【正文】 n i ng wi th you. I had t o t hi nk of a way of pr event i ng hi m fr om f oll owi ng m e ar ound al l m or ni ng. 39。Hul l o, Bert ,39。 I sai d. 39。Fancy m eet ing you here ! 39。 Hul l o, Eli zabeth,39。 Bert answer ed. 39。 I was j ust wonder i ng how t o spend t he m or ni ng unti l I saw you. You39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hing, ar e you ?39。 No, not at al ,39。 I answer ed. 39。 I 39。m going t o. . .39。 39。Woul d you mi nd m y i ng wit h you ?39。 he asked, bef or e I had fi nished speaki ng. ‘ Not at al l, 39。 I l i ed, 39。but I39。m goi ng t o t he dent ist.39。 39。 Then I39。l l e wi th you,39。 he answered.39。 There39。s al ways pl ent y t o read i n the 39。wai ti ng r oom !39。 lesson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng test ed f or a dr i vi ng li cence f or t he thir d t im e. I had been asked to dr i ve i n heavy t r af fi c and had done so succe ssf ul l y. Af ter havi ng been i nst r uct ed t o dr ive out of t own, I began t o acquir e conf i dence. Sur e that I had passed, I was al most begi nni ng to enj oy m y t est. The exam i ner must have been pl eased wi th m y per f or mance, f or he smi l ed and said, 39。Just one mor e thi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppos e t hat a chil d suddenly cr osses the r oad i n f r ont of you. As soon as I tap on t he wi ndow, I want t he car t o be stopped imm edi at ely.39。 I cont i nued dri vi ng and aft er som e tim e, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though t he sound coul d be hear d cl earl y, i t t ook m e a l ong t im e to r eact. I suddenl y pressed t he brake pedal har d and we wer e bot h t hr own for ward. The exami ner l ooked at me sadly. 39。Mr Eam es,39。 he sai d, in a mournf ul voice,39。 you have j ust kil l ed t hat chil d !39。 l esson70 Red for danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Duri ng a bull fi ght , a drunk suddenl y wander ed i nto t he mi ddl e of the r ing. The cr owd began to shout , but t he dr unk was unaware of t he danger. The bull was busy wi th t he matador at t he tim e, but it suddenl y caught si ght of t he dr unk who was shout i ng r ude r em ar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Appar ent ly sensi ti ve to cr it icism, t he bul l for got al about t he m atador and char ged at the dr unk. The crowd suddenl y gre w qui et . The drunk, however, seem ed qui te sure of him sel f. When t he bull got cl ose t o him, he cl um si l y st epped asi de t o let it pas . The crowd br oke int o cheers and t he dr unk bowed. By t his t im e, however , thr e m en had e i nt o t he ri ng and t hey qui ckl y dr agged t he dr unk t o saf ety. Even t he bull seem ed t o f eel sorr y f or him , f or it l ooked on sympat heti cal ly unti l t he dr unk was out of t he way bef ore once mor e tur ni ng it s at ent ion t o t he m at ador . Lesson71 A f am ous cl ock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you vi sit London, one of the f ir st t hi ngs you wil l see i s Bi g Ben, t he f am ous cl ock which can be hear d al over t he wor ld on t he B. B. C. If t he Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down in 1834, the gr eat cl ock would never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes it s nam e f rom Sir Benjami n Hal who was responsibl e for t he maki ng of the cl ock when t he new Houses of Parl i am ent wer e bei ng bui lt . It i s not onl y of i mm ense si ze, but is extr em ely accur ate as wel . Of fi ci al s f rom Gr enwi ch Obser vat or y have the cl ock checked t wice a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he cl ock when it i s act ual ly str i ki ng because m icr ophones ar e connected t o t he cl ock t ower. Bi g Ben has rar el y gone wr ong. Once, however , i t f ail ed t o gi ve t he cor rect im e. A pai nter who had been wor ki ng on the t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and sl owed it down ! Leson72 A car call ed Bl uebi rd “藍(lán)鳥(niǎo)”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Sir Mal col m Cam pbel l, was t he f ir st m an to dr i ve at over 300 mi l es per hour . He set up a new worl d r ecor d in Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevi l e Salt Fl at s, Ut ah. Bl uebi rd, t he car he was dri vi ng, had been special y buil t for him. I t was over 30 f eet i n l engt h and had a 2500 hors epower engi ne. Al though Cam pbel l reached a speed of over 304 m il es per hour, he had gr eat di f fi cul ty i n cont r ol li ng t he car because a t yr e bur st duri ng t he f i rst run. Aft er hi s at em pt , Cam pbel l was di sappoi nt ed to l ear n t hat his average speed had bee n 299 mil es per hour. However , a f ew days l at er, he was t ol d t hat a m i 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. Fol lowi ng hi s fat her 39。s f oot st eps m any years later, Si r Malcolm 39。s son, Donald, also set up a worl d record. Like hi s fat her , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play t ruant f rom school are unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nema sei ng the sam e fi lm over and over again, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al l been put to sham e by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hit ch hiked t o Dover and, towar ds evening, went i nto a boat to f ind somewhere t o s leep. When he woke up next m or ning, he discovered t haver t he ground i n huge quanti ti es by aer opl anes. The pl anes had been pl ant ing seed for near ly a month when it began t o r ai n. By then, however, i n many places t he grass had al ready taken root . I n pl ace of the gr eat t rees which had been gr owing there f or centur ies, pat ches of green had begun t o appear in t he blackened soil. Leson63 She was not amused 她并不覺(jué)得好笑 Geof fr ey Hampden has a l arge cir cle of f ri ends and is ver y popul ar at par ti es. Everybody admir es hi m for his f ine sense of humor everybody, t hat i s, except his si x year ol d daughter , Jenny. Recent ly, one of Geof f rey39。s closes