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Unit 1:
Lesson 01 A
Private Conversation
Lesson 02 Breakfast or
Lunch
Lesson 03 Please Send Me a Card
Lesson 04 An Exciting Trip
Lesson 05 No
Wrong Numbers
Lesson 06 Percy Buttons
Lesson 07 Too
Late
Lesson 08 The Best and Worst
Lesson 09 A Cold Welcome
Lesson 10 Not
for Jazz
Lesson 11 One Return Deserves Another
Lesson 12 Goodbye and Good Luck
Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys
Lesson 14 Do You Speak English
Lesson 15 Good News
Lesson 16 A
Polite Request
Lesson 17 Always Young
Lesson 18 It
Often Does This
Lesson 19 Sold Out
Lesson 20 One Man in a Boat
Lesson 21 Mad
or Not
Lesson 22 A Glass Envelop
Lesson 23 A New
House
Lesson 24 It Could Be Worse
Unit 2:
Lesson 25 Do the English
Speak English
Lesson 26 The Best Art Critist
Lesson 27 A Wet Night
Lesson 28 No
Parking
Lesson 29 Taxi
Lesson 30 Football or Polo
Lesson 31 Success Story
Lesson 32
Shopping Made Easy
Lesson 33 Out of the
Darkness
Lesson 34 Quick Work
Lesson 35 Stop
Thief
Lesson 36 Across Channel
Lesson 37
Olympic Games
Lesson 38 Everything Except the Weather
Lesson 39 Am I Alright
Lesson 40 Food
and Talk
Lesson 41 Do You Call That a Hat
Lesson 42 Not Very Musical
Lesson 43 Over the South Pole
Lesson 44 Through the Forest
Lesson 45 A Clear Conscience
Lesson 46 Expensive and Uncomfortable
Lesson 47 A Thirsty Ghost
Lesson 48 Did
You Want to Tell Me Something
Unit 3
：
Lesson 49 The End of the Dream
Lesson 50 Taken for a Ride
Lesson 51
Reward for Virtue
Lesson 52 A Pretty Carpet
Lesson 53 Hot Snake
Lesson 54 Stick
Fingers
Lesson 55 Not a Gold Mine
Lesson 56
Faster Than Sound
Lesson 57 Can I Help You,
Madam
Lesson 58 A Blessing in the Sky
Lesson 59 In or Out
Lesson 60 The
Future
Lesson 61 Trouble with the Harbor
Lesson 62 After the Fire
Lesson 63 She
Was Not Amused
Lesson 64 The Channel Tunnel
Lesson 65 Jumbo versus the Police
Lesson 66 Sweetest Honey
Lesson 67
Volcanos
Lesson 68 Persistent
Lesson 69 But
not Murder
Lesson 70 Red, the Danger
Lesson 71 A
Famous Clock
Lesson 72 A Car Called
Bluebird
Unit 4:
Lesson 73 The
Record Holder
Lesson 74 Out of the Limelight
Lesson 75 SOS
Lesson 76 April Fools Day
Lesson 77 A Successful Operation
Lesson 78 The Last One
Lesson 79 By
Air
Lesson 80 The Crystal Palace
Lesson 81 Escape
Lesson 82
Monster of Fish
Lesson 83 Off the Elections
Lesson 84 On Strike
Lesson 85 Never too Old to Learn
Lesson 86 Out of Control
Lesson 87 A
Perfect Alibi
Lesson 88 Trapt in the Mine
Lesson 89 A
Slip of the Tongue
Lesson 90 Whats the Supper
Lesson 91 Three Men in a Basket
Lesson 92 Asking for Trouble
Lesson 93 A Noble Gift
Lesson 94
Future Champions
Lesson 95 A Fantasy
Lesson 96 The Dead Return
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Unit 1
Lesson 1
A Private Conversation
The writer went to the theatre last did't enjoy
the
play.A
young
man
and
a
young
woman
were
sitting
behind
were
talking
writer
couldn't
hear
the
