【正文】 ul l got close t o hi m, he clumsi ly stepped as ide to let it pas. The crowd br oke int o cheers and the dr unk bowed. By this t ime, however , three men had e into the r ing and they quickl y dr agged t he drunk to saf et y. Even the bul l seemed to f el sorr y for hi m, f or it l ooked on sympat heti cal y unti l t he drunk was out of the way bef ore once mor e turning it s at tent ion to the matador. Lesson71 A famous clock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of t he f ir st things you wil se i s Bi g Ben, the f amous cl ock which can be hear d al l over the world on the . C. I f t he Houses of Par liament had hot been burned down in 1834, t he great clock would never have been erect ed. Bi g Ben t akes i ts name f rom Sir Benj ami n Hal who was r esponsi bl e for t he m aking of t he clock when the new Houses of Par li ament were bei ng built . I t i s not onl y of imm ense size, but is ext rem el y acur at e as wel l. Of icials fr om Greenwi ch Observat ory have the cl ock checke d t wi ce aday. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he cl ock when it is act ual y st ri ki ng because m icrophones are connected to t he clock t ower. Big Ben has rarely gone wr ong. Once, however, it f ail ed t o gi ve t he corr ect ime. 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 sl owed it down ! Leson72 A car call ed Bl uebi rd “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver, Sir Malcolm Cam pbel l, was t he f ir st m an t o dr ive at over 300 mil es per hour . He set up a new worl d recor d i n Septem ber 1935 at Bonnevi l e Salt Fl at s, Ut ah. Bl uebi r d, the car he was dr iving, had been special l y built f or him. It was over 30 feet i n l ength a nd had a 2500 horse power engi ne. Alt hough Cam pbel l reached a speed of over 304 mil es per hour , he had great dif fi cult y in contr ol ling the car because a tyre bur st dur ing the fi rst r un. After hi s at tempt , Campbel was disappoi nt ed t o lear n that his average speed had been 299 mi les per hour. However , a f ew days l at er , he was t ol d that a mistake had been made. His aver age speed had been 301 miles per hour. Since t hat time, raci ng dri ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 mil es an hour. Fol lowing hi s f at her39。s foot st eps many years l at er , Sir Malcolm39。s son, Donal d, also set up a world r ecord. Li ke his f at her, he was driving a car cal led Bl uebir d. Lesson73 The recordhol der 紀錄保持者 Li tl e boys who play tr uant f rom school ar e uni maginat ive. A quiet day39。s f ishi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nema seing the same fi lm over and over again, is usual ly as f ar as they get. They have al l been put t o shame by a boy who, whil e playing tr uant, travel led 1600 miles. He hitch hiked to Dover and, t owards eveni ng, went into a boat to f ind somewhere to sleep. When he woke up next mor ni ng, he discover ed t hat the boat had, i n the meant ime, t ravel led t o Cal ai s. No one not iced t he boy as he cr ept of f. From there, he hitchhiked t o Par is in a lor ry. The dr iver gave him a f ew bi scuits and a cup of cof fee and left him just out side the city. The next car the boy st opped did not take him i nto the centr e of Par is as he hoped it would, but to Per pi gnan on t he Fr ench Spani sh bor der . Ther e he was pi cked up by a pol iceman and sent back t o England by the local aut hori ti es. He has sur ely set up a r ecord for the thousands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school . Lesson74 Out of the lim el ight 舞臺之外 An ancient bus stopped by a dr y river bed and a par ty of f amous actors and actresses got of f. Dresed i n dar k gl asses and old clothes, t hey had t aken special pr ecauti ons so that no one shoul d recogni ze t hem. But as t hey soon di scovered, disguis es can somet imes be t oo per fect. 39。This is a wonderful place for api ic,39。 said Gl or ia Gl eam. 39。 It couldn39。t be bet ter, Glori a,39。 Bri nksley Mers agr ed. 39。No newspaper men, no f ilm fans! Why don39。t we e more of t en ?39。 Meanwhile, two other act or s, Rockwal l Sli nger and Merli n Greeves, had car ried two l ar ge f ood basket s t o a shady spot under some t rees. When they had al l m ade themsel ves f or tabl e, a stranger appeared. He looked ver y angry. 39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you! 39。 he shout ed: 39。 I 39。m sheri f her e. Do you se t hat noti ce ? I t says No Camping i n case you can39。t r ead ! 39。 39。 Look, sherif f, 39。sai d Rockwal ,39。 don39。t be t oo hard on us. I39。m Rockwal Sli nger and this is Merl in Greeves. 39。 39。Oh, is it ?39。 sai d the sher if f wi th a sneer . 39。Wel, I 39。m Bri nksley Mers, and my other name i s Gl or ia Gl eam. Now you get out of her e fast ! 39。 leson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a li ght pasenger plane f lew off course some ti me ago, i t crashed in the mountains and i ts pi lot was kil ed. The onl y pa ssengers, a young woman and her t wo baby daughters, wer e unhur t. It was t he mi ddle of winter. Snow lay thick on t he ground. The woman knew that the nearest vil age was mi les away. When it gr ew dark. she turned a suitcase int o a bed and put the chi l dr en insi de i t, cover ing them with al the clothes she could f ind. Duri ng t he night, it got ter ibly col d. The woman kept as near as she could t o the chil dr en and even tri ed t o get into the case hersel f, but it was t oo smal. Ear ly , next morning she heard pl anes passing over head and wondered how she coul d send a signal . Then she had an i dea. She stamped out t he l et ters39。 SOS39。 in t he snow. For tunately, a pi lot saw the si gnal and sent a mesage by radi o to the nearest town. I t was not long befor e a helicopt er ar ived on the scene to r escue t he sur vi vor s of the plane crash. Leson76 April Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。To end our special news bulleti n, 39。 said the voi ce of the t el evision announcer ,39。 we are t aking you t o the macar oni fi el ds of Cal abri a. Macaroni