【正文】 l y, i t ook me a long ti me t o r eact. I suddenl y pr essed t he br ake pedal har d and we wer e both t hrown for war d. The exami ner l ooked at me sadl y. 39。 l esson70 Red for danger 危險的紅色 Duri ng a bull fi ght , a drunk suddenl y wander ed i nt o t he mi ddl e of t he r i ng. The crowd began t o shout, but the dr unk was unawar e of t he danger. The bull was busy wit h t he m atador at t he tim e, but it suddenl y caught si ght of t he drunk who was shouti ng rude r em ar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Appar ent l y sensit ve t o cr it i ci sm, t he bul l f or got al l about the m at ador and char ged at t he dr unk. The cr owd suddenly gr ew quiet. The dr unk, however , semed quit e sur e of him self . When t he bul l got cl ose t o hi m, he cl um si ly st epped asi de to l et i t pas. The cr owd br oke i nto cheers and t he dr unk bowed. By t his t im e, however , thr e m en had e i nt o the r ing and t hey qui ckl y dragged t he dr unk t o saf ety. Even the bull seem ed to f eel sorr y f or 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 befor e once m or e t ur ni ng i ts at tenti on to t he mat ador. Lesson71 A fam ous cl ock 一個著名的大鐘 When you vi si t London, one of t he fi rst t hi ngs you wi l see is Bi g Ben, the f am ous cl ock whi ch can be hear d al over t he worl d on t he B. B. C. If t he Houses of Parli ament had hot been bur ned down in 1834, t he gr eat cl ock would never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes i ts nam e f r om Sir Benj ami n Hal who was r esponsi bl e f or t he m aki ng of t he cl ock when the new Houses of Par li am ent wer e bei ng buil t. It i s not onl y of imm ense si ze, but i s ext r em el y accur at e as wel . Of ici al s fr om Greenwich Observat or y have t he clock checked t wice a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he clock when it i s act ual l y st ri king because mi cr ophones ar e connect ed to t he clock t ower . Bi g Ben has r arel y gone wrong. Once, however, i t f ail ed t o give t he cor rect tim e. A paint er who had been wor ki ng on t he tower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and sl owed it down ! Leson72 A car call ed Bl uebi rd “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Sir Mal col m Cam pbel , was t he f ir st m an t o dr i ve at over 300 m il es per hour. He set up a new wor l d recor d i n Sept ember 1935 at Bonnevi l e Sal t Flat s, Ut ah. Bl uebi rd, t he car he was dri vi ng, had been speci al y buil t f or him . It was over 30 feet in l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engi ne. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 m il es per hour, he had gr eat dif fi cul t y i n contr ol li ng t he car be cause a t yr e burst dur i ng t he fi r st r un. Af t er hi s at tem pt, Cam pbel was di sappoint ed t o l ear n t hat his average speed had been 299 m il es per hour . However , a f ew days l at er, he was t ol d t hat a mi sta ke had been m ade. His aver age speed had been 301 m il es per hour. Si nce t hat ti m e, r aci ng dr i ver s have r eache d speeds of over 400 m il es an hour . Fol l owi ng hi s f at her 39。Thi s is a wonder ful place f or a pi i c,39。 Br i nksley Mer s agr eed. 39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you!39。t r ead !39。 don39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 lesson75 SO S 呼救信號 When a li ght passenger pl ane f lew off cour se som e tim e ago, i t crashed i n t he m ount ains and it s pil ot was ki l ed. The onl y passengers, a young wom an and her t wo baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. I t was t he mi ddl e of wi nt er. Snow l ay t hi ck on t he gr ound. The wom an knew t hat t he nearest vi l age was m il es away. When i t grew dar k. she t ur ned a sui t case int o a bed and put t he chi ldr en i nsi de it , coveri ng t hem wit h al t he cl ot hes she coul d fi nd. Dur i ng t he ni ght, i t got t er ri bl y col d. The wom an kept as near as she coul d t o t he chil dr en and even t ri ed t o get i nt o t he case hersel f, but it was t oo sm al. Ear l y , next m or ni ng she hear d pl anes passing overhead and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal. Then she had an i dea. She st am ped out t he l et ers39。 said t he voi ce of the t el evi si on announcer ,39。Ci gar et e Smoki ng and Your Healt h39。Hul l o, Bert, 39。Hul l o, El izabet h, 39。 39。m goi ng to.. .39。 I li ed, 39。l e wit h you, 39。wai ti ng room !39。Mr Eames, 39。s f ootsteps many year s lat er , Sir Mal col m39。 sai d Glori a Gl eam . 39。No newspaper m en, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。 he shout ed: 39。 39。t be t oo har d on us. I 39。 said the sher if f wi th a sneer . 39。 SOS39。 we ar e t aki ng you to t he macar oni f iel ds of Cal abr ia. Macar oni has be en grown i n t hi s area f or over six hundred year s. Two of the l eading gr owers, Giuseppe Moldova and Ricardo Br abant e, t el l me t hat t hey have been expect ing a spl endid cr op thi s year and harvest ing has begun earl ier t han usual . Here you can se two wor kers who, between them, have just f i ni shed cutt ing t hree cart l oads of golden brown m acar oni stalks. The whole vi lage has been wor king day and night gat her ing and t hreshi ng thi s year 39。 I l it a ci gar et te to calm my ner ves. I sm oked wi th conc ent rat ion and pleasur e as I was sur e that thi s woul d be my last ci gar et te. For a whole week I di d not smoke at al l and dur ing t his t ime, my wif e suf f er ed ter ri bl y. I had al l t he usual sym pt oms of som eone gi vi ng up smoking: a bad temper and an enorm ous appeti e. My f ri ends kept on of f er ing m e cigaret es and ci gar s. They made no ef for t o hide t hei r amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweet s fr om my pocket . Af t er seven days of thi s I went t o a part y. Ever ybody around me was sm oki ng and I felt extr emely unfor table. When m y old f r iend Br ian urged m e to accept a cigar et te, it was mor e than I could bear. 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