【正文】 opened ali ve. Lesson68 Persistent 糾纏不休 I crossed t he str et to avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came r unning towar ds me. I t was no use pr et ending that I had not sen him, so I waved to him. I never enj oy meet ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anything to do. No mat er how busy you ar e, he al ways insi st s on i ng wi th you. I had to t hi nk of a way of pr event ing hi m f rom foll owi ng me ar ound al morning. 39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。 I sai d. 39。Fancy meet ing you her e !39。 39。Hul lo, El izabeth,39。 Bert answer ed. 39。 I was just wonder ing how t o spend t he morning unti l I saw you. You39。re not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。 No, not at al ,39。 I answered.39。 I 39。m going to.. .39。 39。Would you mi nd my ing wit h you ?39。 he asked, before I had f inished speaking. ‘ Not at al ,39。 I lied, 39。but I39。m going to t he dent ist .39。 39。 Then I 39。l e wi th you,39。 he answered.39。 There39。s al ways pl enty t o read i n the 39。wait ng r oom ! 39。 l esson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being test ed f or a dri vi ng l icence f or t he t hi rd ti me. I had been asked t o dr ive in heavy tr af fic and had done so successfull y. Af ter havi ng been i nstr ucted to dri ve out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sure t hat I had pased, I was almost beginning to enj oy my t est. The examiner must have been pleased wi th my per form ance, for he smiled and sai d, 39。Just one more thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenly crosses the r oad i n front of you. As oon as I t ap on the window, I want the car to be st opped im mediately.39。 I cont inued dri vi ng and af ter some t ime, t he exami ner tapped loudly. Though t he sound could be hear d cl earl y, i t ook me along time t o react. I suddenl y pr essed the brake pedal hard and we were both thr own f or war d. The exami ner looked at me sadly. 39。Mr Eames, 39。 he said, in a mour nf ul voi ce,39。 you have j ust kil led that chi ld ! 39。 l esson70 Red for danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bull fight, adr unk suddenly wandered into t he mi ddle of the ri ng. The crowd began t o shout, but the drunk was unawar e of t he danger . The bul l was busy with t he matador at he t ime, but i t suddenly caught sight of the dr unk who was shout i ng rude remar ks and waving a red cap. Appar entl y sensit ive to crit icism, t he bull fot al about t he matador and charged at the drunk. The crowd suddenly grew qui et . The dr unk, however, seem ed qui te sur e of himsel f. When t he bull got cl ose to him, he clumsily stepped aside to l et it pass. The crowd broke i nt o cheer s and the dr unk bowed. By t hi s time, however, three men had e into t he r ing and they quickly dragged the dr unk to safety. Even t he bull seemed to f eel sorr y for hi m, for i t looked on sympathet ical ly unt il the dr unk was out of the way before once more t ur ni ng i ts atention to t he matador . Lesson71 A famous clock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you vi sit London, one of the fi rst t hi ngs you wil l see is Big Ben, the famous clock which can be heard al over t he worl d on t he B. B. C. I f the Houses of Parli ament had hot been burned down in 1834, the gr eat clock would never have been erected. Big Ben takes its name from Si r Benjamin Hal l who was responsible for the maki ng of the cl ock when the new Houses of Par l iament wer e being buil t. It is not only of i mmense size, but i s extr emely acurate as wel . Of fi ci al s f rom Gr enwich Obser vatory have t he clock checked t wice a day. On the . you can hear the clock when i t is actualy str iking because mi cr ophones ar e connect ed t o the cl ock tower . Bi g Ben has r ar el y gone wrong. Once, however , it failed to give the cor rect ti me. A painter who had been working on the t ower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed i t down ! Lesson72 A car cal led Bluebird “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The great r acing dr iver, Si r Mal colm Campbel l, was the fi rst man to dr ive at over 300 mil es per hour . He set up a new world r ecord i n September 1935 at Bonnevil le Sal t Fl at s, Utah. Bluebi rd, t he car he was dri vi ng, had been speci al ly bui lt for hi m. I t was over 30 f et in lengt h and had a 2500 hor sepower engine. Al though Campbel l r eached a speed of over 304 miles per hour, he had gr eat di f icul ty in cont roll ing the car be cause a tyr e burst duri ng t he f irst run. Af ter his at empt, Campbel l was di sappoi nt ed t o lear n that his average speed had been 299 mil es per hour . However, a few days later, he was told t hat a mistake had been made. His avera ge speed had been 301 mi les per hour. Si nce that ime, r acing dri vers have reached speeds of over 400 mil es an hour. Fol lowing his f at her39。s f ootsteps many years later, Sir Malcol m39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a wor ld r ecor d. Like his father, he was dr iving acar 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 the 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 eveni ng, went i nto a boat o fi nd som ewher e to sleep. When he woke up next morning, he discovered that he boat had, in 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 hi m a f ew bi scui ts and a cup of cof fee and left him j ust outside the ci ty. The next car t he boy st opped did not t ake hi m i nt o the cent re of Pari s as he hoped i t would, but t o Perpi gnan on the FrenchSpanish bor der. There he was picked up by a poli ceman and sent back to England by the local authorit ies. He has sur el y set up a recor d for the thousands of boys who dream of evading school. Lesson74 Out of t he l imeli ght 舞臺(tái)之外 An