【正文】 as alm ost beginni ng t o enj oy my t est. The exam i ner m ust have been pleased wi th my per formance, f or he smi led and sai d, 39。Just one m ore t hi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenly crosses t he r oad i n f r ont of you. As oon as I t ap on t he wi ndow, I want the car to be st opped imm ediately.39。 I cont inued dri vi ng and aft er som e t ime, t he exami ner tapped loudl y. Though t he sound could be hear d cl earl y, it t ook me a long t ime t o react. I suddenl y pr essed t he brake pedal hard and we were both t hr own f or war d. The exami ner looked at me sadly. 39。Mr Eames,39。 he said, in a m our nf ul voi ce,39。 you have j ust kil led that chi ld !39。 leson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bul fi ght, a drunk suddenl y wander ed i nt o t he mi ddl e of t he ri ng. The crowd began t o shout , but t he dr unk was unaware of the danger. The bul was busy wit h the m at ador at the tim e, but it suddenly caught si ght of t he dr unk who was shout ing rude r em ar ks and waving a red cap. Appar entl y sensit ve t o cr it icism, t he bul l fot al about t he matador and char ged at t he drunk. The crowd suddenly grew qui et . The dr unk, however, sem ed qui te sur e of himsel f. When t he bull got cl ose t o him, he cl umsil y st epped asi de t o l et i t pas. The cr owd br oke into cheers and t he drunk bowed. By this tim e, however , t hr ee m en had e i nt o the ri ng and they quickl y dr agged t he dr unk to saf et y. Even t he bul l seemed to f el sorr y for him, f or it l ooked on sympat heti cal y unti l t he dr unk was out of the way before once more t ur ni ng it s at tent ion to t he matador. Lesson71 A famous clock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you vi sit London, one of t he f ir st thi ngs you wil se i s Bi g Ben, t he fam ous cl ock which can be hear d al l over t he worl d on t he B. B. C. I f t he Houses of Par li ament had hot been burned down in 1834, t he gr eat clock would never have been erect ed. Bi g Ben t akes i ts nam e f rom Sir Benj ami n Hal who was r esponsi bl e for the 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 Obser vat ory have the cl ock checked t wi ce aday. On t he B. B. C. you can hear the cl ock when it i s act ual y st ri ki ng because m icrophones are connected to t he clock t ower. Big Ben has rarel y 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(lán)鳥(niǎo)”汽車 The gr eat raci ng dri ver, Sir Malcolm Cam pbel, was t he f ir st man t o dri ve at over 300 mi les per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecor d in Sept ember 1935 at Bonnevil e Salt Flats, Ut ah. Bl uebir d, the car he was dr i vi ng, had been special y buil t f or him. It was over 30 feet i n l ength and had a 2500 horse power engi ne. Alt hough Cam pbel l reached a speed of over 304 m il es per hour, he had great dif fi cult y i n contr ol i ng t he car because a t yr e bur st dur ing the fir st r un. Af ter hi s at em pt, Cam pbel was disappoi nt ed t o lear n that his average speed had bee n 299 mi les per hour. However, a f ew days l at er, he was t ol d that a mistake had been m ade. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 m il es per hour. Since t hat tim e, 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 m any years l at er , Sir Malcolm39。s son, Donal d, also set up a worl d recor d. Li ke hi s f at her, he was dri vi ng a car cal led Bluebir d. Lesson73 The recordhol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li tl e boys who play tr uant f rom school are unim agi nati ve. A quiet day39。s fi shing, or ei ght hour s in a cinema seei ng t he same fi lm over and over agai n, is usual ly as far as t hey get. They have al l been put t o sham e by a boy who, whil e pl ayi ng tr uant, tr avel led 1600 m il es. He hit ch hi ked t o Dover and, towar ds evening, went i nt o a boat t o f ind somewher e t o sl ep. When he woke up next m or ning, he di scovered that t he boat had, i n the m eant ime, t ravel ed t o Cal ai s. No one not iced t he boy as he cr ept of f. From t here, he hit chhiked t o 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 j ust out si de t he cit y. The next car t he boy st opped did not t ake him i nt o t he cent re of Pari s as he hoped i t would, but t o 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 Engl and by t he l ocal aut hor it es. He has surely set up a recor d f or t he t housands of boys who dream of evading school. Lesson74 O ut of t he l imeli ght 舞臺(tái)之外 An ancient bus stopped by a dr y r iver bed and a part y of f am ous actors and actr esses got of f. Dresed i n dar k gl asses and old clothes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecaut ions so that no one should r ecognize them. But as they soon discover ed, di sgui ses can some tim es be too per fect. 39。Thi s i s a wonder ful pl ace for a pi ic,39。 said Gl or ia Gleam. 39。 I t couldn39。t be bet er , Gl ori a,39。 Bri nksl ey Mers agr eed. 39。No newspaper m en, no f ilm f ans! Why don39。t we e more oft en ?39。 Meanwhil e, t wo other act or s, Rockwal l Sl inger and Merl in Gr eves, had car ri ed t wo large food basket s to a shady spot under som e tr es. When t hey had al made t hemsel ves f ort abl e, a str anger appear ed. He l ooked very angr y. 39。Now you gut out of here, al of you!39。 he shouted: 39。 I39。m sher if f here. Do you see that not ice ? It says No Cam pi ng in case you can39。t r ead !39。 39。 Look, sheri f , 39。said Rockwal l,39。 don39。t be too har d on us. I39。m Rockwal l Sl inger and t his i s Mer li n Gr eeves.39。 39。 Oh, i s i t ?39。 said t he sheri f wit h a sneer. 39。Wel , I