【正文】 I said. 39。guar d of honour39。m Br inksley M eer s, and my ot her nam e is Glor ia Gleam . Now you get out of her e f ast ! 39。 Look, sher if f , 39。No newspaper m en, no f ilm f ans! Why don39。s f oot st eps m any ear s lat er , Sir M alcolm 39。wait ing r oom ! 39。 I lied, 39。I was just wonder ing how t o spend the m orningunt il I saw you. You39。 o it was f or t unate t hat we didn39。To end our special news bulet in, 39。m Rockwal Slinger and t his is M er lin Gr eeves. 39。I 39。 I t couldn39。 he said, in a m our nf ul voice, 39。 he answer ed.39。m going t o. 39。Fancy m eeting you her e ! 39。 of six pr et ty gir ls, he set of f down t he m ain st r eet of t he cit y r iding a baby elephant caled J um bo. He, should have known t hat he police would never alow t his sor t of t hing. A policem an appr oached J imm y and t old him he ought t o have gone along a side st reet as J um bo was holding up t he t r af ic. Though Jim m y agr eed t o go at once, J um bo r efused t o m ove. Fif t een policem en had t o push very har d t o get him of f t he m ain st r eet . The police had a dif f icult t im e, but t hey wer e m ost am used. 39。J um bo m ust weigh a f ew t ons,39。 Hul lo, Elizabet h,39。 Would you m ind m y ing wit h you ?39。 Ther e39。 you have just kiled t hat child ! 39。t be bet t er , Glor ia, 39。m sherif f her e. Do you see t hat notice ? I t says No Cam pingin case you can39。 Oh, is it ?39。 said t he voice of t he t elevision announcer ,39。t have t o car r y him . Of cour se, we should ar r est him , but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal et him of f t his t im e.39。r e not busy doing anyt hing, ar e you ?39。but I 39。 lesson69 But not m ur der ! 并 非謀殺！ Iwas being t est ed f or a dr iving licence f or t he t hir d tim e. I had been asked t o dr ive in heavy t raf fic and had done so sucessf uly. Aft er having been inst ruct ed t o dr ive out of t own, Ibegan t o acquir e conf idence. Sure t hat I had passed, I was alm ost beginning t o enjoy m y test . The examiner must have been pleased wit h m y per for mance, f or he sm iled and said, 39。s son, Donald, also set up a wor ld r ecord. Like his f ather , he was dr iving a car caled Bluebir d. Lesson73 The r ecor dholder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit t le boys who play t r uant fr om school ar e unimaginat ive. A quiet day39。t we e mor e oft en ?39。said Rockwal, 39。 lesson75 SOS 呼 救 信號 When a light passenger plane f lew of f cour se some t im e ago, it cr ashed in t he mount ains and it s pilot was kiled. The only passenger s, a young woman and her t wo baby daught er s, wer e unhurt . I t was t he middle of wint er . Snow lay t hick on t he gr ound. The woman knew t hat he nearest vilage was m iles away. When it gr ew dar k. she t ur ned a suit case int o a bed and put he childr en inside it , covering t hem wit h al t he clot hes she could f ind. Dur ing t he night , it got er ribly cold. The wom an kept as near as she could t o t he childr en and even t ried t o get int o t he case her self , but it was t oo sm al. Ear ly , next m orning she heard planes passing over head and wonder ed how she could send a signal. Then she had an idea. She st am ped out t he let ter s39。 of six pr et ty gir ls, he set of f down t he m ain st r eet of t he cit y r iding a baby elephant caled J um bo. He, should have known t hat he police would never alow t his sor t of t hing. A policem an appr oached J imm y and t old him he ought t o have gone along a side st reet as J um bo was holding up t he t r af ic. Though Jim m y agr eed t o go at once, J um bo r efused t o m ove. Fif t een policem en had t o push very har d t o get him of f t he m ain st r eet . The police had a dif f icult t im e, but t hey wer e m ost am used. 39。Fancy m eeting you her e ! 39。Hulo, Ber t , 39。s hospit al. Dr essed up as Fat her Chr ist m as and ac panied by a 39。Well, I 39。t r ead ! 39。 Br inksley M eer s agr eed. 39。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危 險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bulf ight , a dr unk suddenly wandered int o t he m iddle of t he r ing. The cr owd began t o shout , but t he dr unk was unaware of t he danger . The bul was busy wit h t he m atador at t he t im e, but i suddenly caught sight of t he dr unk who was shouting r ude r emarks and waving a r ed cap. Apparently s ensit ive t o crit icism , t he bul f or got al about t he m atador and char ged at t he drunk. The cr owd suddenly gr ew quiet . The dr unk, however, seem ed quit e sur e of him self . When t he bul got close t o him , he clum sily st epped aside t o let it pass. The cr owd br oke int o cheer s and t he dr unk bowed. By t his t im e, however , t hree m en had e int o t he r ing and t hey quickly dr agged t he dr unk t o saf ety. Even t he bul seem ed t o f eel sor y f or him , for it looked on sympat het icaly unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way bef or e once m or e t ur ning it s at ention t o t he mat ador. Lesson71 A f amous clock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of t he f ir st t hings you wil see is Big Ben, t he f amous clock which can be hear d al over t he wor ld on t he . C. I f t he Houses of Par liament had hot been bur ned down in 1834, t he gr eat clock would never have been er ect ed. Big Ben t akes it s nam e fr om Sir Benjam in Hal who was r esponsible f or t he making of t he clock when t he new Houses of Par liam ent wer e being built . I t is not only of im m ense size, but is ext rem ely accur at e as well. Of f icials f rom Gr eenwich Obser vat ory have t he clock checked t wice a day. On t he . C. you c an hear t he clock when it is act ualy st r iking because m icr ophones ar e connect ed to t he clock t ower. Big Ben has r arely gone wr ong. Once, however , it f ailed t o give t he cor rect im e. A paint er who had been wor king on t he t ower hung a pot of paint on one of t he hands and slowed it down ! Lesson72 A car called Bluebir d “