【正文】 d to t ravel ing by air and only on one occasi on have I ever felt f ri ght ened. Af ter taking of f, we wer e f lying low over the cit y and slowl y t em perat ur es. Tazi ef has oft en ri sked hi s l if e i n t hi 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 him , but he saw m e and came r unni ng t owar ds m e. It was no use pretending t hat I had not seen him, so I waved t o hi m. I never enjoy m eeti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng t o do. No m at t er how busy you are, he al ways i nsists on i ng wit h you. I had t o t hi nk of a way of prevent i ng him f r om f ol l owi ng me ar ound al l m or ni ng. 39。 we ar e t aki ng you to t he macar oni fi el ds of Cal abr i a. Macar oni has been gr own i n thi s ar ea 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 Br abant e, t el m e that they have been expecti ng a splendid cr op t hi s year and har vest ing has begun earl i er t han usual. Her e you can see t wo wor ker s who, bet ween t hem , have j ust f i ni shed cutti ng t hr ee car t l oads of gol den br own m acar oni stal ks. The whole vi l age has been wor ki ng day and ni ght gat heri ng and t hr eshi ng thi s year39。 SOS39。 said t he sher if f wit h a sneer . 39。t be too har d on us. I39。 39。 he shout ed: 39。No newspaper m en, no f ilm f ans! Why don39。 sai d Gl or ia Gl eam . 39。s f oot st eps m any years l ater, Si r Mal colm39。Mr Eam es,39。wai ti ng r oom !39。l l e wit h you,39。but I 39。m goi ng t o. . 39。 39。 Hul l o, El i zabet h,39。t em perat ur es. Tazi ef has oft en ri sked hi s l if e i n t hi 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 him , but he saw m e and came r unni ng t owar ds m e. It was no use pretending t hat I had not seen him, so I waved t o hi m. I never enjoy m eeti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng t o do. No m at t er how busy you are, he al ways i nsists on i ng wit h you. I had t o t hi nk of a way of prevent i ng him f r om f ol l owi ng me ar ound al l m or ni ng. 39。Fancy m eti ng you here ! 39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。 I 39。 I l ied, 39。 Then I39。s al ways pl ent y t o r ead i n t he 39。 I cont inued dri vi ng and aft er some t im e, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though t he sound coul d be hear d clearl y, i t t ook m e a l ong t im e to r eact. I suddenl y pressed t he brake pedal ha rd and we were bot h thr own f or war d. The exami ner looked at m e sadl y. 39。 l eson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed i nt o t he m iddl e of t he ri ng. The cr owd began t o shout , but t he dr unk was unawar e of t he danger . The bul l was busy wi t h t he m at ador at t he t im e, but it suddenly caught si ght of t he dr unk who was shouti ng r ude r em ar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Apparentl y sensit ive t o cri ti ci sm , t he bull f or got al l about the 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 sur e of him self . When t he bul l got cl ose t o him, he cl um si ly st epped asi de t o l et it pas. The cr owd br oke i nt o cheers and t he dr unk bowed. By t his t im e, however , t hr ee m en had e int o the r ing and t hey qui ckl y dragged the dr unk t o safet y. Even t he bull seem ed t o f eel sorr y f or hi m, f or i t l ooked on sym pat het ical y unt il t he drunk was out of t he way bef or e once m ore t urni ng i t s at tenti on t o t he mat 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 fi rst t hi ngs you wi l see is Bi g Ben, t he f am ous cl ock which can be hear d al over t he worl d on t he B. B. C. If t he Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down i n 1834, the gr eat clock woul d never have been erected. Big Ben t akes i ts name f r om Sir Benj am in Hal l who was r esponsi bl e f or t he making of t he cl ock when t he 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 i s extr em el y accur at e as wel . Of i 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 clock when it i s act ual l y st ri ki ng because mi cr ophones are connect ed t o t he cl ock tower. Bi g Ben has r ar el y gone wr ong. Once, however, it 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 ! Lesson72 A car call ed Bl uebi rd “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Sir Mal col m Cam pbel , was t he f ir st m an t o dr i ve at over 300 m il es per hour . He set up a new worl d r ecor d i n Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil le Salt Fl at s, Utah. Bluebi r d, t he car he was dr ivi ng, had been speci al l y bui lt f or hi m. It was over 30 f et i n lengt h and had a 2500 hor se power engi ne. Alt hough Cam pbel l r eached a speed of over 304 m il es per hour, he had gr eat dif fi cul ty i n cont r ol li ng t he car be cause 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 mi les per hour. However, a few days l at er , he was t ol d t hat a m ist 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 dri ver s have reached speeds of over 400 mi l es an hour. Foll owi ng hi s fat her39。Thi s is a wonder ful place f or a pi i c, 39。 Br i nksley Meer s agr eed. 39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you!39。t r ead !39。 don39。 Oh, i s i t ?39。 l esson75 SO S 呼救信號(hào) When a li ght passenger pl ane f l ew off course som e ti me ago, i t crashed i n t he m ount ai ns and it s pil ot was ki l ed. The only pa sse