【正文】 , a f ew days l at er, he was t old that a mistake had been made. His aver age speed had been 301 mi les per hour . Since t hat ti me, racing dri ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 mi les an hour . Foll owing his fat her 39。s Radi cal Pr ogr esive Par ty. Aft er the electi ons, Crawl ey went t o t he for mer Pri me Mi nister 39。s st eam ham mer. Though i n t hose days, tr avel i ng was not as easy as i t is t oday, st eam boat s car ied t housands of visit ors acr oss t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ar ri vi ng i n Engl and, t hey were t aken t o t he Cr ystal Pal ace by tr ai n. Ther e wer e si x mi l ion vi si tor s in al l, and t he pr ofit s f rom t he exhibit i on wer e used to buil d m useum s and col l eges. Lat er , the Cr yst al Pal ace was m oved t o Sout h London. I t r em ai ned one of t he m ost f am ous bui l di ngs i n t he worl d unt il i t was bur nt down i n 1936. Leson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had ki l ed t he guar d, t he pr isoner of war quickl y dr agged him i nt o t he bushes. Wor ki ng r api dl y i n the dar knes, he soon changed i nt o t he dead m an39。s crop bef or e t he Sept em ber r ai ns. On t he ri ght, you can se Mrs Br abant e her sel f. She has been hel pi ng her husband f or thir t y year s now. Mrs Brabant e is t alki ng t o t he m anager of the l ocal factor y where t he cr op i s pr ocessed. This l ast scene shows you what wil l happen at t he end of t he harvest : t he famous Calabri an macar oni eati ng pet it i on ! Si gnor Fr at el i, t he pr esent cham pi on, has won it every year si nce 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull et i n f or t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We ar e now r et urni ng you t o t he st udi o.39。 i n t he snow. Fort unat el y, a pi l ot saw t he si gnal and sent a m essage by r adi o t o t he near est town. It was not l ong bef or e a heli copt er ar ri ved on t he scene t o r escue t he sur vi vor s of t he plane crash. Lesson76 April Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。Wel , I39。m Rockwal Sl i nger and t his i s Merl i n Gr eves.39。 Look, sher if f, 39。 I 39。t we e m ore of ten ?39。 It coul dn39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a wor l d recor d. Like hi s fat her, he was dr ivi ng a car cal l ed Bluebi r d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who pl ay tr uant f r om school ar e unim agi nati ve. A quiet day39。s f oot st eps m any years l at er, Sir Malcolm39。 sai d Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。No newspaper men, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。 he shouted: 39。 39。t be too har d on us. I39。 sai d t he sheri f wit h a sneer. 39。 SOS39。 we ar e taking you t o t he m acar oni f iel ds of Cal abri a. Macar oni has been gr own i n t hi s area f or over si x hundr ed year s. Two of the l eadi ng gr owers, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ri car do Brabant e, t el l me t hat t hey have been expecti ng a spl endi d crop t his year and har vesti ng has begun ear li er t han usual. Her e you can see t wo wor ker s who, bet ween t hem , have j ust f ini shed cut ti ng t hr ee car t l oads of gol den br own m acar oni st alks. The whol e vil lage has been wor ki ng day and night gat her i ng and t hreshi ng t hi s year39。 I lit a ci gar et e t o calm m y ner ves. I sm oked wit h concentr at i on and pl easure as I was sure t hat t his woul d be my l ast ci gar et te. For a whol e wek I di d not smoke at al l and dur i ng t his t im e, m y wif e suff er ed t er ri bl y. I had al l the usual sym ptoms of som eone gi ving up sm oki ng: a bad t em per and an enor mous appeti t e. My fr iends kept on off eri ng me ci gar et t es and cigars. They m ade no ef f or t t o hi de t heir am usem ent whenever I pr oduced a packet of swets f r om m y pocket. Af ter seven days of t his I went t o a par t y. Everybody around me was sm oki ng and I f el t ext r em el y un fort abl e. When m y ol d f ri end Bri an ur ged me t o accept a ci garet e, i t was m or e t han I coul d bear . I took one gui lt il y, l it i t and sm oked wi t h sati sf act i on. My wif e was deli ght ed that thi ngs had r et urned t o nor mal once m or e. Anyway, as Bri an point ed out, i t is t he easi est thi ng i n t he worl d t o gi ve up sm oking. He him self has done it l ot s of tim es! Lesson79 By ai r 乘飛機(jī) I used t o tr avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used t o l i ve i n Sout h Am eri ca and I used t o fl y t her e fr om Eur ope i n t he hol i days. An ai r hostess woul d t ake char ge of m e and I never had an unpl easant exper ience. I am used t o tr avel i ng by ai r and onl y on one occasi on have I ever f el t f r ightened. Af t er t aki ng off , we wer e fl yi ng l ow over t he ci t y and sl owly gai ni ng hei ght , when t he pl ane suddenl y t ur ned round and fl ew back to t he air por t. Whi l e we wer e wait ng t o l and, an ai r host ess t ol d us t o keep calm and t o get off t he plane quietl y as soon as i t had t ouched down. Ever ybody on boar d was worr i ed and we were curi ous t o f i nd out what had happened. Lat er we l ear nt t hat t her e was a ver y i m port ant per son on boar d. The poli ce had been t ol d t hat a bomb had been pl anted on t he pl ane. Af ter we had l anded, t he plane was sear ched t hor oughl y. For t unatel y, nothi ng was found and fi ve hour s lat er we were abl e t o t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 Per haps t he most ext raor di nar y buil di ng of the ni ent h cent ur y was t he Crystal Pal ace, whi ch was bui lt i n Hyde Par k f or t he Gr eat Exhi bi ti on of 1851. The Cr ystal Pal ace was di f fer ent fr om al l ot her bui ldi ngs i n t he wor l d, f or i t was made of ir on and gl as. It was one of t he bi ggest bui ldi ngs of al t im e and a lot of peopl e fr om m any countr ies cam e t o see i t. A gr eat m any goods wer e sent t o t he exhi bit ion f r om vari ous part s of t he wor l d. There was al so a great deal of m achi ner y on di spl ay. The m ost wonder ful piece of m ac