【正文】 Big Ben, t he f am ous cl ock which can be hear d al over t he wor ld on t he B. B. C. If t he Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down in 1834, t he gr eat cl ock would never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes it s nam e f rom Sir Benjami n Hal who was responsibl e for t he m aki ng of the cl ock when t he new Houses of Parli ament wer e bei ng 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 Gr eenwi ch Obser vat or 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 actual y st ri ki ng because m i 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 ai l ed t o gi ve t he cor r ect ti me. 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 slowed i t down ! Lesson72 A car cal led Bl uebi rd “藍鳥”汽車 The great racing dri ver, Sir Malcolm Cam pbel l, was t he fi rst m an t o dri ve at over 300 m il es per hour. He set up a new wor ld 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 dri vi ng, had been speci al l y bui lt f or him . It was over 30 feet in l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 mi l es per hour , he had gr eat di f icult y i n contr oll ing t he car be cause a t yr e burst dur i ng t he f ir st r un. Af t er hi s at tempt, Cam pbel was di sappoi nted t o l ear n that hi s a ver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour . However , a few days l at er , he was t ol d t hat a mi st ake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 mi l es per hour . Since t hat tim e, raci ng dri vers have reached speeds of over 400 m il es an hour. Foll owi ng hi s fat her39。Thi s i s a wonderf ul pl ace f or a piic,39。 Bri nksl ey Meers agr ed. 39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you! 39。t r ead !39。 don39。 Oh, is i t ?39。 l esson75 SO S 呼救信號 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 pi l ot was kil l ed. The onl y passenger s, a young wom an and her t wo baby daught ers, were unhurt . It was t he m iddl e of wi nter. Snow l ay t hi ck on the gr ound. The woman knew t hat t he near est 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 coul d f i nd. Duri ng t he ni ght , it got t er i bl y col d. The wom an kept as near as she coul d t o the chil dr en and even t ri ed t o get i nt o t he case her sel f, but it was t oo sm al l. Earl y , next mor ni ng she hear d pl anes passi ng over head and wondered how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an i dea. She st am ped out t he l et er s39。 sai d t he voi ce of t he tel evi si on announcer ,39。 of six pr ety gir ls, he set off down t he main st reet of t he ci ty ri di ng a baby elephant cal led Jumbo. He, shoul d have known that the poli ce woul d never al ow t his sort of thi ng. A pol iceman approached Jim my and tol d him he ought t o have gone along a si de st reet as Jumbo was hol di ng up the t raf fi c. Though Jimmy agr eed to go at once, Jumbo r ef used t o move. Fi ft een pol icemen had to push ver y hard t o get hi m of f the m ai n str et . The pol ice had a dif fi cul t ti me, but t hey wer e most am used. 39。t have t o car y him. Of course, we shoul d ar est him , but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et hi m of f thi s tim e.39。Fancy meet ing you here !39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how to spend the m or ningunti l I saw you. You39。 I answer ed. 39。Would you mi nd my i ng wi th you ?39。m going to t he dent ist. 39。 Ther e39。Just one m ore t hing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenl y crosses the r oad in fr ont of you. As soon as I tap on t he wi ndow, I want the car to be stopped im mediately. 39。 you have j ust kil led t hat chil d ! 39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nem a sei ng the sam e fi lm over and over again, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al been put t o 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 nt o a boat to f ind somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next mor ning, he di scovered 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. From ther e, he hit ch hiked t o Pari s in a l orr 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 t ake hi m into the cent re of Par is as he hoped i t would, but t o Perpignan on t he French Spani sh bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a poli ceman and sent back to Engl and by the l ocal aut hori ti es. He has sur ely set up a record f or the t housands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school. Leson74 Out of the l im el ight 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus stopped by a dry r i ver bed and a par ty of f amous act ors and actr esses got off . Dressed i n dark gl ases and ol d clot hes, they had taken special precaut ions so that no one should r ecognize t hem . But as t hey soon discover ed, disguises can someti mes be too per fect. 39。t be bet er , Gl or ia, 39。 Meanwhile, t wo other act ors, Rockwal l Sl inger and Merl in Gr eeves, had car ri ed two l arge f ood basket s to a shady spot under some tr es. When they had al made t hemselves for table, a str anger appeared. He looked ver y angry. 39。m sher if f here. Do you se that not ice ? I t says No Camping i n case you can39。sai d Rockwal l, 39。 39。m Br i nksley Meer s, and m y ot her name i s Gl or ia Gleam. Now you get out of here fast ! 39。To end our special news bul l et in,39。投產(chǎn)后年產(chǎn)新含氣調(diào)理食品 20200噸。s hospi tal. Dr essed up as Father Chri stm as and a pani ed by a 39。 sai d a pol i ceman aft er war ds, 39