【正文】 t ographs and measur e tem per at ur es. Tazi ef f has of ten ri sked his l if e i n this way. He has been abl e t o tel us m or e about acti ve vol canoes than any m an ali ve. Leson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed the st reet to avoi d m eti ng him, but he saw me and cam e r unning towar ds m e. It was no use pretendi ng t hat I had not seen him, so I waved t o him . I never enjoy m eti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng t o do. No m at ter how busy you are, he al ways i nsists on ing wit h you. I had t o think of a way of preventi ng him fr om foll owi ng me around al m orning. 39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。 he asked, before I had fi nished speaking. ‘Not at al ,39。 There39。 you have j ust kil led that chi ld !39。t be bet er , Gl or ia,39。m sherif f her e. Do you se t hat noti ce ?It says No Campi ngi n case you can39。 39。To end our special news bull et in,39。s hospi tal. Dresed up as Fat her Chri stm as and ac panied by a 39。Hull o, Ber t,39。 39。 I lied, 39。s al ways pl ent y t o read i n the 39。 l esson70 Red for danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bul fi ght, a dr unk suddenl y wandered i nt o t he mi ddl e of the ri ng. The crowd began t o shout, but t he drunk was unawar e of t he danger . The bul l was busy wit h t he m at ador at he t ime, but i t suddenl y caught si ght of t he drunk who was houti ng r ude r emarks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Apparent ly sensi ti ve t o cri ti ci sm, the bul f or got al l about the m at ador and char ged at he dr unk. The cr owd suddenl y gr ew quiet. The dr unk, however , seemed quit e sure of him self . When the bul got close t o him , he clum si ly st epped asi de t o let i t pas. The crowd br oke i nt o cheers and t he dr unk bowed. By t his t ime, however , t hre e m en had e into t he ri ng and they quickl y dr agged t he dr unk to saf et y. Even t he bul l seemed to f el sorr y for him, f or i t l ooked on sym pat heti cal y unt il the dr unk was out of t he way befor e once more t ur ni ng i ts at enti on t o t he m at ador . Leson71 A f amous cl ock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you vi si t London, one of t he fi rst hi ngs you wi l see is Bi g Ben, t he f amous cl ock whi ch can be hear d al over the wor ld on the . C. If t he Houses of Parl iam ent had hot been bur ned down i n 1834, t he great clock would never have been e rect ed. Bi g Ben t akes i ts nam e f rom Sir Benj ami n Hal l who was r esponsi bl e for the m aki ng of t he cl ock when the new Houses of Parli ament were bei ng buil t. It is not onl y of immense size, but i s extr emely acurate as wel . Of fi ci al s f rom Gr enwi ch Obser vat or y have t he clock checked t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he clock when it is act ual y str iking because mi cr ophones ar e connect ed t o the cl ock t ower. Big Ben has rarely gone wr ong. Once, however, it f ail ed t o gi ve t he corr ect ime. A pai nt 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 uebird “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The great raci ng dr iver , Si r Mal colm Campbel , was the fir st man to dri ve at over 300 m il es per hour. He set up a new wor l d r ecord i n Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil le Sal t Fl at s, Utah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dri vi ng, had been speci al y bui lt for him . I t was over 30 f et in l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engi ne. Al though Campbel r eached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour, he had gr eat di f icul ty i n cont roll ing the car because a t yr e burst duri ng t he f ir st run. Af ter his at empt, Cam pbel l was di sappoi nt ed t o l ear n t hat hi s aver age speed had been 299 mil es per hour . However, a few days later, he was t ol d t hat a m istake had been made. His average speed had been 301 mi les per hour. Si nce t hat ime, r aci ng dri vers have r eached speeds of over 400 m il es an hour. Fol owi ng his f at her39。 Bri nksl ey Mers agr ed. 39。t r ead !39。 Oh, is it ?39。 said t he voi ce of the televi si on announcer ,39。 l esson75 SO S 呼救信號(hào) When a l ight passenger pl ane fl ew of f course som e t ime ago, it crashed i n the m ountains and it s pil ot was ki l ed. The onl y pa senger s, a young woman and her t wo baby daughters, wer e unhurt . It was t he mi ddle of wi nt er. Snow lay thick on t he gr ound. The wom an knew that t he nearest vil age was m iles away. When it grew dar k. she t ur ned a suit case i nt o a bed and put t he chi ldr en i nsi de i t, cover ing t hem wit h al l t he cl ot hes she coul d fi nd. Dur ing the ni ght, i t got t er ri bl y cold. The wom an kept as near as she coul d t o t he chi ldr en and even tr ied t o get i nt o the case herself , but it was t oo smal l. Ear ly , next morning she hear d planes pas si ng over head and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an i dea. She st amped out t he l et ters39。 don39。Now you gut out of here, al of you!39。Thi s i s a wonder ful pl ace for a pi ic,39。 I conti nued dr iving and aft er some tim e, t he exami ner t apped l oudly. Though the sound coul d be hear d cl earl y, it t ook me a l ong t ime t o r eact. I suddenl y pr essed t he brake pedal hard and we were both t hr own f or war d. The exami ner looked at me sadly. 39。 Then I 39。m going to.. .39。Hull o, Eli zabet h,39。 sai d a poli cem an aft er war ds, 39。 Lesson77 A succesful operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m umm y of an Egypt ian wom an who di ed i n 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper ati on. The m ummy i s t hat of Shepenmut who was once a singer in t he Tem pl e of Thebes. As t her e wer e str ange m ar ks on the Xr ay plates taken of t he mummy, doct or s have been t r yi ng t o f ind out whet her t he woman di ed of a rare disease. The onl y way t o do t hi s was t o operat e. The operat i on, which last ed f or over f our hours, pr oved t o be ver y di f icul t because of t he hard r esin which cover ed t he skin. The doctors r emoved a secti on of t he m umm y and sent it t o a l aborato