threemenhadcome into the ring and they quickly dragged the drunkto sa fety. Even the bull seemed to feel sorry for him,for it looked on sympathetically until the drunk was out of the way before oncemore turning its attention to thematador.Lesson71 A famous clock 一个著名的大钟When you visit London,one of thefirst things you will see is Big Ben, the famous clock which can be heard all over the worldon theB.B. C. If the Houses of Parliament hadhot beenburned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected.Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsiblefor themaking of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built. It is not only of immense size, but is e xtremely accurate as well.Officialsfrom Greenwich Observatory have the clockche cked twice a day. On the B.B.C. youcan hear theclock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower. Big Ben has rarely gone wrong.Once, however, it failed to give the correct time. A painter who ha d been working on the tower hung a pot ofpaint onone of the hands and slowed it down !Lesson72 A carcalledBluebird“蓝 鸟”汽车The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was the first man to drive at over 300miles perhour. H e set up a new world record in September 1935 at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. Bluebird, the car he was driving, hadbeen specially built for him. It was over 30feet in length and had a 2500horse-pow er engine. Although Campbell reached a speedof over 304 miles per hour, hehad great difficulty in controlling the car because a
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