【正文】 t. I t was the mi ddle of wi nter. Snow l ay t hi ck on the gr ound. The woman knew t hat t he near est vil age was mil es away. When it gr ew dar k. she t urned a suit case i nt o a bed and put t he chi l dr en inside i t, cover ing t hem wi th al l t he clothes she coul d fi nd. Dur ing t he night, i t got t er ri bly cold. The woman kept as near as she could t o t he chi ldren and even tr ied t o get i nto t he case herself , but i t was t oo smal . Ear ly , next mor ning she hear d planes pas si ng over head and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an i dea. She st amped out t he let er s39。Fancy meet ing you her e !39。m goi ng to t he dent ist. 39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nem a seeing t he sam e fi lm over and over again, is usualy as far as they get . They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, tr avel le d 1600 mi les. He hi tch hiked to Dover and, towards eveni ng, went int o a boat o f ind somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next mor ning, he di scovered t hat t he boat had, in the m eant i m e, t ravel ed to Cal ai s. No one not iced the boy as he crept off . From there, he hit ch hiked to Par is i n a l or r y. The dr iver gave him a f ew bi scuit s and a cup of coff ee and lef t hi m j ust outside t he cit y. The next car the boy stopped did not t ake hi m i nto t he centr e of Pari s as he hoped it woul d, but to Per pignan on the Fr ench Spanish border . Ther e he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to Engl and by t he local aut hor it ies. He has surel y set up a r ecor d f or t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school. Leson74 Out of the l im el ight 舞臺(tái)之外 An anci ent bus stopped by a dry r iver bed and a par ty of f amous act ors and act r esses got off . Dressed i n dark gl ases and ol d clot hes, they had taken special precaut ions so that no one should r ecognize t hem . But as t hey soon discover ed, disguises can someti mes be too perf ect. 39。sai d Rockwal ,39。 工期安排： 建設(shè) 年產(chǎn) 27000 噸 無公害 瓜果 蔬菜 產(chǎn)品 生產(chǎn)基地 項(xiàng)目 ，建設(shè)期自 2020 年 6 月 9 日開工至 2020 年 9 月 9 日 完工 投產(chǎn) 。s hospit al . Dr essed up as Fat her Chri stm as and ac panied by a 39。t be t oo har d on us. I39。 said Glor ia Gl eam . 39。l e wi th you, 39。Hul lo, Eli zabeth, 39。 i n the snow. For tunatel y, a pi lot saw the signal and sent a mesage by radi o to t he near est t own. I t was not l ong bef ore a heli copt er ar ri ved on the scene t o r escue the survivor s of the plane crash. Lesson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 I39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce,39。Would you mi nd m y i ng wi th you ?39。so i t was fort unat e t hat we di dn39。Hul l o, Ber t,39。but I39。s f ootst eps m any years l at er, Sir Malcolm39。 39。 we are t aking you to the macaroni fi elds of Calabri a. Macaroni has been gr own in this ar ea for over six hundr ed years. Two of t he leadi ng grower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ri car do Brabante, tel me that they have been expecti ng a spl endi d crop t his year and harvesti ng has begun ear li er t han usual. Her e you can see two worker s who, between t hem, Engl i shm an, Wi l iam Low. He suggest ed that a doubl e rai lway t unnel shoul d be bui lt . This would sol ve the probl em of vent il at ion, for i f a tr ai n entered t his t unnel, i t woul d dr aw in fr esh ai r behind it. For tyt wo years l ater a tunnel was actual y begun. I f, at the t ime, the Br it ish had not feared i nvasion, it would have been pl eted. Recentl y, t her e has again been gr eat int er est i n the i dea of a Channel Tunnel. I f it is bui lt , i t wil l connect Br it ain t o Europe f or the f ir st t ime in hi st ory. Lesson65 Jum bo versus the pol ice 小象對警察 Last Chri st mas, t he ci rcus owner, Jimm y Gates, decided t o take some present s to a chi ldr en39。r e not busy doing anything, are you ?39。s always plenty to r ead in t he 39。 Br inksley Mer s agr eed. 39。 Oh, i s it ?39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a few t ons, 39。 sai d the voi ce of t he televisi on 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 unawar e of the danger . The bul l was busy wi th the mat ador at the t ime, but i t suddenl y caught sight of t he drunk who was shouti ng rude r em ar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Appar ently sensit ive to cr it ici sm , t he bul l for got al l about the matador and char ged at the dr unk. The crowd suddenl y gr ew quiet. The drunk, however , se em ed qui te sur e of hi msel f . When the bull got cl ose to hi m, he cl umsil y stepped aside t o let it pass. The crowd br oke int o cheers and t he drunk bowed. By this tim e, however, thr ee men had e int o the r ing and t hey qui ckl y dragged the dr unk t o safety. Eve n the bull seem ed to f eel sorr y f or hi m, for i t looked on sympatheti cal ly unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way bef ore once mor e tur ning i ts at ent ion t o t he matador . Leson71 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 B. . I f the Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down in 1834, the gr eat clock would never have been er ect ed. Big Ben takes i ts name f r om Sir Benj am in Hal l who was responsibl e for t he making of the cl ock when t he new Houses of Parl iament were bei ng bui lt . It is not only of i mmense si ze, but is extr em el y accur ate as wel . Of ici al s fr om Greenwich Observator y have the clock checked twi ce a day. On the B. . you can hear t he cl ock when it is actual y str iki ng because m icrophones ar e connected to the clock t ower . Big Ben has r arely gone wr ong. Once, however , i t fail ed to gi ve the corr ect im e. A pai nter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of pai nt on one of the hand