【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 me, however, t hree men had e int o the r ing and t hey qui ckl y dragged the dr unk t o safety. Even the bull seem ed to f eel sorr y f or hi m, f or i t looked on sympathet ical 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 heard al l 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 erected. Bi g Ben t akes i ts name f rom Sir Benjami n Hal l who wa s responsibl e for t he maki ng of the clock when t he new Houses of Parl iament were being bui lt. I t is not onl y of im mense si ze, but i s extr emel y acur at e as wel . Of f icial s fr om Gr eenwi ch Observator y have t he clock checked twi ce a day. On the B. . you can hear the cl ock when i t is actual y str iking because mi crophones are connect ed to the clock tower . Big Ben has r ar ely gone wr ong. Once, however, i t f ail ed to gi ve the corr ect t ime. A pai nt er who had been wor king on t he tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down ! Lesson72 A car called Bluebird “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The gr eat racing dr iver, Si r Malcolm Campbel , was t he fi rst man t o dri ve at over 300 mil es per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecor d i n Sept ember 1935 at Bonnevil le Sal t Fl ats, Utah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dr iving, had been speci al ly 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 mi les per hour , he had gr eat dif f icult y in contr oll ing t he car be cause a tyr e burst dur ing the f ir st r un. Af ter his at tempt, Campbel was disappoi nted t o learn that hi s aver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour . However, a f ew days lat er , he was told that a mist ake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 mi les per hour . Si nce tha t ime, r aci ng dri ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 mi les an hour. Foll owi ng his f ather39。s footsteps many year s l at er , Sir Mal col m39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a wor ld r ecor d. Like his f ather, he was dri ving a car cal led Bl uebi rd. Leson73 The recordholder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li t le boys who pl ay t r uant f r om school ar e uni m agi nat i ve. A qui et day39。s f i shi ng, or ei ght hour s i n a ci nem a seei ng t he sam e f i l m ov er and over agai n, i s usual l y as f ar as t hey get . They have al l been put t o sham e by a boy who, whi l e pl ayi ng t r uant , t r avel l ed 1600 m i l es. He hi t ch hi ked t o Dover and, t owar ds eveni ng, went i nt o a boat t o f i nd som ewher e t o sl eep. When he woke up next m or ni ng, he di scover ed t hat t he boat had, i n t he t our i st shave been pi cki ng leaves and cutt ing t hei r nam es on the t reet runk. So far , not one of them 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 ront gate and bark. Ever y t ime he want ed to e into the garden he would bar k unti l s omeone opened the gate. As t he nei ghbours pl ai ned of the noise, m y husband spent weeks t rai ni ng him to pres hi s paw on t he latch t o let him sel f i n. Rex soon becam e an expert at openi ng the gate. However , when I was goi ng out shopping l ast week, I noti ced hi m i n t he gar den near the gate. This t ime he was bar king so that som eone 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 someone l et s him out. Af ter thi s he immedi ately l ets himsel f in and begins bar king again. Yest erday my husband r e moved the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen hi m si nce. Lesson60 The fut ure 卜算未來(lái) At a vi lage f ai r, I deci ded to vi si t a for tunet el ler cal led Madam Bel insky. I went into her t ent and she told me t o si t down. Af t er I had given her some money, she looked into a cr ystal bal l and said: 39。A rel at ion of yours i s ing t o se you. She wil l be ar r iving t his eveni ng and intends to st ay for a f ew days. The moment you leave thi s tent, you wi l get a bi g surpri se. A woman you know wel l wi l l r ush towards you. She wil l speak to you and t hen she wi l l ead you away f rom thi s place. That is al .39。 As soon as I went outside, I for got al about Madam Bel insky because m y wi fe hur ri ed towards me. 39。Where have you been hi di ng ?39。 she asked i mpati ent ly. 39。Your sister wil l be her e i n less than an hour and we must be at the stat ion t o meet her . We ar e late al ready. 39。 As she wal ked away, I f ol lowed her out of t he fair . Lesson61 Troubl e wit h t he Hubble 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境 In futur e, astr onaut s wil l be requir ed to descend f rom a spaceshi p whil e it i s st il l in space and t o r et urn t o i t. The abi li ty to do t his wi l be necessar y i n fut ur e f li ght s to di stant pl as. Scienti st s are now tr yi ng to di scover if t hi s i s 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 space. At a cer tai n poi nt, the Ast ra wi l l st op for a short ti me and an astr onaut wil l at tempt t o leave the stat ionar 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 lyi ng through space f or sevent een hour s and wil l have cir cled t he ear th a gr eat m any t im es. When t he fi rst radio mesages have been r ecei ved, the r esul ts of the t ri p wi l be announ