【正文】 new world r ecor d in September 1935 at Bonnevile Salt Flat s, Utah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dr iving, had been specialy built f or him. I t was over 30 f eet in lengt h and had a 2500 horse power engine. Although Campbell r eached a speed of over 304 miles per hour, he had gr eat dif icult y in cont roling t he car because a t yr e bur st dur ing t he f ir st r un. Af ter his at tempt, Campbell was disapointed to learn t hat his average speed had been 299 m iles per hour. However , a f ew days lat er, he was told t hat am istake had been m ade. His aver age speed had been 301 miles per hour. Since that ime, r acing drivers have r eached speeds of over 400 miles an hour . Folowing his f at her 39。 I continued dr iving and af ter some tim e, t he examiner t aped loudly. Though t he sound could be heard clear ly, it t ook me a long tim e t o r eact . I suddenly pr essed the brake pedal har d and we wer e bot h t hrown for war d. The examiner looked at me sadly. 39。s always plent y t o r ead in t he 39。 Then I 39。 he asked, before I had f inished speaking. ‘ Not at al, 39。 I answered.39。 Ber t answered. 39。Hulo, Ber t, 39。 said a policeman af ter war ds, 39。s hospital. Dressed up as Fat her Chr ist mas and acpanied by a39。 As she walked away, If olowed her out of t he f air. Lesson61 Tr ouble wit h t he Hubble 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 In f ut ure, ast ronaut s wil be r equir ed t o descend f rom a spaceship while it is stil n space and t o r et ur n to it . The abilt y t o do t his wil be necessary in f uture f lights to distant pla s. Scientist s are now t rying t o discover if this is posible. The spaceship Astra which left t he ear th a shor t ime ago, wil be t r avelling t hr ee hundr ed miles int o space. At a cer tain point, he Astr a wil st op f or a shor t im e and an astr onaut wil at t empt to leave t he st at ionar y spaceship and t hen r et ur n to it . We shal not know whet her the experiment has been successful unt il we have r eceived a r adio message. The fir st message is expected t o ar ive at 7 o39。 As soon as Iwent outside, I fot al about Madam Belinsky because my wif e hur ied t owards me. 39。cur sed t r ee39。. Because t he tr ee was m ent ioned in a newspaper, t he num ber of vist or s t o Fr inley has now incr eased. The t r ee was plant ed near achurch f if t y ear s ago, but i is only in r ecent year s t hat it has gained an evil r eputation. I t is said t hat if anyone t ouches t he t r ee, he wil have bad luck。Where have you been hiding ?39。clock t his evening. By that ime, t he Astr a wil have been flying t hr ough space f or sevent een hour s and wil have cir cled t he ear th a great many t imes. When t he f ir st r adio messages have been r eceived, the r esult s of t he t r ip wil be announced immediately. Lesson62 Af ter t he f ir e 大火之后 Firemen had been f ight ing t he f orest f ire f or near ly three weeks bef or e t hey could get it under cont rol. A short t ime bef or e, great t rees had cover ed t he count ryside f or miles around. Now, smoke st il r ose up f r om t he war m ground over t he desolate hils. Wint er was ing on and t he hils t hr eat ened t he sur rounding vilages wit h destr uction, f or heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious f loods as wel. When t he f ir e had at last been put out, t he f or est aut horit ies order ed several t ons of aspecial t ype of gras seed which would grow quickly. The seed was spr ayed over t he gr ound in huge quanti ies by aeroplanes. The planes had been planting seed f or near ly a mont h when it began t o r ain. By t hen, however, in many places t he gr ass had already t aken r oot . I n place of t he gr eat r ees which had been gr owing t her e f or cent uries, pat ches of green had begun t o apear in t he blackened soil. Lesson63 She was not amused 她并不覺(jué)得好笑 Geof fr ey Hampden has a large circle of riends and is ver y popular at part ies. Everybody admir es him for his f ine sense of humor ever ybody, t hat is, except his sixyear old daught er, J enny. Recently, one of Geof rey39。guard of honour 39。so it was f ort unate t hat we didn39。 Isaid. 39。I was just wonder ing how t o spend t he mor ni g unt il I saw you. You39。 I 39。 I lied, 39。l e wit h you, 39。wait ing room ! 39。M r Eames, 39。s footsteps many ear s lat er, Sir M alcolm39。 said Glor ia Gleam . 39。No newspaper men, no f ilm f ans! Why don39。 he shouted: 39。Look, sher if , 39。m Rockwal Slinger and t his is Merlin Gr eeves. 39。m Br inksley M eers, and my other name is Glor ia Gleam. Now you get out of here fast ! 39。To end our special news buletin, 39。 Lesson77 A successf ul oper at ion 一例成功的手術(shù) The mummy of an Egyptian woman who died in 800 . has just had an oper at ion. The mummy is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a singer in t he Tem ple of Thebes. As t her e wer e st r ange m ar ks on t he X r ay plat es t aken of t he m um m y, doct or s have been t r ying t o f ind out whet her hide gold. The pir ates would oft en bury gold in t he cave and t hen f ail t o colect i . Ar med wit h t he new machine, a sear ch part y went he did not like it . She enjoyed her self m aking t he asistant bring alm ost ever yt hing in t he window bef or e f inaly buying t he dress she had f ir st asked f or. Lesson58 A blessing in disguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The t iny vilage of Frinley is said t o posess a 39。A r elation of yours is ing t o see you. She wil be ar r iving this evening and int ends t o stay f or a f ew days. The moment you leave t his t ent, you wil get a big sur pr ise. A woman you know well wil r ush t owar ds you. She wil speak t o you and then she wil ead you away fr om this place. That is al. 39。Your si t er wil be her e in less t han an hour and we must be at the station t o meet her . We are lat e alr eady.39。t . Geofr ey asked her why t his was so and she t old him t hat she did not like t o see so many people laughing at him