【正文】 und escaped just in time but he returned two days later when the volcano had bee time he climbed into the mouth of Kituro in order to take photographs and measure temperatures.(70 words)Lesson 68 Persistent Even though Elizabeth tried to avoid meeting Nigel Dykes,she was not able to do so. As he always insisted on acpanying her,she had to think of a way of preventing him from following her around all she told him she was going to the dentist,he said he would e with her because there was always plenty to read in the waiting room.(63 words)Lesson 69 But not murder! had driven successfully through heavy traffic during his third duiving test when the examiner instructed him to drive out of told him to suppose that a child would suddenly cross the road in front of . Eames would have to stop the car within five feet when the examiner tapped on the he tapped loudly, did not react quickly enough and was told that he had just killed the child.(73 words)Lesson 70 Red for danger A drunk suddenly wandered into the middle of the ring during a bullfight and shouted rude remarks and waved a red the matador,the bull charged at the drunk,but he stepped aside to let it crowd cheered and the drunk after this,three men dragged the drunk to safety while the bull looked on sympathetically before it once more turned its attention to the matador.(66 words)Lesson 71 A famous clock After the Houses of Parliament were burnt down in 1834,Sir Benjamin Hall was made responsible for the construction of a huge clock,which became known as Big is very accurate despite its immense size,for offcials from the Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day. This clock,which has rarely gone wrong,can be heard on the . when it is striking, because microphones are connected to the clock tower.(69 words)Lesson 72 A car called Bluebird Sir Malcolm Campbell set up a landspeed record in 1935 duiving a car called Bluebird,which had been secially built for average speed was incorrectly declared to be 299 miles per hour,but this mistake was corrected had averaged 301 miles an later,his son,Donald,also broke a record and his car was also called Bluebird.(55 words)Unit 4:Lesson 73 The Record HolderA boy who played truant travelled 1, 600 miles. He hitchhiked to Dover where he slept in a boat, only to find himself in Calais the next morning. A lorry driver gave him a lift and something to eat, and the boy got off near Paris. He stopped another car but, instead of being taken to Paris, he was taken to Perpignan on the FrenchSpanish border. After being picked up by a policeman, he was sent home by the local authorities.(81 words)Lesson 74 Out of the LimelightAfter an ancient bus had stopped by a dry river bed, a party of famous film stars descended. They were dressed in dark glasses and old clothes so as not to be recognized. Two of the actors carried some piic things to a shady spot and everyone sat down. Just then a sheriff arrived and told them rudely that they must leave because camping was not allowed. Even when they told him who they were, he did not believe them.(80 words)Lesson 75 SOSA plane crashed in the mountains, but the only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were not hurt. It was midwinter and extremely cold, so the woman put the children in a case, covered them with clothes and kept close to them all night. When she heard planes early next morning, she stamped out SOS in the snow. This was seen by a pilot, who sent a radio message, and they were soon rescued by a helicopter.(80 words)Lesson 76 April Fools DayTo end the special news bulletin, the television announcer showed viewers the macaroni fields of Calabria, where macaroni has been grown for over six hundred years. Harvesting has begun earlier this year and the whole village has been working hard, gathering and threshing the crop before the September rains. The crop is processed in the local factory. After the harvest, the famous Calabrian macaronieating petition, which Signor Fratelli has won every year since 1991. will take place. That ended the news bulletin for April 1st.Lesson 77 A Successful Operation（1）Doctors have just operated on the mummy of an Egyptian woman who died in 800 BC. They wanted to find out whether she died of a rare disease. After removing a section of the mummy, they sent it to a laboratory. During the operation, they unexpectedly found a small wax figure of a god. Though they were afraid the mummy would fall to pieces, it successfully survived the operation. (69 words)（2）Doctors have just operated on the mummy of an Egyptian woman who died 。The thief included a note every time he sent Sam more money. The last note said: ‘I am 100 per cent honest now!’(68 words)Lesson 46 Expensive and Unfortable The plane from London arrived at Sydney airport and workers unloaded a number of wooden boxes. They contained clothing. One of the boxes was extremely heavy so a worker opened it. He found a man on top of a pile of woolen goods. The man was arrested. He had travelled in the box from London. He had to pay 3,500 pounds. An ordinary tickets costs 2,000 pounds.(65 words)Lesson 47 A Thirsty Ghost Mr. Ian Thompson bought a public house recently but it is haunted,so he is going to sale it. There was a strange noise in the bar one night and the room was in disorder next morning. Mr. Thompson found five empty whisky bottles. He doesn’t believe that some villagers broke into the bar and had a drink. Anybody in the village doesn’t want to the pub.(68 words)Lesson 48 Did You Want to Tell Me SomethingThe dentist in the story had pulled out one of the writer’s teeth and had told him to rest for a while. He asked several questions but the writer couldn’t answer them. His mouth was full of cotton wool. He suddenly discovered something wrong but he couldn’t say anything. The dentist eventually removed the cotton wool from his mouth and the writer