【正文】 otogr aphs, he could not st ay near t he vol cano for very l ong. He not iced t hat a ri ver of li qui d r ock was ing towar ds him. I t hr eat ened t o surr ound him pl et el y, but Tazief m anaged t o escape j ust i n tim e. He wai ted unti l t he volcano becam e quiet and he was abl e t o return t wo days l at er . This tim e, he m anaged to clim b into t he mout h of Kit uro so t hat he coul d take phot ogr aphs and measure tem per at ur es. Tazi ef f has of ten ri sked hi s 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 enj oy m eti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng t o do. No m at er how busy you are, he al ways i nsist s on ing wit h you. I had t o t hi nk of a way of preventi ng him f r om f ol lowing m e ar ound al l m or ni ng. 39。r e not busy doing anything, are you ?39。 I li ed, 39。s al ways plent y to r ead in t he 39。 leson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bul fi ght, a drunk suddenl y wander ed i nt o t he mi ddl e of t he ri ng. The crowd began t o shout , but t he dr unk was unaware of the danger. The bul was busy wit h the m at ador at the tim e, but it suddenly caught si ght of t he dr unk who was shout ing rude r em ar ks and waving a red cap. Appar entl y sensit ve t o cr it icism, t he bul l fot al about t he matador and char ged at t he drunk. The crowd suddenly grew qui et . The dr unk, however, sem ed qui te sur e of himsel f. When t he bull got cl ose t o him, he cl umsil y st epped asi de t o l et i t pas. The cr owd br oke into cheers and t he drunk bowed. By this tim e, however , t hr ee m en had e i nt o the 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 it l ooked on sympat heti cal y unti l t he dr unk was out of the way before once more t ur ni ng it s at tent ion to t he matador. Lesson71 A famous clock 一個著名的大鐘 When you vi sit London, one of t he f ir st thi ngs you wil se i s Bi g Ben, t he fam ous cl ock which 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 ament had hot been burned down in 1834, t he gr eat clock would never have been erect ed. Bi g Ben t akes i ts nam e f rom Sir Benj ami n Hal who was r esponsi bl e for the m aking of t he clock when the new Houses of Par li ament were bei ng built . I t i s not onl y of imm ense size, but is ext rem el y acur at e as wel l. Of icials fr om Greenwi ch Obser vat ory have the cl ock checked t wi ce aday. On t he B. B. C. you can hear the cl ock when it i s act ual y st ri ki ng because m icrophones are connected to t he clock t ower. Big Ben has rarel y 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 ! Leson72 A car call ed Bl uebi rd “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat raci ng dri ver, Sir Malcolm Cam pbel, was t he f ir st man t o dri ve at over 300 mi les per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecor d in Sept ember 1935 at Bonnevil e Salt Flats, Ut ah. Bl uebir d, the car he was dr i vi ng, had been special y buil t f or him. It was over 30 feet i n l ength and had a 2500 horse power engi ne. Alt hough Cam pbel l reached a speed of over 304 m il es per hour, he had great dif fi cult y i n contr ol i ng t he car because a t yr e bur st dur ing the fir st r un. Af ter hi s at em pt, Cam pbel was disappoi nt ed t o lear n that his average speed had bee n 299 mi les per hour. However, a f ew days l at er, he was t ol d that a mistake had been m ade. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 m il es per hour. Since t hat tim e, raci ng dri ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 mil es an hour. Fol lowing hi s f at her39。 Bri nksl ey Mers agr eed. 39。t r ead !39。 Oh, i s i t ?39。 said t he voice of t he televi si on announcer,39。guar d of honour 39。 I said. 39。 I answered.39。 39。Just one more t hi ng, Mr Eames. Let us suppose t hat a chi ld suddenl y crosses t he road in front of you. As soon as I tap on the wi ndow, I want the car to be stopped immediate ly.39。s f ishi ng, or ei ght hours in a ci nema seing t he same fi lm over and over agai n, i s usual ly as f ar as they get . They have al been put to shame by a boy who, whi le pl aying t ruant, t ravel ed 1600 mil es. He hitch hi ked t o Dover and, towards eveni ng, went i nt o a boat t o f ind somewhere to sleep. When he woke up next mor ni ng, he discovered t hat the boat had, i n the meanti me, t ravel ed to Calais. No one noti ced t he boy as he crept off . From t here, he hitchhiked to Pari s in a lorr y. The dri ver gave him a f ew bi scuits and a cup of coff e and l ef t him just outside the cit y. The next car t he boy stopped did not take hi m i nt o t he cent re of Par is as he hoped i t would, but t o Per pi gnan on the Fr enchSpani sh border . There he was picked up by a poli ceman and sent back to Engl and by t he local aut hori ties. He has sur el y set up a record for the t housands of boys who dream of evadi ng school. Lesson74 Out of t he limeli ght 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus stopped by a dr y ri ver bed and a part y of famous actors and actr esses got of f. Dr essed in dark gl asses and old clothes, they had taken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one should recogni ze t hem. But as they soon di scovered, di sgui ses can somet imes be too per fect. 39。 Meanwhil e, two ot her act or s, Rockwal Sli nger and Mer lin Greeves, had car ied two large food baskets to a shady spot under some t rees. When they had al made themselves fort able, a str anger appear ed. He looked ver y angry. 39。sai d Rockwal l,39。m Br inksley Meers, and my ot her name i s Glori a Gleam. Now you get out of her e fast !39