【正文】 leson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Duri ng a bul lf ight , a drunk suddenly wander ed i nt o the middle of t he r ing. The crowd began to shout, but the dr unk wa s unaware of the danger. The bull was busy wit h the mat ador at the time, but it suddenly caught si ght of t he drunk who was shout ing rude r emarks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Apparently sensit ve t o cr it ci sm, the bul l f or got al about the matador and charged at the dr unk. The cr owd suddenl y gr ew quiet. The dr unk, however , seemed quit e sure of hi mself . When the bul l got close to him, he clumsi ly stepped aside to let it pass. The crowd br oke i nt o cheers and the dr unk bowed. By this t ime, however, three men had e into t he r ing and they quickl y dragged t he dr unk to saf et y. Even t he bul l seemed to f el sorr y for hi m, f or i t l ooked on sympat heti cal y unti l t he dr unk was out of the way before once more turning it s at tent ion to the matador. Lesson71 A famous clock 一個(gè)著 名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of t he f ir st things you wil l se i s Bi g Ben, the famous cl ock which can be hear d al l over the world on t he . C. I f t he Houses of Par li ament had hot been burned down in 1834, t he great clock would never have been erect ed. Big Ben t akes its name f rom Sir Benj ami n Hal l who was r esponsi bl e for the making of t he clock when the new Houses of Par li ament were bei ng built . I t is not onl y of immense size, but is ext remel y accur at e as wel. Of icials fr om Greenwi ch Observatory have the cl ock checked twice a day. On t he B. . you can hear the cl ock when it is actual ly st ri ki ng because microphones are connec ted to t he clock t ower. Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. Once, however, it fail ed t o gi ve t he cor rect ime. A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down ! Leson72 A car called Bluebi rd “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The gr eat r acing dri ver, Sir Malcol m Campbel l, was t he f irst man t o dr ive at over 300 mil es per hour . He set up a new worl d record i n September 1935 at Bonnevi le Salt Flat s, Utah. Bl uebi rd, the car he was dr iving, had been specialy built f or him. It was over 30 feet in l ength and had a 2500 horse power engi ne. Although Campbel l reached a speed of over 304 mil es per hour , he had great dif ficulty i n controll ing the car because a t yr e burst duri ng the f ir st run. Af ter hi s at empt, Campbel was disappoi nt ed t o le ar n that his average speed had been 299 mil es per hour . However, a few days later, he was tol d that amistake had been made. His average speed had been 301 mi les per hour. Since that ime, r acing dri vers have reached speeds of over 400 mil es an hour. Fol lowing his f at her39。 Br inksley Meer s agreed. 39。t read ! 39。 Oh, is i t ?39。 said the voi ce of the televi sion announcer ,39。m onst er s39。 I know, 39。At t he t i m e t he t unnel shoul d be bui lt . This woul d solve the pr obl em of venti lation, f or i f a t rain ent er ed t hi s tunnel, it would draw i n fr esh ai r behi nd i t. For tyt wo year s later a t unnel was actual ly begun. If , at the time, the Brit ish had not feared invasi on, it woul d have been pl et ed. Recentl y, ther e has again been great interest i n the idea of a Channel Tunnel. If it is built , i t wi l connect Br itain t o Eur ope for the fi rst ime in history. Leson65 Jum bo versus t he poli ce 小象對(duì)警察 Last Christmas, the circus owner , Jim my Gates, decided to take some pr esent s to a chil dr en39。 Leson66 Swet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hatheld Puf fi n is amodern aer oplane, but its designer , Mr John Wi mpenny, is fi nding i t dif fi cult to get i t off t he ground. The reason for this is t hat his pl ane is also a bi cycl e. I ts pi lot has to pedal hard to get i t i nt o the ai r. Aft er Mr Wi mpenny had t he plane buil t, it was t ested thor oughly. I n 1961, it was t he f ir st man powered ai rcraft to f ly hal f a mi le. Whi le bei ng f lown by a champion amateur cycl ist i n 1963, the plane crashed on an ai rf ield. Since then, Mr Wimpenny has had i t r ebuilt . He has had the length of the wings i ncreased so t hat hey now measur e 93 f etalmost as l ong as those of a Dakota. Many people have shown interest in t hi s new and unusual sport. But t hough air cycli st s may l earn how to f ly over short di st ances, and may, eventualy, even get across t he Engl ish Channel, it is doubt f ul whether t hey wil l ever cycle acr oss the Atl anti c. Lesson67 Volcanoes 火山 Har oun Tazief t he Polish scientist, has spent his li fet ime st udying acti ve volcanoes and deep caves i n al l part s of the wor ld. In 1948, he went to l ake Kivu in t he Congo to observe anew volcano which he later named Kituro. Tazief was able to set up hi s camp ver y cl ose to the vol cano whi le it was erupti ng violently. Though he managed to t ake a number of br il iant photographs, he could not stay near t he volcano for very l ong. He noticed that a ri ver of l iqui d rock was ing towards hi m. I t threat ened t o surr ound him pl et el y, but Tazief managed t o escape just in t ime. He waited unt il the volcano became quiet and he was abl e to return t wo days lat er . This t ime, he managed to cli mb into t he mouth of Ki turo so that he could take phot ogr aphs and measure temper at ur es. Tazief has often ri sked hi s l if e in this way. He has been abl e to tel us mor e about acti ve volcanoes than any man ali ve. Leson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed the st reet to avoi d meti ng him, but he saw me and cam e r unni ng t owar ds me. I t was no use pr et ending that I had not sen hi m, so I waved to him. I never enjoy meet ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anything to do. No mat er how busy you ar e, he al ways insi st on i ng wi th you. I had to think of a way of pr event ing hi m fr om foll owi ng me around al morning. 39。 No, not at al ,39。but I 39。wai ti ng r oom ! 3