【正文】 sensi t i ve t o cri ti ci sm , the bull f or got al l about the m at ador and char ged at t he drunk. The cr owd suddenly gr ew quiet. The dr unk, however , seemed quit e sur e of himself . When the bul l got close to hi m, he clumsil y stepped aside t o l et i t pass. The cr owd broke i nt o cheer s and the drunk bowed. By thi s ti me, however, t hr ee men had e i nt o t he ri ng and t hey qui ckl y dr agged the dr unk to safet y. Even t he bul l seemed to feel sor ry f or him, f or it looked on sym pat het ical y until t he drunk was out of t he way befor e once m or e t ur ning i ts at tenti on to t he matador. Leson71 A famous clock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visi t London, one of the f i rst things you wi l se is Bi g Ben, t he famous clock whi ch can be heard al l over the wor ld on the B. . I f the Houses of Par li am ent had hot been burned down i n 1834, the gr eat clock woul d never have been erected. Big Ben takes i ts name f r om Sir Benj amin Hal l who was responsibl e for t he making of the cl ock when t he new Houses of Parl ia ment were bei ng bui lt . It is not only of i mmense si ze, but is ext remely accurate as wel l. Of fi cials f rom Gr enwi ch Obser vat ory have the cl ock checked t wice a day. On t he . C. you can hear t he clock when it i s act ual ly st ri king because micr ophones ar e connected t o t he cl ock tower. Bi g Ben has rar el y gone wrong. Once, however , it f ai led t o give t he cor rect ti me. A paint er who had been worki ng on the t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and slowed it down ! Lesson72 A car call ed Bl uebi rd “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Sir Mal col m Cam pbel l, was the f ir st m an to dr ive at over 300 mi les per hour . He set up a new worl d r ecord in September 1935 at Bonnevi l e Salt Flat s, Ut ah. Bl uebi rd, the car he was dri vi ng, had been special y buil t for him . I t was over 30 f eet i n length and had a 2500 horsepower engi ne. Al though Campbel l reached a speed of over 304 mil es per hour, he had great dif fi cul ty i n cont rol li ng the car because a t yre bur st duri ng the f ir st run. Aft er hi s at empt , Campbel l was di sappoint ed to l ear n t hat his average speed had been 299 mil es per hour . However , a few days lat er , he was told that a mi st ake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 mi les per hour . Si nce that tim e, r aci ng dri ver s have reached speeds of over 400 mi les an hour. Foll owi ng his f ather39。s footsteps many years l at er, Sir Malcolm39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a wor ld r ecor d. Like his f ather, he was dri ving a car cal led Bl uebi rd. Leson73 The recordhol der 紀錄保持者 Lit le boys who pl ay tr uant f rom school ar e unimaginati ve. A quiet day39。s f ishing, or ei ght hours i n a ci nema seeing t he same fi lm over and over again, is usual ly as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put t o shame by a boy who, whi le pl ayi ng tr uant , tr avel ed 1600 mil es. He hi tch hiked to Dover and, t owards eveni ng, went int o a boat t o f ind somewher e t o sl eep. When he woke up next mor ni ng, he di scover ed that the boat had, in the meanti me, t ravel ed to Cal ai s. No one not iced the boy as he crept off . From there, he hit ch hiked to Par is i n a l or r y. The dr iver gave him a f ew bi scuit s and a cup of coff ee and lef t hi m j ust out si de t he ci ty. The next car the boy stopped did not take him int o the centr e of Par is as he hoped it would, but to Per pi gnan on the Fr enchSpanish border. There he was pi cked up by a pol iceman and sent back t o England by t he local author it ies. He has surely set up a r ecor d for t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evading school . Lesson74 O ut of t he l imel ight 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dr y r iver bed and a par ty of f amous act or s and act resses got of f . Dr essed i n dark gl asses and ol d clothes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so that no one should r ecognize t hem. But as they soon discovered, disgui ses can sometim es be too perf e ct . 39。Thi s is a wonderf ul pl ace for a piic, 39。 said Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。 It couldn39。t be bet er , Glor ia,39。 Br inksl ey Meers agr ed. 39。No newspaper men, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。t we e more of ten ?39。 Meanwhi le, two other actor s, Rockwal Sl inger and Mer li n Gr eeves, had car ied t wo l ar ge f ood basket s to a shady spot under some t rees. When they had al made themselves for table, a st ranger appear ed. He l ooked very angry. 39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you!39。 he shout ed: 39。 I39。m sheri f here. Do you see that not ice ? I t sa ys No Campi ng in case you can39。t r ead ! 39。 39。 Look, sheri f , 39。sai d Rockwal l, 39。 don39。t be t oo har d on us. I39。m Rockwal Sli nger and thi s is Merl in Gr eeves.39。 39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 said the sher if f wi th a sneer . 39。Wel l, I 39。m Bri nksl ey Meers, and m y other nam e is Gl ori a Gl eam. Now you get out of her e f ast !39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a li ght pasenger plane f lew of f cour se some ti me ago, i t cr ashed i n the m ount ai ns and i ts pi lot was kil led. The onl y passengers, a young woman and her t wo baby daughter s, wer e unhur t. I t was the mi ddl e of wi nt er. Snow lay t hick on t he ground. The wom an knew that the near est vil lage was mi les away. When it gr ew dark. she t urned a suit case int o a bed and put t he chi ldr en inside it , coveri ng them wit h al t he cl othes she could fi nd. Dur ing t he ni ght, it got ter ri bl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d t o the chil dren and even t ri ed to get i nt o t he case her sel f, but it was t oo sm al l . Ear ly , next mor ning she hear d planes passing over head and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an i dea. She st amped out t he let ers39。 SOS39。 i n the snow. For t unatel y, a pi lot saw the signal and sent a mesage by r adi o