turned said he couldn't hear a young
man
said,'This is a private
conversation!'.(53 words)
Lesson 2 Breakfast or Lunch
The
writer
always
gets
up
late
on
got
up
late
last
aunt
telephoned
had
just
arrived
by
was coming to see said,'I am still
having
breakfast'.His
aunt
was
was
one
o'clock.(45
words)
Lesson 3 Please Send Me a Card
Postcards always spoil
the writer's spent his
holiday in
Italy last tought about postcards every
didn't
send
any
cards
to
his
bought
thirty-seven
cards
on
the
last
staied
at
home
all
didn't write any cards.(47
words)
Lesson 4
An Exciting Trip
The
writer
has
just
received
a
letter
from
his
brother,
is an has been in Australia for six
has
already visited
many
is in
Alice
Springs has
never been abroad is
enjoying his trip very much.(48
words)
Lesson 5 No Wrong Numbers
has opened his second garage in
first
garage
is
in
e
is
five
miles
away
from
can't
get a telephone for his new
has just
bought twelve carry messages from one
garage to the other in three
minutes.(48 words)
Lesson 6 Percy Buttons
The writer has just moved
to a house in Bridge Street.A beggar
knocked
at
her
door
sang
writer
gave
him
a
meal
and
a
glass
of
beer
in
return
for
beggar's
name
is
Percy
calls
at
every
house
once
a
month.(50
words)
Lesson 7 Too Late
Detectives
were
waiting
at
the
airport
all
were
expecting a valuable
parcel of diamonds from South
men took
the parcel of the detectives opened
parcel was full of stones and sand.(39
words)
Lesson 8
The Best and Worst
Joe
Sanders has the best garden in wins 'The Nicest
Garden Competition'each has a fine 's
is
writer's garden is always win a
little
prize for the competition.(37
words)
Lesson 9
A Cold Welcome
We went
to the Town Hall on New Year's were a lot
of
people
Town
Hall
clock
will
strike
twelve
in
twenty
five
to
twelve,it
refused
to
welcome
the
New
crowd began to laugh and sing.(46
words)
Lesson 10
Not for Jazz
We own an
old was made in grandfather
bought
the
instrument
many
years
ago.A
visitor
damaged
it
tried to play jazz on
broke two of the
father's friend is
repairing it now.(45 words)
Lesson 11 One Return Deserves Another
I was having dinner at
a restaurant.I see Tony Steele after
a
always
borrows
money
from
his
sat
at
my
table.I
asked
him
to
lend
me
twenty
gave
me
the
money
at wanted me to pay
for his dinner.(49 words)
Lesson 12 Goodbye and Good
Luck
We'll
meet
Captain
Charles
Alison
at
Portsmouth
Harbour
eary
tomorrow will be in
his small boat, will
leave
at
eight
o''ll
say
goodbye
to
will
take
part
in an importantrace
across the Atlantic.(40 words)
Lesson 13 The
Greenwood Boys
The
Greenwood
Boys
are
will
be
coming
here
of the young people will be meeting
them at the
will gave five police
will be
trying to keep order as
usual.(38 words)
Lesson 14 Do You Speak
English
The writer gave
a lift to a young man in the south of France
last
greated
each
other
in
writer
doesn't
speak
any
sat
in
young
man
said,'Do
you
speak
English?'
