【正文】 ed the drunk t o saf ety. Even the bull sem ed t o f eel sorr y f or hi m, for i t l ooked on sympatheti cal ly unt il the dr unk was out of the way bef ore once mor e tur ni ng it s at ent ion t o the m at ador . Lesson71 A f am ous cl ock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of the f ir st t hi ngs you wil l see i s Big Ben, the f amous clock which can be hear d al over the wor ld on t he . C. If t he Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down in 1834, the great cl ock would never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes it s name f rom Sir Benjami n Hal who was responsible for the maki ng of t he cl ock when t he new Houses of Par li am ent wer e bei ng buil t. It i s not onl y of imm ense size, but i s ext remel y acurat e as wel l. Of fi cials f r om Gr eenwi ch Obser vat ory have t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he clock when it i s act ual l y st ri ki ng because mi cr ophones are connect ed t o t he cl ock tower. Bi g Ben has r ar el y gone wr ong. Once, however , it f ai l ed t o gi ve t he cor r ect tim 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 it down ! Lesson72 A car cal ed Bl uebi rd “ 藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Si r Mal colm Cam pbel , was the f ir st m an t o dr ive at over 300 mi les per hour. He set up a new worl d r ecor d i n September 1935 at Bonnevi l e Sal t Flat s, Ut ah. Bl uebir d, the car he was dr i vi ng, had been speci al y bui lt f or hi m. I t was over 30 f eet i n lengt h and had a 2500 hor se power engi ne. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 m il es per hour, he had great di f i cult y i n cont r ol i ng t he car be cause a t yre bur st duri ng t he f ir st r un. Aft er hi s at t empt, Campbel was disappoi nted to learn t hat hi s aver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour. However, a f ew days later , he was told that a mist ake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 mi les per hour . Si nce t hat im e, r aci ng dri ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 mi le s an hour . Foll owi ng his f ather39。s footsteps 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 ather, he was dri ving a car cal led Bl uebi rd. Leson73 The recordholder 紀錄保持者 Li t le boys who pl ay tr 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 again, is usual ly as f ar as t hey ge t . They have al been put to shame by a boy who, whi le pl ayi ng tr uant , tr avel ed 1600 mil es. He hi tch hi ked to Dover and, t owar ds eveni ng, went into a boat t o fi nd som ewher e to sl eep. When he woke up next morni ng, he discover ed that the boat had, in t he meant ime, t ravel ed to Cal ai s. No one not iced the boy as he crept off . Fr om there, he hitch hi ked to Par i s i n a lorr y. The dri ver gave hi m a few biscui ts and a cup of cof f e and l ef t him just out si de the ci ty. The next car t he boy st opped di d not take him into the cent r e of Par is as he hoped i t would, but t o Perpi gnan on t he French Spani sh bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a poli cem an and sent back t o England by the l ocal authori ti es. He has sur ely set up a record for the t housands of boys who dr eam of evading school . Lesson74 Out of t he li meli ght 舞臺之外 An ancient bus st opped by a dr y r iver bed and a part y of f am ous actor s and actr ese s got of f. Dr esed in dar k glasses and old cl othes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d recogni ze them. But as they soon di scovered, di sgui ses can som et imes be t oo per f ect. 39。This i s a wonderf ul pl ace f or a piic,39。 sai d Gl ori a Gleam. 39。 It coul dn39。t be bet ter , Gl ori a,39。 Bri nksl ey Meers agreed. 39。No newspaper men, no fi lm fans! Why don39。t we e m or e oft en ?39。 Meanwhil e, two ot her actor s, Rockwal Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eves, had car r ied two lar ge food baskets t o a shady spot under some tr es. When they had al made t hem selves for table, a str anger appeared. He l ooked very angry. 39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you!39。 he shout ed: 39。 I39。m sheri f here. Do you see that not ice ? I t says No Campi ng i n case you can39。t read ! 39。 39。 Look, sheri f , 39。sai d Rockwal l, 39。 don39。t be t oo har d on us. I 39。m Rockwal l Sli nger and thi s is Mer li n Gr eeves.39。 39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 said the sher if f wit h a sneer . 39。Wel l, I 39。m Bri nksley Meer s, and m y other nam e is Gl ori a Gl eam. Now you get out of her e fast !39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a li ght pasenger plane f lew of f cour se some t ime ago, i t cr ashed in the mountai ns and i ts pi lot was kil led. The onl y pas sengers, a young woman and her t wo baby daughter s, wer e unhur t. I t was t he mi ddl e of wint er . Snow lay t hick on t he gr ound. The woman knew t hat he near est vil lage was mi les away. When it grew dar k. she t urned a suitcase int o a bed and put t he chi ldren i nsi de it , coveri ng them wit h al t he cl othes she could f ind. Duri ng t he ni ght , it got ter ibl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d to the chil dr en and even t ri ed to get int o the case her sel f, but it was too smal l. Earl y ,next morni ng she heard pl anes pasing overhead and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal. Then she had an idea. She stamped out the l et ter s39。 SOS39。 in t he snow. Fort unat ely, a pil ot saw t he si gnal and sent a m essage by r adio t o the nearest town. It was not long befor e a hel icopter ar ived on t he scene to r escue t he sur vi vors of the pl ane cr ash. Leson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。To end our speci al news bull et in, 39。 said t he voice of the t el evi sion announcer ,39。 we ar e taking you t o t he macar oni f ields of Calabr ia. Macar oni has been gr own i n thi s a rea f or over si x hund