【正文】 s al ways pl ent y t o r ead i n t he 39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信號(hào) When a li ght pasenger plane f lew of f cour se some tim e ago, i t cr ashed in the mountai ns and i ts pi lot was kil led. The onl y passengers, a young woman and her t wo baby daughter s, wer e unhur t. I t was t he mi ddl e of wint er . Snow lay t hick on t he gr ound. The woman knew t hat he near est vil lage was mi les away. When it grew dar k. she t urned a suitcase int o a bed and put t he chi ldren i nsi de it , coveri ng them wit h al t he cl othes she could f ind. Dur ing t he ni ght , it got ter ibl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d to the chil dr en and even t ri ed to get int o the case her sel f, but it was too smal l. Earl y ,next morni ng she heard pl anes pasi ng over head and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an idea. She stamped out the l et ter s39。Now you gut out of here, al of you! 39。 I cont inued dri vi ng a nd af ter some t ime, the examiner tapped loudly. Though the sound could be heard cl ear ly, it t ook me a l ong ti me t o react. I suddenly pr essed the brake pedal hard and we were bot h thr own f or ward. The exam iner looked at m e sadly. 39。 I 39。 said the voice of the t el evision announcer, 39。t r ead !39。 l esson70 Red for danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Duri ng a bull fi ght , a drunk suddenly wander ed into the mi ddl e of the r ing. The crowd began to shout, but t he drunk was unaware of t he dange r. The bull was busy wi t h the m at ador at the t ime, but it suddenly caught sight of the dr unk who was shouti ng rude r em ar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Appar ently sensit ve to cr it ici sm, t he bul l for got al about t he matador and charged at the dr unk. The crowd suddenl y grew quiet. The drunk, however, seem ed qui te sure of hi msel f. When the bull got cl ose to hi m, he cl umsil y st epped aside t o let it pass. The crowd br oke int o cheers and t he drunk bowed. By this tim e, however , thr e men had e int o the r ing and t hey qui ckl y dragged the drunk t o saf ety. Even the bull seem ed to f eel sorr y f or hi m, for i t looked on sympatheti cal ly unt il the dr unk was out of t he way bef ore once mor e tur ning i ts at ent ion t o the m atador . Lesson71 A f amous clock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of the f ir st t hings you wil l see i s Big Ben, t he famous clock which can be hear d al over the wor ld on the . C. I f t he Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down in 1834, the gr eat clock would never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes i ts name f rom Sir Benjami n Hal who was responsible for the m aki ng of the clock when t he new Houses of Parl iament wer e being buil t. I t is not onl y of im mense size, but i s ext remel y accur at e as wel . Of f icial s fr om Gr eenwi ch Observatory have t he cl ock checked twi ce a day. On the B. . you can hear the cl ock when i t is actual y str iking because mi crophones are connect ed to the clock tower . Big Ben has r ar ely gone wr ong. Once, however, i t f ail ed to gi ve the corr ect t ime. A pai nt 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 uebird “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The great racing dr iver, Si r Malcolm Campbel, was t he fi rst man t o dri ve at over 300 mil es per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecor d i n Sept ember 1935 at Bonne vil le Sal t Fl ats, Utah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dr iving, had been speci al ly bui lt f or hi m. It was over 30 feet in l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Al t hough Campbel r eached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour , he had gr eat dif f iculty in contr oll ing t he car be cause a tyr e burst dur ing t he fi rst r un. Af ter his at tempt, 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 mist ake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 m il es per hour. Si nce t hat t im e, r aci ng dr i ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 m il es an hour . Fol l owi ng hi s f at her 39。 I lied, 39。t em perat ur es. Tazi ef has oft en ri sked hi s l if e i n t hi s way. He has been abl e t o tel us m or e about acti ve vol canoes than any man ali ve. Leson68 Persist ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed t he st reet to avoid m eet ing him , but he saw m e and came r unni ng t owar ds m e. It was no use pretending t hat I had not seen him, so I waved t o hi m. I never enjoy m eeti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng t o do. No m at t er how busy you are, he al ways i nsists on i ng wit h you. I had t o t hi nk of a way of prevent i ng him f r om f ol l owi ng me ar ound al l m or ni ng. 39。but I39。s f oot steps m any year s lat er , Si r Mal colm 39。 39。 we ar e t aki ng you to t he macar oni f iel ds of Cal abr ia. Macar oni has been grown i n t hi s area f or over six hundred year s. Two of the l eading gr owers, Giuseppe Moldova and Ricardo Br abant e, t el l me t hat t hey have been expect ing a spl endid cr op thi s year a nd harvest ing has begun earl ier t han usual . Here you can se two wor kers who, between them, have just f i ni shed cutt ing t hree cart l oads of golden brown m acar oni stalks. The whole vi lage has been wor king day and night gat her ing and t hreshi ng thi s year 39。m goi ng t o. . 39。Mr Eames, 39。 he shouted: 39。 SOS39。 39。wai ti ng r oom !39。 Ther e39。 I was j ust wonder i ng how to spend the m or ning unt il I saw you. You39。m Bri nksley Meer s, and m y other nam e is Gl ori a Gl eam. Now you get out of her e fast !39。 Meanwhi le, two ot her actor s, Rockwal Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eeves, had car ied t wo l ar ge food basket s to a shady spot under some t rees. When they had al l made themsel ves f ort abl e, a st ranger appear ed. He looked ver y angr y. 39。Just one more thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chi ld sudd