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t f ri ends asked hi m t o make a speech at a wedding r ecepti on. This i s the sort of t hi ng that Geoff rey l oves. He prepared t he speech car ef ull y and went to t he weddi ng wit h Jenny. He had i ncl uded a l arge number of f unny st ori es in t he speech and, of cour se, it was a gr eat succes. As soon as he had f ini shed, Jenny tol d him she want ed to go home. Geoff r ey was a li t le disappoi nted by t hi s but he di d as his daught er asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny i f she had enjoyed the speech. To his surpr ise, she sai d she hadn39。 t . Geof fr ey asked her why t hi s was so and she t ol d him t hat she did not li ke to see so many peopl e laughing at him! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峡隧道 In l858, a Fr ench engineer, Ai me Thome de Gam ond, ar ived i n England wit h a pl an for a t went yone mi le t unnel acr oss the Engli sh Channel. He said t hat i t would be possi bl e t o bui ld a platf orm in the cent re of t he Channe l. Thi s pl atf orm would serve as a port and a r ail way st ati on. The tunnel woul d be wel l venti lat ed if tal l chi mneys wer e buil t above sea level . In 1860, a bet ter plan was put for ward by an Engl ishman, Wil li am Low. He suggested t hat a double r ail 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 er ed thi s tunnel, it woul d draw in f resh air behind i t. Fort y two year s lat er a t unnel was act ualy 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 agai n been great inter est in the idea of a Channel Tunnel . If i t is buil t, it wi l connect Br itai n to Europe for t he fi rst ti me i n histor y. Lesson65 Jumbo versus t he poli ce 小象对警察 Last Chr istmas, the cir cus owner , Ji mmy Gat es, deci ded to t ake some pr esents t o a chil dren39。 s hospi tal. Dr esed up as Fat her Chri stm as and ac pani ed by a 39。 guar d of honour 39。 of si x pr et y gi rl s, he set of f down t he m ai n str eet of t he cit y r idi ng a baby el ephant cal ed Jum bo. He, shoul d have known t hat t he pol ice woul d never al l ow t hi s sor t of t hing. A poli cem an appr oached Ji mm y and t ol d hi m he ought t o have gone al ong a sidestr eet as Jum bo was hol di ng up t he tr af ic. Though Jim my agr ed t o go at once, Jum bo ref used t o m ove. Fif t en poli cem en had t o push ver y hard t o get hi m of f t he m ai n str eet . The pol ice had a dif fi cul t ti me, but t hey wer e m ost am used. 39。 Jum bo must wei gh a f ew t ons,39。 sai d a poli cem an af t er wards, 39。 so it was f or t unate t hat we di dn39。 t have t o car y him. Of cour se, we shoul d ar est him , but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et hi m of f t hi s tim e. 39。 Leson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一样甜。 The Hat hel d Puff i n is a m oder n aer o pl ane, but i ts desi gner , Mr John Wi mpenny, i s fi ndi ng it dif fi cult t o get it of f t he gr ound. The r eason for t hi s is t hat t hi s pl ane i s al so a bicycl e. I t s pi l ot has to pedal har d t o get it i nto t he ai r. Aft er Mr Wi mpenny had t he plane bui lt , it was t est ed t horoughl y. In 1961, i t was t he fi rst manpowered ai rcr af t to f ly hal f a mi le. Whi le being f lown by a champi on amateur cycli st i n 1963, t he pl ane cr ashed on an air f ield. Since then, Mr Wimpenny has had i t rebuil t. He has had the l engt h of the wi ngs i nc reased so t hat they now measure 93 feetalm ost as long as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nt erest i n t hi s new and unus ual sport . But though ai r cycl ists may l ear n how t o f ly over shor t di stances, and m ay, event ual ly, even get acr oss t he Englis h Channel , it i s doubtf ul whet her t hey wil l ever cycl e acr oss the At lanti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Haroun Tazief f the Poli sh scienti st, has spent hi s li fe tim e studying active vol canoes and deep caves i n al l par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went t o lake Ki vu in t he Congo to observe a new vol cano whi ch he later named Kit uro. Tazi ef was able t o set up hi s camp ver y close t o the volcano whil e i t was er upt ing vi olently. Though he managed t o take a number of br il li ant photographs, he could not stay near t he vol c ano 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 eat ened t o sur round him plet el y, but Tazi ef managed t o escape just i n t ime. He wai ted unti l the volcano became quiet and he was abl e to retur n t wo days l ater. Thi s ti me, he m ana ged to cl im b int o the m out h of Kit uro so t hat he could t ake phot ogr aphs and measur e temper at ures. Tazief f has of ten r isked hi s li fe in t his way. He has been able t o t el l us more about acti ve volcanoes than any man al ive. Lesson68 Persi st ent 纠缠不休 I crossed t he str et to avoi d meeting hi m, but he saw me and cam e running t owards me. It was no use pret ending that I had not seen hi m, so I waved t o him . I never enj oy meet ing 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 t hink of a way of pr eventi ng him fr om f oll owing me around al mor ni ng. 39。 Hul l o, Ber t, 39。 I said. 39。 Fancy meet ing you here !39。 39。 Hul lo, Eli zabeth,39。 Ber t answered. 39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how to spend the morningunti l 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。 39。 Would you mi nd my i ng wi th you ?39。 he asked, befor e I had fi nished speaki ng. ‘ Not at al ,39。 I li ed, 39。 but I39。 m goi ng to t he dent ist. 39。 Then I39。 l l e wi th you,39。 he answer ed. 39。 Ther e39。 s al ways plenty t o r ead i n the 39。 wai t ing r oom ! 39。 l esson69 But not m urder! 并非谋杀。 I was bei ng tested f or a dri ving l icence f or the thi rd tim e. I had been asked to dr ive。南新澳洲花园房地产开发项目工程可行性研究报告(编辑修改稿)
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