【正文】 ck when it is actual y str iking because microphones ar e connect ed t o the cl ock t ower. Bi g Ben has rarel y gone wr ong. Once, however , it fai led t o give t he cor rect tim e. A painter who had been worki 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 Bluebird “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Si r Mal col m Campbel , was the f ir st man t o dr ive at over 300 mi les per hour . He set up a new wor ld record i n September 1935 at Bonnevi l e Sal t Flats, Utah. Bluebir d, the car he was dr ivi ng, had been speci al y bui lt f or hi m. I t was over 30 f et in lengt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 m il es per hour , he had great di f icult y in cont roll ing t he car because a t yre burst duri ng the f ir st r un. Af t er hi s at tempt , Cam pbel was di sappointed t o learn that hi s aver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour . However , a few days l at er , he was tol d that a mi st ake had been made . Hi s aver age speed had been 301 mi les per hour . Since that ti me, r aci ng dri ver s have reached speeds of over 400 mi les an hour. Foll owing his father39。s footst eps m any years l at er, Sir Mal col m 39。s son, Donal d, also set up a worl d r ecor d. Li ke his f at her , he was dri vi ng a car cal led Bl uebir d. Lesson73 The record holder 紀錄保持者 Li t le boys who play t ruant fr om school are uni maginative. A qui et day39。s f ishing, or eight hours i n a cinema seei ng the same f il m over and over agai n, i s usual y as f ar as t hey get. They have al l been put to shame by a boy who, whi le playing tr uant, t ravel ed 1600 m iles. He hit ch hi ked t o Dover and, towar ds evening, went i nto a boat to fi nd somewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next morning, he discover ed that he boat had, i n t he meant ime, tr avel led t o Calai s. 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 f ew 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 Out of t he li meli ght 舞臺之外 An ancient bus stopped by a dry ri ver bed and a part y of famous actors and actr eses got of f. Dr essed in dar k glases and old cl ot hes, they had take n special precaut ions so that no one should recogni ze them. But as t hey soon di scover ed, di sguises can somet imes be t oo per fe ct. 39。Thi s i s a wonder ful place f or a pi i c,39。 sai d Gl or ia Gleam. 39。 I t coul dn39。t be bet ter, Gl ori a, 39。 Br i nksley Meer s agreed. 39。No newspaper men, no f il m fans! Why don39。t we e mor e oft en ?39。 Meanwhil e, t wo other act ors, 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 sel ves 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 sa ys 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 l Sli nger and thi s is Mer li n Gr eeves.39。 39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 said the sher if f wit h a sneer . 39。Wel l, I 39。m Bri nksl ey Meer s, and m y other nam e is Gl or i 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 tim e ago, i t cr ashed in the mountai 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 t he mi ddl e of wint er . Snow lay t hick on t he gr ound. The wom an knew that he near est vil lage was mi les away. When it grew dar k. she t urned a suit case int o a bed and put t he chi ldren i nsi de it , coveri ng them wit h al 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 and sent a message by r adio t o t he nearest town. It was not long befor e a helicopter ar ived on t he scene to rescue t he sur vivors of t he pl ane cr ash. Leson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。To end our speci al news bull etin, 39。 said the voi ce of the t el evision announcer, 39。 we ar e t aki ng you to t he macar oni f iel ds of Cal abr ia. Macar oni has been grown i n t hi s are a f or over six hundred year s. Two of the l eading gr owers, Giuseppe Moldova and Ricardo Br abant e, t el l me t hat t hey have been expect ing a splendid cr op thi s year and har vest ing has begun earl ier t han usual . Here you can se two wor kers who, between them, have just f ini shed cutt ing t hree cart l oads of gol den brown m acar oni stalks. The whole vil lage has been wor king day and night gat her ing and t hreshi ng thi s year 39。s crop befor e the September r ai ns. On the r ight, you can see Mrs Br abant e her sel f. She has been helping her husband f or t hir ty years now. Mrs Br abante is t al king t o the m anager of t he local f act ory wher e the cr op is pr ocessed. Thi s last scene shows you what wi l happen at the end of the har vest : t he f am ous Cal abr ian macaroni eat ing peti ti on ! Signor Fratel i, t he present cham pi on, has won i t every year since 1961. And t hat ends our sp