【正文】 ut it suddenly caught sight of t he dr unk who was shout ing r ude r em ar ks and waving a r ed cap. Appar ently sensit ive t o cr it icism, t he bul f or got al about t he m at ador and char ged at he dr unk. The cr owd suddenly gr ew quiet . The dr unk, however , seem ed quit e sur e of him self . When t he bul got close t o him , he clum sily st epped aside t o let it pass. The cr owd br oke int o cheers and t he dr unk bowed. By t his t im e, however, t hree m en had e int o t he r ing and t hey quickly dr agged t he dr unk t o saf et y. Even t he bul seem ed t o f eel sor r y f or him , f or it looked on sym pat heticaly unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way bef or e once m or e t ur ni g it s at t ent ion t o t he m at ador . Lesson71 A f am ous clock 一個(gè)著 名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of t he fir st t hings you wil see is Big Ben, t he f am ous clock which can be hear d al over t he wor ld on t he B. B. C. If t he Houses of Parliam ent had hot been bur ned down in 1834, t he gr eat clock would never have been er ect ed. Big Ben t akes it s nam e f r om Sir Benjam in Hal who was r esponsible f or t he m aking of t he clock when t he new Houses of Parliam ent wer e being built . I t is not only of im m ense size, but is ext rem ely accur at e as well. Of f icials f r om Gr eenwich Obser vat ory have t he clock checked t wice a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he clock when it is act ualy st riking because micr ophones ar e connec t ed t o t he clock t ower . Big Ben has r ar ely gone wr ong. Once, however, it f ailed t o give t he cor rect im e. A paint er who had been wor king on t he t ower hung a pot of paint on one of t he hands and slowed it down ! Lesson72 A car called Bluebir d “ 藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The gr eat r acing dr iver , Sir M alcolm Campbell, was t he f ir st m an t o dr ive at over 300 miles per hour . He set up a new wor ld r ecor d in Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevile Salt Flat s, Ut ah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dr iving, had been specialy built f or him . I t was over 30 f eet in lengt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 miles per hour , he had gr eat dif f icult y in cont r oling t he car because a t yr e bur st dur ing t he f ir st r un. Af t er his at t em pt, Cam pbell was disappoint ed t o lear n t hat his aver age speed had been 299 m iles per hour. However, a f ew days lat er , he was t old t hat a m ist ake had been m ade. His aver age speed had been 301 m iles per hour . Since t hat im e, r acing dr ivers have r eached speeds of over 400 miles an hour . Folowing his f at her39。s f oot steps m any ear s lat er , Sir M alcolm 39。s son, Donald, also set up a wor ld r ecor d. Like his f at her, he was dr iving a car caled Bluebir d. Lesson73 The r ecord holder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit t le boys who play t r uant f r om school ar e unim aginat ive. A quiet day39。s f ishing, or eight hour s in a cinem a seeing t he sam e f ilm over and over again, is usualy as f ar as t hey get. They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, while p laying t r uant, t r avelled 1600 m iles. He hit ch hiked t o Dover and, t owar ds evening, went int o a boat o f ind som ewher e t o sleep. When he woke up next m or ning, he discover ed t hat he boat had, in t he m eant im e, t raveled t o Calais. No one not iced t he boy as he cr ept of . Fr om t her e, he hit chhiked t o Paris in a lor r y. The dr iver gave him a f ew biscuit s and a cup of cof fee and lef t him just out side t he cit y. The nex t car t he boy st opped did not t ake him int o t he centr e of Par is as he hoped it would, but t o Per pignan on t he Fr ench Spanish bor der. Ther e he was picked up by a policem an and sent back t o England by t he local aut hor it ies. He has sur ely set up a r ecor d f or t he t housands of boys who dr eam of evading school. Lesson74 Out of t he lim elight 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 act ors and actr esses got of f. Dr essed in dar k glasses and old clot hes, t hey had t aken special pr ecaut ions o t hat no one should r ecognize t hem. But as t hey soon discover ed, disguises can sometim es be t oo per f ect . 39。This is a wonder f ul place f or a piic, 39。 said Glor ia Gleam . 39。 I t couldn39。t be bet t er , Glor ia, 39。 Br inksley M eer s agr eed. 39。No newspaper m en, no f ilm f ans! Why don39。t we e m or e of t en ?39。 M eanwhile, t wo ot her act or s, Rockwal Sl inger and M erlin Gr eeves, had c ar ried t wo lar ge f ood basket s t o a shady spot under som e t r ees. When t hey had al m ade t hem selves f or t able, a st ranger 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 sherif f her e. Do you see t hat notice ? I t says No Cam pingin case you can39。t r ead ! 39。 39。 Look, sherif f , 39。said Rockwal, 39。 don39。t be t oo har d on us. I 39。m Rockwal Slinger and t his is M er lin Gr eeves. 39。 Oh, is it ?39。 said t he sher if f wit h a sneer . 39。Well, I 39。m Br inksley M eer s, and m y ot her nam e is Glor ia G leam . Now you get out of her e f ast ! 39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信號(hào) When a light passenger plane f lew of f cour se som e t im e ago, it cr ashed in t he m ount ains and it s pilot was kil led. The only passenger s, a young wom an and her t wo baby daught er s, wer e unhurt . I t was t he m iddle of wint er . Snow lay t hick on t he gr ound. The wom an knew t hat he near est vilage was m iles away. When it gr ew dar k. she t ur ned a suit case int o a bed and put t he childr en inside it , cover ing t hem wit h al t he clot hes she could f ind. Dur ing t he night , it got t er ribly cold. The wom an kept as near as she could t o t he childr en and even t ried t o get int o t he case her self , but it was t oo sm al. Ear ly , next m or ni g she hear d planes passing over head