【正文】 ent y to r ead in t he 39。 I cont inued dri vi ng and aft er som e t ime, t he exami ner tapped loudl y. Though t he sound could be heard clear ly, i t ook me a l ong tim e t o r eact. I suddenly presed t he br ake pedal har d and we were bot h thrown for war d. The exami ner l ooked at m e sadl y. 39。 l esson70 Red for danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bull fi ght, a dr unk suddenl y wandered i nt o t he mi ddl e of the ri ng. The crowd began t o shout, but t he dr unk was unawar e of the danger. The bull was busy wi th t he matador at t he tim e, but it suddenl y caught sight of the dr unk who was shouti ng r ude r emarks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Apparent ly sensi ti ve t o cri ti ci sm, the bul f or got al l about the m at ador and charged at the dr unk. The crowd suddenl y gr ew qui et. The dr unk, however, seem 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 dr unk bowed. By t his t ime, however , t hree m en had e into t he r ing and t hey quickly dragged the dr unk t o safety. Even t he bul sem ed t o feel sor ry f or him, for it looked on sym pathet ical ly unt il t he drunk was out of t he way bef or e once m or e turning it s at enti on t o t he matador. Lesson71 A fam ous clock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of the fir st t hi ngs you wil l see i s Big Ben, the famous clock whi ch can be heard al over the wor ld on the B. B. C. If t he Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down i n 1834, t he great clock would never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes i ts name f rom Sir Benjamin Hal who was r esponsi bl e for t he making of t he clock when the new Houses of Par liament wer e being built . I t i s not only of immense size, but is ext remel y accur at e as wel l. Of icials fr om Greenwich Observat or y have the cl ock checked twice aday. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he clock when it is act ual y st riking because microphones ar e connected to the clock t ower. Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. Once, however, it fail ed t o gi ve t he correct ime. A painter who had been wor ki ng 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(lán)鳥(niǎo)”汽車(chē) The gr eat raci ng dri ver, Sir Malcol m Campbel, was t he f ir st 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 l e Salt Flats, Ut ah. 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 Englishm an, Wil iam Low. He suggested t hat a double r ai l way t unnel should be buil t. Thi s woul d sol ve t he pr oblem of ventil at ion, f or if a t rain ent er ed t hi s tunnel , it woul d dr aw i n fr esh ai r behi nd it. For t yt wo years later a tunnel was act ual l y begun. I f, at t he ti me, t he Bri ti sh had not fear ed i nvasi on, i t would have been pleted. Recentl y, ther e has again been great i nt er est i n the idea of a Channel Tunnel. If it i s buil t, it wil connect Brit ai n to Europe f or t he f ir st tim e i n hist ory. Leson65 Jumbo versus t he pol ice 小象對(duì)警察 Last Chr istmas, the ci rcus owner , Jimm y Gates, deci ded to t ake som e pr esent s t o a chil dren39。Jum bo m ust weigh a few t ons, 39。 Leson66 Swet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hathel d Puf fi n is a m odern aero plane, but i ts desi gner , Mr John Wim penny, is fi ndi ng i t dif fi cult t o get i t of f t he gr ound. The r eason f or t his i s t hat this plane i s al so a bicycle. Its pil ot has t o pedal har d t o get it i nt o t he air . Af ter Mr Wimpenny had t he plane built , i t was t est ed t hor oughl y. I n 1961, it was t he f ir st m an power ed air cr af t to fl y hal f a mi le. Whi le bei ng f lown by a champion am at eur cycl ist i n 1963, t he plane cr ashed on an airf ield. Si nce then, Mr Wimpenny has had i t rebuil t. He has had t he l engt h of t he wi ngs i ncreased so that t hey now m easur e 93 f et alm ost as l ong as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nt erest in t hi s new and unusual sport. But t hough air cycli st s m ay l earn how to f ly over short di st ances, and m ay, event ual y, even get acr oss t he Engl ish Channel, it is doubtf ul whet her they wi l ever cycl e across t he Atl anti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Har oun Tazi ef f t he Poli sh sci enti st, has spent hi s l if et ime studyi ng act ive vol canoes and deep caves in al par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went t o lake Ki vu i n the Congo to obser ve a new vol cano whi ch he later nam ed Ki turo. Tazi ef was abl e to set up hi s cam p ver y cl ose t o t he vol cano whil e it was er upti ng violent ly. Though he m anaged to t ake a number of br il iant phot ographs, he could not stay near t he volcano f or ver y long. He noti ced that a ri ver of l iqui d r ock was i ng t owar ds him. It threat ened to sur round him plet el y, but Tazi ef f managed to escape j ust i n t ime. He wait ed until t he vol cano became qui et and he was abl e t o return t wo days l at er . This t ime, he m anaged t o clim b into t he m outh of Ki tur o so that he could t ake photogr aphs and m easur e t em peratures. Tazi ef has oft en r isked his li fe i n t hi s way. He has been able t o tel l us more about acti ve vol canoes than any m an ali ve. Leson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed the st reet t o avoi d m eti ng him, but he saw me and cam e runni ng t owards m e. It was no use pr et endi ng t hat I had not sen him , so I waved to him. I never enj oy m et i ng Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng t o do. No m at er how busy you are, he a l ways i nsists on ing wit h you. I had t o think of a way of pr eventi ng him fr om foll owi ng m e ar ound al morning. 39。 Hul lo, El izabeth,39。 39。m going to.. .39。but I39。l l e wit h you, 39。wait ing r om !39。Mr Eames,