【正文】 f ar as t hey get. They have al l been put to shame by a boy who, whi le pl ayi ng tr uant , t ravel ed 1600 m il es. He hit c h hi ked to Dover and, t owar ds evening, went into a boat to fi nd som ewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next morni ng, he discover ed that the boat had, in t he meant im e, t ravel led t o Calai s. No one noti ced the boy as he crept of f . Fr om t her e, he hi tchhi ked to Pari s in a lor ry. The dri ver gave him a f ew biscui ts and a cup of coff e and l eft him j ust outside t he ci ty. The next car the boy stopped di d 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 es. 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 am ous actor s and act resses got of f . Dr essed i n dar k gl asses and ol d cl othes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecognize t hem. But as they soon discovered, disgui ses can som et i m es be too perf ect . 39。t be beter , Glor ia,39。 Meanwhi le, two ot her actor s, Rockwal Sl inger and Mer li n Gr eeves, had car ied t wo l ar ge food basket s to a shady spot under some t rees. When they had al l made themselves fort abl e, a st ranger appear ed. He looked ver y angr y. 39。m sher if f her e. Do you see t hat noti ce ? It says No Camping i n case you can39。said Rockwal ,39。 39。m Br inksley Mer s, and my ot her name i s Glor ia Gl eam. Now you get out of here f ast ! 39。Wher e have you been hidi ng ?39。cl ock this evening. By that ti me, the Astr a wi l have been f lying through space f or sevent een hour s and wil l have cir cled t he ear th a gr eat many t im es. When t he fi rst radio mesages have been r ecei ved, the r esul ts of the t ri p wi l be announced imm edi ately. Leson62 Aft er the fi re 大火之后 Fir emen had been f ighti ng the f orest fi re f or near ly t hree weeks bef ore t hey could get i t under cont rol. A shor t ti me befor e, great tr ees had cover ed the countr ysi de for mi les around. Now, smoke sti l r ose up f r om t he war m ground over t he desolate hi l s. Wint er was i ng on and the hil ls t hreatened the sur oundi ng vil ages wi th destr uct ion, for heavy rain woul d not only wash away t he soi l but would cause ser ious fl oods as wel l. When t he fi re had at last been put out, the f orest aut hor it ies ordered sever al tons of a special type of grass seed whi ch would gr ow quickly. The sed was sprayed over t he ground in huge quantit ies by aeroplanes. The pl anes had been pl ant ing seed for near ly a month when i t began t o rai n. By then, however , in many pl aces t he gras had al ready taken root. I n place of the gr eat tr ees which had been gr owing t her e f or centur ies, patches of gr een had begun to appear in t he blackened soi l. Leson63 She was not am used 她并不覺得好笑 Geoff rey Ham pden has a l ar ge cir cl e of fr iends and is very popular at par ti es. Everybody admir es hi m f or his f ine sense of humoreverybody, t hat i s, except his six year old daughter , Jenny. Recent ly, one of Geof fr ey39。guar d of honour39。so it was f ort unat e that we didn39。 I sai d. 39。 Bert answer ed. 39。 I answer ed. 39。Woul d you mi nd my i ng wit h you ?39。m going t o t he denti st.39。 he answer ed. 39。 l esson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng tested f or a dri vi ng li cence f or t he thi rd t im e. I had been asked to dr ive i n heavy t raf fi c and had done so succe ssf ully. Af ter havi ng been instr uct ed to dr ive out of t own, I began to acquir e conf idence. Sure that I had passed, I was al most beginning to enjoy m y test. The exam iner must have been pl eased wi th my per for mance, f or he smi led and sai d, 39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce, 39。s son, Donal d, also set up a worl d r ecor d. Li ke his f at her , he was dri vi ng a car cal led Bl uebir d. Lesson73 The record holder 紀錄保持者 Li t le boys who play t ruant fr om school are uni maginative. A qui et day39。 leson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed int o the m iddle of t he ri ng. The crowd began t o shout, but the dr unk was unaware of t he danger. The bull was busy wit h t he matador at t he ti me, but it suddenly caught si ght of the dr unk who was shout ing r ude remarks and waving a red cap. Appa r ent ly sensi ti ve to cr it cism, the bull f ot al about t he m atador and charged at the drunk. The cr owd suddenly grew qui et . The dr unk, however, semed quit e sure of him self . When t he bul l got close t o him, he clum si ly st epped asi de to l et it pass. The cr owd br oke i nto cheer s and the dr unk bowed. By t his t ime, however , t hree men had e i nto t he ri ng and they quickly dr agged t he dr unk to saf et y. Even t he bul l seemed t o feel sor ry for hi m, f or i t looked on sym pat heti cal l y unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way bef or e once m or e t ur ning i ts at ent i on t o t he m atador. Leson71 A f amous clock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of t he f ir st t hings you wil l se i s Bi g Ben, t he fam ous clock whi ch can be heard al over t he wor l d on the B. B. C. I f the Houses of Parl i am ent had hot been bur ned down i n 1834, t he gr eat clock woul d never have been erected. Bi g Ben t akes i ts name f r om Sir Benj ami n Hal who was responsi bl e f or t he m aki ng of t he cl ock when t he new Houses of Parl iament were bei ng buil t. I t is not onl y of im mense si ze, but i s ext r em el y accur at e as wel . Of ici al s fr om Greenwich Observator y have t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he cl ock when i t is act ual y str iki ng because mi cr ophones ar e conne