【正文】 Ben has r arely gone wr ong. Once, however , i t fail ed to gi ve the corr ect im e. A pai nter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of pai nt on one of the hands and sl owed it down ! Leson72 A car call ed Bluebird “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r acing dr iver , Si r Malcolm Campbel , was the f ir st man t o dri ve at over 300 mi les per hour. He set up a new wor ld recor d i n September 1935 at Bonnevi le Sal t Flats, Utah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dr iving, had been speci aly bui lt f or hi m. I t was over 30 feet in lengt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 mil es per hour , he had great di f icult y i n cont roll ing t he car because a t yre burst duri ng the f ir st r un. Af t er hi s at tempt , Cam pbel l was di sappointed t o l ear n that his aver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour . However , a few days l at er, he was tol d that a mi st ake had been made . Hi s aver age speed had been 301 m iles per hour . Since that ti me, racing dri vers have reached speeds of over 400 m iles an hour. Foll owing hi s father39。 Br inksley Mer s agr eed. 39。t r ead ! 39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 sai d the voi ce of t he televisi on announcer ,39。t have t o car ry hi m. Of cour se, we should 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。so i t was fort unat e t hat we di dn39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a few t ons, 39。 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。 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 Sli nger and t hi s is Merl in Gr eeves.39。 I 39。 I t couldn39。 he said, in a mournf ul voi ce,39。 he answer ed.39。 39。 Ber t answered. 39。so i t was fort unat e t hat we di dn39。s hospit al . Dressed up as Fat her Chr istmas and acpanied by a 39。Hul l o, Ber t, 39。 39。 I li ed, 39。wait ing r oom ! 39。s foot st eps m any years l ater, Si r Malcolm 39。No newspaper m en, no f il m f ans! Why don39。 39。 sai d the sheri f wi th 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, 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 cycl e. I ts pil ot has t o pedal hard t o get i t i nt o t he ai r. Af ter Mr Wim penny had t he pl ane buil t, i t was test ed t hor oughl y. I n 1961, it was t he fi r st man power ed ai r cr af t t o fl y hal f a mi le. Whi le bei ng f l own by a cham pi on am ateur cycli st i n 1963, t he pl ane crashed on an ai rf iel d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wim penny has had i t r ebuil t. He has had t he l engt h of the wi ngs i ncreased so t hat t hey now m easur e 93 feetalm ost as l ong as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nterest in t his new and unusual spor t. But though air cycl ists m ay learn how to f ly over shor t distances, and may, event ual ly, even get across the Engli sh Channel, it i s doubt ful whether they wi l ever cycle across the At lanti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Har oun Tazief f the Poli sh sci ent ist, has spent hi s li fe ti me studying acti ve vol canoes and deep caves i n al part s of the wor ld. In 1948, he went t o lake Ki vu in the Congo to observe a new vol cano whi ch he later named Ki tur o. Tazief was abl e to set up his camp very cl ose t o the vol cano whi le i t was er upti ng vi olentl y. Though he managed t o t ake a number of bri l iant photogr aphs, he could not stay near the volcano for very l ong. He not iced that a r iver of l iquid rock was ing t owards him . It thr eat ened t o surr ound hi m pl et ely, but Tazief m anaged to escape j ust i n ti me. He wai ted unti l t he volcano became quiet and he was abl e to retur n two days l ater. This t im e, he managed to cl imb into the mout h of Kit uro so t hat he could t ake photogr aphs and measur e 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 o