【正文】 ey qui ckl y dr agged the dr unk to safet y. Even the bul l seemed to feel sor ry f or him, f or it looked on sym pat het ical y until t he drunk was out of t he way befor e once mor e t ur ning i ts at tenti on to t he matador. Leson71 A famous clock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of the f ir st things you wi l se i s Bi g Ben, t he famous clock whi ch can be heard al l over the wor ld on the B. . I f the Houses of Par liament had hot been burned down in 1834, the gr eat clock would never have been erected. Big Ben takes i ts name f rom Sir Benj amin Hal l who was responsibl e for t he making of the cl ock when t he new Houses of Parl ia ment were being bui lt . I t is not only of i mmense si ze, but is ext r emel y accur at e as wel . Of ici al s fr om Gr eenwich Observator y have t he clock checked twi ce a day. On the B. . you can hear the cl ock when i t is actual y str iking because microphones ar e connect ed 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 t ime. A pai nter who had been wor king on t he tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down ! Lesson72 A car called Bluebird “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The great racing dr iver, Si r Malcolm Campbel, was t he fi rst man t o dri ve at over 300 mil es per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecor d i n Sept ember 1935 at Bonnevil le Sal t Fl ats, Utah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dr iving, had been speci al ly bui lt f or hi m. It was over 30 feet in l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Al t hough Campbel r eached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour , he had gr eat dif f iculty in contr oll ing t he car because a tyr e burst dur ing t he fi rst r un. Af ter his at tempt, Campbel was disappoi nted to learn t hat hi s aver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour. However, a f ew days l ater, he was t ol d t hat a m istake had been m ade. His average speed had been 301 mil es per hour. Since t hat ti me, racing dr ivers have r eached speeds of over 400 mil es an hour . Fol lowi ng hi s fat her 39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a cinema sei ng the same f ilm over and over agai n, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al l been put to sham e by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hit ch hiked t o Dover and, towar ds evening, went i nto a boat to f ind somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next mor ning, he discovered t hat t he boat had, i n the meanti me, tr avel led to Calais. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hit chhiked t o Pari s in a lorr y. The dr iver gave hi m a few bi scui ts and a cup of cof fee and l ef t him just out si de the cit y. The next car t he boy st opped di d not take him int o the centr e of Par is as he hoped it would, but to Perpi gnan on the FrenchSpani sh border. There he was pi cked up by a pol iceman and sent back t o England by t he local authori ti es. He has surely set up a r ecord for t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evading school . Lesson74 O ut of t he li meli ght 舞臺(tái)之外 An ancient bus st opped by a dr y r iver bed and a par ty of f am ous actor s and act reses got of f. Dr esed i n dar k glasses and old cl othes, t hey had t ake n speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecognize them. But as they soon di scovered, di sgui ses can som et im es be t oo perf ect . 39。t be bet ter , Gl or ia,39。 Meanwhi le, two ot her actor s, Rockwal Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eves, had car ied t wo lar ge food basket s to a shady spot under some t rees. When t hey had al l made themsel ves f ort abl e, a st ranger appear ed. He looked ver y angr y. 39。m sher if f her e. Do you se t hat noti ce ? I t says No Campingi n case you can39。said Rockwal l,39。 39。m Br inksley Mer s, and my ot her name i s Gl or ia Gleam. Now you get out of here fast ! 39。To end our special news bul leti n,39。 Lesson77 A succesful operat ion 一例成功的手術(shù) The mum my of an Egypt ian wom an who died i n 800 . has just had an operat ion. The mummy is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a si nger i n the Tem pl e of Thebes. As there wer e str ange m ar ks on the X r ay pl ates taken of the mum my, doctor s have been tr ying t o f ind out whether the woman di ed of a rare di sease. The only way to do this was t o operate. The oper ati on, whi ch 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 mummy and sent i t to a labor ator y. They also f ound somethi ng whi ch t he X ray of t he god Duamut ef. This god whi ch has t he head of a cow was nor mal y placed inside a m um my. The doct or s have not yet decided how t he woman died. They feared t hat t he mummy woul d f al l to pi eces when t hey cut it open, but for tunately this has not happened. The mumm y successful ly survi ved t he oper ati on. Leson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eadi ng an ar ti cle enti tl ed 39。s clothes. Now, dr esed in a blue unif or m and wit h a r if le over his shoul der , the pri soner mar ched boldl y up and down in f r ont of the camp. He could hear shouti ng in t he cam p it sel f. Li ght s were bl azi ng and men were running here and t her e: t hey had just di scover ed that a pri soner had escaped. At that moment, a l arge black car wit h four off icer s inside it , st opped at the camp gates. The off icers got out and t he pr isoner st ood t o at ent ion and saluted as t hey passed. When t hey had gone, t he dri ver of the car cam e towar ds hi m. The man obviousl y wanted t o t al k. He was r at her el der ly wi th grey hair and clear bl ue eyes. The pr i soner felt sorr y f or hi m, but t her e was nothi ng el se he could do. As t he man came near , the pr isoner knocke d hi m t o the gr ound wit h a shar p blow. Then, jumping i nto t he car , he drove off as quickly as he could.