【正文】 Appar ently sensit ive to cr it ici sm , t he bul l for got al l about the matador and char ged at the dr unk. The crowd suddenl y gr ew quiet. The drunk, however , seem ed qui te sur e of hi msel f . When the bull got cl ose to hi m, he cl umsil y stepped aside t o let it pass. The crowd br oke int o cheers and t he drunk bowed. By this tim e, however, thr ee men had e int o the r ing and t hey qui ckl y dragged the dr unk t o safety. Even the bull seem ed to f eel sorr y f or hi m, for i t looked on sympatheti cal ly unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way bef ore once mor e tur ning i ts at ent ion t o t he matador . Leson71 A f amous clock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of the f ir st t hings you wil l see i s Big Ben, t he famous clock which can be hear d al over the wor ld on the B. . I f the Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down in 1834, the gr eat clock would never ha ve been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes it s nam e f rom Si r Benjami n Hal who was r esponsi ble f or t he m aki ng of t he clock when t he new Houses of Par li am ent wer e being buil t. I t i s not onl y of imm ense size, but i s ext remel y acur at e as wel l. Of fi cials f r om Gr eenwi ch Obser vat or y have t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear the cl ock when i t i s act ual l y st ri king because mi cr ophones are connect ed t o t he cl ock tower. Bi g Ben has r ar el y gone wr ong. Once, however, it f ai l ed t o gi ve t he cor r ect ti me. A pai nt er who had been wor ki ng on t he t ower hung a pot of paint on one of t he hands and slowed i t down ! Lesson72 A car cal led Bl uebi rd “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dr i ver, Si r Mal colm Cam pbel , was t he fi r st m an t o dri ve at over 300 mil es per hour. He set up a new wor l d record i n Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil l e Sal t Fl ats, Ut ah. Bl uebir d, t he car he was dr ivi ng, had been speci al l y bui lt f or hi m. It was over 30 f et i n l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engi ne. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 m il es per hour , he had gr eat di f icult y i n cont rol li ng the car because a t yre bur st duri ng the f ir st r un. Af t er hi s atempt , Cam pbel l was di sappointed t o l ear n that his aver age speed had been 299 m il es per hour . However , a few days l at er, he was tol d that a mi st ake had been made. His average speed had been 301 m il es per hour . Since that ti me, racing dr ivers have reached speeds of over 400 m il es an hour. Foll owing hi s father 39。s f oot st eps m any years l ater, Si r Malcolm 39。s son, Donald, also set up a wor l d record. Like hi s father , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play tr uant f rom school ar e unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nem a seing the sam e fi lm over and over again, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hitch hiked t o Dover and, towards evening, went i nt o a boat to f ind somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next mor ning, he di scovered t hat t he boat had, i n the meanti me, t r avel l ed t o Calais. No one noti ced the boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tchhi ked t o Pari s in a lor ry. The dri ver gave him a few biscui ts and a cup of coff e and l eft him just outside t he ci ty. The next car the boy stopped di d not take him int o the centr e of Par is as he hoped it would, but to Perpi gnan on t he FrenchSpani sh bor der. There he was pi cked up by a pol iceman and sent back t o England by t he local authori ti es. He has surely set up a r ecord for t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evading school . Lesson74 O ut of t he li meli ght 舞臺之外 An ancient bus st opped by a dr y r iver bed and a par ty of f am ous actor s and act resses got of f. Dr esed i n dar k glasses and old cl othes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecognize the m. But as they soon di scovered, di sgui ses can som et im es be t oo perf ect . 39。This is a wonderf ul pl ace f or a piic,39。 sai d Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。 It couldn39。t be bet ter , Gl or ia,39。 Br inksl ey Meers agreed. 39。No newspaper men, no fi lm fans! Why don39。t we e mor e of ten ?39。 Meanwhi le, two ot her act or s, Rockwal l Slinger and Merl in Greeves, had car ri ed two large f ood baskets t o a shady spot under som e tr es. When t hey had al m ade t hem selves f or table, a str anger appeared. He l ooked very angry. 39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you!39。 he shout ed: 39。 I39。m sheri f here. Do you see that not ice ? I t says No Campi ng in case you can39。t read ! 39。 39。 Look, sheri f , 39。sai d Rockwal l, 39。 don39。t be t oo har d on us. I 39。m Rockwal Sli nger and thi s is Mer li n Gr eeves.39。 39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 said the sher if f wi th a sneer . 39。Wel l, I 39。m Bri nksl ey Meers, and m y other nam e is Gl ori a Gl eam. Now you get out of her e fast !39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信 號 When a li ght pasenger plane f lew of f cour se some ti me ago, i t cr ashed i n the m ountai ns and i ts pi lot was kil led. The onl y passengers, a young woman and her t wo baby daughter s, wer e unhur t. I t was the mi ddl e of wint er. Snow lay t hick on t he ground. The wom an knew that he near est vil lage was mi les away. When it gr ew dar k. she t urned a suit case int o a bed and put t he chi ldr en insi de it , coveri ng them wit h al l t he cl othes she could f ind. Dur ing t he ni ght , it got ter ibl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d to the chil dr en and even t ri ed to get int o the case her sel f, but it was too sm al l. Earl y ,next morni ng she heard pl anes pasi ng over head and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an idea. She stamped out the l et ter s39。 SOS39。 in t he snow. For tunat ely, a pil ot saw t he signal