【正文】 et o avoid m eti ng him , but he saw me and came r unni ng towar ds m e. I t was no use pr etendi ng t hat I had not seen him, so I waved to hi m. I never enjoy meeti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anythi ng to do. No m at ter how busy you ar e, he al ways insists on i ng wit h you. I had t o thi nk of a way of prevent ing hi m f rom fol lowi ng me ar ound al m or ning. 39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。 I sai d. 39。Fancy meeti ng you her e ! 39。 Hul l o, El izabet h,39。 Ber t answer ed. 39。 I was just wonder ing how t o spend t he mor ni ng unt il I saw you. You39。r e not busy doi ng anythi ng, ar e you ?39。 39。 No, not at al ,39。 I answered.39。 I 39。m goi ng to. . 39。 Would you mind my ing wi t h you ?39。 he asked, bef ore I had f ini shed speaking. ‘ Not at al l,39。 I l ied, 39。but I39。m going t o the denti st .39。 39。 Then I 39。l l e wit h you, 39。 he answered.39。 There39。s always pl ent y t o r ead in t he 39。wait ing r oom ! 39。 l eson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng tested f or a dri 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 ully. Af ter havi ng been inst r uct 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 to enjoy m y test. The exam iner must have been pl eased wi th m y 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 dri vi ng and af t er 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 br ake 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 f or danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed int o t he m i ddle of t he ri ng. The cr owd began t o shout , but the dr unk was unawar e of the danger . The bul l was busy wi th t he matador at t he ti me, but i t suddenl y caught si ght of t he dr unk who was shout ing r ude remar ks and wavi ng a red cap. Appar ent ly sensi ti ve to cr it icism, t he bul l fot al about t he matador and charged at the dr unk. The crowd suddenl y grew qui et . The drunk, however, semed qui te sure of hi msel f. When t he bull got cl ose t o him , he cl um si ly st epped asi de to let it pas. The crowd br oke into cheers and t he dr unk bowed. By t his t ime, however , three m en had e into the r ing and they quickly dr agged t he drunk t o saf ety. Even t he bull semed t o f el sor r y for him , for it l ooked on sympatheti cal ly unti l the dr unk was out of the way bef ore once more turni 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 visi t London, one of t he fi rst things you wi l se is Bi g Ben, t he famous clock whi ch can be heard al l over the wor l d on the B. . I f the Houses of Par li am ent had hot been bur ned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes i ts name f rom Sir Benjami n Hal who was responsible for the m aki ng of the clock when t he new Houses of Parl iament wer e being buil t. I t is not onl y of immense 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 twi ce a day. On t he . C. you can hear the clock when i t is actual y st ri king because mi crophones are connect ed to t he clock tower . Bi g Ben has r ar ely gone wr ong. Once, however, it f ail ed to gi ve the 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(lán)鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dr iver , Si r Malcol m Campbel , was the f ir st man t o dri ve 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 ove r 30 feet in lengt h and had a 2500 hor se power engi ne. Al though Campbel reached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour , he had gr eat dif fi cul ty in contr olli ng the car because a tyr e bur st dur ing t he fi rst run. Af ter his at empt, Campbel was disappoi nt ed to lear n t hat hi s average speed had been 299 mil es per hour. However, a f ew days later , he was 1 ★★★★旅游度假區(qū)項目 節(jié)能評估文件 i ng f rom al l par ts of t he countr y t o see i t. I n spit e of al l that has been sai d, t he t ouri st s have been pi cki ng leaves and cutt ing t hei r nam es on t he t reet runk. So far, not one of t hem has been st r uck down by sudden deat h! Leson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used t o sit outsi de our f ront gat e and bar k. Ever y ti me he want ed to e i nto t he garde n he woul d bar k unt il someone opened t he gat e. As t he nei ghbour s pl ai ned of the noise, m y husband spent weeks tr ai ning him t o pr ess his paw on t he l at ch to l et hi msel f i n. Rex soon became an exper t at opening t he gat e. However, when I was goi ng out shoppi ng last week, I not i ced him i n t he gar den near the gate. This t im e he was bar ki ng so t hat som eone woul d l et him out ! Si nce then, he has devel oped anot her bad habit . As soon as he opens t he gat e f r om t he out si de, he es i nt o t he gar den and wai ts unti l the gate shuts. Then he si ts and barks unti l som eone l et s hi m out . Aft er this he i mm edi at el y l et s him self i n and begi ns bar king agai n. Yest erday my husband removed t he gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since. Lesson60 The f ut ure 卜