【正文】 t he Houses of Parli ament had hot been bur ned down in 1834, the gr eat clock woul d never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes it s nam e f rom Sir Benjami n Hal who was responsibl e for t he m aki ng of the cl ock when t he new Houses of Parl iament were bei ng buil t. I t is not onl y of im mense si ze, but i s ext r em el y accur at e as wel . Of i ci al s fr om Greenwich Observator y have t he clock checked t wi ce a day. On the B. B. C. you can hear t he cl ock when it i s act ual y str i ki ng because m icr ophones ar e connec ted t o t he cl ock t ower. Bi g Ben has rar el y gone wr ong. Once, however , i t f ai led t o give t he cor rect tim e. A paint er who had been wor ki ng on t he t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and sl owed it down ! Lesson72 A car cal ed Bl uebi rd “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The great r aci ng dri ver , Sir Mal col m Cam pbel l, was t he f ir st m an t o dr i ve at over 300 m il es per hour . He set up a new worl d r ecor d i n Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil le Salt Fl at s, Utah. Bluebi r d, t he car he was dri vi ng, had been speci al l y bui lt f or him . It was over 30 feet in l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 mi l es per hour, he had gr eat dif fi cul t y in contr oll ing t he car because a t yr e burst dur i ng t he fi r st r un. Af t er hi s at tem pt, Cam pbel was di sappoi nted t o l ear n t hat hi s aver age speed had been 299 mi l es per hour . However , a f ew days l at er, he was t ol d t hat a mi stake had been m ade. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 m il es per hour. Si nce t hat t im e, r aci ng dri ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 mi les an hour. Foll owing his f ather39。 Bri nksl ey Meer s agr ed. 39。t read !39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 sai d the voi ce of t he televisi on announcer ,39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parki ng ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay here i f you pay at tenti on to our str et signs. Thi s not e is onl y a r em inder .39。t have t o car ry hi m. Of cour se, we s hould ar r est hi m, but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l l et him off t his t im e.39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he morni ngunti l I saw you. You39。Would you mind my ing wi th you ?39。 Ther e39。 you have just ki l ed that chi ld ! 39。t be bet er , Gl or ia, 39。m sheri f her e. Do you see that notice ? It says No Cam pi ng in case you can39。 39。To end our special news bul leti n,39。項(xiàng)目財(cái)務(wù)內(nèi)部收益率%，財(cái)務(wù)凈現(xiàn)值 %(IC=10%),投資回收期 ，投資凈利潤率 %。 sai d a pol i ceman aft er war ds, 39。 of si x pr et y gir ls, he set off down t he mai n st reet of t he ci t y ri ding a baby elephant cal l ed Jum bo. He, should have known t hat t he poli ce would never al low t his sort of t hi ng. A poli cem an appr oached Jim my and t ol d him he ought t o have gone al ong a si de str eet as Jum bo was hol ding up t he tr af f ic. Though Jimm y agr ed t o go at once, Jum bo r ef used t o m ove. Fi ft een pol icemen had t o push ver y har d t o get him off t he mai n st r et. The poli ce had a di f i cult t im e, but they wer e m ost am used. 39。資金來源渠道為：擬申請財(cái)政拔款 150 萬元，建設(shè)單位自籌 萬元。 SOS39。t be t oo har d on us. I39。 he shout ed: 39。 said Glor ia Gl eam . 39。Mr Eames, 39。l e wi th you, 39。m going t o.. .39。Hul lo, Eli zabeth, 39。 sai d a pol i ceman aft er war ds, 39。 he Sai d. Then he smi led and tol d me I woul d receive an extr a amp。 i n the snow. For tunatel y, a pi lot saw the signal and sent a mesage by radi o to t he near est t own. I t was not l ong bef ore a heli copt er ar ri ved on the scene t o r escue the survivor s of the plane crash. Lesson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。m Rockwal l Sli nger and t hi s is Merl in Greeves.39。 I39。 It coul dn39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce,39。 he answer ed. 39。Would you mi nd m y i ng wi th you ?39。 Bert answered. 39。so i t was fort unat e t hat we di dn39。s hospit al . Dr essed up as Fat her Chri stm as and ac panied by a 39。Hul l o, Ber t,39。 No, not at al l,39。but I39。wai t i ng r oom ! 39。s f ootst eps m any years l at er, Sir Malcolm39。No newspaper men, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。 39。 sai d t he sheri f wi t h a sneer. 39。 we are t aking you to the macaroni fi elds of Calabri a. Macaroni has been gr own in this ar ea for over six hundr ed years. Two of t he leadi ng grower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ri car do Brabante, tel me that they have been expecti ng a spl endi d crop t his year and harvesti ng has begun ear li er t han usual. Her e you can see two worker s who, between t hem,Twent y peopl e had alr eady left . I knew that m y tur n had e. 39。 I f you recei ve a r equest l ike t hi s, you cannot f ai l to obey i t! Leson 17 Al ways young 青年常駐 My aunt Jenni fer is an actr es. She must be at least hir ty fi ve year s ol d. In spit e of this, she of ten appear s on the st age as a young gir l. Jenni fer wil l have t o t ake part i n a new pl ay soon. Thi s ti me, she wi l l be a gi rl of seventeen. I n t he play, she must appear Engl i shm an, Wi l iam Low. He suggest ed that a doubl e rai lway t unnel shoul d be bui lt . This would sol ve the probl em of vent il at ion, for i f a tr ai n entered t his t unnel, i t woul d dr aw in fr esh ai r behind it. For tyt wo years l ater a tunnel was actual y begun. I f, at the t ime, the Br it ish had not feared i nvasion, it would have been pl eted. Recentl y, t her e has again been gr eat int er est i n the i dea of a Channel Tunnel. I f it is bui lt , i t wil l connect Br it ain t o Europe f or the f ir st t ime in hi st ory. Lesson65 Jum bo versus the pol ice 小象對警察 Last Chri st mas, t he ci rcus owner, Jimm y Gates, decided t o take some present s to a chi ldr en39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff in i s a m oder n aer o plane, but it s desi gner, Mr John Wim penny, is f indi ng i t dif fi cul t o get it off t he gr ound. The r eason f or t his i s t hat t hi s pl ane is also a bi cy