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【正文】 new vol cano whi ch he later named Kit uro. Tazi ef was able t o set up hi s cam p ver y close t o the volcano whil e i t was er upt ing vi olently. Though he managed t o take a number of br il li ant photographs, he could not stay near t he vol cano f or ver y l ong. He noti ced that a ri ver of l iquid r ock was i ng t owards him . It thr eat ened t o surr ound hi m pl et el y, but Tazief m anaged to escape j ust i n ti me. He wait ed unti l t he volcano became quiet and he was abl e to retur n two days l at er. This t im e, he m anaged to cl imb into the mouth of Kit uro so t hat he could t ake photogr aphs and measur e temperat ur es. Tazief has oft en ri sked hi s li fe i n thi s way. He has been able t o tel l us m or e about acti ve vol canoes than any man ali ve. Leson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I crossed t he st reet to avoid meet ing hi m, but he saw m e and came running t owar ds me. It was no use pretending t hat I had not seen him , so I waved t o him. I never enjoy m et ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng to do. No mat er how busy you are, he always insists on i ng wi th you. I had to t hink of a way of preventing hi m fr om f oll owi ng me ar ound al l morni ng. 39。Hul lo, Ber t,39。 I sai d. 39。Fancy m et ing you here ! 39。 39。Hull o, Eli zabeth,39。 Bert answer ed. 39。 I was j ust wonder ing how to spend the m or ning unti l I saw you. You39。re not busy doi ng anyt hing, ar e you ?39。 No, not at al ,39。 I answer ed. 39。 I 39。m going t o. . .39。 39。Woul d you mi nd my i ng wit h you ?39。 he asked, befor e I had fi ni shed speaki ng. ‘ Not at al ,39。 I li ed, 39。but I39。m goi ng to the dentist .39。 39。 Then I 39。l l e wit h you, 39。 he answered.39。 There39。s always pl ent y to read in the 39。wai ti ng room !39。 lesson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being test ed for a dr iving licence for t he thir d t ime. I had been asked t o dr ive in heavy t raf ic and had done so successful ly. Af ter havi ng been i nst ructed t o dri ve out of t own, I began to acqui re conf idence. Sure t hat I had pased, I was alm ost begi nning t o enj oy my test . The exami ner m ust have been pleased wi t h my per form ance, for he smil ed and sai d, 39。Just one m or e t hi ng, Mr Eames. Let us suppose t hat a chi ld suddenly cr osses the r oad in fr ont of you. As soon as I tap on t he wi ndow, I want the car to be stopped im mediately. 39。 I conti nued dr iving and af ter som e ti me, the exam iner tapped loudl y. Though t he sound coul d be hear d clear ly, it took m e a long t im e to r eac t . I suddenl y pressed t he brake pedal har d and we wer e both t hrown for ward. The exami ner l ooked at me sadly. 39。Mr Eam es,39。 he s ai d, in a mour nful voice,39。 you have j ust kil led t hat chil d ! 39。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Duri ng a bul lf ight , a dr unk suddenly wandered i nt o t he m i ddl e of the r ing. The crowd began to shout, but t he drunk was unaware of t he danger. The bull was busy wit h the m at ador at the t im e, but it suddenly caught sight of the dr unk who was shouti ng rude r emarks and waving a r ed cap. Apparentl y sensit ive t o cri ti ci sm , the bull f or got al l about the m at ador and char ged at t he drunk. 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 i nt o cheer s and the drunk bowed. By thi s ti me, however, t hr ee men had e i nt o t he ri ng and t hey qui ckl y dr agged the dr unk to safet y. Even t he bul l seemed to feel sor ry f or him, f or it looked on sym pat het ical y until t he drunk was out of t he way be for e once m or e t ur ning i ts at tenti on to t he matador. Leson71 A famous clock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visi t London, one of the f ir st things you wi l se is 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 li ament had hot been burned down i n 1834, the gr eat clock woul d never have been erected. Big Ben takes i ts name f r om Sir Benj amin Hal l who was r esponsi bl e f or t he making of t he cl ock when the new Houses of Par liament were bei ng bui lt . It i s not only of i mmense si z e, but is extr emely accur ate as wel . Of fi ci al s f rom Greenwich Observator y have the clock checked twi ce a day. On the B. . you can hear t he cl ock when it i s 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 “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri 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 had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 m il es per hour , he had great di f icult y i n 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 lear n that his aver age speed had been 299 m i l es per hour . However , a few days lat er , he was told that a mi st ake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 mi les per hour . Si nce that tim e, r aci ng dri ver s have reached speeds of over 400 mi les an hour. Foll owi ng his f ather39。s footsteps many years l at er, Sir Malcolm39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a wor ld r ecor d. Like his f ather, he was dr iving a car cal led Bl uebi rd. Leson73 The recordhol der 紀錄保持者 Lit le boys who pl ay tr uant f rom school ar e unimaginati ve. A quiet day39。s f ishing, or ei ght hours in a ci nema