【正文】 Sal t Fl at s, Utah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dri vi ng, had been speci al y bui lt for him . I t was over 30 f et in l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engi ne. Al though Campbel r eached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour, he had gr eat di f icul ty i n cont roll ing the car because a t yr e burst duri ng t he f ir st run. Af ter his at empt, Cam pbel l was di sappoi nt ed t o l ear n t hat hi s aver age speed had been 299 mil es per hour . However, a few days later, he was t ol d t hat a m istake had been made. His average speed had been 301 mi les per hour. Si nce t hat ime, r aci ng dri vers have r eached speeds of over 400 m il es an hour. Fol owi ng his f at her39。 I lied, 39。Hull o, Ber t,39。Jum bo m ust weigh a few t ons,39。 I 39。Just one m or e thing, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenl y cr osses t he r oad in f ront of you. As soon as I t ap on the window, I want t he car t o be stopped immedi at el y. 39。 Meanwhi le, t wo ot her act or s, Rockwal Sli nger and Mer li n Greeves, had car ri ed t wo l ar ge f ood basket s t o a shady spot under som e t rees. When t hey had al m ade t hem selves fort able, a str anger apear ed. He l ooked very angr y. 39。m Br inksl ey Meer s, and m y ot her nam e is Glori a Gleam. Now you get out of here f ast !39。 sai d a poli cem an aft er war ds, 39。m going to.. .39。 I conti nued dr iving and aft er some tim e, t he exami ner t apped l oudly. Though the sound coul d be hear d cl earl y, it t ook me a l ong t ime t o r eact. I suddenl y pr essed t he brake pedal hard and we were both t hr own f or war d. The exami ner looked at me sadly. 39。Now you gut out of here, al of you!39。 l esson75 SO S 呼救信號 When a l ight passenger pl ane fl ew of f course som e t ime ago, it crashed i n the m ountains and it s pil ot was ki l ed. The onl y pa senger s, a young woman and her t wo baby daughters, wer e unhurt . It was t he mi ddle of wi nt er. Snow lay thick on t he gr ound. The wom an knew that t he nearest vil age was m iles away. When it grew dar k. she t ur ned a suit case i nt o a bed and put t he chi ldr en i nsi de i t, cover ing t hem wit h al l t he cl ot hes she coul d fi nd. Dur ing the ni ght, i t got t er ri bl y cold. The wom an kept as near as she coul d t o t he chi ldr en and even tr ied t o get i nt o the case herself , but it was t oo smal l. Ear ly , next morning she hear d planes pas si ng over head and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an i dea. She st amped out t he l et ters39。 Oh, is it ?39。 Bri nksl ey Mers agr ed. 39。s al ways pl ent y t o read i n the 39。 39。s hospi tal. Dresed up as Fat her Chri stm as and ac panied by a 39。 39。t be bet er , Gl or ia,39。 There39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。t . Geoff rey asked her why this was so and she t ol d him t hat she di d not li ke t o see so many peopl e l aughi ng at him ! Leson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 I n l 858, a Fr ench engi neer, Aime Thome de Gam ond, ari ved i n England wi th a plan for a t went y one m il e t unnel acr oss the Engli sh Channel . He sai d that it woul d be possible t o buil d a pl at form i n the centr e of the Channel. Thi s pl at form woul d ser ve as a por t and a rail way st at ion. The t unnel woul d be wel venti lated if t al chimneys wer e built above sea level. I n 1860, abet er pl an was put for ward by an Engl ishm an, Wil iam Low. He suggested that a double r ail way t unnel should be buil t. Thi s would sol ve t he pr oblem of vent il ati on, f or if atr ai n enter ed t his t unnel, i t would draw i n f resh air behi nd it . Fort y t wo year s l at er a t unnel was act ual y begun. If, at he t ime, the Br it ish had not feared i nvasi on, it woul d have been pl et ed. Recentl y, t here has again been great i nt er est i n the idea of a Channel Tunnel. If i t i s buil t, it wil connect Brit ai n to Europe f or t he f ir st tim e i n hi st or y. Lesson65 Jumbo versus the pol ice 小象對警察 Last Chri stm as, the ci rcus owner, Jimmy Gates, decided t o take som e pr esents t o a chil dr en39。Hull o, Eli zabet h,39。 Then I 39。Thi s i s a wonder ful pl ace for a pi ic,39。 don39。Ci gar et e Sm oking and Your Heal th39。 Bert answer ed. 39。l e wi th you,39。 said Gl ori a Gleam. 39。t be t oo hard on us. I39。To end our special news bull et in,39。m sherif f her e. Do you se t hat noti ce ?It says No Campi ng i n case you can39。 you have j ust kil led that chi ld !39。 he asked, before I had fi nished speaking. ‘Not at al ,39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hathel d Puf fi n i s a m oder n aer o pl ane, but i ts designer, Mr John Wim penny, i s fi nding it dif icul t o get it off the gr ound. The reason f or t hi s is that t hi s pl ane is al so a bicycl e. It s pil ot has t o pedal har d to get it i nt o t he air . Af ter Mr Wim penny had t he plane built , i t was test ed t hor oughl y. I n 1961, it was t he f irst m an power ed air cr af t o fl y half a mil e. Whil e being fl own by a cham pi on amateur cycli st i n 1963, the pl ane cr ashed on an ai rfi el d. Since t hen, Mr Wimpenny has had it r ebuilt . He has had the lengt h of the wings i ncr eased so t hat they now measur e 93 f eetalm ost as long as t hose of a Dakot a. Many peopl e have shown i nt er est i n this new and unusual spor t. But t hough air cycli st may lear n how to fl y over shor t di st ances, and m ay, event ual l y, even get across t he Engl ish Channel, it is doubtf ul whet her they wi l ever cycl e across t he Atl anti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Har oun Tazi ef f t he Poli sh sci enti st, has pent hi s l if e tim e studyi ng act ive vol canoes and deep caves i n al par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went to l ake Kivu in t he Congo t o observe a new volcano which he l at er named Kit ur o. Tazi ef was able t o set up his camp very close t o t he volcano whil e i t was er upt ing vi ol entl y. Though he managed t o take a num ber of br