【正文】 al har d and we wer e bot h t hr own f orwar d. The examiner looked at me sadl y. 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 t o shout, but the dr unk was unaware of t he danger. The bull was busy wit h t he matador at t he ti me, but it s uddenly caught si ght of the dr unk who was shout ing r ude remarks and waving a red cap. Appar ent ly sensi ti ve to cr it cism, the bull f ot al about t he m atador and charged at the drunk. The cr owd suddenly grew qui et . The dr unk, however, semed quit e sure of him self . When t he bul l got close t o him, he clum si ly st epped asi de to l et it pass. The cr owd br oke i nto cheer s and the dr unk bowed. By t his t ime, however , t hree men had e i nto t he ri ng and they quickly dr agged t he dr unk to saf et y. Even t he bul l seemed t o feel sor ry for hi m, f or i t looked on sym pat heti cal l y unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way bef or e once m or e t ur ning i ts at ent i on t o t he m atador. Leson71 A f amous clock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of t he f ir st t hings you wil l se i s Bi g Ben, t he fam ous 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 bur ned down i n 1834, t he gr eat clock woul d never have been erected. Bi g Ben t akes i ts name f r om Sir Benj ami n Hal who was responsi bl e f or t he m aki ng of t he cl ock when t he new Houses of Parl iament were bei ng buil t. I t is not onl y of im mense 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 cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he cl ock when i t is act ual y str iki ng because mi cr ophones ar e connect ed t o t he clock t ower . Bi g Ben has r arel y gone wr ong. Once, however, i t fail 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 i t down ! Leson72 A car cal l ed Bluebird “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Si r Mal colm Campbel l, was t he fi rst man to dr i ve at over 300 m il es per hour . He set up a new wor ld r ecor d in Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil le Salt Fl at s, Ut ah. Bl uebi rd, t he car he was dri ving, ha d been special ly buil t for him . It was over 30 f eet i n l ength and had a 2500 horsepower engi ne. Al though Campbel reached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour , he had gr eat dif fi cul ty in contr olli ng the car because a tyr e bur st dur ing t he fi rst run. Af ter his at empt, Campbel was disappoi nt ed to lear n t hat his average speed had been 299 mil es per hour. However, a f ew days later , he was t old t hat a m istake had been m ade. Hi s average speed had been 301 mil es per hour. Si nce t hat t ime, r acing dr iver s have r ea ched speeds of over 400 mil es an hour . Fol lowi ng his f at her 39。Thi s is a wonderf ul pl ace for a piic, 39。 Br inksl ey Meers agr ed. 39。Now you gut out of here, al of you! 39。t r ead !39。 don39。 Oh, is i t ?39。 l eson75 SO S 呼救信號 When a l ight passenger pl ane fl ew off course some t ime ago, it crashed in t he mountains and it s pil ot was ki l ed. The only passenger s, a young woman and her two baby daught ers, were unhurt . It was the middle of wi nter . Snow l ay thi ck on the gr ound. The wom an knew t hat t he near est vi l l age was m i l es away. When i t gr ew dar k. she t ur ned a sui t case i nt o a bed and put t he si nce. Leson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vi l age fair , I decided t o visit a f ort une tel er cal led Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nto her tent and she t old m e to si t down. Af ter I had given her some m oney, she l ooked i nto a cr yst al bal and sai d: 39。 she asked im pat ientl y. 39。s closest fr iends asked him t o make a speech at a weddi ng recept ion. This i s the sort of thi ng that Geof f rey l oves. He prepared t he speech car ef ull y and went t o the weddi ng wit h Jenny. He had included a l ar ge number of f unny st ori es i n the speech and, of course, it was a gr eat success . As soon as he had f inished, Jenny told hi m she wanted t o go home. Geoff rey was a l it tl e disappoint ed by thi s but he did as hi s daughter asked. On t he way home, he asked Jenny if she had enj oyed t he speech. To hi s sur pri se, she sai d she hadn39。 of si x pr et ty gi rl s, he set of f down the m ai n str eet of the ci ty r idi ng a baby el ephant cal led Jumbo. He, shoul d have known t hat he police woul d never al ow t hi s sor t of thing. A pol iceman appr oached Jimm y and tol d him he ought to have gone along a side st reet as Jumbo was holdi ng up the t raf i c. Though Ji mmy agr eed t o go at once, Jum bo ref used t o move. Fi ft en pol icemen had to push ver y hard to get him off t he main str eet. The pol ice had a di f icult t ime, but t hey were most amused. 39。t have to car y him. Of cour se, we shoul d ar est hi m, but as he has a good re cor d, we shal l et him of f t his t im e. 39。Fancy m et ing you here ! 39。 I was j ust wonder ing how to spend the mor ning unti l I saw you. You39。 I 39。 he asked, befor e I had fi ni shed speaki ng. ‘ Not at al l, 39。 39。 There39。Just one more thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a child suddenl y crosses t he road i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on the wi ndow, I want t he car to be st opped i mmediat el y.39。 you have just kil ed that chi ld !39。s f ishing, or ei ght hours i n a cinema seei ng the same f il m over and over agai n, i s usual l y as f ar as t hey get. They have al l been put to shame by a boy who, whi le pl ayi ng tr uant , t ravel ed 1600 m il es. He hit c h hi ked to Dover and, t owar ds evening, went into a boat to fi nd som ewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next morni ng, he discover ed that the boat had, in t he meant im e, t ravel