at
the
end
of
the
was
English
himself.(49 words)
Lesson 15 Good News
orth wanted see me.I
felt nervous.I went into his
said
business
was
very
firm
couldn't
pay
such
large
people
had
already
didn't
ask
me
to
offered
me
an
extra
thousand
pounds
a
year!(47
words)
Lesson 16 A Polite
Request
Traffic
police
usually
give
you
a
ticket
if
you
park
your
car
in
the
wrong
writer
found
a
polite
note
on
his
car
in
traffic policeman wanted
him to pay attention to
their street ne
can't fail to obey a request like
this.(48 words)
Lesson 17 Always Young
My
aunt
Jennifer
is
an
is
over
thirty
years
often
appears
on
the
stage
as
a
young
er
will
act
the
part
of
a
girl
of
seventeen
in
a
new
play
never
tells anyone how old she really is.(46
words)
Lesson 18
It Often Does This
The
writer had lunch at a village couldn't find her
bag after her couldn't pay
the landlord soon
found
it
for
dog
had
taken
it
into
the
garden.(36
words)
Lesson 19 Sold Out
The play was going to
begin at any moment.I asked for two
were none and I were disappointted.A
man hurried to the ticket office just
returned two
were for next Wednesday's
performance.I bought
them.(45 words)
Lesson 20 One Man in a
Boat
Fishing
is
the
writer's
favourite
unlucky
fisherman catch old
boots and writer isn't not so
never
catches isn't really interested in
is
only interested in sitting in a boat and doing
nothing at all.(44 words)
Lesson 21 Mad or
Not
The
writer
is
slowly
going
lives
near
an
g planes
can be heard night and of his
neighbours have left their has been
offered money to
determined
to
stay
ne
says
he
must
be
are probably right.(49
words)
Lesson 22
A Glass Envelop
Jane
crossed the Channel last threw a bottle into
the contains a piece of paper with her
name and address
on received a letter
from a girl in Holland ten months
write to each other regularly send their
letters by post.(50 words)
Lesson 23 A New House
My
sister
will
come
to
England
next
she
comes,she
will
get
a
surprise.I
have
a
new
house
in
the
country.I
have
invited
my
sister to star with is a very modern has get
many large rooms and a lovely
garden.(48 words)
Lesson 24 It Could Be Worse
I had just lost fifty
pounds.I felt very upset.I told the
manager
about
couldn't
do
began
complain
about
this wicked world.A
girl came in with the money just
had
found
it
outside
my
is
still
some
honesty
in
this
world.(51 words)
Unit 2
Lesson 25
Do the English Speak English
I arrived at a railway station in
London and asked a porter the
way to my
hotel,but he couldn’t understand me. He understood
me at last but I couldn’t understand
his answer. My teacher
never spoke
English like that. The porter said I shall learn
English soon.. Each person speaks a
different language in
England.
They
understand
each
other
but
I
don’t
understand
them.(67 words)
Lesson 26 The Best Art Critist
The writer
studies
art
and
paints
a
lot
of
pictures.
Many
people
don’t really
understand modern art. Paintings don’t always
have
a
meaning.
They
are
something
pretty
patterns.
Young
children
not
only
appreciate
modern
paintings
better
than
others,but noticed more
also. The writer’s young sister went
into
his
room
yesterday
and
examined
his
new
picture.
He
had
hung
it upside down and she
noticed this immediately.(67 words)
Lesson 27 A Wet Night
The boys put up their tent
in the middle of a flied and cooked
over
an
open
fire.
They
told
stories
and
sang
songs
after
their
meal
but
it
began
to
rain
so
they
crept
into
their
tent.
The
boys
woke up
in the middle of the night. The tent was full of
water
so they rushed outside. A stream
had formed in the field and
flowed
right under their tent.(68 words)
Lesson 28 No Parking
Jasper White believes in
ancient myths. Car owners always park
their
cars
outside
his
gate
so
he
has
put
up
‘No
Parking’
signs
but
they
haven’t
paid
any
attention
to
them.
He
has
put
an
ugly
stone
head
over
the
gate.
It
is
Medusa’s
head.
He
wants
her
to
turn cars and their
owners to stone but she hasn’t done so
yet.(62 words)
Lesson 29 Taxi
Captain Ben Fawcett has bought a small
Swiss aeroplane and uses
it
as
a
taxi.
It
is
called
a
‘Pilatus
Porter’
.
It
can
not
only
carry seven passengers, but can land
anywhere also. Captain
Fawcett
has
taken
passengers
to
many
strange
places.
