【文章內容簡介】 t to damage i t i n any way. When it was event ual ly br ought t o shor e, i t was found t o be over t hi rt een feet long. I t had a head l ike a hor se, big bl ue eyes, shini ng si lver ski n, and a br ight red t ail , The f ish, which has since been sent t o a m useum wher e it i s bei ng exami ned by a sci ent ist, i s cal led an oarf ish. Such cr eat ur es have r arely been seen al ive by m an as t hey li ve at a depth of six hundr ed f eet. Leson83 Aft er the el ect ions 大選之后 The form er Pr im e Mi nister , Mr Wentwor th Lane, was def eated in the r ecent el ect ions. He is now reti ri ng fr om pol it ical if e and has gone abroad. My f ri end, Cr awl ey, has always been a fanati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。s Radi cal Pr ogr esive Par ty. Aft er the electi ons, Crawl ey went to t he for mer Pri me Minister 39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane li ved there, the poli ceman on dut y t ol d him t hat hour , he had great di f icult y i n cont roll ing t he car because a t yre burst duri ng the f ir st r un. Af t er hi s at tempt , Cam pbel l was di sappointed t o l ear n that his aver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour . However , a few days l at er, he was tol d that a mi st ake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 m iles per hour . Since that ti me, racing dri vers have reached speeds of over 400 m iles an hour. Foll owing hi s father39。s foot st eps m any years l ater, Si r Malcolm 39。s son, Donald, al so set up a wor ld record. Like hi s father, he was dr iving a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The recordhol der 紀錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who pl ay tr uant f rom school ar e unimagi nat ive. A quiet day39。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 led 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 meant 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。Thi s is a wonder ful place for a pi i c, 39。 said Glor ia Gl eam . 39。 I t couldn39。t be bet er , Gl or ia, 39。 Br inksley Mer s agr eed. 39。No newspaper m en, no f il m f ans! Why don39。t we e more of t en ?39。 Meanwhil e, t wo ot her actor s, Rockwal l Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eves, had car r ied two lar ge food baskets t o a shady spot under som e tr ees. When t hey had al l made themsel ves f ort abl e, a str anger appear ed. He l ooked very angr y. 39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you! 39。 he shout ed: 39。 I 39。m sheri f her e. Do you see that notice ? It says No Cam pi ng in case you can39。t r ead ! 39。 39。 Look, sheri f , 39。sai d Rockwal ,39。 don39。t be t oo har d on us. I39。m Rockwal Sli nger and t hi s is Merl in Gr eeves.39。 39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 sai d the sheri f wi th a sneer. 39。Wel, I 39。m Br inksl ey Meers, and my other name is Glor ia Gl eam . Now you get out of her e f ast ! 39。 l esson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a li ght passenger pl ane f lew off course som e ti me ago, i t cr ashed i n the m ount ai ns and it s pi lot was kil led. The onl y pa ss enger s, a young woman and her two baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. I t was the mi ddle of wi nter. Snow l ay thick on t he ground. The wom an knew that the near est vi l age was m iles away. When it gr ew dark. she turned 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 pla nes passi 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。 SOS39。 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。To end our special news bul leti n,39。 sai d the voi ce of t he televisi on announcer ,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, have j ust f ini shed cutt ing t hree car t loads of gol den brown m acaroni stalks. The whol e vil lage has been wor king day and night gat her ing and t hreshi ng thi s year 39。s crop befor e the September r ai ns. On t he ri ght, you can see Mrs Br abante her sel f. She has been helping her husband f or t hir ty years now. Mrs Br abante is t al king t o the m anager of t he local f act ory wher e the cr op is pr ocessed. Thi s last scene shows you what wi l happen a