【正文】 cl ose to him, he cl umsil y stepped aside to l et it pass. The cr owd broke into cheer s and the drunk bowed. By thi s t ime, however, three men had e into t he r ing and they quickl y dragged t he dr unk to saf et y. Even t he bul l seemed to f el sorr y for hi m, f or i t l ooked on sympat heti cal y unti l t he dr unk was out of the way before once more turning i ts 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 l se i s Bi g Ben, the famous cl ock which can be hear d al l over the worl d on t he . C. I f t he Houses of Par li ament had hot been burned down in 1834, t he great clock would never have been erect ed. Big Ben t akes its name f rom Sir Benj ami n Hal l who was r esponsi bl e for the making of t he clock when the new Houses of Par li ament were bei ng built . I t is not onl y of immense size, but is ext remel y accur at e as wel. Of icials fr om Greenwi ch Observatory have the cl ock checked twi ce a day. On the B. . you can hear the cl ock when it is actual ly st ri ki ng because microphones are connec ted to t he clock t ower. Big Ben has rarely gone wr ong. Once, however, it f ai led to give the corr ect time. A paint er who had been wor ki ng on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and sl owed it down ! Leson72 A car cal led Bluebi rd “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The great r aci ng dr iver , Si r Mal colm Campbel , was the fi rst man to dri ve at over 300 m il es per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecord i n Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil le Sal t Fl ats, Ut ah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dri vi ng, had been speci al y buil t for him. I t was over 30 f et i n lengt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Campbel r eached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour, he had gr eat di fi cult y in cont rolli ng t he car because a tyre burst duri ng t he fi rst r un. Aft er his at tem pt, Campbel was di sappointed to l earn t hat hi s aver age speed had been 299 m il es per hour. However , a f ew days lat er, he was told t hat a mi st ake had been m ade. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 mil es per hour . Si nce that tim e, r acing dr iver s have reached speeds of over 400 mi les an hour . Foll owi ng hi s father 39。s f ootst eps many year s l at er , Si r Mal colm39。s son, Donald, also set up a worl d recor d. Like hi s fat her , he was dri vi ng a car cal led Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record holder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li t le boys who pl ay tr uant f r om school are unim agi nati ve. A qui et day39。s fi shing, or ei ght hours i n a cinema seei ng t he same f il m over and over agai n, i s usual y as far as t hey get . They have al been put to shame by a boy who, whi le playi ng t ruant, tr avel ed 1600 mi les. He hi tch hiked t o Dover and, towards evening, went i nt o a boat o find somewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next morning, he di scovered that t he boat had, i n the meantime, travel led to Cal ai s. No one noticed t he boy as he cr ept of f. From t here, he hit chhiked to Par is in a l or ry. The driver gave him a few biscuit s and a cup of coffee and l ef t him just out si de t he city. The next car the boy stopped di d not take him into the centr 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 school . 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 actors and actr esses got of f. Dresed in dar k gl asses and old clothes, they had t ake n special pr ecaut ions so that no one shoul d r ecogni ze them. But as they soon discover ed, di sgui ses can sometimes be too perf ect. 39。This i s a wonderf ul place f or a pii c, 39。 sai d Glori a Gl eam. 39。 It couldn39。t be beter, Glori a, 39。 Br inksley Meer s agreed. 39。No newspaper men, no fil m f ans! Why don39。t we e more oft en ?39。 Meanwhil e, two other act or s, Rockwal l Sl inger and Merl in Greeves, had car ri ed t wo large food basket s to a shady spot under some t rees. When t hey had al made themselves f ortable, a str anger appeared. He l ooked ver y angry. 39。Now you gut out of here, al of you! 39。 he shout ed: 39。 I 39。m sher if here. Do you see that not ice ? I t says No Camping in case you can39。t read ! 39。 39。 Look, sheri f , 39。said Rockwal l,39。 don39。t be too hard on us. I39。m Rockwal l Sli nger and this is Merl in Gr eves.39。 39。 Oh, is i t ?39。 said the sherif f with a sneer. 39。Wel , I 39。m Br inksley Meer s, and my other name is Glori a Gl eam. Now you get out of here fast ! 39。 leson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a li ght passenger plane flew off cour se some t ime ago, i t cr ashed in t he mount ai ns and i ts pilot was kil led. The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. It was t he mi ddle of wi nt er . Snow lay thick on the gr ound. The woman knew that he near est vil lage was mil es away. When it grew dar k. she t ur ned a suit case i nto a bed and put t he children inside it, covering them wit h al l t he clothes he coul d fi nd. Dur ing the ni ght, i t got t er ribl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d to the chi ldren and even tr ied to get into t he case her self , but i t was too smal . Earl y ,next mor ni ng she hear d pl anes pasing overhead and wondered how she could send a si gnal. Then she had an idea. She st amped out the leters39。 SOS39。 i n the snow. Fort unat el y, a pilot saw t he signal and sent a message by radio to t he near est own. It was not l ong bef or e a heli copter ar ived on t he scene t o rescue the survivor s of t he plane crash. Lesson76 Apri l Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。To end our special news bull et in,39。 said t he voice of the televi si on announcer ,39。 we ar e taki ng you to the macaroni f ields of Calabr ia. Macar oni has been gr own i n this area fo