【正文】 Mr Eam es,39。 sai d Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。 he shout ed: 39。t be too har d on us. I39。 SOS39。so i t was fort unat e t hat we di dn39。 Ber t answered. 39。Would you mi nd m y i ng wi th you ?39。 he answer ed. 39。 he sai d, i n a m our nful voice, 39。 I t couldn39。 I39。m Rockwal Sli nger and thi s is Mer l in Gr eeves.39。 i n t he snow. Fort unat el y, a pi l ot saw t he si gnal and sent a m essage by r adi o t o the nearest t own. I t was not l ong bef or e a hel icopt er ar ived on t he scene t o r escue t he sur vi vor s of t he pl ane cr ash. Lesson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。t have t o car r y hi m. Of course, we shoul d ar r est hi m, but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et him off t his t im e.39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he m orni ngunti l I saw you. You39。 he asked, bef or e I had fi nished speaki ng. ‘ Not at al, 39。 Ther e39。 you have just ki l ed t hat chi ld ! 39。wai t i ng r oom ! 39。but I39。 No, not at al l,39。Hul l o, Ber t,39。 sai d t he voi ce of t he t el evi si on announcer ,39。 Oh, i s it ?39。t r ead ! 39。 Br inksley Mer s agr eed. 39。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed int o the m iddle of t he ri ng. The cr owd began t o shout , but the dr unk was unawar e of the danger . The bul l was busy wi th t he matador at t he ti me, but i t suddenl y caught si ght of t he dr unk who was shout ing r ude remar ks and wavi ng a red cap. Appar ent ly sensi ti ve to cr it icism, t he bul l fot al about t he matador and charged at the dr unk. The crowd suddenl y grew qui et. The drunk, however, sem ed qui te sure of hi msel f. When t he bull got cl ose t o him , he cl um si ly st epped asi de to let it pas. The crowd br oke into cheers and t he dr unk bowed. By t his t im e, however , thr e m en had e into the r ing and they quickly dr agged t he drunk t o saf ety. Even the bul l seem ed t o feel sor ry f or him, f or i t l ooked on sym pat het ical y unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way bef or e once m ore t urni ng i ts at tenti on to t he mat ador. Lesson71 A fam ous cl ock 一個著名的大鐘 When you vi sit London, one of t he fi rst thi ngs you wi l see is Bi g Ben, t he f am ous cl ock whi ch can be hear d al l over t he worl d on t he B. B. C. I f t he Houses of Par li am ent had hot been burned down i n 1834, t he gr eat cl ock woul d never have been e r ect ed. Bi g Ben takes i t s nam e f r om Si r Benj am in Hal l who was r esponsi bl e f or t he making of t he cl ock when t he new Houses of Parl i am ent wer e bei ng bui lt . It i s not only of im m ense si ze, but is extr em el y accur ate as wel . Of fi ci al s f rom Gr enwi ch Obse r vat or y have t he cl ock checked t wice a day. On t he 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 connected t o t he cl ock t ower. Bi g Ben has r arel y gone wrong. Once, however, i t f ail ed t o gi ve t he cor rect t im e. A pai nter who had been worki ng on the t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and sl owed it down ! Leson72 A car call ed Bl uebi rd “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dr i ver, Si r Mal colm Cam pbel , was t he f i r st man to dr ive at over 300 m il es per hour . He set up a new worl d r ecor d in September 1935 at Bonnevil le Salt Fl at s, Ut ah. Bl uebi rd, the car he was dri ving, had been special ly buil t for him . I t was over 30 f eet i n length and had a 2500 horsepower engi ne. Al though Campbel l reached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour, he had great dif fi cul ty i n contr ol li ng the car because a tyre bur st dur ing t he fi rst run. Af ter his at em pt, Campbel l was disappoint ed to l ear n t hat his average speed had been 299 mil es per hour. However, a f ew days l ater, he was t old t hat a m istake had bee n made. His average speed had been 301 mil es per hour. Since t hat t ime, racing dr ivers have r eached speeds of over 400 mil es an hour . Fol lowi ng hi s f at her 39。s al ways plent y t o r ead i n t he 39。 I li ed, 39。r e not busy doing anythi ng, are you ?39。 Lesson66 Swet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff i n is a m oder n aer o pl ane, but i ts desi gner , Mr John Wi mpenny, i s fi ndi ng it dif fi cul t t o get it of f the gr ound. The reason for t hi s is t hat t hi s plane i s al so a bicycl e. I t s pi l ot has to pedal har d to get it i nt o t he ai r. Af t er Mr Wim penny had t he plane bui lt , it was t est ed t hor oughl y. I n 1961, i t was t he f ir st m an power ed air cr aft t o fl y half a mi l e. Whi l e bei ng fl own by a cham pion amat eur cycl ist i n 1963, the pl ane cr ashed on an ai rf i el d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wim penny has had it r ebui lt. He has had t he lengt h of t he wings i ncr eased so t hat t hey now measur e 93 f eet al most as l ong as t hose of a Dakot a. Many peopl e have shown i nter est i n t his new and unusual spor t. But t hough air cycl i st s m ay l ear n how t o fl y over short dist ances, and may, eventual y, even get acr oss t he Engli sh Channel, i t i s doubt f ul whet her t hey wi l ever cycl e acr oss the At lanti c. Leson67 Volcanoes 火山 Haroun Tazief t he Poli sh scienti st , has spent hi s li fet im e st udyi ng act ive vol canoes and deep caves in al l par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went to lake Ki vu in t he Congo to obser ve a new volcano whi ch he later nam ed Kit uro. Tazi ef was able t o set up hi s cam p ver y close to the volcano whil e it was er upt ing vi ol ent ly. Though he managed t o take a number of br il li ant photographs, he could not stay near t he vol cano f or ver y l ong. He noti ced that a ri ver of l iquid r ock was ing t owar ds him. I t thr eatened t o sur round him pletel y, but Tazi ef managed to escape j ust in ti me. He wait ed unt il t he vol cano becam e qui et and he was a ble to r eturn two days lat er . This t ime, he managed t o cli mb i nto t he mouth of Ki tur o so