【正文】 you have just kil ed that chi ld !39。 There39。 he asked, befor e I had fi ni shed speaki ng. ‘ Not at al l, 39。 I was j ust wonder ing how to spend the mor ning unti l I saw you. You39。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。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。 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。 don39。Now you gut out of here, al of you! 39。Thi s is a wonderf ul pl ace for a piic, 39。 I cont i nued dri ving and aft er some t im e, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though the sound coul d be hear d clearl y, i t took me a long ti me t o r eact. I suddenly pr esed the br ake pedal har d and we wer e bot h t hr own f orwar d. The examiner looked at me sadl y. 39。 Then I39。m going t o. . .39。 39。Jumbo must weigh a f ew t ons, 39。Your si st er wi l l be her e in l es t han an hour and we m ust be at the stati on to meet her. We are l ate alr eady. 39。 As soon as I went out side, I f ot al about Madam Bel li nsky because my wif e hurr ied t owar ds me. 39。s hospital . Dr essed up as Father Chri st mas and apanied by a 39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。 No, not at al ,39。but I39。wai t ing r oom ! 39。s f ootsteps many year s later , Sir Mal col m39。No newspaper men, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。 39。 sai d t he sheri f wi th a sneer. 39。Your si st er wi l l be her e in l es t han an hour a nd we m ust be at the stati on to meet her. We are l ate alr eady. 39。Jumbo must weigh a f ew t ons, 39。 39。m going t o. . .39。 Then I39。 I cont i nued dri ving and aft er some t im e, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though the sound coul d be hear d clearl y, i t took me a long ti me t o r eact. I suddenly pr esed the br ake pedal har d and we wer e bot h t hr own f orwar d. The examiner looked at me sadl y. 39。s son, Donal d, also set up a worl d r ecor d. Li ke his f at her , he was dri vi ng a car cal led Bl uebir d. Lesson73 The record holder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li t le boys who play t ruant fr om school are uni maginative. A qui et day39。 l esson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng tested f or a dri vi ng li cence f or t he thi rd t im e. I had been asked to dr ive i n heavy t raf fi c and had done so succe ssf ully. Af ter havi ng been instr uct ed to dr ive out of t own, I began to acquir e conf idence. Sure that I had passed, I was al most beginning to enjoy m y test. The exam iner must have been pl eased wi th my per for mance, f or he smi led and sai d, 39。m going t o t he denti st.39。 I answer ed. 39。 I sai d. 39。guar d of honour39。Wher e have you been hidi ng ?39。 39。m sher if f her e. Do you see t hat noti ce ? It says No Camping i n case you can39。t be beter , Glor ia,39。 you have just kil ed that chi ld !39。 There39。 he asked, befor e I had fi ni shed speaki ng. ‘ Not at al l, 39。 I was j ust wonder ing how to spend the mor ning unti l I saw you. You39。t have to car y him. Of cour se, we shoul d ar est hi m, but as he has a good recor d, we shal l et him of f t his t im e. 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。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。cl ock this evening. By that ti me, the Astr a wi l have been f lying through space f or sevent een hour s and wil l have cir c led t he ear th a gr eat many t im es. When t he fi rst radio mesages have been r ecei ved, the r esul ts of the t ri p wi l be announced imm edi ately. Leson62 Aft er the fi re 大火之后 Fir emen had been f ighti ng the f orest fi re f or near ly t hree weeks bef ore t hey could get i t under cont rol. A shor t ti me befor e, great tr ees had cover ed the countr ysi de for mi les around. Now, smoke sti l r ose up f r om t he war m ground over t he desolate hi l s. Wint er was i ng on and the hil ls t hreatened the surr oundi ng vil ages wi th destr uct ion, for heavy r ai n woul d not only wash away t he soi l but would cause ser ious fl oods as wel l. When t he fi re had at last been put out, the f orest aut hor it ie