【正文】 l ey Meers, and m y other nam e is Gl ori a Gl eam . Now you get out of her e f ast !39。 39。sai d Rockwal ,39。m sheri f here. Do you see that notice ? It says No Campi ng in case you can39。 Meanwhil e, t wo ot her actor s, Rockwal l Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eves, had car ri ed two lar ge food baskets t o a shady spot under som e tr ees. When t hey had al l m ade t hemsel ves f ort abl e, a str anger appear ed. He l ooked very angr y. 39。t be bet ter, Gl ori a,39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nem a seing the sam e fi lm over and over again, is usual y as far as they get. They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hitch hiked t o Dover and, towards eveni ng, went i nt o a boat to f ind somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next mor ning, he di scovered t hat t he boat had, i n the meanti me, tr avel ed to Cal ais. No one noticed t he boy as he cr ept off . From ther e, he hit ch hiked t o Par is in a l orr y. The dr iver gave hi m a few bi scuit s and a cup of cof fee and lef t hi m just out si de the cit y. The next car t he boy st opped di d not t ake hi m into the cent re of Pari s as he hoped i t woul d, but t o Perpignan on t he French Spani sh bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a pol i cem an and sent back t o Engl and by the l ocal authori ti es. He has sur ely set up a record f or the t housands of boys who dream of evading school. Lesson74 Out of t he li meli ght 舞臺(tái)之外 An ancient bus stopped by a dr y ri ver bed and a part y of famous actor s and actr eses got of f. Dr esed in dar k glasses and old cl ot hes, they had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d recogni ze them. But as they soon di scover ed, di sguises can somet imes be t oo per fect. 39。accur at e as wel . Of f icial s fr om Gr eenwi ch Observatory have t he cl ock checked twi ce a day. On the B. . you can hear the cl ock when i t is actual y str iking because mi crophones are connect ed to the clock tower . Big Ben has r ar ely gone wr ong. Once, however, i t f ail ed to gi ve the corr ect t ime. A pai nt er who had been wor king on t he tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed i t down ! Lesson72 A car cal led Bl uebird “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The great racing dr iver, Si r Malcolm Campbel, was t he fi rst man t o dri ve at over 300 mil es per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecor d i n Sept ember 1935 at Bonnevil le Sal t Fl ats, Utah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dr iving, had been speci al ly bui lt f or hi m. It was over 30 feet in l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Al t hough Campbel r eached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour , he had gr eat dif f iculty in contr oll ing t he car be cause a tyr e burst dur ing t he fi rst r un. Af ter his at tempt, Campbel was disappoi nted to learn t hat hi s aver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour. However, a f ew days later , he was told that a mist ake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 m il es per hour . Since that ti me, racing dr ivers have reached speeds of over 400 m il es an hour. Foll owing hi s father 39。This i s a wonder f ul pl ace f or a piic,39。 Bri nksl ey Meer s agreed. 39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you! 39。t r ead ! 39。 don39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信號(hào) When a li ght pasenger pl ane f lew of f cour se som e 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 pa senger s, a young woman and her t wo baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. I t was the mi ddl e of wi nt er. Snow l ay 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 night, it got ter ri bl y cold. The woman kept as ne ar as she coul d t o the chil dren and even tr ied to get i nt o t he case her sel f, but it was t oo sm al l. Earl y , next mor ni ng she heard planes passi ng over head and wondered how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an idea. She st am ped out the l et er s39。 sai d the voice of t he television announcer, 39。Ci garet te Smoki ng and Your Healt h39。monsters39。 I told you yester day and t he day bef or e yest erday, 39。 answer ed Crawl ey, 39。 to people on t hei r way t o work. This wi l l r eli eve pr esure on t he tr ains to som e ext ent . Meanwhi le, a number of univer si t y st udent s have vol unt er ed to dr ive buses whi le the str ike l asts. Al l t he young m en ar e exper t dri ver s, but bef ore t hey dri ve any of t he buses, t hey wi l l have to pass a speci al t est . The students ar e goi ng to take the t est in two days39。cl ock tr ai n to London,39。Of course I do,39。 Woul d a l at er tr ai n get you t o wor k on t ime ?39。At what ti me did you ar ri ve at he st ati on ?39。And you di dn39。I suggest, 39。cl ock tr ain di d not r un at al l. I t br oke down at Fer ngr een st at ion and was t aken of f the l ine.39。s foot st eps m any years l ater, Si r Malcolm 39。 sai d Gl or i a Gleam. 39。No newspaper men, no f il m fans! Why don39。 he shout ed: 39。 39。t be t oo har d on us. I39。 said the sher if f wi th a sneer . 39。 SOS39。 we are t aki ng you to the macaroni fi el ds of Cal abr ia. Macaroni has been grown in t his ar ea f or over six hundred years. Two of the l eadi ng grower s, Gi useppe Moldova and Ri car do Brabant e, tel me that hey have been expecti ng a spl endi d crop t his year and harvesti ng has begun ear li er t han usual. Her e you can see two worker s who, betwe en t hem , have just fi nished cut ti ng three cart l oads of golden brown macar oni st al ks. The whole vi l age has been worki ng day and ni ght gatheri ng and threshing t his year 39。 I l it a ci gar et te to calm my ner ves. I sm oked wi th concent rat ion and pleasur e as I was sur e that thi s woul d be my last ci gar ete. F