【正文】 le son70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed int o the m iddle of t he ri ng. The crowd began t o shout, but the dr unk was unawar e of t he danger. The bull was busy wi th t he matador at t he ti me, but it suddenl y caught si ght of t he dr unk who was shout ing r ude remar ks and wavi ng a red cap. Appar ent ly sensi ti ve to cr it icism, the bul l f ot al about t he matador and charged at the drunk. The crowd suddenl y grew qui et . The drunk, however, semed qui te sure of him sel f. When t he bul l got cl ose t o him , he cl um si ly st epped asi de to let it pas. The cr owd br oke i nto cheers and the dr unk bowed. By t his t ime, however , three m en had e i nto t he ri ng and they quickly dr agged t he drunk t o saf et y. Even t he bull semed t o f el sor ry for him , for it l ooked on sympatheti cal ly unti l the dr unk was out of the way bef or e once more turni ng it s at tenti on to the mat ador . Lesson71 A fam ous cl ock 一個著名的大鐘 When you vi si t London, one of t he fi rst thi ngs you wi l see is Bi g Ben, the f amous cl ock which can be hea r d al over t he worl d on t he . C. If t he Houses of Par li am ent had hot been bur ned down i n 1834, t he gr eat cl ock woul d never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben takes it s nam e fr om Si r Benj am i n Hal l who was r esponsi bl e f or t he maki ng of t he cl ock when the new Hous es of Par li am ent wer e bei ng bui lt . It i s not onl y of i mm ense si ze, but is extr em ely accur ate as wel . Of fi ci al s f r om Gr enwi c h Obser vat or y have the cl ock checked t wice a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he cl ock when it i s act ual ly str i ki ng because m i cr ophones ar e connected t o t he cl ock t ower. Bi g Ben has rar el y gone wr ong. Once, however , i t f ai led t o give t he cor rect im e. 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 ! Lesson72 A car call ed Bl uebi rd “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dr i ver, Si r Mal colm Cam pbel, was t he fi r st man t o dri ve at over 300 m il es per hour. He set up a new wor l d recor d i n Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil l e Sal t Fl ats, Ut ah. Bl uebir d, t he car he was dr ivi ng, had been speci al l y bui lt f or hi m. It was over 30 f et 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 fi cul ty i n cont rol li ng the car because a tyre bur st dur ing t he fi rst run. Aft er hi s at em pt, Campbel l was dis appoint ed to l ear n t hat his average speed had been 299 m il es per hour. However , a f ew days l ater, he was t ol d t hat a m istake had been m ade. His average speed had been 301 mil es per hour. Since t hat ti me, racing dr ivers have r eached speeds of over 400 mil es an hour . Fol lowi ng hi s fat her 39。s al ways pl ent y t o read i n t he 39。 he asked, bef ore I had f i ni shed speaki ng. ‘ Not at al ,39。 I was just wonder ing how to spend the mor ning until 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 let hi m of f thi s ti me.39。s closest f ri ends asked hi m t o make a speech at a wedding r ecepti on. This is the sor t of t hing t hat Geoff rey l oves. He prepared t he speech car efull y and went to t he weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a l arge number of funny st ori es in t he speech and, of cour se, it was a gr eat success. As soon as he had f ini shed, Jenny tol d him she want ed to go hom e. Geoff r ey was a li t le di sappoi nted by t his but he di d as his daught er asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny i f she had enjoyed the speech. To his surpr ise, she sai d she hadn39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a cinema sei ng the same f il m over and over agai n, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al l be en put to shame by a boy who, whi l e pl ayi ng t r uant , t r avel l ed 1600 m i l es. He hi t ch hi ked t o Dover and, t owar ds eveni ng, went i nt o a boat t o f i nd som ewher e t o sl eep. When he woke up next m or ni ng, he di scover ed t hat t he boat had, i n t he t our i st shave been pi cki ng leaves and cutt ing t hei r nam es on the t reet runk. So far , not one of them has been st ruck down by sudden death! Leson59 In or out ？ 進來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to si t out si de our f ront gate and bark. Ever y t ime he want ed to e into the garden he would bar k unti l s omeone opened the gate. As t he nei ghbours pl ai ned of the noise, m y husband spent weeks t rai ni ng him to pres hi s paw on t he latch t o let him sel f i n. Rex soon becam e an expert at openi ng the gate. However , when I was goi ng out shopping l ast week, I noti ced hi m i n t he gar den near the gate. This t ime he was bar king so that som eone woul d let him out ! Si nce then, he has devel oped another bad habit . As soon as he opens the gate f rom the outsi de, he es into the garden and wait s unt il t he gat e shut s. Then he sit s and bar ks unt il som eone l et s him out. Af ter thi s he imm edi ately l ets him sel f in and begins bar king again. Yest erday my husband r emoved the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen hi m si nce. Lesson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vi lage f ai r, I decided to vi sit a f or tunet el er cal ed 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。Just one m ore t hing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chi l d suddenl y cr osses t he road i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on the wi ndow, I want t he car t o be st opped im mediat el y. 39。m goi ng t o the dent i st. 39。 I answered.39。 I sai d. 39。guard of honour39。Wher e have you been hidi ng ?39。 she asked im pat ientl y. 39。 of si x pret ty gi rl s, he s et