【正文】 Oh, is it ?39。t read !39。 Br inksley Meer s agreed. 39。 l esson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Duri ng a bul lf ight , a dr unk suddenl y wander ed i nt o the middl e of t he r ing. The cr owd began to shout, but the dr unk was unawar e of the danger. The bull was busy wi th t he matador at t he ti me, but i t suddenl y caught si ght of t he drunk who was shouti ng r ude r emar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Apparent l y sensit ve t o cr it ci sm, t he bul l fot al about t he matador and char ged at t he drunk. The cr owd suddenly grew qui et . The drunk, however, sem ed quit e sure of him self. When the bul got close t o him , he clum si ly st epped aside to let it pass. The crowd broke i nt o cheer s and the dr unk bowed. By t hi s tim e, however, t hr e men had e i nt o the ri ng and t hey qui ckl y dr agged t he drunk t o 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 t he way befor e once more t ur ni ng i ts at enti on t o t he m at ador . Leson71 A f am ous cl ock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visi t London, one of t he f ir st things 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 the Houses of Parl iam ent had hot been bur ned down i n 1834, t he great cl ock woul d never have been erect ed. Bi g Ben t akes i ts name f rom Sir Benjam in Hal l who was responsible f or t he m aki ng of the cl ock when t he new Houses of Parli am ent wer e being buil t. It is not onl y of imm ense si ze, but i s extr emely acurate as wel . Of fi ci al s f rom Gr enwi ch Obser vator y have t he clock checked t wi ce a day. On the . C. you can hear t he cl ock when i t i s actual ly stri ki ng because mi cr ophones ar e connect ed t o t he cl ock tower . Bi g Ben has r ar el y gone wrong. Once, however , i t f ai led to give the cor ect tim e. A pai nt er who had been working on t he t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and slowed i t down ! Lesson72 A car cal ed Bl uebird “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, t he car he was dri vi ng, had been special y buil t f or him. It was over 30 feet i n length and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Campbel reached a speed of over 304 mil es per hour , he had gr eat dif fi cult y in contr ol li ng t he car because atyr e burst duri ng t he fi rst run. Aft er his at empt, Cam pbel l was di sappointed to l earn t hat hi s aver age speed had been 299 m il es per hour. However, a few days later, he was told t hat a mi st ake had been made. His average speed had been 301 mi les per hour . Si nce that t ime, r acing dri vers have reached speeds of over 400 m il es an hour. Fol owi ng his f at her39。s al ways pl enty t o r ead i n t he 39。 he asked, bef or e I had fi ni shed speaki ng. ? Not at al,39。 I was just wonderi ng how to spend t he m or ni ng unt il I saw you. You39。so i t was fort unate t hat we didn39。Ci garet e Smoki ng and Your Healt h39。 l esson75 SO S 呼救信號 When a li ght 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 pa senger 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 ground. The woman knew t hat he near est vi l age was mil es away. When i t gr ew dark. she t urned 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 could f ind. Duri ng t he ni ght, it got ter ibly col d. The woman kept as near as she coul d t o the chil dren and even tri ed t o get into t he case her self, but i t was too smal . Earl y , next m or ni ng she hear d pl anes pasing over head and wonder ed how she could send a si gnal. Then she had an idea. She st am ped out the let er s39。 don39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you!39。This i s a wonderf ul place f or a pii c,39。 I conti nued dr iving and aft er some tim e, t he exam iner t apped l oudl y. Though the sound coul d be hear d clear l y, it took m e a l ong tim e to r eact . I suddenl y pr essed the br ake pedal har d and we were bot h thrown for ward. The exam iner l ooked at m e sa dl y. 39。 Then I39。 I39。 I sai d. 39。guard of honour39。 of si x pr et y gi rl s, he set off down t he m ai n str eet of t he cit y r idi ng a baby el ephant cal ed Jum bo. He, shoul d have known t hat the poli ce would neve r al ow this sort of thing. A poli cem an appr oached Jimm y and t ol d him he ought to have gone along a side st reet as Jum bo was hol di ng up t he tr af fi c. Though Jimm y agreed t o go at once, Jumbo refused t o move. Fift een poli cem en had to push ver y har d t o get him off t he main st reet . The pol ice had a di f icul t ime, but t hey were most am used. 39。Fancy meet ing you her e !39。m goi ng t o. . 39。l l e wit h you,39。Mr Eam es,39。 sai d Glori a Gl eam. 39。 he shout ed: 39。t be t oo hard on us. I39。 SOS39。 I li t a cigar et te t o calm m y ner ves. I smoked wit h concent r ati on and pl easur e as I was sur e that t hi s would be m y last ci gar et e. For a whole week I did not sm oke at al and dur i ng t his t ime, m y wi fe suf fered ter ibly. I had al t he usual sym pt oms of som eone gi vi ng up sm oki ng: a bad tem per and an enormous appeti e. My f ri ends kept on of feri ng me ci garet es and ci gars. They m ade no ef or t o hide t hei r amusem ent whenever I produced a packet of sweet s f r om m y pocket. Aft er seven days of t hi s I went t o a part y. Ever ybody around me was smoki ng and I felt extr em el y unf or tabl e. When m y ol d f ri end Bri an ur ged m e to acept a ci garet e, it was m or e t han I could bear. I t ook one gui lti ly, l it it and sm oked wit h sat isfact ion. My wi fe was deli ghted that t hi ng