【正文】 r e that I had passed, I was almost begi nni ng to enj oy my t est . The exami ner must have been pleased wi th my perf ormance, f or he smil ed and said, 39。Just one mor e thi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenly cr osses the r oad in f ront of you. As soon as I tap on t he window, I want the car t o be stopped imm edi ately.39。 I continued dr iving and aft er some ti me, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though the sound coul d be hear d clearl y, i t took me a long t ime to r eact. I suddenly presed t he br ake pedal har d and we wer e both t hrown f orwar d. The exami ner l ooked at me sa dl y. 39。Mr Eames,39。 he sai d, i n a m our nful voice, 39。 you have j ust kil led t hat chil d !39。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed int o the m iddle of t he ri ng. The cr owd began t o shout , but the dr unk was unawar e of the dange r . The bull was busy wi th t he matador at t he ti me, but i t suddenl y caught si ght of t he dr unk who was shout ing r ude remar ks and wavi ng a red cap. Appar ent ly sensi ti ve to cr it icism, t he bul l f ot al about t he matador and charged at the drunk. The crowd suddenl y grew qui et . The drunk, however, semed qui te sure of him sel f. When t he bull got cl ose t o him , he cl um si ly st epped asi de to let it pas. The cr owd br oke i nt o cheer s and the dr unk bowed. By t hi s ti me, however, t hree men had e i nt o t he ri ng and they qui ckly dr agged the dr unk to safet y. Even t he bul l seemed to feel sor ry f or him, f or it looked on sym pat het ical y unti l t he drunk was out of the way befor e once m ore t urning i ts at tenti on to t he matador. Lesson71 A famous clock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visi t London, one of t he fi rst things you wi l se is Bi g Ben, the f am ous clock whi ch can be heard al l over t he worl d on the B. . I f the Houses of Par li am ent had hot been burned down i n 1834, t he gr eat clock woul d never have been erected. Big Ben takes its name fr om Si r Benj am in Hal l who was r esponsi bl e f or t he making of t he cl ock when the new Houses of Par liam ent were bei ng bui lt . It i s not only of i mmense si ze, but is extr emely accur ate as wel . Of fi ci als f rom Greenwich Observator y have the clock checked twi ce a day. On the B. . you can hear t he cl ock when it i s act ual ly str iki ng because micr ophones ar e connected t o the clock t ower. Bi g Ben has rarel y gone wr ong. Once, however , i t fai led to give the cor rect time. A pai nt er 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(lán)鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Sir Mal col m Cam pbel , was the f ir st m an to dr ive at over 300 mi les per hour . He set up a new worl d record i n September 1935 at Bonnevi l e Salt Flats, Ut ah. Bl uebir d, the car he was dr ivi ng, had been special y buil t f or him. I t was over 30 f et in length and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Al though Cam pbel l r eached a speed of over 304 mil es per hour, he had great di f icult y i n cont rol ling the car be cause a t yre bur st duri ng the f ir st r un. Af t er hi s at tempt , Cam pbel l was di sappointed t o l ear n that his aver age speed had been 299 m iles per hour . However , a few days l at er, he was tol d that a mi st ake had been made. Hi s 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 foot st eps m any years l ater, Si r Malcolm 39。s son, Donald, also set up a wor ld record. Like hi s father , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit le boys who pl ay tr uant f rom school ar e unimaginati ve. A qui et day39。s f ishing, or ei ght hours i n a ci nema seeing t he same fi lm over and over again, is usual ly as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put t o shame by a boy who, whi le pl ayi ng tr uant , tr avel ed 1600 mil es. He hi tch hiked to Dover and, t owards eveni ng, went int o a boat t o f ind somewher e t o sl eep. When he woke up next mor ni ng, he di scover ed that the boat had, in the meanti me, t ravel ed to Cal ai s. No one not iced the 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 him a f ew bi scuit s and a cup of coff ee and lef t hi m j ust outside t he cit y. The next car the boy stopped did not take hi m i nto t he centr e of Pari s as he hoped it woul d, but to Per pignan on the Fr enchSpanish border . Ther e he was pi cked up by a policeman and sent back to Engl and by t he local aut hor it ies. He has surel y set up a r ecor d f or t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school. Leson74 Out of the l imel ight 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus stopped by a dry r iver bed and a par ty of f amous act ors and act r esses got off . Dressed i n dark gl ases and ol d clot hes, they had taken special precaut ions so that no one should r ecognize t hem . But as t hey soon discover ed, disguises can someti mes be too perf ect. 39。Thi s is a wonder ful place for a pi i c, 39。 said Glor ia Gl eam . 39。 I t couldn39。t be bet er , Gl or ia, 39。 Br inksley Mer s agr eed. 39。No newspaper m en, no f il m f ans! Why don39。t we e more of ten ?39。 Meanwhi le, two other act ors, Rockwal l Sl inger and Merl in Gr eeves, had car ri ed two l arge f ood basket s to a shady spot under some tr es. When they had al made t hemselves for table, a str anger appeared. He looked ver y angry. 39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you!39。 he shouted: 39。 I39。m sher if f here. Do you se that not ice ? I t says No Camping i n case you can39。t read ! 39。 39。 Look, sher if f , 39。said Rockwal l, 39。 don39。t be too har d on us. I 39。m Rockwal l Slinger and this i s Mer li n Gr eves. 39。 39。 Oh, is it ?39。 said t he sher if f wit h a