【正文】 we ar e taki ng you to the macaroni f ields of Ca labr ia. Macar oni has been gr own i n this area for over six hundred years. Two of t he l eading gr ower s, Giuseppe Mol dova and Ricar do Br abant e, tel me that they have been expecting a splendi d cr op t hi s year and harvesti ng has begun ear li er than usual. Here you can see two wor ker s who, between t hem, have j ust fi ni shed cutti ng t hr e cart loads of golden brown macaroni stalks. The whole vil lage has been working day and night gather ing and thr eshi ng t hi s year 39。 said t he sher if wi th a sneer . 39。 39。No newspaper men, no f ilm fans! Why don39。s f ootsteps many years later, Sir Malcol m39。wai ting r oom ! 39。but I39。 No, not at al ,39。s home. We shal l al remember Mr Page for his patience and understandi ng and for t he kindly encour agement he gave us when we went so unwi l ingl y to school. A gr eat many former pupils wi l be at ending a f ar ewel l di nner i n hi s honour next Thur sday. I t i s a cur i ous coi nci dence t hat t he day bef or e hi s r et i r em ent , Mr Page wi l l hav e been t eachi ng f or a t ot al of f or t y year s. Af t er he has r et i r ed, he wi l l devot e hi m sel f t o gar deni ng. For hi m , t hi s wi l l be an ent i r el y new hobby. But t hi s does not m at t er , f or , as he has of t en r em ar ked, one i s never t oo ol d t o l ear n. Lesson86 O ut of cont rol 失控 As t he m an t r i ed t o swi ng t he speed boat r ound, t he al i ve. Lesson68 Persistent 糾纏不休 I crossed t he str et o avoid meet ing hi m, but he saw me and came runni ng t owards me. I t was no use pr et ending that I had not sen hi m, so I waved to him. I never enjoy meet ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anything to do. No mater how busy you ar e, he always insists on i ng wi th you. I had to think of a way of pr eventi ng hi m fr om foll owi ng me around al morning. 39。 39。s cl ot hes. Now, dressed in a blue unif or m and wi th a r ifl e over his shoulder , the pr isoner marched bol dly up and down in f ront of the camp. He coul d hear shouting in t he camp itself. Lights wer e bl azing and men wer e runni ng her e and there: t hey had j ust di scovered that a prisoner had escaped. At that moment, alarge bl ack car wit h four off icer s insi de i t, stopped at he camp gates. The of f icers got out and t he pri soner st ood to at enti on and saluted as t hey passed. When they had gone, the dr iver of the ca r came towar ds him. The man obviousl y wanted to t al k. He was r at her el derl y with gr ey hai r and cl ear bl ue eyes. The pr isoner f elt sorr y for hi m, but t here was nothing else he could do. As t he man came near, the prisoner knocked hi m to t he ground wi th a sharp blow. Then, jumping into the car , he drove off as quickly as he could. Lesson82 Monster or f ish? 是妖還是魚？ Fishermen and sai lors someti mes claim to have seen monst er s in the sea. Though peopl e have of ten laughed at stori es t ol d by s eamen, it is now known that many of these 39。To end our special news bull et in,39。 39。m sherif f here. Do you see that notice ?It says No Campi ngin case you can39。t be bet er , Gl or ia,39。 you have j ust kil led that chi ld ! 39。 There39。 he asked, before I had f inished speaking. ‘ Not at al ,39。 I was just wonder ing how t o spend t he morning unti l I saw you. You39。opened ali ve. Lesson68 Persistent 糾纏不休 I crossed t he str et to avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came r unning towar ds me. I t was no use pr et ending that I had not sen him, so I waved to him. I never enj oy meet ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anything to do. No mat er how busy you ar e, he al ways insi st s on i ng wi th you. I had to t hi nk of a way of pr event ing hi m f rom foll owi ng me ar ound al morning. 39。re not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。 I lied, 39。s al ways pl enty t o read i n the 39。 l esson70 Red for danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bull fight, adr unk suddenly wandered into t he mi ddle of the ri ng. The crowd began t o shout, but the drunk was unawar e of t he danger . The bul l was busy with t he matador at he t ime, but i t suddenly caught sight of the dr unk who was shout i ng rude remar ks and waving a red cap. Appar entl y sensit ive to crit icism, t he bull fot al about t he matador and charged at the drunk. The crowd suddenly grew qui et . The dr unk, however, seem ed qui te sur e of himsel f. When t he bull got cl ose to him, he clumsily stepped aside to l et it pass. The crowd broke i nt o cheer s and the dr unk bowed. By t hi s time, however, three men had e into t he r ing and they quickly dragged the dr unk to safety. Even t he bull seemed to f eel sorr y for hi m, for i t looked on sympathet ical ly unt il the dr unk was out of the way before once more t ur ni ng i ts atention to t he matador . Lesson71 A famous clock 一個著名的大鐘 When you vi sit London, one of the fi rst t hi ngs you wil l see is Big Ben, the famous clock which can be heard al over t he worl d on t he B. B. C. I f the Houses of Parli ament had hot been burned down in 1834, the gr eat clock would never have been erected. Big Ben takes its name from Si r Benjamin Hal l who was responsible for the maki ng of the cl ock when the new Houses of Par l iament wer e being buil t. It is not only of i mmense size, but i s extr emely acurate as wel . Of fi ci al s f rom Gr enwich Obser vatory have t he clock checked t wice a day. On the . you can hear the clock when i t is actualy str iking because mi cr ophones ar e connect ed t o the cl ock tower . Bi g Ben has r ar el y gone wrong. Once, however , it failed to give the cor rect ti me. A painter who had been working on the t ower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed i t down ! Lesson72 A car cal led Bluebird “藍鳥”汽車 The great r acing dr iver, Si r Mal colm Campbel l, was the fi rst man to dr ive at over 300 mil es per hour . He set up a new world r ecord i n September 193