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【正文】 cape just in t im e. He wai ted unti l the volcano became qui et and he was able t o ret ur n t wo days later . Thi s ti me, he managed t o clim b int o the m out h of Ki turo so that he could take phot ogr aphs and measur e t emper at ures. Tazief f has of ten r isked his l if e in t his way. He has been able to t el us more about act ive volcanoes t han any man al ive. Lesson68 Persi stent 糾纏不休 I crossed t he str et to avoi d meeting hi m, but he saw me and cam e running t owards me. It was no use pret endi ng that I had not seen hi m, so I waved t o him . I never enj oy meet ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hing t o do. No mat er how busy you ar e, he always i nsi st s on ing wi th you. I had to t hink of a way of pr eventi ng him fr om f oll owing m e around al mor ni ng. 39。Hul l o, Ber t, 39。 I said. 39。Fancy meet ing you here !39。 39。Hul lo, Eli zabeth,39。 Ber t answered. 39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how to spend the m orningunti l I saw you. You39。r e not busy doing anything, are you ?39。 39。 No, not at al l,39。 I answer ed. 39。 I39。m going t o.. .39。 39。Would you m ind my i ng wi th you ?39。 he asked, bef or e I had fi nished speaki ng. ‘ Not at al ,39。 I li ed, 39。but I39。m goi ng to t he dent ist. 39。 Then I39。l l e wi th you,39。 he answer ed. 39。 Ther e39。s always plenty t o r ead i n t he 39。wait ing r oom ! 39。 l eson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was being t ested f or a dri ving l icence f or the t hi rd ti me. I had been asked t o dri ve in heavy tr af f ic and had done so succe ssf ull y. Af t er having been instr uct ed to dr ive out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sur e that I had passed, I was almost begi nni ng to enj oy my t est . The exami ner must have been ple ased wi th my perf orm ance, f or he sm il ed and said, 39。Just one mor e thi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenly cr osses the r oad in f ront of you. As soon as I tap on t he window, I want t he car t o be stopped imm edi ately.39。 I continued dr iving and aft er some tim e, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though the sound coul d be hear d clearl y, i t took me a long t ime t o r eact. I suddenly presed t he br ake pedal har d and we wer e both t hrown f orwar d. The exami ner l ooked at me sadl y. 39。Mr Eames,39。 he sai d, i n a m our nful voi ce, 39。 you have j ust kil led t hat child !39。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed int o the m iddle of t he ri ng. The cr owd began t o shout , but the dr unk was unawar e of the danger . The bull was busy wi th t he matador at t he ti me, but i t suddenl y caught si ght of t he dr unk who was shout ing r ude remar ks and wavi ng a red cap. Appar ent ly sensi ti ve to cr it icism, the bul l f or got al l about the mat ador and char ged at t he dr unk. The cr owd suddenly gr ew quiet. The dr unk, however , seemed quit e sur e of himself . When the bul l got close to hi m, he clumsil y stepped aside t o l et i t pass. The cr owd broke int o cheer s and the drunk bowed. By thi s ti me, however, t hr ee men had e int o the r ing and t hey qui ckl y dragged the dr unk to safety. Even the bul l seemed to feel sorr y f or hi m, f or i t looked on sym pat het ical y unt il t he drunk was out of t he way befor e once m or e t ur ning i ts at tention to t he matador. Leson71 A f amous clock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of the f ir st things you wi l se i s Bi g Ben, t he famous clock whi ch can be heard al l over the wor ld on the B. . I f the Houses of Par liament had hot been burned down in 1834, the gr eat clock would never have been erected. Big Ben takes i ts name f rom 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 being bui lt . I t is not only of i mmense si ze, but is extr em el y accur at e as wel . Of ici al s f r om Gr eenwich Observator y have the clock checked twi ce a day. On the B. . you can hear t he cl ock when it is act ual ly str iki ng because m icr ophones ar e connected t o the clock t ower. Big Ben has r arel y gone wr ong. Once, however , i t fai led to give the cor rect im e. A pai nter who had been working on the t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of the hands and sl owed it down ! Leson72 A car call ed Bluebird “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dr i ver , Si r Mal col m Campbel , was the f ir st man t o dr ive at over 300 mi les per hour . He set up a new wor ld record i n September 1935 at Bonnevi l e Sal t Flats, Utah. Bluebir d, the car he was dr ivi ng, had been speci al y bui lt f or hi m. I t was over 30 f et in lengt h and ha d a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 m il es per hour , he had gr eat di f icult y in cont roll ing t he car be cause a t yre burst duri ng the f ir st r un. Af t er hi s at tempt , Campbel was di sappointed t o learn that hi s 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 m ade. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 mi les per hour. Si nce t hat t im e, r aci ng dri ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 mi les an hour . Followi ng his f ather39。s f ootsteps many year s lat er , Sir Mal col m39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a wor ld r ecor d. Li ke his f at her, he was dri ving a car cal led Bl uebi rd. Lesson73 The recordholder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li t le boys who play t r uant fr om school ar e uni maginati ve. A qui et day39。s f ishing, or ei ght hours i n a cinema seeing t he same f il m over and over agai n, is usual ly 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 hi tch hi ked to Dover and, t owar ds evening, went into a boat t o 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 ime, t raveled t o Calai s. No one not iced the b