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【正文】 eavy 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 eased 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 ter 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 危險的紅色 Duri ng a bull fi ght , a drunk suddenly wander ed i nto the mi ddl e of the r ing. The cr owd began to shout, but the dr unk was unaware of t he danger. The bull was busy wit h t he matador at the t im e, but it suddenly caught si ght of the dr unk who was shout ing r ude r emarks and waving a red cap. Apparentl y s ensi tive t o cri ti cism, the bull f ot al l about the m at ador and char ged at he drunk. The cr owd suddenly gr ew quiet . The dr unk, however , seemed quit e sur e of him self . When t he bul l got close to him, he clumsi ly stepped asi de to l et i t pass. The cr owd broke i nto cheer s and the dr unk bowed. By t hi s ti me, however , t hree men had e i nto t he ri ng and they quickly dr agged t he dr unk to saf et y. Even t he bul l seemed t o feel sor ry for him , f or it l ooked on sympat het ical y unti l the drunk was out of the way befor e once more t urning its at tenti on to the matador. Lesson71 A famous cl ock 一個著名的大鐘 When you vi si t London, one of t he fi rst thi ngs you wi l see is Bi g Ben, the f amous cl ock whi ch can be heard al l over t he worl d on the B. B. C. I f the Houses of Par li ament had hot been burned down i n 1834, t he gr eat 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 r esponsible for the m aki ng of the clock when the new Houses of Par li ament wer e being buil t. I t is not onl y of im mense size, but i s ext remel y acurat e as wel. Of f icials fr om Gr eenwi ch Obser vat ory have t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he . C. you can hear the clock when i t is actual y st ri king because mi cr ophones are connect ed to t he clock tower . Bi g Ben has r ar ely gone wr ong. Once, however, it f ailed t o give t he corr ect ti me. A paint er who had been wor king on t he tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed i t down ! Lesson72 A car cal led Bl uebi rd “藍鳥”汽車 The great racing dr iver, Sir Malcolm Campbel l, was t he fi rst man to dr ive at over 300 m il es per hour . He set up a new worl d r ecor d in Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil le Salt Fl at s, Ut ah. Bl uebi rd, t he car he was dri ving, had been special ly buil t for him . It was over 30 f eet i n l ength and had a 2500 horse power engi ne. Al though Campbel l r eached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour , he had gr eat dif fi culty in contr oll ing t he car because a tyr e burst dur ing t he fi rst r un. Af ter his at 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 mistake had been made. 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 ather, he was dri ving a car cal led Bl uebi rd. Lesson73 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 agai n, is usual ly as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put to shame by a boy who, whi le pl ayi ng tr uant , t ravel ed 1600 mil es. He hi tch hi ked to Dover and, t owar ds evening, went into a boat t o fi nd somewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next morni ng, he di scover ed that the boat had, in t he meant im e, t ravel led t o Calai s. No one noti ced the boy as he crept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tchhi ked to Pari s in a lor ry. The dri ver gave him a f ew biscui ts and a cup of coff e and l eft him j ust outside t he ci ty. The next car the boy stopped di d not take him int o the 中藥有效成分提取與分離項目 資 金 申 請 報 告 項目名稱 ： 中藥有效成分提取與分離項目 申報單位： 遼寧 某某 藥業(yè)有限公司 地 址： 某某 市 某某 縣泡子沿街 68 號 郵政編碼： 聯(lián) 系 人： 某某 聯(lián)系電話： and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since. Leson60 The f ut ure 卜算未來 At a vi l age fair , I deci ded t o vi sit a fort une t el ler cal led Madam Beli nsky. I went int o her t ent and she tol d m e t o si t down. Aft er I had gi ven her som e m oney, she l ooked i nt o a cr yst al bal and sai d: 39。A r elati on of your s is i ng t o see you. She wi l be ar ri vi ng t hi s eveni ng and i ntends to st ay for a f ew days. The m om ent you leave t hi s tent, you wil l get a bi g surpri se. A woman you know wel l wil l r ush t owar ds you. She wi l speak t o you and then she wil l lead you away fr om t his pl a ce. That i s al l. 39。 As soon as I went out side, I for got al about Madam Bel insky because m y wi fe hur ri ed t owar ds m e. 39。Where ha ve you been hi di ng ?39。 she asked i m pati ent l y. 39。Your sist er wi l be here i n l ess t han an hour and we m ust be at t he st ati on to m eet he r. We are l at e alr eady.39。 As she wal ked away, I f ol lowed her out of t he fair . Lesson61 Troubl e wit h t he Hubbl e 哈勃望遠鏡的困境 I n fut ur e, astr onaut s wil