【正文】 yi ng low over t he city and sl owl y gaini ng hei ght , when the pl ane suddenly t ur ned r ound and fl ew back to t he air por t. Whil e we wer e wait ing t o land, an ai r host ess tol d us to keep calm and to get off t he pl ane qui etly as soon as it had t ouched down. Everybody on board was wor ri ed and we wer e cur ious t o fi nd out what had happened. Later we l ear nt that there was a ver y im por tant per son on boar d. The poli ce had been t ol d t hat a bomb had been planted on t he plane. Af ter we had l anded, the plane was sear ched t hor oughl y. For tunately, nothing was f ound and fi ve hour s later we wer e able t o take of f again. Leson80 The Cryst al Pal ace 水晶宮 Per haps t he most extr aor dinary bui lding of t he nieent h cent ury was the Cr yst al Palace, whi ch was buil t i n Hyde Park for the Gr eat Exhi biti on of 1851. The Cr yst al Palace was dif fer ent f rom al other bui ldi ngs i n the wor l d, f or it was made of ir on and gl as. It was one of the bi ggest bui ldings of al t ime and a l ot of people f rom many count ri es came to see it . A gr eat many goods we r e sent t o the exhibit ion f r om vari ous par ts of the wor ld. There was al so a gr eat deal of machi ner y on di spl ay. The most wonder ful piece of machi ner y on show was Nasmyth39。 we ar e t aki ng you to t he macar oni f iel ds of Cal abr ia. Macar oni has been 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 car t l oads of gol den brown m acaroni stalks. The whole vil lage has been wor king day and night gat her ing and t hreshi ng thi s year 39。 SOS39。 said the sher if f wi th a sneer . 39。t be t oo har d on us. I 39。 39。 he shout ed: 39。No newspaper men, no fi lm fans! Why don39。 sai d Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。s f oot st eps m any years l ater, Si r Malcolm 39。m onst ers39。Ci garet e Sm oki ng and Your Healt h39。 sai d t he voi ce of the t el evi si on announcer ,39。 l eson75 SO S 呼救信號 When a l ight passenger plane fl ew of f cour se some t im e ago, it cr ashed i n t he m ountai ns and i ts 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. It was t he mi ddl e of wi nt er . Snow l ay t hick on t he ground. The wom an knew that he near est vil l age was mi l es away. When it gr ew dark. she t ur ned a suit case i nt o a bed and put t he chi l dr en i nside i t, cover ing t hem wi th al l the cl ot hes she coul d f ind. Duri ng t he ni ght , it got ter i bl y col d. The woman kept as near as she coul d t o t he chil dr en and even tr i ed t o get int o the case her self , but i t was t oo sm al l. Earl y , next mor ni ng she hear d pl anes passi ng over head and wondered how she could send a si gnal. Then she had an i dea. She stamped out the l et ter s39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 don39。t r ead ! 39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you!39。 Bri nksl ey Meers agr ed. 39。Thi s i s a wonderf ul pl ace f or a piic,39。er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes it s nam e f rom Si r Benjami n Hal who was r esponsi ble f or t he m aki ng of t he clock when t he new Houses of Par li am ent wer e being buil t. I t i s not onl y of imm ense size, but i s ext remel y acur at e as wel l. Of fi cials f r om Gr eenwi ch Obser vat or y have t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear the cl ock when i t i s act ual l y st ri king because mi cr ophones are connect ed t o t he cl ock tower. Bi g Ben has r ar el y gone wr ong. Once, however, it f ai l ed t o gi ve t he cor r ect ti me. A pai nt er who had been wor ki ng on t he t ower hung a pot of paint on one of t he hands and slowed i t down ! Lesson72 A car cal led Bl uebi rd “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dr i ver, Si r Mal colm Cam pbel , was t he fi r st m an t o dri ve at over 300 mil es per hour. He set up a new wor l d record i n Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil l e Sal t Fl ats, Ut ah. Bl uebir d, t he car he was dr ivi ng, had been speci al l y bui lt f or hi m. It was over 30 f et i n l e ngt 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 in contr oll ing t he car because a t yr e burst dur i ng t he fi r st r un. Af ter his at em pt, Cam pbel was disappoi nt ed t o learn t hat hi s a ver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour. However, a f ew days lat er , he was t ol d t hat a m i st ake had been m ade. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 mi les per hour. Si nce t hat t im e, r aci ng dri ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 mi les an hour . Foll owi ng his f ather39。s f ishi ng, or ei ght hours i n a ci nem a seeing t he sam e f il m over and over agai n, is usual ly as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put t o shame by a boy who, whi le pl ayi ng tr uant , t r avel ed 1600 m il es. He hi tch hi ked t o Dover and, t owards eveni ng, went i nt o a boat t o fi nd som ewher e t o sl eep. When he woke up next mor ni ng, he di scover ed t hat t he boat had, i n t he meant im e, t r avel ed t o Cal ai s. No one not i ced t he boy as he cr ept off . Fr om t her e, he hit ch hiked t o Par is i n a l orr y. The dr i ver gave him a few bi scuit s and a cup of cof fee and l ef 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 i nt o t he cent re of Pari s as he hoped i t woul d, but t o Perpi gnan on t he French Spani sh bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a poli cem an and sent back t o Engl and by t he l ocal aut hori ti es. He has sur el y set up a r ecord f or t he t housands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school. Lesson74 O ut of t he lim eli ght 舞臺之外 An ancient bus st opped by a dr y ri