【正文】 you ?39。 I answered.39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he m orni ngunti l I saw you. You39。Fancy m eet ing you her e !39。m onst er s39。Ci garet te Smoki ng and Your Healt h39。 sai d the voi ce of t he television announcer ,39。 l esson75 SO S 呼救信號(hào) When a li ght passenger pl ane f lew off course som e ti me ago, i t crashed i n t he m ount ai ns and it s pilot was kil led. The onl y pasenger s, a young woman and her two baby daught er s, wer e unhurt . I t was the m iddle of wi nter. Snow l ay thick on the ground. The woman knew that the nearest vi l age was mil es away. When i t gr ew dark. she turned a suit case i nt o a bed and put t he childr 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 ter ri bly cold. The woman kept as near as she could t o the chil dren and even tr ied t o get i nto t he case herself , but it was t oo smal . Ear ly , next mor ning she hear d planes passi ng over head and wondered how she could send a si gnal . Then she had an i dea. She st am ped out t he let er s39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 don39。t r ead !39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you! 39。 Br inksley Mer s agr eed. 39。Thi s is a wonder ful place for a pi i c, 39。 leson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed int o the m iddle of t he ri ng. The crowd began to shout, but the dr unk was unaware of t he danger. The bull was busy wit h t he m at ador at he ti me, but i t suddenl y caught sight of t he drunk who was shouting rude r em ar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Appar ent ly sensit ve to cr it icism, t he bul l for got al about t he matador and charged at the dr unk. The crowd suddenl y grew qui et. The drunk, however, seem ed qui te sure of hi msel f. When the bull got cl ose t o him , he cl umsil y st epped aside t o let it pas. The c rowd br oke int o cheers and t he drunk bowed. By this t im e, however , thr e men had e into the r ing and t hey qui ckl y dragged the drunk t o saf ety. Even the bull seem ed to f eel sorr y f or hi m, for i t looked on sympatheti cal ly unt il the dr unk was out of t he way bef ore once mor e tur ni ng it s at ent ion t o the m at ador . Lesson71 A f amous clock 一個(gè)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 t he . C. If t he Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes i ts name f rom Sir Benjami n Hal who was responsible for the m aki ng of the cl ock when the new Houses of Par li am ent wer e bei ng bui lt . It i s not onl y of i mm ense si ze, but is extr em ely accur ate as wel . Of fi ci al s f rom Gr enwi ch Obser vat or y have the cl ock checked t wice a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he cl ock when it i s act ual ly str i ki ng because m icr ophones ar e connected t o t he cl ock t ower. Bi g Ben has rar el y gone wr ong. Once, however , i t f ai led t o give t he cor rect im e. A pai nter who had been wor ki ng on the t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and sl owed it down ! Lesson72 A car call ed Bl uebi rd “藍(lán)鳥(niǎo)”汽車(chē) 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 Flats, Ut ah. Bl uebir d, t he car he was dr i vi ng, had been speci al l y bui lt f or hi m. It was over 30 f et i n l engt 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 di f icult y i n cont roll i ng t he car because a t yr e burst duri ng the f ir st r un. Af t er hi s at tem pt, Cam pbel was di sappoi nted t o l ear n that hi s aver age speed had been 299 m il es 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. Sinc e 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。 I cont inued dri ving and aft er some t im e, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though the sound coul d be hear d clearl y, i t took me a long ti me t o r eact. I suddenly pr esed the br ake pedal har d and we wer e bot h t hr own f orwar d. The examiner looked at me sadl y. 39。s al ways pl ent y t o read i n the 39。 Then I39。 I lied, 39。m going t o. . .39。re not busy doi ng anyt hing, ar e you ?39。 39。have shown i nterest in t his new and unusual spor t. But though air cycl ists m ay learn how to f ly over shor t distances, and may, event ual ly, even get across the Engli sh Channel, it i s doubt ful whether they wi l ever cycle across the At lanti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Har oun Tazief f the Poli sh sci ent ist, has spent hi s li fe ti me studying acti ve vol canoes and deep caves i n al part s of the wor ld. In 1948, he went t o lake Ki vu in the Congo to observe a new vol cano whi ch he later named Ki tur o. Tazief was abl e to set up his camp very cl ose t o the vol cano whi le i t was er upti ng vi olentl y. Though he managed t o t ake a number of bri l iant photogr aphs, he could not stay near the volcano for very l ong. He not iced that a r iver of l iquid rock was ing t owards him . It thr eat ened t o surr ound hi m pl et ely, but Tazief m anaged to esc ape j ust i n ti me. He wai ted unti l t he volcano became quiet and he was abl e to retur n two days l ater. This t ime, he managed to cl imb into the mout h of Kit uro so t hat he coul d t ake photographs and measure temperatur es. Tazief has oft en ri sked hi s lif e i n thi s way. He has been abl e t o tel us m or e about acti ve vol canoes than any man ali ve. Leson68 Persist ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed t he st reet to avoid m eet ing hi m, but he saw m e and came r unni ng towar ds me. It was no use prete