Lesson 63 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 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)