【正文】 t i ve t o cr i t i ci sm, the bull f ot al l about the m at ador and char ged at t he drunk. The cr owd suddenly gr ew quiet . The dr unk, however , seemed quit e sur e of himself . When t he bul l got close to hi m, he clumsil y stepped asi de to l et i t pass. The cr owd broke i nt o cheer s and the drunk bowed. By t hi s ti me, however, t hree men had e i nt o t he ri ng and t hey qui ckl y 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 t he way befor e once m or e t urning i ts at tenti on to t he matador. Leson71 A famous clock 一個(gè)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, t he famous clock whi ch can be heard al l over the wor l d on the B. . I f the Houses of Par li ament had hot been burned down i n 1834, the gr eat clock woul d never have been erected. Big Ben takes i ts name f r om Si r Benj amin Hal l who was r esponsi bl e f or t he making of the cl ock when the new Houses of Parl iament were bei ng bui lt . It is not only of i mmense si ze, but is extr emely accur ate as we l . Of i ci al s f rom Gr eenwi ch Obser vat ory have the cl ock checked t wice a day. On t he . C. you can hear the clock when i t i s act ual ly st ri king because mi cr ophones are connected t o t he cl ock tower. Bi g Ben has rar el y gone wr ong. Once, however , it f ai led t o give t he cor rect ti me. A paint er who had been wor ki ng on the t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and slowed i t down ! Lesson72 A car cal led Bl uebi rd “藍(lán)鳥(niǎo)”汽車(chē) The great 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 m iles per hour . He set up a new worl d r ecord in September 1935 at Bonnevil 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 r ol li ng the car because a tyre bur st dur ing t he fi rst run. Aft er hi s at em pt, Campbel l was disappoint ed to l ear n t hat 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 m istake had been made. His average speed had been 301 mil es per hour. Since t hat ti me, racing dr ivers have r eached 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 Malcolm 39。s son, Donald, also set up a worl d r ecord. Li ke hi s fat her , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record holder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play t ruant f r om school are unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a cinema sei ng the same f il m over and over agai n, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al l been put to shame by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, t ravel led 1600 mi les. He hit ch hiked t o Dover and, towar ds evening, went i nto a boat to f ind somewhere to sleep. When he woke up next m or ning, he discovered t hat t he boat had, i n the m eant ime, tr avel led t o Calais. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tchhiked t o Pari s in a lorr y. The dri ver gave hi m a few biscui ts and a cup of cof f e and l ef t him just out si de the ci ty. The next car t he boy st opped di d not take him into the cent r e of Par is as he hoped i t would, but t o Perpi gnan on t he Fr ench Spani sh border. 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 ecor d for t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evading school . Lesson74 O ut of t he li mel ight 舞臺(tái)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 gl asses 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。Thi s 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 f ans! 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 Camping in case you can39。t r ead ! 39。 39。 Look, sheri f , 39。sai d Rockwal l, 39。 don39。t be t oo har d on us. I39。m Rockwal Sli nger and thi s is Merl in Gr eeves.39。 39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 said the sher if f wi th a sneer . 39。Wel l, I 39。m Bri nksl ey Meers, and m y other nam e is Gl ori a Gl eam. Now you get out of her e f ast !39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信號(hào) When a li ght pasenger plane f lew of f cour se some 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 t r 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 pl anes passi ng over head and wondered how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an idea. She stam ped out the l eter s39。 SOS39。 in the snow. For tunately, a pil ot saw t he si gnal and sent a m essage by r adi o