【正文】 t opped i mmediat el y.39。 39。 I 39。 I sai d. 39。guard of honour39。Where have you been hi di ng ?39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce,39。 he answer ed. 39。 Woul d you mi nd m y i ng wit h you ?39。 Hul l o, El i zabet h,39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a f ew t ons,39。Your sist er wi l be here i n l ess t han an hour and we m ust be at t he st ati on to m eet he r. We are l at e alr eady.39。 As soon as I went out side, I for got al about Madam Bel insky because m y wi fe hur ri ed t owar ds m e. 39。s hospit al . Dr essed up as Fat her Chr istm as and ac pani ed by a 39。Hul l o, Bert, 39。 I answered.39。 39。Just one m ore t hi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenl y crosses t he road i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on the wi ndow, I want t he car t o be st opped im mediat el y. 39。s fi shi ng, or ei ght hour s in a ci nem a sei ng t he sam e fi lm over and over agai n, i s usual y as far as they get . They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whil e playing t r uant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hit ch hi ked t o Dover and, t owar ds evening, went i nt o a boat t o f i nd som ewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next m orni ng, he di scover ed that the boat had, in t he meant im e, t ravel led t o Calai s. No one noti ced the boy as he crept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tchhi ked to Pari s in a lor ry. The dri ver gave him a f ew biscui ts and a cup of coff e and l eft him j ust outside t he ci ty. The next car the boy stopped di d not take him int o the and Rex got so annoyed we have not sen hi m since. Lesson60 The f uture 卜算未來 At a vil lage fai r, I deci ded to vi si t a for tune tel ler cal led Madam Bel insky. I went into her t ent and she told me to si t down. Af ter I had given her some money, she looked into a cr yst al bal l and said: 39。s closest f ri ends asked hi m t o make a speech at a wedding r ecepti on. This i s the sort of t hi ng that Geoff rey l oves. He prepared t he speech car ef ull y and went to t he weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a l arge number of f unny st ori es in t he speech and, of cour se, it was a gr eat succes. As soon as he had f ini shed, Jenny tol d him she want ed to go home. Geoff r ey was a li t le disappoi nted by t his but he di d as his daught er asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny i f she had enjoyed the speech. To his surpr ise, she sai d she hadn39。t have to car y him . Of cour se, we shoul d ar est hi m, but as he has a good recor d, we shal l let hi m of f thi s ti me.39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。 I l ied, 39。s al ways pl ent y to read in the 39。 l esson70 Red for danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Duri ng a bull fi ght , a drunk suddenly wander ed i nto the mi ddl e of the r ing. The cr owd began to shout, but the dr unk was unaware of t he danger. The bull was busy wit h t he matador at the t im e, but it suddenly caught si ght of the dr unk who was shout ing r ude r emarks and waving a red cap. Apparentl y s ensi tive t o cri ti cism, the bull f ot al l about the m at ador and char ged at he drunk. The cr owd suddenly gr ew quiet . The dr unk, however , seemed quit e sur e of him self . When t he bul l got close to him, he clumsi ly stepped asi de to l et i t pass. The cr owd broke i nto cheer s and the dr unk bowed. By t hi s ti me, however , t hree men had e i nto t he ri ng and they quickly dr agged t he dr unk to saf et y. Even t he bul l seemed t o feel sor ry for him , f or it l ooked on sympat het ical y unti l the drunk was out of the way befor e once more t urning its at tenti on to the matador. Lesson71 A famous cl ock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you vi si t London, one of t he fi rst thi ngs you wi l see is Bi g Ben, the f amous cl ock whi ch can be heard al l over t he worl d on the B. B. C. I f the Houses of Par li ament had hot been burned down i n 1834, t he gr eat cl ock would never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes it s name f rom Sir Benjami n Hal who was r esponsible for the m aki ng of the clock when the new Houses of Par li ament wer e being buil t. I t is not onl y of im mense size, but i s ext remel y acurat e as wel. Of f icials fr om Gr eenwi ch Obser vat ory have t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he . C. you can hear the clock when i t is actual y st ri king because mi cr ophones are connect ed to t he clock tower . Bi g Ben has r ar ely gone wr ong. Once, however, it f ailed t o give t he corr ect ti me. A paint er who had been wor king on t he tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed i t down ! Lesson72 A car cal led Bl uebi rd “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The great racing dr iver, Sir Malcolm Campbel l, was t he fi rst man to dr ive at over 300 m il es per hour . He set up a new worl d r ecor d in Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil le Salt Fl at s, Ut ah. Bl uebi rd, t he car he was dri ving, had been special ly buil t for him . It was over 30 f eet i n l ength and had a 2500 horse power engi ne. Al though Campbel l r eached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour , he had gr eat dif fi culty in contr oll ing t he car because a tyr e burst dur ing t he fi rst r un. Af ter his at empt, Campbel was disappoi nted to learn t hat hi s aver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour. However, a f ew days later , he was told that a mistake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 mi les 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 . Followi ng his f ather39。Your sist er wi l be here i n l ess t han an hour and we m ust be at t he st ati on to m eet he r. We are l at e alr eady.39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a wor ld r ecor d. Li ke his f ather, he was dri ving a car cal led Bl uebi rd. Lesson73 The recordholder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li t le boys who pl ay tr uant fr om school ar e uni maginati ve. A qui et day39。 l esson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng tested f or a dr i vi ng li cence f or t he thi rd t im e. I had been asked to