【正文】 i cence f or t he t hi rd t im e. I had been asked to dr i ve i n heavy t r af fi c and had done so successf ul l y. Af t er havi ng bee n inst r uct ed to dr ive out of t own, I began t o acquir e confi dence. Sur e that I had passed, I was al m ost begi nni ng to enj oy m y t est. The exam i ner must have been pl eased wi t h m y perf orm ance, f or he sm il ed and sai d, 39。Just one m or e t hi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenl y cr osses t he r oad in f r ont of you. As soon as I tap on t he wi ndow, I want the car to be st opped imm edi atel y.39。 I conti nued dr i vi ng and af ter som e ti me, the exam iner tapped loudl y. Though t he sound could be heard cl ear ly, it t ook m e a l ong t im e t o react . I suddenl y pr essed t he br ake pedal har d and we were bot h t hr own f or war d. The exam iner looked at m e sadl y. 39。Mr Eam es, 39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce,39。 you have j ust ki l ed t hat chi l d ! 39。 l eson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bull fi ght, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed i nt o t he mi ddle of t he ri ng. The cr owd began t o shout, but t he dr unk was unawar e of t he danger. The bull was busy wi t h t he mat ador at he ti me, but i t suddenl y caught sight of t he dr unk who was shouti ng r ude r em ar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Apparentl y sensit ive t o crit i ci sm , t he bull f or got al l about the m at ador and char ged at t he dr unk. The cr owd suddenly gr ew quiet. The dr unk, however , seemed quit e sur e of him self . When t he bul l got cl ose t o hi m, he cl um sil y st epped asi de to l et i t pass. The cr owd br oke i nto cheer s and t he dr unk bowed. By t his t im e, however , t hr e m en had e i nto t he ri ng and t hey quickl y dr agged t he drunk t o saf et y. Even t he bull seem ed t o f eel sorr y f or him , f or it l ooked on sym pat heti cal ly unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way bef ore once m or e t ur ni ng it s at ent i on t o t he m at ador . Leson71 A f amous clock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of t he f ir st t hings you wil l se i s Bi g Ben, t he f am ous cl ock whi ch can be hear d al l over t he wor l d on t he B. B. C. I f t he Houses of Par li am ent had hot been bur ned down i n 1834, t he gr eat cl ock woul d never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben takes it s nam e fr om Si r Benjami n Hal who was r esponsi ble f or the m aki ng of t he clock when t he new Houses of Par li am ent wer e bei ng buil t. It i s not onl y of imm ense size, but i s ext remel y acurat e as wel l. Of fi cials f r om Gr eenwi ch Obser vat ory ha ve t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he cl ock when it 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 pai nt on one of t he hands and slowed it down ! Lesson72 A car cal led Bl uebi rd “藍(lán)鳥(niǎo)”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 recor d 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 roll i ng t he car because a t yre bur st duri ng t he f ir st r un. Aft er hi s at t em pt , Cam pbel l was di sappoint ed t o l ear n t hat his average speed had been 299 m il es per hour . However , a f ew days l at er, he was t ol d t hat a mi stake had been m ade. His aver age speed had been 301 m il es per hour. Si nce t hat ti m e, r aci ng dr i ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 m il es an hour . Fol l owi ng hi s f at her 39。s f oot steps many year s lat er , Si r Mal colm 39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a worl d r ecor d. Li ke his f at her, he was dri ving a car cal led Bl uebi rd. Leson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li t le boys who pl ay t r uant fr om school ar e uni magi nati ve. A qui et day39。s f ishi ng, or ei ght hours i n a ci nem a seeing t he sam e fil m over and over again, is usual l y as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whi l e pl ayi ng t ruant , tr avel ed 1600 mil es. He hi t ch hiked t o Dover and, towar ds eveni ng, went i nt o a boat o f i nd somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next m or ning, he di scovered t hat t he boat had, i n t he m eanti me, tr avel ed t o Calais. No one noti ced t he boy as he crept off . From there, he hit ch hiked to Par is i n a l or r y. The dr iver gave hi m a f ew bi scuit s and a cup of cof fee and lef t hi m j ust outsi de the cit y. The next car t he boy st opped did not t ake hi m i nto t he Ge of f r ey loves. He pr epared t he speech caref uly and went t o t he wedding wit h J enny. He had included a lar ge number of unny stor ies in t he speech and, of course, it was a gr eat sucess. As son as he had f inished, J enny t old him she want ed t o go home. Geof fr ey was a lit t le disappoint ed by this but he did as his daught er asked. On t he way hom e, he asked J enny if she had enjoyed t he speech. To his sur pr ise, she said she hadn39。t . Geof rey asked her why t his was so and she told him t hat she did not like t o see so m any people laughing at him ! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海 峽隧道 I n l858, a Fr ench engineer, Aim e Thome de Gamond, ar r ived in England wit h a plan f or a t went yone mile t unnel acr oss t he English Channel. He said t hat it would be possible t o build a plat f or m in t he cent re of t he Channel. This plat for m would ser ve as a por t and a r ailway st ation. The t unnel would be well vent ilat ed if t al chim neys wer e built above sealevel. In 1860,