He
refused
to
fly
a
businessman
to
Rockall.
The
journey
was
too
dangerous.(56 words)
Lesson 30 Football or
polo
The
writer
sat
by
the
river
last
Sunday.
Some
children
were
playing
games
nearby.
One
of
the
children
kicked
a
ball
hard
and
it
went
towards
a
passing
boat.
The
man
in
the
boat
neither
saw
the
ball
nor
heard
people
shouting.
The
ball
hit
the
man
and
the
children
ran away. However,
the man was not angry and he threw the ball
back to the bank. (67 words)
Lesson 31
Success story
？
Frank Hawkins was telling the writer
about his experiences as a
young used
to work in a small shop as a used
to
repair bicycles bought his own shop in 1958 and
he
made spare parts for aeroplanes in
his employed a
lot of people in a few
wife came into the room after
a wanted
him to repair their grandson's bicycle.(68
words)
Lesson 32 Shopping made
easy
A detective watched a
well-dressed woman in a large store one
bought
a
few
small
articles
and
she
chose
an
expensive
assistant
wrapped
it
up
for
her
and
the
woman
took
it
with did not pay for it,so the
detective arrested her.
The
assistant
was
her
daughter.
She
gave
her
mother
a
free
dress
once a week.(60 words)
Lesson 33 Out of the
darkness
The girl set out
from the coast one afternoon and was caught in
a boat struck a rock,so she jumped
into the
swam eight miles that
reached the shore early next
had seen
a light high up on the cilffs and she
cllimbed
found
herself
in
hospital
a
day
later.(55
words)
Lesson 34
Quick work
Dan Robinson
was
had received
a letter from the local
day
he went to the is not worried any
police
have
found
his
was
not
only
surprised
but
amused
as
bicycle
was
stolen
twenty
years
was fifteen then.(44
words)
Lesson 35
Stop thief!
Roy is finding
his new job as a bus driver saw two
thieves in Catford Street were running
out of a
shop
and
Roy
drove
his
bus
straight
at
them,so
they
dropped
the
stolen
money
and
got
into
a
drove
his
bus
into
the
back
of their car then and
damaged this he telephoned the
men
were arrested later. (64 words)
Lesson 36
Across the Channel
Debbie
Hart
is
going
to
swim
across
the
English
Channel
is eleven and she
is a strong has
been
trained
by
her
will
follow
her
in
a
small
's mother
will be waiting on the English
swam
the Channel herself when she was a girl.(49
words)
Lesson 37 The Olympic Games
The Olympic Games will be held in our
country in four years'
time,so the
government will be putting up new buildings just
outside
the
Gunter
has
designed
the
buildings
and
workers will have completed the new
stadium by the end of next
Games will
be held in this country for the first time
and we are looking forward to them. (62
words)
Lesson 38
Everything except the weather
The
writer's
friend,Harrison,had
spent
many
years
in
the
Mediterranean,but he
wanted to retire in England so he bought
a
house
in
the
summer
that
year
was
very
bad
and
he
complained
about the
the
end Harrison not only sold
the house but also left the country.(48
words)
Lesson 39
Am I all right?
gton
refused
to
tell
his
patient,
Gilbert,whether
his
operation
had
been
next
day
the
patient
telephoned
gton
and
inquired
about
a
certain
patient,
doctor
answered
a
number
of
questions about the
patient and then asked whether the caller
was a caller then told him who he
was.(50 words)
Lesson 40 Food and talk
The writer sat beside Mrs. Rumbold at
the dinner tried
to make comversation,
but she was busy talked about
the
new
play
at
'The
Globe'
and
about
the
answered
his
questions
he
asked
her
if
she
was
enjoying
her
dinner and she answered
that if he have eaten morn and talked
less, they would both have a good
dinner.(63 words)
Lesson 41 Do You Call That a Hat
The wirter's wife was
trying on a hat and he didn't like it. He
sat
down
and
waited
for
they
began
arguing
had
bought a terrible tie the day before
but his wife didn’t like
it.
