【正文】 thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenly crosses t he r oad in f ront of you. As soon as I t ap on the window, I want the car to be stopped immediately.39。 I cont inued driving and aft er some t ime, t he exami ner tapped l oudly. Though the sound coul d be hear d cl earl y, it took me a long t ime to r eact. I suddenl y pr essed the brake pedal hard and we were both thrown for war d. The exami ner looked at me sadly. 39。Mr Eames,39。 he said, i n a mour nf ul voi ce,39。 you have just kil led that chi ld !39。 l esson70 Red for danger 危險的紅色 Duri ng a bull fight, a dr unk suddenly wandered into t he mi ddle of the ring. The cr owd began to shout, but the drunk was unawar e of the danger . The bull was busy wi th the matador at the ti me, but it suddenly caught sight of the dr unk who was shouting rude remar ks and waving a red cap. Appar entl y sensi t ive to cri ti cism, the bull f or got al l about the mat ador and char ged at he drunk. The cr owd suddenly grew quiet. The drunk, however, semed quit e sure of hi mself. When the bull got close t o hi m, he cl umsil y st epped asi de t o let i t pas. The cr owd br oke into cheers and t he drunk bowed. By this ti me, however , t hr e men had e i nt o the ri ng and they qui ckly dr agged the drunk to safety. Even the bull semed to feel sor ry f or him, for it looked on sympatheticaly until the drunk was out of t he way bef or e once mor e turning it s at enti on t o the mat ador. Leson71 A f am ous cl ock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of the f irst things you wi l see is Big Ben, t he f amous clock whi ch can be heard al over the wor ld on the . If the Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down i n 1834, the great clock woul d never have been er ected. Bi g Ben takes i ts name fr om Sir Benjamin Hal who was responsible f or t he making of the clock when t he new Houses of Parl iament wer e being bui lt. I t i s not only of immense si ze, but is extr emely accur at e as wel . Of ficials f rom Gr enwi ch Observatory have the clock checked twi ce a day. On the . you can hear the cl ock when i t i s actual ly stri ki ng because microphones are connected to t he clock t ower . Big Ben has rar ely gone wr ong. Once, however , i t f ai led to give the corr ect time. A pai nt er who had been wor king on t he t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and slowed i t down ! Lesson72 A car call ed Bl uebird “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The great raci ng dr iver , Sir Malcolm Campbel , was the fir st man to dri ve at over 300 miles per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecord in Sept ember 1935 at Bonnevil le Sal t Flats, Ut ah. Bluebir d, the car he was dri vi ng, had been special y buil t for him. I t was over 30 f et i n length and had a 2500 hor sepower engine. Alt hough Campbel reached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour, he had gr eat di fi cult y in contr olli ng t he car because a tyre bur st dur ing the fi rst r un. Aft er his atempt, Campbel was di sapointed to learn that his aver age speed had been 299 miles per hour. However , a f ew days lat er , he was t ol d t hat a mistake had been made. His average speed had been 301 mi les per hour. Si nce that ime, r acing drivers have reached speeds of over 400 mil es an hour. Foll owi ng his father39。s f ootsteps many years later, Sir Malcol m39。s son, Donald, al so set up a wor ld r ecor d. Like his father, he was dr iving a car cal ed Bl uebi rd. Leson73 The record holder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tle boys who pl ay t ruant fr om school ar e unimaginat ive. A qui et day39。s f ishi ng, or eight hours i n a ci nema seei ng t he same fil m over and over again, i s usual y as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put to shame by a boy who, whi le playi ng t ruant , t ravel ed 1600 mi les. He hi tch hiked t o Dover and, towards evening, went i nt o a boat o fi nd somewher e to sleep. When he woke up next morning, he discovered that he boat had, i n the meantime, tr avel led to Calais. No one noticed the boy as he crept off. From t here, he hit chhiked to Par is in a l or ry. The dri ver gave him a few biscuit s and a cup of coff e and l ef t him just out si de t he cit y. The next car the boy stopped di d not take him into t he cent r e of Par is as he hoped it would, but to Per pignan on the Fr ench Spani sh border . Ther e he was pi cked up by a pol iceman and sent back t o England by t he l ocal aut hor it es. He has urely set up a r ecord f or the thousands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng s chool . Leson74 Out of the li mel ight 舞臺之外 An ancient bus stopped by a dr y ri ver bed and a par ty of famous actor s and actr esses got of f. Dresed in dar k gl asses and old clothes, they had t aken special pr ecaut ions so that no one shoul d recogni ze t hem. But as t hey soon discovered, disgui ses can sometimes be t oo perf ect. 39。This is a wonderf ul place f or a pii c, 39。 sai d Gloria Gl eam. 39。 It couldn39。t be bet ter, Glori a, 39。 Bri nksley Mers agreed. 39。No newspaper men, no f il m fans! Why don39。t we e more oft 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 made themselves 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 sher if her e. Do you se t hat noti ce ? I t says No Campingi 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 Slinger and t hi s 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, were unhur t. It was