【正文】 Of course not.39。Thi s is the Poo and Ee Seed Bir d Company. Good l adi es, eveni ng and gent lemen ! 39。t be bet ter, Gl ori a,39。m sheri f here. Do you see that notice ? It says No Campi ng in case you can39。 39。To end our special news bul leti n,39。 I l it a ci gar et te to calm my ner ves. I sm oked wi th concent rat ion and pleasur e as I was sur e that thi s woul d be my last ci gar ete. For a whole week I di d not smoke at al and dur ing t his t ime, my wif e suf f er ed ter ri bl y. I had al l t he usual sym pt oms of som eone gi vi ng up smoking: a bad temper and an enorm ous appeti te. My f ri ends kept on off er ing m e cigaret es and ci gar s. They made no ef for t o hide t hei r amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweet s f rom my pocket . Af t er seven days of thi s I went t o a part y. Ever ybody around me was sm oki ng and I felt extr emely unfor table. When m y old f ri end Bri an urged me to accept a cigaret te, it was mor e than I coul d bear. I took one guil ti ly, li t it and sm oked wi th sat isfacti on. My wif e was deli ght ed that things had r et urned to nor mal once m ore. Anyway, as Br ian pointed out , i t is t he easiest thing i n t he worl d to gi ve up smoking. He him self has done it lot s of ti mes! Leson79 By ai r 乘飛機(jī) I used to tr avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used to l ive i n Sout h Am er ica and I used to f ly t her e f r om Eur ope in t he hol idays. An ai rhostess would t ake charge of me and I never had an unpleasant exper ience. I am used to tr avel ing by ai r and onl y on one occasi on have I ever felt f ri ghtened. Af ter taking of f , we were f lyi ng 。 SOS39。t be t oo har d on us. I39。 he shout ed: 39。 sai d Gl or i a Gleam. 39。cl ock tr ain di d not r un at al l. I t br oke down at Fer ngr een st at ion and was t aken of f the l ine.39。And you di dn39。 Woul d a l at er tr ai n get you t o wor k on t ime ?39。cl ock tr ai n to London,39。 answer ed Crawl ey, 39。monsters39。 sai d the voice of t he television announcer, 39。 Oh, i s it ?39。t r ead ! 39。 Bri nksl ey Meer s agreed. 39。accur at e as wel . Of f icial s fr om Gr eenwi ch Observatory have t he cl ock checked twi ce a day. On the B. . you can hear the cl ock when i t is actual y str iking because mi crophones are connect ed to the clock tower . Big Ben has r ar ely gone wr ong. Once, however, i t f ail ed to gi ve the corr ect t ime. A pai nt er who had been wor king on t he tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed i t down ! Lesson72 A car cal led Bl uebird “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The great racing dr iver, Si r Malcolm Campbel, was t he fi rst man t o dri ve at over 300 mil es per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecor d i n Sept ember 1935 at Bonnevil le Sal t Fl ats, Utah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dr iving, had been speci al ly bui lt f or hi m. It was over 30 feet in l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Al t hough Campbel r eached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour , he had gr eat dif f iculty in contr oll ing t he car be cause a tyr e burst dur ing t he fi rst r un. Af ter his at tempt, Campbel was disappoi nted to learn t hat hi s aver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour. However, a f ew days later , he was told that a mist ake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 m il es per hour . Since that ti me, racing dr ivers have reached speeds of over 400 m il es an hour. Foll owing hi s father 39。t be bet ter, Gl ori a,39。m sheri f here. Do you see that notice ? It says No Campi ng in case you can39。 39。To end our special news bul leti n,39。s cl ot hes. Now, dressed i n a bl ue uni for m and wi th a ri fl e over hi s shoulder, t he pri soner marched bol dly up and down i n f r ont of t he cam p. He coul d hear shout ing i n the camp i tself . Lights wer e blazing and men wer e r unni ng her e and there: they had j ust discover ed that a pr isoner had escaped. At t hat m oment , a lar ge bl ack car wi th f our of f icers i nsi de it, stopped at he cam p gates. The of fi cer s got out and the pri soner stood to at tenti on and sal ut ed as they pased. When they had gone, the dr iver of the car came t owards him . The m an obvi ously wanted to talk. He was r ather el der ly wit h grey hai r and cl ear blue eyes. The pri soner fel t sor ry f or him, but there was not hi ng else he coul d do. As the m an came near, t he pri soner knocked hi m to t he ground wi th a sharp bl ow. Then, jumpi ng int o the car, he dr ove of f as qui ckl y as he coul d. Leson82 Monster or f ish? 是妖還是魚？ Fisherm en and sail ors someti mes cl aim to have sen m onst er s in the sea. Though people have oft en laughed at stor ies tol d by sea men, it i s now known that many of these 39。 I know,39。At t he tim e the m ur der was m it ted, I was tr avel ing on t he o39。clock. My employer wi l conf ir m that I was t her e on t im e. 39。 39。cl ock tr ai n, but t hat you caught the which would st il l get you to work on tim e. You see, on the mor ning of t he m ur der , the o39。This i s a wonder f ul pl ace f or a piic,39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you! 39。 don39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信號(hào) When a li ght pasenger pl ane f lew of f cour se som e ti me ago, i t cr ashed i n the m ount ai ns and i ts pi lot was kil led. The onl y pa senger s, a young woman and her t wo baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. I t was the mi ddl e of wi nt er. Snow l ay t hick on t he ground. The wom an knew that the near est vil lage was mi les away. When it gr ew dark. she t urned a suit case int o a bed and put t he chi ldr en inside it , coveri ng them wit h al t he cl othes she could fi nd. Dur ing t he night, it got ter ri bl y cold. The woman kept a s near as she coul d t o the chil dren and even tr ied to get i nt o t he case her sel f, but it was t oo sm al l. Earl y , next mor ni ng she heard planes passi ng over head and wondered how she coul d send a si gnal