1、 打扮成圣誕老人, 在由6個漂亮姑娘組成的 “儀仗隊” 的陪同下，他騎上一頭名叫江伯的小象, 沿著城里的主要街道出發了。 Dressed up as Father Christmas and accompanied by a guard of honour of six pretty girls, he set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elephant called Jumbo. 一個警察走過來告訴吉米, 他應該走一條小路, 因為江伯阻礙了交通. A policeman approached Jimmy and to

2、ld him he ought to have gone along a side street as Jumbo was holding up the traffic. Lesson 65 到了那個時候, 狀況良好的蘭開斯特轟炸機實屬罕見, 值得搶救. By this time, a Lancaster bomber in reasonable condition was rare and worth rescuing. 想一想他們所感受到的驚奇和興奮當他們拆開包裝箱時, 他們發現第4臺發動機就像蜂蜜一樣甜發動機完好無損. Imagine their surprise and delight

3、 when they broke open the packing cases and found that the fourth engine was sweet as honey - still in perfect condition. Lesson 66 It was no use pretending that I had not seen him, so I waved to him. No matter how busy you are, he always insists on coming with you. I had to think of a way of preven

4、ting him from following me around all morning.Lesson 68 A quiet days fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get. They have all been put to shame by a boy who, while playing truant, travelled 1,600 miles. The next car the boy stopped di

5、d not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border. Lesson 73 An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a party of famous actors and actresses got off. Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes, they had taken special precautions so that no

6、one should recognize them. But as they soon discovered, disguises can sometimes be too perfect.Lesson 74 When it grew dark, she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find. It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash. Lesson 75 Here you can see two workers who, between them, have just finished cutting three cartloads of golden brown macaroni stalks. The whole village ha