He
said,‘A
man
can
never
have
too
many
ties.'
His
wife
used
exactly
the
same
argument
and
she
bought
the
hat.
It
looked
like
a lighthouse.(67 words)
Lesson 42 Not
Very Musical
We
watched
a
snake
charmer
in
a
square
in
Old
Delhi.
He
had
a
long
pipe and
two large baskets. He played a tune and the snake
in
one
of
the
baskets
rose
to
follow
the
movements
of
the
pipe.
Then
the
snake charmer played modern tunes but the snake
continued
to dance slowly. It didn't
know the difference between Indian
music and jazz.(64 words)
Lesson 43 Over the South
Pole
In 1929,the American
explorer , became the first man to
fly
over
the
South
Pole.
He
took
a
lot
of
photographs
during
the
flight but then ran into
difficulties. His plane couldn't get
over the mountains so he orded his men
to throw out two heavy
food
sacks.
The
plane
then
flew
over
the
mountains
and
continued
without further
trouble.(63 words)
Lesson 44 Through the Forest
Two men tried to steal ng's
handbag. She was having a
picnic at the
time. They took the bag after a struggle and ran
through the trees. She ran after them
and caught up with them.
The
men
had
sat
down
and
were
going
through
the
contents
of
the
bag. ng ran straight at them so they
dropped the bag
and ran away.(66
words)
Lesson 45
A Clear Conscience
The
local buther,Sam Benton,was taking his savings to
the post
office but he lost his wallet.
Sam not only received half his
money
three months later,but received a note as note
said:‘A thief,yes,but
only
50 per cent
a thief!'The
thief
included
a
note
every
time
he
sent
Sam
more
money.
The
last
note
said:
‘I am 100 per cent honest now!’(68
words)
Lesson 46
Expensive and Uncomfortable
The
plane
from
London
arrived
at
Sydney
airport
and
workers
unloaded
a
number
of
wooden
boxes.
They
contained
clothing.
One
of
the
boxes
was
extremely
heavy
so
a
worker
opened
it.
He
found
a man on top of a pile
of woolen goods. The man was arrested.
He had travelled in the box from
London. He had to pay 3,500
pounds. An
ordinary tickets costs 2,000 pounds.(65
words)
Lesson 47
A Thirsty Ghost
Mr.
Ian
Thompson
bought
a
public
house
recently
but
it
is
haunted,so
he
is
going
to
sale
it.
There
was
a
strange
noise
in
the
bar
one
night
and
the
room
was
in
disorder
next
morning.
Mr.
Thompson found five empty
whisky bottles. He doesn’t believe
that
some
villagers
broke
into
the
bar
and
had
a
drink.
Anybody
in the village doesn’t want to the
pub.(68 words)
Lesson 48 Did You Want to Tell Me
Something
The
dentist
in
the
story
had
pulled
out
one
of
the
writer’s
teeth
and
had
told
him
to
rest
for
a
while.
He
asked
several
questions
but the writer couldn’t answer them.
His mouth was full of
cotton
wool. He
suddenly
discovered
something
wrong
but
he
couldn’t
say
anything.
The
dentist
eventually
removed
the
cotton
wool
from
his
mouth
and
the
writer
told
him
he
had
pulled
out the wrong
tooth.(72 words)
Unit 3:
Lesson 49
The end of a dream
A young
man in Teheran bought a real bed for the first
time in
his slept on the roof of his
house because the weather
was
nights
later,the
bed
was
swept
off
the
roof
during
a
man
was
not
only
unhurt
but
still
on
his
the
bed
was
in
pieces,he
carried
his
mattress
indoors
and
after
he had
put it on the floor he went back to sleep. (72
words)
Lesson 50
Taken for a ride
The writer
wanted to go go Woodford Green but as he didn't
know
the
way,the
conductor
promised
to
tell
him
where
to
get
they arrived at the bus
terminus,the writer asked if they were
at
Woodford
conductor
then
realized
that
he
had
forgotten to put him
writer stayed on the bus because
it was
going back. (59 words)
Lesson 51 Reward for virtue
Hugh
is
so
fat
that
he
has
gone
on
a
has
forbidden
himself
all
the
foods
he
likes
but
he
has
not
lost
the
writer
visited him
yesterday,he hid
a large
parcel under his
parcel
contained
chocolates
and
said
that
he
had
to
reward
himself
occasionally
because
his
diet
was
so
strict.
