【正文】 d, al so set up a worl d r ecor d. Li ke his f at her, he was dri ving a car cal led Bl uebi rd. Leson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li t le boys who pl ay t r uant fr om school ar e uni magi nati ve. A qui et day39。guar d of honour 39。so it was f or t unat e t hat we didn39。 I said. 39。I was just wonder ing how t o spend t he m orninguntil I saw you. You39。 I 39。 he asked, bef ore I had f inished speaking. ‘ Not at al, 39。 Then I 39。s always plent y t o r ead in t he 39。 I cont inued driving and af t er some t im e, t he examiner tapped loudly. Though t he sound could be hear d clear ly, it t ook m e a long t im e t o r eact . I suddenly pr essed t he br ake pedal har d and we wer e bot h thr own f orwar d. The examiner looked at m e sadly. 39。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bulf ight , a dr unk suddenly wandered int o t he middle of t he r ing. The crowd began t o shout , but t he dr unk was unaware of t he danger . The bul was busy wit h t he m at ador at he t im e, but it suddenly caught sight of t he drunk who was shouting r ude r emarks and waving a r ed cap. Apparent ly sensit ive t o cr it icism, t he bul f or got al about t he m at ador and char ged at t he dr unk. The cr owd suddenly gr ew quiet . The drunk, however , seemed quit e sure of him self . When t he bul got close t o him , he clum sily st epped aside t o let it pass. The crowd br oke int o cheer s and t he dr unk bowed. By t his t ime, however , t hr ee m en had e int o t he r ing and t hey quickly dr aged t he drunk t o safety. Even t he bul seem ed t o f eel sor ry f or him , f or it looked on sym pat heticaly unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way bef ore once mor e t urning it s at tent ion t o the m atador. Lesson71 A f am ous clock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of t he f ir st 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. I f the Houses of Par liam ent had hot been bur ned down in 1834, t he gr eat clock would never have been er ected. Big Ben t akes it s name f r om Sir Benjamin 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 mense size, but is extr emely accurat e as well. Of f icials f r om Gr eenwich Observa tor y have t he clock checked t wice a day. On t he B. . you can hear the clock when it is act ualy st r iking because micr ophones ar e conected 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 ect t ime. 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 great r acing dr iver , Sir M alcolm Cam pbel, was t he f ir st m an t o dr ive at over 300 m iles per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecord in Sept ember 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 feet in lengt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Campbell r eached a speed of over 304 m iles per hour, he had gr eat dif ficult y in cont r oling t he car because a t yr e burst during t he f ir st r un. Af t er his at t em pt, Campbell was disappoint ed to 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 istake had been m ade. His aver age speed had been 301 m iles per hour. Since t hat t im e, r acing dr iver s have r eached speeds of over 400 m iles an hour . Folowing his f at her 39。t . Geof r ey asked her why t his was so and she t old him t hat she did not like t o see so m any people laughing at him ! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l858, a Fr ench engineer , Aim e Thom e de Gam ond, ar rived in England wit h a plan f or a t went y one m ile t unnel acr os t he English Channel. He said t hat i would be possible t o bui ld a plat f or m in t he cent r e of t he Channel. This plat f orm would ser ve as a por t and a r ailway st at ion. The t unnel would be well vent ilat ed if t al chim neys wer e built above sea level. I n 1860, a bet t er plan was put f or ward by an Englishm an, Wilam Low. He suggest ed t hat a double r ailway t unnel should be built . This would solve t he pr oblem of ventilat ion, f or if a t r ain ent er ed t his t unnel, it would dr aw in f r esh air behind it . For ty t wo years lat er a t unnel was act ualy begun. I f , at t he t im e, t he Br it ish had not f ear ed invasion, it would have been plet ed. Recently, t here has again been gr eat int er est in t he idea of a Channel Tunnel. I f it is bui lt , it wil l connect Br it ain t o Eur ope f or t he f ir st im e in hist or y. Lesson65 J um bo ver sus t he police 小象對警察 Last Christ m as, t he cir cus owner , J im m y Gat es, decided t o t ake some pr esent s t o a childr en39。J umbo m ust weigh a f ew t ons, 39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat held Puf f in is a m oder n aer o plane, but it s designer, M r J ohn Wim penny, is f inding it dif f icult t o get it of f t he gr ound. The r eason f or t his is t hat his plane is also a bicycle. I t s pilot has t o pedal har d t o get it int o t he air . Af t er M r W im penny had t he plane built , it was t ested t horoughly. I n 1961, it was t he f ir st m an power ed air cr af t o f ly half a m ile. While being f lown by a cham pion am at eur cyclist in 1963, t he plane cr ashed on an air f ield. Since t hen, M r Wim penny has had it r ebuilt . He has had t he lengt h of t he wings incr eased so t hat hey now m easur e 93 f eetalm ost as long as t hose of a Dakot a. M any people have shown i t er est in t his new and unusual spor t . But t hough air cyclist s m ay lear n how t o f ly over short dist ances, and m ay, event ualy, even get acr oss t he English Ch