【正文】 nto a boat to fi nd somewher e to sleep. When he woke up next morning, he discover ed that he boat had, i n t he meant ime, tr avel led t o Calais. No one noti ced the boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tchhi ked t o Pari s in a lor ry. The dri ver gave him a few biscui ts and a cup of coff e and l eft him just out side the ci ty. The next car t he boy st opped di d not take him into the cent re of Par is as he hoped i t would, 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 England by the l ocal authori ti es. He has sur ely set up a record for the t housands of boys who dream of evading school . Lesson74 Out of t he li meli ght 舞臺(tái)之外 An ancient bus st opped by a dr y ri ver bed and a part y of fam ous actor s and actr eses got of f. Dr esed in dar k glasses and old cl othes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d recogni ze them. But as they soon di scovered, di sgui ses can som et imes be t oo per f ect. 39。 you have j ust kil led t hat chil d !39。Just one mor e thi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenly cr osses the r oad in f ront of you. As soon as I tap on t he window, I want the car t o be stopped imm edi ately.39。Ci gar et e Sm oki ng and Your Healt h39。 sai d t he voice of t he t el evi sion announcer,39。 lesson75 SO S 呼救信號(hào) When a l i ght pasenger plane fl ew of f cour se some t im e ago, it cr ashed i n the m ount ai ns and i ts pi lot was kil led. The onl y pa senger s, a young woman and her t wo baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. I t was t he mi ddle of wi nter. Snow l ay thi ck on t he gr ound. The wom an knew t hat t he nearest vi l age was m il es away. When i t grew dar k. she t ur ned a sui tcase i nt o a bed and put t he chil dren i nsi de it, coveri ng them wit h al l t he cl ot hes she could f i nd. 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 dren and even tr ied t o get i nt o t he case hersel f, but it was t oo sm al. Ear ly , next m or ning she hear d planes passi ng overhead and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal. Then she had an i dea. She stamped out t he l et ters39。 Oh, is i t ?39。 don39。t r ead !39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you!39。 Bri nksl ey Meers agr ed. 39。Thi s i s a wonder f ul pl ace f or a pi i c,39。 l esson70 Red for danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Duri ng a bull fi ght , a dr unk suddenl y wander ed i nt o t he mi ddl e of t he r i ng. The crowd began t o shout, but t he dr unk was unaware of t he danger. The bull was busy wit h t he m at ador at t he t im e, but it suddenl y caught si ght of t he dr unk who was shout ing r ude remar ks and wavi ng a red cap. Appar ent ly sensi ti ve t o cr it cism, t he bul f or got al l about t he m at ador and char ged at t he drunk. The cr owd suddenl y gr ew qui et . The dr unk, however , semed quit e sure of him sel f. When t he bul l got cl ose t o him, he cl um si l y st epped asi de t o let it pas. The crowd br oke int o cheers and t he drunk bowed. By thi s t im e, however, t hr e e m en had e i nt o t he r i ng and t hey qui ckl y dr agged t he dr unk to safet y. Even t he bul l seem ed t o feel sor ry f or him, f or it l ooke d on sym pat het i cal y unti l t he dr unk was out of the way bef or e once m or e t ur ni ng it s at t enti on t o the m at ador . Lesson71 A f am ous cl ock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you vi si t London, one of t he f ir st t hi ngs you wil l see i s Bi g Ben, t he famous clock whi ch can be heard al over t he wor l d on the B. B. C. I f the Houses of Parl i am ent had hot been burned down i n 1834, t he gr eat cl ock woul d never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben takes it s nam e fr om Si r Benj am i n Hal who was r esponsi ble f or the m aki ng of t he clock when t he new Houses of Par li am ent wer e being buil t. I t is not onl y of imm ense si ze, but i s ext r em el y accur at e as wel . Of ici al s fr om Greenwich Observator y have t he clock checked t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear the cl ock when i t is actual y st ri ki ng because mi crophones ar e connect ed to t he clock t ower . Big Ben has r ar ely gone wr ong. Once, however, i t f ail ed to gi ve the corr ect t im e. A pai nt er who had been wor ki ng on t he t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and sl owed it down ! Leson72 A car call ed Bl uebi rd “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dr i ver, Si r Mal colm Cam pbel , was the f ir st m an t o dri ve at over 300 mi les per hour. He set up a new worl d r ecor d i n Septem ber 1935 at Bonnevi l e Sal t Flat s, Ut ah. Bl uebi rd, the car he was dri vi ng, had been special y buil t for him. I t was over 30 f eet i n l engt h and had a 2500 horse power engi ne. Al t hough Cam pbel l reached a speed of over 304 mil es per hour, he had gr eat dif fi cul t y i n contr ol li ng t he car because a tyr e bur st dur ing t he fi rst r un. Af ter his at em pt, Campbel was disappoi nt ed t o learn t hat hi s aver age speed had been 299 mil es per hour. However, a f ew days lat er , he was tol d that a m i st ake had been m ade. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 mi les per hour . Si nce that im e, r aci ng dr i ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 mil es an hour . Fol l owi ng his f at her39。 I conti nued dr ivi ng and aft er som e tim e, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though t he sound coul d be hear d cl earl y, it t ook m e a l ong t im e to r eact . I suddenl y pr essed t he brake pedal hard and we were bot h thr own f or ward. The exami ner l ooked at m e sadl y. 39。Just one m or e t hi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenly cr osses the r oad i n f r ont of you. As soon as I tap on t he wi ndow, I want t he car t o be st opped imm edi atel y.39。 you have j ust ki l ed t hat chil d ! 39。s f i shi ng, or ei ght hour s in a ci nem a sei ng t he sam e fi lm over and over agai n, i s usual y