(56
words)
Lesson 52 A pretty
carpet
The writer has been
trying to get his new room in order all
has
proved
difficult
because
he
owns
over
a
thousand books which cover
every inch of floor space at the
sister helped him to carry one of his old
bookcases
up
the
stairs
a
short
while
got
a
surprise
when
she
saw
the
room,but she thought that the books made a pretty
carpet.
(68 words)
Lesson 53 Hot
snake
Now
that
firemen
have
put
out
a
big
forest
fire
in
California,they
have
been
trying
to
discover
its
was
no evidence
that it was started by broken glass or a cigarette
r
a
fireman
has
just
solved
the
noticed
the
remains os a snake which
had been dropped by a bird on to some
electric
winding
itself
round
the
wires,the
snake
had
sent sparks to the
ground and this caused the fire.(75
words)
Lesson 54
Sticky fingers
As soon
as the writer returned home from the shops she
began
to
make
some
meat
the
telephone
rang
soon
afterwards,her fingers were very spent
ten minutes
talking to Helen Bates on
the that she looked
at the mess she
had fingers,the telephone and the
doorknobs were covered with then the
postman rang
the
wanted her
to sign for a registered letter.(68
words)
Lesson 55 Not a gold mine
‘
The
Revealer'
is
a
new
machine
which
is
used
for
detecting
buried
gold.
Using
this
machine,
a
research
party
recently
tried
to
find
gold
in
a
cave
near
the
seashore.
Although
they
examined
the
cave
thoroughly
they
only
found
a
small
gold
coin
which
was
practically worthless. However many
people believe that the
machine many
reveal something of value soon. (60
words)
Lesson 56
Faster than sound!
A
lot
of
old
cars
entered
for
the
race,
which
is
held
once
a
year.
A great
many loud explosions could be heard when they set
off
and though many cars broke down
during the race, a few managed
to
complete
the
course.
The
winning
car
went
downhill
so
quickly
that its driver had
a lot of difficulty trying to stop it. (62
words)
Lesson 57 Can I help
you,madam?
Though the woman
in jeans hesitated for a moment, she entered an
expensive
shop
and
asked
to
see
a
dress
that
was
in
the
window.
On
being
told
by
an
assistant
that
the
dress
was
sold,
the
woman
returned
the
following
morning
dressed
in
a
fur
coat.
The
assistant was eager to serve her this
time. After making him
bring her almost
everything in the window, the woman finally
bought the dress she had first asked
for. (77 words)
Lesson 58 A blessing in
disguise?
The number of
visitors to the village of Frinley has increased
because there is said to be a ‘cursed
tree’ near the church.
Since
the
villagers
believe
that
if
anyone
picks
a
leaf
he
will
die,
they
have
asked
the
vicar
to
have
the
tree
cut
down.
As
the
tree
is
a
useful
source
of
income,
the
vicar
has
refused
to
have
the
tree
cut
down.
Meanwhile,
though
tourists
have
been
picking
leaves, not one of them has come to
harm. (81 words)
Lesson 59 In or out?
Our
dog,
Rex,
used
to
sit
outside
the
front
gate
and
bark
so
that
someone
would
open
it.
Ever
since
my
husband
trained
him
to
open
the
gate
himself,
Rex
has
developed
another
bad
habit.
He
barks
when
he
is
in
the
garden
so
that
someone
will
let
him
out.
