【正文】 e matador and charge d at the drunk. The cr owd suddenly grew qui et . The dr unk, however, semed quit e sure of himsel f. When t he bul l got cl ose t o him , he cl umsi ly st epped aside to let it pas. The crowd br oke into cheers and t he dr unk bowed. By this t im e, however , thr e m en had e into the r ing and they quickly dragged t he drunk t o saf ety. Even the bull semed t o f el sorr y for hi m, for i t l ooked on sympatheti cal ly unt il the dr unk was out of the way bef ore once mor e tur ni ng it s at ent ion t o the m at ador . Lesson71 A f am ous cl ock 一個著 名的大鐘 When you vi sit London, one of the f ir st t hi ngs you wil l see i s Big Ben, the f amous cl ock which can be hear d al over the wor ld on t he . C. If t he Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down in 1834, the great cl ock would never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes it s name f rom Sir Benjami n Hal who was r esponsible f or the maki ng of the clock when the new Houses of Par li ament wer e being buil t. I t is not onl y of immense size, but i s ext remel y acurat e as wel l. Of f icials f r om Gr eenwi ch Obser vat ory have t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he . C. you can hear the clock when i t is actualy st ri king because mi cr ophones are connec t ed to t he cl ock tower . Bi g Ben has r ar el y gone wrong. Once, however , it f ai led t o give t he cor rect ti me. A painter who had been worki ng on the t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and slowed it down ! Lesson72 A car call ed Bl uebi rd “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Sir Mal col m Cam pbel l, was the f ir st m an to dr ive at over 300 mi les per hour . He set up a new worl d r ecord in September 1935 at Bonnevi l e Salt Flat s, Ut ah. Bl uebi rd, the car he was dri vi ng, had been special y buil t for him. I t was over 30 f eet i n length and had a 2500 horsepower engi ne. Al though Campbel l reached a speed of over 304 mil es per hour, he had great dif fi cul ty i n cont rol li ng the car because a t yre bur st duri ng the f ir st run. Aft er hi s at em pt , Campbel l was di sappoint ed to l ear n that his average speed had been 299 m il es per hour . However , a f ew days l ater, he was t ol d t hat a mi stake 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 mil es an hour . Fol lowi ng hi s fat her 39。s f oot st eps many year s later , Si r Malcolm39。s son, Donald, also set up a wor l d r ecor d. Li ke his f ather, he was dri ving a car cal led Bl uebi rd. Leson73 The recordholder 紀錄保持者 Li t le boys who pl ay tr uant fr om school ar e uni maginati ve. A qui et day39。s f ishing, or ei ght hours i n a cinema seeing t he same f il m over and over agai n, is usual ly as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put to shame by a boy who, whi le pl ayi ng tr uant , t ravel ed 1600 m il es. He hi tch hi ked to Dover and, t owar ds eveni ng, went into a boat t o fi nd som ewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next morni ng, he discover ed that the boat had, in t he meant im e, t raveled t o Calai s. No one not iced the boy as he crept off . Fr om t here, he hi tch hi ked to Par is i n a lor ry. The dri ver gave him a f ew biscuit s and a cup of coff ee and left hi m j ust outside t he ci ty. The next car the boy stopped did not take him i nt o t he centr e of Par i s as he hoped it woul d, but to Per pi gnan on the Fr enchSpanish border. There he was pi cked up by a pol iceman and sent back to England by t he local author it ies. He has surely set up a r ecor d for t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evading school . Lesson74 Out of t he l i m el i 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 them. But as they soon di scovered, disgui ses can som et im es be t oo perf ect . 39。This is a wonderf ul pl ace f or a piic,39。 said Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。 It couldn39。t be bet ter , Glor ia,39。 Br inksl ey Meers agr ed. 39。No newspaper men, no fi lm fans! Why don39。t we e m ore of ten ?39。 Meanwhi le, two ot her actor s, Rockwal Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eeves, had car ied t wo l ar ge food basket s to a shady spot under some t rees. When they had al l made themsel ves f ort abl e, a st ranger appear ed. He looked ver y angr y. 39。Now you gut out of here, al of you! 39。 he shouted: 39。 I 39。m sher if f her e. Do you see t hat noti ce ? It says No Cam ping in case you can39。t r ead !39。 39。 Look, sher if f, 39。said Rockwal ,39。 don39。t be too hard on us. I39。m Rockwal Sl inger and t his i s Merl in Greeves. 39。 39。 Oh, is i t ?39。 sai d t he sheri f wi th a sneer. 39。Wel , I39。m Br inksley Meer s, and my ot her name i s Glor ia Gl eam. Now you get out of here f ast ! 39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a li ght pasenger plane f lew of f cour se som e ti me ago, i t cr ashed i n the m ount ai ns and i ts pi lot was kil led. The onl y pasenger s, a young woman and her t wo baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. I t was the mi ddl e of wi nt er. Snow lay t hick on t he ground. The wom an knew that the near est vil lage was mi les away. When it gr ew dark. she t urned a suit case int o a bed and put t he chi ldr en inside it , coveri ng them wit h al t he cl othes she could fi nd. Dur ing t he ni ght, it got ter ri bl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d t o the chil dren and even tr ied to get i nt o t he case her sel f, but it was t oo sm al l. Earl y , next mor ni ng she heard planes passi ng over head and wondered how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an idea. She stamped out the l eter s39。 SOS39。 in the snow. For tunately, a pil ot saw the signal and sent a mesage by radio t o t he near es t town. It was not long befor e a heli cop