【正文】 9。 39。r e not busy doing anything, are you ?39。 I39。 I li ed, 39。 Then I39。s always plent y to r ead in the 39。 I continued dri vi ng and af ter s ome time, the examiner tapped loudl y. Though t he sound could be heard clear ly, i t ook me a long time t o react. I suddenly presed t he brake pedal hard and we wer e both t hr own f or war d. The examiner looked at me sadly. 39。 leson70 Red for danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bul lfi ght, a drunk suddenl y wander ed int o the middl e of the ri ng. The crowd began t o shout , but t he drunk was unaware of t he danger. The bul l was busy wi th the matador at the ti me, but it suddenly caught sight of t he dr unk who was shout ing rude remar ks and waving a red cap. Appar entl y sensit ive to cr it icism, t he bull fot al about t he matador and charged at the drunk. The crowd suddenly grew qui et . The dr unk, however, seemed qui te sur e of himsel f. When t he bul l got cl ose to him, he clumsily stepped aside to l et it pass. The crowd broke i nt o cheer s and the dr unk bowed. By t hi s time, however, three men had e into t he r ing and they quickly dragged the dr unk to safety. Even t he bull seemed to f el sorr y for hi m, f or i t l ooked on sympathet ical y unt il the dr unk was out of the way before once more tur ni ng i ts at tent ion to t he matador . Lesson71 A famous clock 一個著名的大鐘 When you vi sit London, one of the fir st things you wil l see i s Big Ben, the famous clock which can be hear d al l over t he worl d on t he . C. I f t he Houses of Par li ament had hot been burned down in 1834, t he gr eat clock would never have been erected. Big Ben takes its name f rom Si r Benjamin Hal who was r esponsi bl e f or t he making of the clock when the new Houses of Par liament wer e being bui lt . I t i s not only of immense si ze, but is ext remel y accurate as wel l. Of icials fr om Greenwich Observat or y have the cl ock checked twice a day. On t he . C. you can hear t he clock when it is act ual y st riking because microphones ar e connected to the cl ock tower. Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. Once, however, it fail ed t o gi ve t he cor rect ime. A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and sl owed it down ! Leson72 A car called Bluebi rd “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r acing dri ver, Sir Malcol m Cam pbel l, was t he f irst man t o dr ive at over 300 mi les per hour . He set up a new worl d recor d in September 1935 at Bonnevi le Salt Flats, Utah. Bl uebird, the car he was dr iving, had been specialy built f or him. It was over 30 feet in l ength and had a 2500 horse power engi ne. Although Campbel reached a speed of over 304 mil es per hour , he had great dif ficulty i n cont r ol li ng t he car because a tyre bur st dur ing the fi rst r un. After his at tempt , Campbel was disappoi nted t o lear n that his average speed had been 299 mi les per hour. However , a f ew days l at er , he was t ol d that a mistake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 miles per hour. Since t hat time, raci ng dr iver s have r eached speeds of over 400 mi les an hour. Fol lowing hi s f at her 39。This is a wonderf ul place f or a pii c, 39。 Br inksley Mer s agreed. 39。Now you gut out of here, al l of you!39。t r ead !39。 don39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 l esson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a light pasenger plane f lew of f course some time ago, it crashed i n the mountains and it s pi lot was ki l ed. The onl y pasenger s, a young woman and her t wo baby daughters, were unhurt . I t was the middle of wi nt er . Snow l ay t hi ck on the ground. The woman knew t hat the nearest vi l age was mi les away. When i t gr ew dark. she turned a sui tcase into a bed and put the chil dr en i nside it , coveri ng t hem wi th al the cl ot hes she coul d f ind. Duri ng t he night, it got ter ibly col d. The woman kept as near as she could t o the childr en and even t ried to get i nt o the case hersel f, but it was t oo s mal l. Ear ly ,next morning she heard planes passi ng over head and wonder ed how she could send a signal. Then she had an idea. She stamped out the let er s39。 sai d the voice of t he t el evision announcer, 39。Ci gar et te Smoking and Your Heal th39。guar d of honour39。so it was for tunate t hat we didn39。 I said. 39。 Ber t answered. 39。 No, not at al l,39。 Would you mind my ing wit h you ?39。m goi ng t o the dentist.39。 he answer ed.39。 l esson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng t ested for a dr i vi ng l icence f or t he t hi rd ti me. I had been asked t o dr ive in heavy traf ic and had done so successf ul ly. Af ter havi ng been i nstr ucted to dri ve out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sure t hat I had passed, I was almost beginning to enj oy my t est. The exami ner must have been pleased with my perf or mance, for he smil ed and said, 39。 he said, in a mour nful voice, 39。s son, Donal d, also set up a worl d record. Li ke his f at her, he was dri vi ng a car cal led Bluebir d. Lesson73 The recordhol der 紀錄保持者 Li tl e boys who play tr uant f rom school are uni maginative. A quiet day39。 It couldn39。t we e more oft en ?39。 I39。 Look, sher if f, 39。m Rockwal Slinger and t hi s i s Mer li n Greeves.39。Wel l, I39。 in t he snow. For tunately, a pi lot saw the si gnal and sent amessage by r adio t o the nearest town. I t was not long before a hel icopter ar ri ved on the scene to r escue the sur vi vors of the pl ane cr ash. Leson76 April Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。s cr op before the September r ains. On t he r ight , you can see Mr s Br abant e hersel f. She has been hel ping her husband f or t hi rty year s now. Mrs Brabante i s t al ki ng t o the manager of t he l ocal fact or y wher e t he crop is processed. This last scene shows you what wi l happen at he end of the har vest : the famous Calabr ian macar oni eat ing peti ti on ! Signor Frateli , t he pr esent champi on, has won i t ever y year since 1961. And t hat ends our specia l bull et in for toda