After
this
he lets himself in and barks until someone opens
the gate
again.
Now
that
my
husband
has
removed
the
gate,
Rex
has
disappeared. (75 words)
Lesson 60 The
future
The writer visited a
fortune-teller at a village fair who told
him
that
a
relation
was
coming
to
see
him.
She
added
that
a
woman
he
knew
well
would
speak
to
him
when
he
left
the
tent
and
he
would
follow
her
out
of
the
fair.
This
came
true
because
his
wife
spoke
to him when he went
outside. She told him they had to meet his
sister
at
the
station
and
she
led
him
out
of
the
fair.
(79
words)
Lesson 61 Trouble with the
Hubble
When
the
Hubble telescope was launched into
space in
April 1990,
the
pictures
it
sent
us
were
very
disappointing
because
the
main
mirror was faulty. Four astronauts will
soon be making the
necessary
repairs,
and
eventually,
pictures
from
the
Hubble
will
tell
us
a
great
deal
about
the
age
and
size
of
the
universe.
(54
words)
Lesson 62 After the fire
It
took
the
firemen
nearly
three
weeks
to
get
the
forest
fire
under
control.
Now
that
all
the
great
trees
had
been
burnt,
there
was
danger that heavy rain would cause
serious floods which would
destroy the
surrounding villages. To prevent this, the forest
authorities
ordered
grass-seed
which
was
sprayed
over
the
ground
by
planes
for
nearly
a
month.
By
the
time
that
it
began
to
rain,
the grass had taken
root in many places. (75 words)
Lesson 63 She
was not amused
When Jeremy
Hampden, who is greatly admired for his great
sense
of
humour,
was
invited
to
make
a
speech
at
a
wedding
reception,
he
immediately
agreed
to
do
so.
Since
the
speech
contained
a
lot
of
funny
stories,
it
was
a
great
success.
When
his
six-
year-old
daughter,
Jenny,
wanted
to
go
home
after
his
speech,
Jeremy
was
disappointed. She had
not enjoyed it because she did not like
to see so many people laughing at him.
(76 words)
Lesson 64 The Channel
Tunnel
The tunnel, which the
French engineer, Aime Thome, planned to
build
under
the
English
Channel
in
1858,
would
be
ventilated
by
tall
chimneys
built
above
sea
level.
An
Englishman,
William
Lowe,
suggested a better
plan two years later. Passing trains would
solve
the
problem
of
ventilation
in
his
proposed
double
railway-tunnel
because
they
would
draw
in
fresh
air
behind
them.
Though
work
began
forty-two
years
later,
it
was
stopped
because
the
British
feared
invasion.
However,
the
tunnel
was
officially
opened on March
7, 1994. (85 words)
Lesson 65 Jumbo versus the
police
After
having
decided
to
take
some
presents
to
a
children’s
hospital, the
circus owner, Jimmy Gates, dressed up as Father
Christmas and set off down the main
street of the city riding
an elephant
called Jumbo. On being told that he was holding up
the
traffic,
Jimmy
agreed
to
go
at
once
but
Jumbo
refused
to
move,
so
fifteen
policemen
had
to
push
him
off
the
main
street.
As
he
had a good record,
however, Jumbo was not arrested. (79 words)
Lesson 66
Sweet as honey!
The
Lancaster
bomber
was
not
too
badly
damaged
when
it
crashed
on
a
remote
island
in
the
South
the
wreck
remained
undisturbed for twenty-six years until
it was rediscovered in
an aerial survey
of the French authorities had the
plane packaged and moved in parts back
to France,where a group
of
enthusiasts
will
be
having
it
will
have
to
have
three of
the engines rebuilt,but the fourth engine is still
in
perfect condition because a colony
of bees had turned it into
a hive and
it was totally covered in beeswax.(94
words)
Lesson 67
Volcanoes
Tazieff,the
Polish scientist,went to Lake Kivu in the Congo
in 1948 to observe a new volcano which
he called
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