【文章內容簡介】 . The bul was busy wi th t he mat ador at t he tim e, but i t suddenl y caught si ght of t he drunk who was shout i ng r ude r em ar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Appar ent l y sensi ti ve to cr it icism, t he bul l for got al about t he m atador and char ged at the dr unk. The crowd suddenl y gr ew qui et . The dr unk, however, seem ed qui te sur e of himsel f. When t he bul got close t o hi m, he clumsil y stepped asi de t o l et i t pass. The cr owd br oke i nt o cheer s and the dr unk bowed. By t hi s ti me, however, t hree m en had e i nt o t he ri ng and they qui ckly dr agged t he dr unk t o saf et y. Even t he bul l semed t o f el sor r y for him, f or it l ooked on sym pat het i cal y unti l the dr unk was out of t he way bef or e once m or e t ur ni ng it s at t enti on t o the m at ador . Lesson71 A f am ous cl ock 一個著名的大鐘 When you vi si t London, one of t he fi r st t hi ngs you wil l see i s Big Ben, t he f am ous cl ock which can be hear d al over t he wor ld on t he B. B. C. If t he Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down i n 1834, the gr eat clock woul d never have been erect ed. Bi g Ben t akes i ts name f r om Sir Benj ami n Hal who was responsi bl e f or t he m aki ng of t he cl ock when t he new Houses of Parl iam ent were bei ng bui lt. I t is not only of im mense si ze, but is extr emel y accur at e as wel . Of i ci al s f rom Gr enwi ch Obser vat or y have t he cl ock checked t wice a day. On t he 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 t im e. A pai nter who had been wor king on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and sl owed it down ! Leson72 A car call ed Bluebird “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r acing dr iver , Si r Malcolm Campbel , was t he fi rst man t o dri ve at over 300 mi les per hour. He set up a new wor ld recor d i n Sept ember 1935 at Bonne vi le Sal t Flats, Utah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dr iving, had been speci aly bui lt f or hi m. It was over 30 feet in l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Campbel r eached a speed of over 304 m iles per hour , he had gr eat di f icult y in contr oll ing t he car be cause a t yr e burst duri ng the f ir st r un. Af ter his at tempt , Campbel was di sappoi nted t o learn that hi s aver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour . However , a few days lat er , he was i ng f r om al l par t s of t he count ry t o see it . In spit e of al l t hat has been sai d, the t our ist s have been picking l eaves and cut ti ng t heir names on t he tr ee tr unk. So f ar, not one of t hem has been str uck down by sudden deat h! Leson59 In or out ？ 進來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o si t out si de our fr ont gat e and bar k. Ever y tim e he want ed t o e i nt o t he gar den he would bar k unt il s om eone opened t he gat e. As t he nei ghbour s pl ai ned of the noise, my husband spent weeks t rai ni ng hi m to pr es hi s paw on t he l at ch t o let himself i n. Rex soon becam e an expert at openi ng t he gat e. However, when I was goi ng out shoppi ng last week, I not i ced him i n t he gar den near t he gat e. Thi s ti me he was bar ki ng so t hat som eone woul d let hi m out ! Si nce t hen, he has devel oped anot her bad habit. As soon as he opens t he gat e f rom the outsi de, he es i nto t he gar den and wai t s unt il t he gat e shut s. Then he si ts and bar ks unti l som eone l et s him out . Aft er thi s he i mm edi at el y l et s him self i n and begi ns bar king agai n. Yest er day my husband r em oved the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen hi m si nce. Lesson60 The fut ure 卜算未來 At a vil l age f ai r, I deci ded t o vi si t a f or t unet el l er cal ed Madam Bel i nsky. I went i nt o her t ent and she t ol d me t o sit down. Aft er I had gi ven her som e m oney, she l ooked i nt o a cr ystal bal l and sai d: 39。A r el ati on of your s i s i ng t o see you. She wi l be ar i vi ng thi s evening and i nt ends t o s tay f or a f ew days. The m om ent you leave thi s t ent , you wil l get a bi g surpri se. A woman you know wel wil l r ush t owar ds you. She wil l speak t o you and t hen she wil l ead you away fr om t hi s pl ace. That is al l.39。 As soon as I went out si de, I f ot al l about Madam Bel li nsky because m y wif e hurr ied t owar ds me. 39。Wher e have you been hi di ng ?39。 she asked im pat ientl y. 39。Your si st er wil l be her e i n less t han an hour and we m ust be at t he st at ion t o meet her . We ar e lat e al r eady. 39。 As she wal ked away, I f ol l owed her out of t he f ai r. Leson61 Troubl e wi th t he Hubbl e 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 I n f ut ure, ast ronaut s wil l be r equir ed t o descend f r om a spaceshi p whi le i t is sti l i n space and t o r et ur n t o it. The abil it y t o do t hi s wil l be necessar y in f ut ur e fl i ght s t o di st ant pl as. Sci ent ist s ar e now t r yi ng to di scover i f t hi s is possi bl e. The spaceshi p Ast r a which l ef t the eart h a shor t ti me ago, wil l be t r avel i ng t hree hundr ed mi les i nt o space. At a cer t ai n poi nt, t he Ast r a wil l st op f or a short t im e and an ast ronaut wi l at em pt t o l eave t he st ati onar y spaceshi p and then r et urn t o it . We shal not know whether the exper im ent has been successf ul unt il we have r eceived a r adi o m essage. The fi rst m esage is expect ed to ar ri ve at 7 o39。cl ock t hi s evening. By t hat ti me, t he Ast ra wi l have been fl yi ng t hr ough space f or seventeen hours and wi l have ci r cl ed t he eart h a gr eat m any ti mes. When the f ir st r adi o m essages have been r ecei ved, t he r esult s of t he t ri p wil l be announced i mm edi at el y. Lesson62 Aft er t he f i re 大火之后 Fir em en had been f ighti ng t he f orest fi re f or nearl y t hree we