【導(dǎo)讀】alive.Lesson68Persistent糾纏不休Icrossedthestreettoavoidmeetinghim,buthesawmeandcamerunningtowardsme.ItwasnousepretendingthatIhadnotseenhim,soIwavedtohim.IneverenjoymetingBertDykes.Heneverhasanythingtodo.Nomatterhowbusyyouare,healwaysinsistsoningwithyou.Ihadtothinkofawayofpreventinghimfromfollowingmearoundallmorning.'Hullo,Bert,'Isaid.'Fancymeetingyouhere!'Hullo,Elizabeth,'Bertansw

　　

【正文】 告 2020 年 4 月 al ive. Lesson68 Persi stent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed the str eet t o avoi d meeti ng him, but he saw me and cam e r unni ng towar ds m e. I t was no use pr et endi ng t hat I had not seen hi m, so I waved to him . I never enj oy m eti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng to do. No m at t er how busy you are, he al ways i nsists on i ng wit h you. I had t o t hi nk of a way of pr event i ng hi m fr om f oll owi ng m e ar ound al l m or ni ng. 39。Hul l o, Bert ,39。 I sai d. 39。Fancy m eet ing you here ! 39。 Hul l o, Eli zabeth,39。 Bert answered. 39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he m orni ngunti l I saw you. You39。r e not busy doing anythi ng, are you ?39。 No, not at al l,39。 I answer ed. 39。 I39。m goi ng t o.. .39。 39。Would you m ind m y ing wi t h you ?39。 he asked, bef ore I had f ini shed speaking. ‘ Not at al ,39。 I li ed, 39。but I39。m goi ng t o the dent i st. 39。 Then I 39。l l e wit h you, 39。 he answered.39。 There39。s al ways pl ent y t o read i n the 39。wai ti ng 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 t hi rd t im e. I had been asked t o dr i ve i n heavy t r af fi c and had done so succe ssf ull y. Af t er havi ng been instr uct ed to dr i ve out of town, I began t o acquir e confi dence. Sur e t hat I had passed, I was alm ost begi nni ng t o enj oy my t est . The exami ner m ust have been pleased wi t h m y perf orm ance, for he sm il ed and sai d, 39。Just one m or e t hi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenl y cr osses t he r oad in f r ont of you. As soon as I t ap on t he wi ndow, I want the car to be st opped imm edi atel y.39。 I conti nued dr i vi ng and af ter som e ti me, the exam iner tapped loudl y. Though t he sound coul d be heard cl ear ly, it t ook m e a l ong t im e t o react . I suddenl y pr essed t he br ake pedal har d and we were bot h thr own f or war d. The exami ner l ooked at m e sadl y. 39。Mr Eam es,39。 he said, i n a m our nf ul voi ce,39。 you have j ust ki l ed that chil d ! 39。 l eson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Duri ng a bull fi ght , a dr unk suddenl y wander ed i nt o t he mi ddl e of t he r i ng. The crowd began t o shout, but t he dr unk was unaware of t he danger. The bull was busy wit h t he m at ador at t he t im e, but it suddenl y caught si ght of t he dr unk who was shouti ng r ude r emar ks and wavi ng a red cap. Appar entl y sensit i ve t o cri ti ci sm , t he bull f or got al l about t he m at ador and char ge d at he dr unk. The cr owd suddenl y grew qui et . The dr unk, however, seem ed qui te sur e of him sel f. When t he bull got cl ose t o him , he cl um si l y st epped asi de t o let it pas. The crowd br oke int o cheers and t he dr unk bowed. By t his t im e, however , thr e m en had e i nt o t he r ing and t hey qui ckl y dr agged t he dr unk t o saf ety. Even t he bull seem ed t o f eel sorr y f or him , f or it l ooked on sympat heti cal ly unti l t he dr unk was out of t he way bef ore once mor e tur ni ng it s at ent ion t o t he m at ador . Lesson71 A f am ous cl ock 一個(gè)著 名的大鐘 When you vi sit London, one of t he fi r st t hi ngs you wil l see i s Big Ben, t he f am ous cl ock which can be hear d al over t he worl d on t he B. B. C. If t he Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down in 1834, t he gr eat cl ock would never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes it s nam e f rom Si r Benjami n Hal who was r esponsi bl e for t he m aki ng of t he clock when t he new Houses of Par li am ent wer e being buil t. I t i s not onl y of imm ense si ze, but i s ext r em el y acur at e as wel l. Of fi cial s fr om Gr eenwi ch Obser vat or y have t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear the cl ock when i t i s act ual y st ri king because mi cr ophones are connect ed to t he clock t ower . Bi g Ben has r arel y gone wr ong. Once, however, i t fail ed t o gi ve t he corr ect t im e. A pai nter who had been worki ng on the 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 dri ver , Sir Mal col m Cam pbel , was t he f ir st m an to dr i ve at over 300 mi l es per hour . He set up a new worl d r ecor d i n Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil le Salt Fl at s, Ut ah. Bl uebi r d, t he car he was dri ving, had been speci al ly buil t f or him . It was over 30 feet i n l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 mi l es per hour , he had gr eat di f icult y i n cont roll i ng t he car because a t yr e bur st duri ng the f ir st r un. Aft er hi s at t em pt , Cam pbel was di sappoint ed t o l e ar n t hat his aver age speed had been 299 m il es per hour . However , a f ew days l at er, he was t ol d t hat a mi stake had been m ade. His aver age speed had been 301 m il es per hour. Si nce t hat t im e, r aci ng dr i ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 m il es an hour . Fol l owi ng his f at her 39。s f ootsteps many year s l at er , Sir Mal col m39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a wor ld r ecor d. Like hi s fat her, 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 t ruant f r om school are unim agi nat i ve. A qui et day39。s fi shi ng, or ei ght hours i n a ci nema seei ng t he same f il m over and over agai n, is usual ly as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whil e playing t r uant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hit ch hi ked t o Dover and, t owar ds eveni ng, went i nto a boat t o fi nd som ewher e t o sl eep. When he woke up next m or ni ng, he di scover ed t hat t he boat had, i n the m eantim e, t r avel ed to Cal ai s. No one not i ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hit chhi ked t o Pari s in a lor ry. The dri ver gave him a f ew biscui ts and a cup of coff ee and l eft him j ust outsi de t he