【導(dǎo)讀】像蜜一樣甜！''Hullo,Eli

　　

【正文】 i st s on ing wi th you. I had to think of a way of pr eventi ng him fr om foll owing m e around al mor ning. 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 t he 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 ing 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 I 39。l e wi th you,39。 he answer ed. 39。 Ther e39。s always plenty to r ead i n t he 39。wait ing r oom ! 39。 l esson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng tested f or a dr i vi ng li cence f or t he thi rd t im e. I had been asked to dr ive i n heavy t raf fi c and had done so succesf ul ly. Af ter havi ng been inst ruct ed to dr ive out of t own, I began to acquir e conf idence. Sure that I had passed, I was al most beginning t o enjoy m y test. The exam iner must have been pl ea sed wit h my per for mance, f or he smi led and sai d, 39。Just one more thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenl y crosses t he road i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on the wi ndow, I want t he car to be st opped i mmediat el y.39。 I cont inued dr i vi ng and af te r some t ime, the examiner tapped loudly. Though the sound could be heard cl ear ly, it t ook me a l ong ti me t o react. I suddenly pr essed the brake pedal hard and we were bot h thr own f or ward. The exam iner looked at me sadly. 39。Mr Eames, 39。 he said, in a mournf ul voi ce,39。 you have just ki l ed that chi ld ! 39。 l esson70 Red for danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Duri ng a bull fi ght , a drunk suddenly wander ed i nto the 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 befor e once m or e t ur ning i ts at tenti on to t he matador. Leson71 A famous clock 一個(gè)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 am ent had hot been bur ned down i n 1834, t he gr eat cl ock woul d never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben takes it s nam e fr om Si r Benj am i n Hal l who was r esponsi bl e f or t he maki ng of t he cl ock when the new Houses of Par li am ent wer e bei ng bui lt . It i s not onl y of i mm ense si ze, but is extr em ely accur ate as wel . Of fi ci al s f r om Gr enwi ch Obser vat or y have the cl ock checked t wice a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he cl ock when it i s act ual ly str i ki ng because m i cr ophones ar e connected t o t he cl ock t ower. Bi g Ben has rar el y gone wr ong. Once, however , i t f ai led t o give t he cor rect im 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 call ed Bl uebi rd “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dr i ver , Si r Mal colm Cam pbel , was t he f ir st m an t o dri ve at over 300 mi les per hour. He set up a new wor l d record i n Sept ember 1935 at Bonnevi l e Sal t Flats, Ut ah. Bl uebir d, t he car he was dr i vi ng, had been speci al y bui lt f or hi m. I t was over 30 f et i n l engt h and had a 2500 horse power engine. Al though Cam pbel l r eached a speed of over 304 mil es per hour, he had great di f icult y i n cont rol li ng the car be cause a t yre bur st duri ng the f ir s t 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 m iles per hour . However , a few days l at er, he was tol d that a mi st ake had been made. Hi s average speed had been 301 m il es per hour . Since that ti me, racing dr ivers have reached speeds of over 400 m il es an hour. Foll owing hi s father 39。s foot st eps m any years l ater, Si r Malcolm 39。s son, Donald, also set up a wor l d record. Like hi s father , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play tr uant f rom school ar e unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nem a seing the sam e fi lm over and over again, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al been put t o shame by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hitch hiked t o Dover and, towards eveni ng, went int o a boat t o fi nd somewher e to sl eep. When he woke up next morni ng, he di scover ed that the boat had, in t he meantim e, 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 is i n a l or ry. The dr iver gave him a f ew biscuit s and a cup of coff ee and left hi m j ust outside t he cit y. The next car the boy stopped did not take him i nt o t he centr e of Pari s as he hoped it woul d, but to Per pignan on the Fr enchSpanish border. There he was pi cked up by a pol iceman and sent back to England 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 ac