【正文】 r. The bul was busy wit h the m at ador at the tim e, but it suddenly caught si ght of t he dr unk who was shout ing rude r em ar ks and waving a red cap. Appar entl y sensit ve t o cr it icism, t he bul l fot al about t he matador and char ged at t he drunk. The crowd suddenly grew qui et . The dr unk, however, sem ed qui te sur e of himsel f. When t he bull got cl ose t o him, he cl umsil y st epped asi de t o l et i t pas. The cr owd br oke into cheers and t he drunk bowed. By this tim e, however , t hr ee m en had e i nt o the ri ng and they quickl y dr agged t he dr unk to saf et y. Even t he bul l seemed to f el sorr y for him, f or it l ooked on sympat heti cal y unti l t he dr unk was out of the way before once more t ur ni ng it s 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 t he f ir st thi ngs you wil se i s Bi g Ben, t he fam ous cl ock which can be hear d al l over t he worl d on t he B. B. 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 erect ed. Bi g Ben t akes i ts nam e f rom Sir Benj ami n Hal who was r esponsi bl e for the m aking of t he clock when the new Houses of Par li ament were bei ng built . I t i s not onl y of imm ense size, but is ext rem el y acur at e as wel l. Of icials fr om Greenwi ch Obser vat ory have the cl ock checked t wi ce aday. On t he B. B. C. you can hear the cl ock when it i s act ual y st ri ki ng because m icrophones are connected to t he clock t ower. Big Ben has rarel y gone wr ong. Once, however, it f ail ed t o gi ve t he corr ect ime. 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 ! Leson72 A car call ed Bl uebi rd “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat raci ng dri ver, Sir Malcolm Cam pbel, was t he f ir st man t o dri ve at over 300 mi les per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecor d in Sept ember 1935 at Bonnevil e Salt Flats, Ut ah. Bl uebir d, the car he was dr i vi ng, had been special y buil t f or him. It was over 30 feet i n l ength and had a 2500 horse power engi ne. Alt hough Cam pbel l reached a speed of over 304 m il es per hour, he had great dif fi cult y i n contr ol i ng t he car because a t yr e bur st dur ing the fir st r un. Af ter hi s at em pt, Cam pbel was disappoi nt ed t o lear n that his average speed had bee n 299 mi les per hour. However, a f ew days l at er, he was t ol d that a mistake had been m ade. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 m il es per hour. Since t hat tim e, raci ng dri ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 mil es an hour. Fol lowing hi s f at her39。Thi s i s a wonder ful pl ace for a pi ic,39。 Bri nksl ey Mers agr eed. 39。Now you gut out of here, al of you!39。t r ead !39。 don39。 Oh, i s i t ?39。 l esson75 SO S 呼救信號 When a l ight passenger pl ane fl ew of f cour se som e t ime ago, it cr ashed i n t he m ount ai ns and its pil ot was kil led. The only pasenger s, a young woman and her t wo baby daught er s, were unhurt. It was the m iddl e of wi nt er. Snow l ay t hi ck on the gr ound. The woman knew t hat he near est vil lage was m il es away. When it grew dar k. she t ur ned a suit case i nto a bed and put t he chil dr en i nside it, coveri ng t hem wit h al l t he cl ot hes she coul d fi nd. Dur ing the ni ght, i t got t er ri bl y cold. The wom an kept as near as he coul d to t he chi ldren and even tr ied to get i nt o t he case her self , but i t was too sm al . Earl y ,next m or ni ng she hear d pl anes pasi ng over head and wonder ed how she could send a si gnal. Then she had an i dea. She st amped out t he l et ters39。 said t he voice of t he televi si on announcer,39。Cigarete Smoki ng and Your Healt h39。guar d of honour 39。so it was f or tunat e that we di dn39。 I said. 39。 Bert answered. 39。 I answered.39。 he asked, bef ore I had fi ni shed speaking. ‘ Not at al l,39。 39。 Ther e39。Just one more t hi ng, Mr Eames. Let us suppose t hat a chi ld suddenl y crosses t he road in front of you. As soon as I tap on the wi ndow, I want the car to be stopped immediate ly.39。 you have just kil led that chil d ! 39。s f ishi ng, or ei ght hours in a ci nema seing t he same fi lm over and over agai n, i s usual ly as f ar as they get . They have al been put to shame by a boy who, whi le pl aying t ruant, t ravel ed 1600 mil es. He hitch hi ked t o Dover and, towards eveni ng, went i nt o a boat t o f ind somewhere to sleep. When he woke up next mor ni ng, he discovered t hat the boat had, i n the meanti me, t ravel ed to Calais. No one noti ced t he boy as he crept off . From t here, he hitchhiked to Pari s in a lorr y. The dri ver gave him a f ew bi scuits and a cup of coff e and l ef t him just outside the cit y. The next car t he boy stopped did not take hi m i nt o t he cent re of Par is as he hoped i t would, but t o Per pi gnan on the Fr enchSpani sh border . There he was picked up by a poli ceman and sent back to Engl and by t he local aut hori ties. He has sur el y set up a record for the t housands of boys who dream of evadi ng school. Lesson74 Out of t he limeli ght 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus stopped by a dr y ri ver bed and a part y of famous actors and actr esses got of f. Dr essed in dark gl asses and old clothes, they had taken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one should recogni ze t hem. But as they soon di scovered, di sgui ses can somet imes be too per fect. 39。t be bet er , Gloria,39。 Meanwhil e, two ot her act or s, Rockwal Sli nger and Mer lin Greeves, had car ied two large food baskets to a shady spot under some t rees. When they had al made themselves fort able, a str anger appear ed. He looked ver y angry. 39。m sherif f her e. Do you se that notice ? I t says No Camping in case you can39。sai d Rockwal l,39。 39。m Br inksley Meers, and my ot her name i s Glori a Gleam. Now you get out of her e fast !39。To end our speci al news bul letin,39