【正文】 cheers and t he drunk bowed. By this tim e, however, thr ee men had e int o the r ing and t hey qui ckl y dragged the dr unk t o safety. Even the bull seem ed to f eel sorr y f or hi m, for i t looked on sympatheti cal ly unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way bef ore once mor e tur ning i ts at ent ion t o t he matador . Leson71 A f amous clock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of the f ir st t hings you wil l see i s Big Ben, t he famous clock which can be hear d al over the wor ld on the B. . I f the Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down in 1834, the gr eat clock would never have been er ect ed. Big Ben takes i ts name f r om Sir Benj am in Hal l who was responsibl e for t he making of the cl ock when t he new Houses of Parl iament were bei ng bui lt . It is not only of i mmense si ze, but is extr em el y accur ate as wel . Of ici al s fr om Greenwich Observa tor y have the clock checked twi ce a day. On the B. . you can hear t he cl ock when it is actual y str iki ng because m icrophones ar e connected to the clock t ower . Big Ben has r arely gone wr ong. Once, however , i t fail ed to gi ve the corr ect im e. A pai nter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of pai nt on one of the hands and sl owed it down ! Leson72 A car call ed Bluebird “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The gr eat r acing dr iver , Si r Malcolm Campbel , was the f ir st man t o dri ve at over 300 mi les per hour. He set up a new wor ld recor d i n September 1935 at Bonnevi le Sal t Flats, Utah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dr iving, had been speci aly bui lt f or hi m. I t wa s over 30 feet in lengt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 mil es per hour , he had great di f icult y i n cont roll ing t he car because a t yre burst duri ng the f ir st r un. Af t er hi s at tempt , Cam pbel l was di sappointed t o l ear n that his aver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour . However , a few days l at er, he was tol d that a mi st ake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 m iles per hour . Since that ti me, racing dri vers have reached speeds of over 400 m iles an hour. Foll owing hi s father39。Thi s is a wonder ful place for a pi i c, 39。 Br inksley Mer s agr eed. 39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you! 39。t r ead ! 39。 don39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 l esson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a li ght passenger pl ane f lew off course som e ti me ago, i t cr ashed i n the m ount ai ns and it s pi lot was kil led. The onl y pa senger s, a young woman and her two baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. I t was the mi ddle of wi nter. Snow l ay thick on t he ground. The wom an knew that the near est vi l age was m iles away. When it gr ew dark. she turned a suit case i nt o a bed and put t he chi l dr en inside i t, cover ing t hem wi th al l t he clothes she coul d fi nd. Dur ing t he night, i t got t er ri bly cold. The woman kept as near as she could t o t he chi ldren and even tr ied t o get i nto t he case herself , but i t was t oo smal . Ear ly , next mor ning she hear d planes passi ng over head and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an i dea. She st amped out t he let er s39。 sai d the voi ce of t he televisi on announcer ,39。Ci garet te Sm oki ng and Your Heal th39。作為晚輩，我們用什么方式來贍養(yǎng)老人，讓他們安享天倫之樂，感受到社會的關(guān)愛和人間的親情？這是整。夕陽是晚開的花，夕陽是陳年的酒，夕陽是遲到的愛，夕陽是未了的情，多少情愛，化作一片夕陽紅”！ 當(dāng)這動聽的歌聲在耳畔響起，我們就會想起年邁的父母。s crop befor e the September r ai ns. On t he ri ght, you can see Mrs Br abante her sel f. She has been helping her husband f or t hir ty years now. Mrs Br abante is t al king t o the m anager of t he local f act ory wher e the cr op is pr ocessed. Thi s last scene shows you what wi l happen at the end of the harvest : t he fam ous Cal abr ian macaroni eat ing peti ti on ! Signor Fratel i, t he present cham pi on, has won i t every year since 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull eti n for t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We ar e now r et urning you t o t he st udi o.39。 i n the snow. For tunatel y, a pi lot saw the signal and sent a mesage by radi o to t he near est t own. I t was not l ong bef ore a heli copt er ar ri ved on the scene t o r escue the survivor s of the plane crash. Lesson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。Wel, I 39。m Rockwal Sli nger and t hi s is Merl in Gr eeves.39。 Look, sheri f , 39。 I 39。t we e more of t en ?39。 I t couldn39。s son, Donald, al so set up a wor ld record. Like hi s father, he was dr iving a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The recordhol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who pl ay tr uant f rom school ar e unimagi nat ive. A quiet day39。 he said, in a mournf ul voi ce,39。 l eson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng tested f or a dri vi ng li cence f or t he thi rd t im e. I had been asked to dr ive i n heavy t raf fi c and had done so succe sf ul ly. Af ter havi ng been inst ruct ed to dr ive out of t own, I began to acquir e conf idence. Sure that I had passed, I was al most beginning t o enjoy m y test. The exam iner must have been pl eased wit h m y per for mance, f or he smi led and sai d, 39。 he answer ed.39。but I39。 39。 No, not at al l, 39。 Ber t answered. 39。 I said. 39。so i t was fort unat e t hat we di dn39。guar d of honour 39。 Leson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The mummy of an Egypti an woman who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper ati on. The mum my i s that of Shepenm ut who was once a singer in t he Temple of Thebes. As t her e were st range marks on t he X ray plat es t aken of t he mummy, doct ors have been tr yi ng to fi nd out whether t he wom an di ed of a rare di sease. The only way to do this was t o operate. The oper ation, which l ast ed for over four hour s, pr oved t o be very di f icult because of the hard r esi n whi ch covered t he ski n. The doctor s removed a sect ion of t he m ummy and sent i t to a labor ator y. They also f ound somethi ng which t he X ra y of the god Duamut ef . This god whi ch has t he head of