【正文】 r owd began t o shout, but the dr unk was unawar e of t he danger. The bull was busy wit h t he matador at t he tim e, but i t suddenl y caught si ght of t he drunk who was shouti ng rude r em ar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Apparentl y sensit ive t o crit i ci sm , t he bull f or got al l about the m at ador and char ge d at t he drunk. The cr owd suddenl y gr ew qui et . The dr unk, however , semed quit e sure of him sel f. When t he bul l got cl ose t o him, he cl um si l y st epped asi de t o let it pas. The crowd br oke int o cheers and t he drunk bowed. By t hi s tim e, however, t hr ee men had e i nt o t he r i ng and t hey qui ckl y dr agged t he dr unk to saf et y. Even t he bul l seemed t o f el sor r y for him, f or it l ooked on sym pat heti cal y unti l the dr unk was out of t he way bef ore once mor e tur ni ng it s at ent ion t o t he m at ador . Lesson71 A f am ous clock 一個(gè)著 名的大鐘 When you vi si t London, one of t he f ir st t hi ngs you wil l see i s Bi g Ben, t he famous clock whi ch can be heard al over t he wor l d on the B. B. C. I f t he Houses of Par li am ent had hot been bur ned down i n 1834, t he gr eat cl ock woul d never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes it s nam e fr om Si r Benj am i n Hal who was r esponsi ble f or the m aki ng of t he cl ock when t he new Houses of Par li am ent wer e bei ng buil t. It i s not onl y of imm ense size, but i s ext remel y acur at e as wel l. Of fi cials f r om Gr eenwi ch Obser vat or y have t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he cl ock when i t is actual y st ri ki ng because mi crophones ar e connect ed to t he clock t ower . Big Ben has r ar ely gone wr ong. Once, however, i t fail ed to gi ve the corr ect t im e. 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(lán)鳥(niǎo)”汽車(chē) The gr eat racing dr iver, Sir Malcolm Campbel l, was t he fi rst man t o dri ve at over 300 m il es per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecor d i n Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil l e Sal t Fl ats, Utah. Bl uebir d, t he car he was dr ivi ng, had been speci al l y bui lt f or hi m. It was over 30 f et i n l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engi ne. Al though Campbel reached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour , he had gr eat dif fi cul ty in contr olli ng the car because a tyr e bur st dur ing t he fi rst run. Af ter his at empt, Campbel was disappoi nt ed to le ar n t hat hi s average speed had been 299 mil es per hour. However, a f ew days later , he was i ng f r om al part s of the count ry to see it . In spit e of al l that has been sai d, t he tour ists have been pi cki ng leaves and cutt ing t hei r nam es on the tr eet runk. So far, not one of t hem has been st ruck down by sudden death! Leson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來(lái)還是出去 ？ Our dog, Rex, used to si t out si de our f r ont gate and bark. Every t im e he want ed to e into the garden he would bar k unti l s omeone opened t he gat e. As t he nei ghbour s pl ained of the noise, m y husband spent weeks t rai ning him t o press hi s paw on t he latch t o l et him sel f in. Rex soon becam e an exper t at openi ng the gate. However , when I was going out shopping l ast week, I noti ced hi m in t he gar den near the gate. This t im e he was bar king so t hat someone woul d let him out ! Si nce then, he has devel oped another bad habit . As soon as he opens the gate f rom the outsi de, he es into the garden and wait s unt il t he gat e shut s. Then he sit s and bar ks unt il som eone l ets him out. Af ter thi s he im medi ately l ets hi msel f in and begins barking again. Yest erday my husband r em oved t he gat e and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since. Leson60 The fut ure 卜算未來(lái) At a vil lage f ai r, I deci ded to vi si t a for tunet el ler cal ed Madam Bel insky. I went int o her t ent and she tol d me t o sit down. Aft er I had gi ven her som e money, she looked int o a crystal bal l and said: 39。 I l ied, 39。Hul l o, Ber t,39。 As soon as I went out si de, I f or got al l about Madam Bel li nsky because my wif e hur r ied t owar ds me. 39。Jumbo m ust wei gh a few t ons,39。 I39。Just one m ore t hi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chi ld suddenl y crosses t he r oad i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on t he wi ndow, I want t he car to be st opped imm ediatel y.39。guar d of honour39。 I answered.39。Just one more thing, Mr Eames. 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 to be st opped i mmediat el y.39。 There39。 I was just wonder ing how t o spend t he mor ni ng unt il I saw you. You39。clock t his eveni ng. By that im e, t he Astr a wil l have been fl ying t hrough space f or sevent en hours and wi l have cir cl ed the eart h a gr eat many ti mes. When the f ir st r adio m essages have been r eceived, the r esult s of the tr i p wil l be announced i mmediat el y. Lesson62 Af t er the f ire 大火之后 Fi remen had been fi ght ing t he for est fi r e for near ly three weeks before they coul d get i t under cont rol . A shor t ti me befor e, gr eat t rees had covered t he count r ysi de f or mil es ar ound. Now, smoke stil l rose up f rom the war m gr ound over the desol ate hi ls. Wi nter was ing on and t he hil ls thr eat ened t he sur rounding vi l ages wi th destr uct ion, for heavy r ain woul d not onl y wash away the soi l but woul d cause ser ious f loods as wel. When the f ir e had at l ast been put out, t he for est aut hor it ies or der ed several tons of a special t ype of gr assseed whi ch would gr ow qui ckl y. The seed was spr ayed over the ground i n huge quanti ti es by aer opl anes. The pl anes had been pl ant ing seed for near ly a month when it began t o r ai n. By then, however, i n many places the grass had al ready taken r oot . I n pl ace o