【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ock t ower . Bi g Ben has r arel y 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 i t down ! Leson72 A car cal l ed Bluebird “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Si r Mal colm Campbel l, was t he fi rst man to dr i ve at over 300 m il es per hour . He set up a new wor ld r ecor d in Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil le Salt Fl at s, Ut ah. Bl uebi rd, t he car he was dri ving, ha d been special ly buil t for him . It was over 30 f eet i n l ength and had a 2500 horsepower 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 lear n t hat his average speed had been 299 mil es per hour. However, a f ew days later , he was t old t hat a m istake had been m ade. Hi s average speed had been 301 mil es per hour. Si nce t hat t ime, r acing dr iver s have r ea ched speeds of over 400 mil es an hour . Fol lowi ng his f at her 39。s f ootsteps many year s later , Sir Mal col m39。s son, Donal d, also set up a worl d r ecor d. Li ke his f at her , he was dri vi ng a car cal led Bl uebir d. Lesson73 The record holder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li t le boys who play t ruant fr om school are uni maginative. A qui et day39。s f ishing, or ei ght hours i n a cinema seei ng the same f il m over and over agai n, i s usual l y as f ar as t hey get. They have al l been put to shame by a boy who, whi le pl ayi ng tr uant , t ravel ed 1600 m il es. He hit c h hi ked to Dover and, t owar ds evening, went into a boat to fi nd som ewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next morni ng, he discover ed that the boat had, in t he meant im e, t ravel led t o Calai s. No one noti ced the boy as he crept of f . Fr om t her e, he hi tchhi ked to Pari s in a lor ry. The dri ver gave him a f ew biscui ts and a cup of coff e and l eft him j ust outside t he ci ty. The next car the boy stopped di d not take him int o the centr e of Par is as he hoped it would, but to Per pi gnan on the Fr enchSpanish border. There he was pi cked up by a pol iceman and sent back t o England by t he local author it es. He has surely set up a r ecor d for t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evading school . Lesson74 O ut of t he l imel ight 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dr y r iver bed and a par ty of f am ous actor s and act resses got of f . Dr essed i n dar k gl asses and ol d cl othes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecognize t hem. But as they soon discovered, disgui ses can som et i m es be too perf ect . 39。Thi s is a wonderf ul pl ace for a piic, 39。 said Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。 It couldn39。t be beter , Glor ia,39。 Br inksl ey Meers agr ed. 39。No newspaper men, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。t we e m ore of ten ?39。 Meanwhi le, two ot her actor s, Rockwal Sl inger 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 themselves fort abl e, a st ranger appear ed. He looked ver y angr y. 39。Now you gut out of here, al of you! 39。 he shouted: 39。 I 39。m sher if f her e. Do you see t hat noti ce ? It says No Camping i n case you can39。t r ead !39。 39。 Look, sher if f, 39。said Rockwal ,39。 don39。t be too hard on us. I 39。m Rockwal Sl inger and t his i s Mer lin Greeves. 39。 39。 Oh, is i t ?39。 sai d t he sheri f wi th a sneer. 39。Wel , I39。m Br inksley Mer s, and my ot her name i s Glor ia Gl eam. Now you get out of here f ast ! 39。 l eson75 SO S 呼救信號 When a l ight passenger pl ane fl ew off course some t ime ago, it crashed in t he mountains and it s pil ot was ki l ed. The only passenger s, a young woman and her two baby daught ers, were unhurt . It was the middle of wi nter . Snow l ay thi ck on the gr ound. The wom an knew t hat t he near est vi l l age was m i l es away. When i t gr ew dar k. she t ur ned a sui t case i nt o a bed and put t he si nce. Leson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vi l age fair , I decided t o visit a f ort une tel er cal led Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nto her tent and she t old m e to si t down. Af ter I had given her some m oney, she l ooked i nto a cr yst al bal and sai d: 39。A r elati on of your s is i ng to see you. She wi l be ar ri vi ng thi s evening and i ntends to stay f or a few days. The moment you leave t his t ent , you wil l get a big sur pri se. A wom an you know wel wi l r ush t owards you. She wi l speak to you and then she wi l lead you away fr om this pl ace. That i s al l. 39。 As soon as I went out side, I f ot al about Madam Bel li nsky because my wif e hurr ied t owar ds me. 39。Wher e have you been hidi ng ?39。 she asked im pat ientl y. 39。Your si st er wi l l be her e in l es t han an hour a nd we m ust be at the stati on to meet her. We are l ate alr eady. 39。 As she wal ked away, I fol lowed her out of the f air . Lesson61 Trouble wi t h the Hubble 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 I n f utur e, ast ronauts wi l be r equi red t o descend fr om a spaceship whi le it is st il i n space and to retur n t o it . The abi li ty t o do thi s wi l be necessary in f utur e fl ights to di st ant plas. Sci ent i st s are now tr yi ng to di scover if t hi s is possi ble. The spaceship Astr a which l ef t the eart h a short ti me ago, wil l be tr avel ing t hree hundr ed mi les int o s pace. At a cer tain poi nt, the Ast ra wi l l st op for a shor t ti me and an astr onaut wil l at tempt t o leave the stati onar y spaceshi p and then r et urn to i t. We shal not know whether the exper im ent has been successf ul unt il we have r eceived a r adi o message. The fi rst mesage is expect ed to ar ri ve at 7 o39。cl ock this evening. By that ti me, the Astr a wi l have been f lying through space f or sevent een hour s and wil l ha