【正文】 i r Malcolm 39。wait ing r oom ! 39。 I li ed, 39。 39。Hul l o, Ber t, 39。 l esson75 SO S 呼救信號 When a li ght passenger pl ane f l ew off course som e ti me ago, it cr ashed i n t he mountai ns and it s pil ot was ki l ed. The onl y passengers, a young wom an and her t wo baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. I t was the mi ddle of wi nter. Snow l ay t hi ck on the gr ound. The woman knew t hat t he near est vil age was mil es away. When it gr ew dar k. she t urned a suit case i nt o a bed and put t he chil dr en i nsi de it , coveri ng t hem wit h al t he cl othes she coul d f i nd. Dur ing t he ni ght , it got ter ri bl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d t o t he chil dren and even tr ied t o get i nto t he case herself, but it was t oo sm al. Ear ly , next m or ning she hear d planes passi ng over head and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal. Then she had an i dea. She st am ped out t he let ers39。 don39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you!39。Thi s i s a wonder f ul pl ace f or a piic,39。 I cont i nued dri ving and aft er som e t im e, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though t he sound coul d be hear d cl earl y, i t t ook m e a l ong t im e to r eact . I suddenl y pr essed t he brake pedal hard and we were bot h thr own f or war d. The exam iner looked at m e sadl y. 39。 Then I39。m goi ng t o.. .39。 39。Fancy m eet ing you her e !39。 I39。 39。Just one m ore t hi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose that a chi l d suddenl y cr osses t he r oad i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on t he wi ndow, I want t he car t o be st opped i mm edi at el y.39。s fi shi ng, or ei ght hours i n a ci nema seei ng t he same f il m over and over agai n, is usual ly as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hit ch hi ked t o Dover and, t owar ds evening, went i nto a boat t o fi nd som ewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next m or ni ng, he discover ed that the boat had, in t he m eant im e, tr avel led t o Cal ai s. No one not iced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi t ch hi ked to Par is i n a l orr y. The dr i ver gave hi m a f ew biscui ts and a cup of cof fee and l ef t hi m just out si de t he ci ty. The next car t he boy st opped di d not t ake hi m int o the cent r e of Par is as he hoped it woul d, but t o Perpi gnan on t he Fr ench Spani sh bor der. There he was pi cked up by a poli cem an and sent back t o England by t he local aut hor it ies. He has sur el y set up a r ecor d for t he t housands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school. Leson74 O ut of t he li meli ght 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dry r i ver bed and a part y of f am ous act or s and act resses got off . Dr essed i n dar k gl ases and old cl ot hes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so that no one shoul d recogni ze them . But as they soon di scovered, di sgui ses can som etim es be t oo per fe ct. 39。 Meanwhi l e, t wo ot her act ors, Rockwal l Sl i nger and Merl i n Gr eves, had car ri ed t wo lar ge food baskets t o a shady spot under som e t rees. When t hey had al l made t hemselves fort able, a st r anger appeared. He l ooked ver y angr y. 39。sai d Rockwal l,39。m Br i nksley Meer s, and m y ot her nam e is Gl ori a Gl eam. Now you get out of her e f ast !39。 Leson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術 The mummy of an Egypti an woman who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper ati on. The mum my i s that of Shepenm ut who was once a singer in t he Temple of Thebes. As t her e were st range marks on t he X ray plat es t aken of t he mummy, doct ors have been tr yi ng to fi nd out whether t he t em per at ures. Tazief f has of ten r isked hi s li fe in t his way. He has been able to t el l us more about act ive volcanoes t han any m an al ive. Lesson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I crossed the str et t o avoi d meeti ng him, but he saw me and cam e running t owards me. I t was no use pr et endi ng that I had not sen hi m, so I waved t o him . I never enj oy meeting Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hing t o do. No mat er how busy you ar e, he always i nsi st s on ing wi th you. I had to think of a way of pr eventi ng him fr om foll owing m e around al mor ning. 39。r e not busy doing anything, are you ?39。 he asked, bef or e I had f inished speaking. ‘ Not at al ,39。s always plenty to r ead in t he 39。 l esson70 Red for danger 危險的紅色 Duri ng a bull fi ght , a drunk suddenly wander ed into the mi ddl e of the r ing. The crowd began to shout, but t he drunk was unawar e of the danger . The bul l was busy wi th the mat ador at the t ime, but i t suddenl y caught sight of t he drunk who was shouti ng rude r em ar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Appar ently sensit ive to cr it ici sm , t he bul l for got al l about the matador and char ged at the dr unk. The crowd suddenl y gr ew quiet. The drunk, however , seem ed qui te sur e of hi msel f . When the bull got cl ose to hi m, he cl umsil y stepped aside t o let it pass. The crowd br oke int o cheers and t he drunk bowed. By this tim e, however, thr ee men had e int o the r ing and t hey qui ckl y dragged the dr unk t o safety. Even the bull seem ed to f eel sorr y f or hi m, for i t looked on sympatheti cal ly unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way bef ore once mor e tur ning i ts at ent ion t o t he matador . Leson71 A f amous clock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of the f ir st t hings you wil l see i s Big Ben, t he famous clock which can be hear d al over the wor ld on the B. . I f the Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down in 1834, the gr eat clock would never have been er ect ed. Big Ben takes i ts name f r om Sir Benj am in Hal l who was responsibl e for t he making of the cl ock when t he new Houses of Parl iament were bei ng bui lt . It is not only of i mmense si ze, but is extr em el y accur ate as wel . Of ici al s fr om Greenwich Observator y have the clock checked twi ce a day.