【正文】 藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The gr eat r acing driver , Sir M alcolm Campbell, was t he fir st man t o dr ive at over 300 miles per hour . He set up a new wor ld r ecor d in Sept ember 1935 at Bonnevile Salt Flat s, Ut ah. Bluebir d, the car he was dr iving, had been specialy built f or him . I t was over 30 f eet in lengt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Campbell r eached a speed of over 304 m iles per hour, he had great dif f icult y in cont roling t he car because a t yr e bur st dur ing t he f ir st r un. Af ter his at tempt , Cam pbell was disappoint ed t o lear n t hat his aver age speed had been 299 m iles per hour. However, a f ew days lat er , he was t old t hat a mist ake had been m ade. His average speed had been 301 m iles per hour. Since that t ime, r acing dr ivers have r eached speeds of over 400 miles an hour . Folowing his f at her 39。s always plent y t o r ead in t he 39。 he asked, bef ore I had f inished speaking. ‘ Not at al, 39。 Ber t answer ed. 39。 said a policem an af t er war ds, 39。 in t he snow. For t unat ely, a pilot saw t he signal and sent a m essage by r adio t o t he near est t own. I t was not long bef or e a helicopt er ar rived on t he scene t o r escue t he sur vi or s of t he plane cr ash. Lesson76 Apr il Fools Day 愚 人節(jié) 39。t be t oo har d on us. I 39。 he shout ed: 39。 said Glor ia Gleam . 39。M r Eam es,39。l e wit h you, 39。 I 39。 I said. 39。guar d of honour39。 said a policem an af t er war ds, 39。 Ber t answer ed. 39。 he asked, bef or e I had f inished speaking. ‘ Not at al, 39。s always plent y t o r ead in t he 39。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bulf ight , a dr unk suddenly wander ed int o t he m iddle of t he r ing. The cr owd began t o shout, but t he dr unk was unawar e of t he danger. The bul was busy wit h t he m at ador at t he t im e, but it suddenly caught sight of t he dr unk who was shout ing r ude r em ar ks and waving a r ed cap. Appar ently sensit ive t o cr it icism, t he bul f or got al about t he m at ador and char ged at he dr unk. 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 cheers 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 et y. Even t he bul seem ed t o f eel sor r y f or him , f or it looked on sym pat heticaly unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way bef or e once m or e t ur ni g it s at t ent ion t o t he m at ador . Lesson71 A f am ous clock 一個(gè)著 名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of t he fir st t hings you wil see is Big Ben, t he f am ous clock which can be hear d al over t he wor ld on t he B. B. C. If t he Houses of Parliam ent 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 f r om Sir Benjam in Hal who was r esponsible f or t he m aking of t he clock when t he new Houses of Parliam 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 r om Gr eenwich Obser vat ory have t he clock checked t wice a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he clock when it is act ualy st riking because micr ophones ar e connec t ed t o t he clock t ower . Big Ben has r ar ely 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 “ 藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The gr eat r acing dr iver , Sir M alcolm Campbell, was t he f ir st m an t o dr ive at over 300 miles per hour . He set up a new wor ld r ecor d in Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevile Salt Flat s, Ut ah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dr iving, had been specialy built f or him . I t was over 30 f eet in lengt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 miles per hour , he had gr eat dif f icult y in cont r oling t he car because a t yr e bur st dur ing t he f ir st r un. Af t er his at t em pt, Cam pbell was disappoint ed t o lear n t hat his aver age speed had been 299 m iles per hour. However, a f ew days lat er , he was t old t hat a m ist ake had been m ade. His aver age speed had been 301 m iles per hour . Since t hat im e, r acing dr ivers have r eached speeds of over 400 miles an hour . Folowing his f at her39。 Br inksley M eer s agr eed. 39。t r ead ! 39。 said t he sher if f wit h a sneer . 39。 we ar e t aking you t o t he m acar oni f ields of Calabr ia. M acar oni has been gr own i t his ar ea f or over six hundr ed year s. Two of t he leading gr ower s, Giuseppe M oldova nd Ric ar do Br abant e, t el m e t hat t hey have been expect ing a splendid cr op t his year and har vest ing has begun earlier t han usual. Her e you can see t wo wor kers who, between t hem, Englishm an, Wilam Low. He suggest ed t hat a double r ailway t unnel should be built . This would solve t he pr oblem of vent ilat ion, f or if a t r ain ent er ed t his t unnel, it would dr aw in f r esh air behind it . For t y two year s lat er a t unnel was actualy begun. If , at t he t ime, t he Br it ish had not f ear ed invasion, it would have been plet ed. Recently, t her e has again been gr eat int er est in t he idea of a Channel Tunnel. I f it is built , it wil connect Br it ain t o Eur ope f or t he f ir st im e in hist or y. Lesson65 Jum bo ver sus t he police 小 象對(duì)警察 Last Christ mas, t he cir cus owner , J im my Gat es, decided t o t ake some pr esents t o a childr en39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat held Puf fin is a m oder n aer o plane, but it s designer , M r J ohn Wim penny, is f inding it dif f icult t o get it of f t he gr ound. The r eason f or t his is t hat his plane is also a bicycle. I t