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【正文】 mpathetical ly until the drunk was out of t he way befor e once mor e t ur ning its at enti on t o the mat ador . Leson71 A f amous cl ock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visi t London, one of the fi rst hi ngs you wi l see is Big Ben, the f amous clock whi ch can be heard al over the wor ld on the . If the Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down i n 1834, the gr eat cl ock woul d never have been er ected. Big Ben takes it s nam e fr om Si r Benj ami n Hal l who was responsible f or the m aki ng of the cl ock when t he new Houses of Parli am ent wer e bei ng buil t. It is not onl y of imm ense size, but i s extr emely acurate as wel . Of fi ci al s f rom Gr enwi ch Obser vator y have t he clock checked t wi ce a day. On the . C. you can hear the cl ock when i t i s actual ly stri ki ng because mi cr ophones ar e connect ed t o t he cl ock tower . Bi g Ben has r ar el y gone wr ong. Once, however , i t f ai led to give the cor ect tim e. A pai nt er who had been working on t he t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and slowed i t down ! Lesson72 A car cal ed Bl uebird “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The gr eat raci ng dri ver, Sir Malcol m Cam pbel, was t he fir st man to dri ve at over 300 mi les per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecor d in Sept ember 1935 at Bonnevil e Salt Flats, Ut ah. Bl uebir d, t he car he was dri vi ng, had been special y buil t f or him. It was over 30 f et i n lengt h and had a 2500 hor sepower engine. Alt hough Campbel reached a speed of over 304 mil es per hour , he had great dif icul ty i n cont roll ing the car because a tyr e burst duri ng t he f ir st run. Af ter his at empt, Campbel l was disappointed to l earn t hat hi s aver age speed had been 299 mil es per hour . However, afew days later, he was told t hat a mistake had been made. His average speed had been 301 mi les per hour . Si nce that ime, r acing drivers have reached speeds of over 400 miles an hour . Foll owi ng his father39。s f ootsteps many year s later, Sir Mal colm39。s son, Donald, al so set up a wor ld recor d. Like his father , he was dr iving a car cal ed Bluebi rd. Leson73 The record holder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit le boys who pl ay t ruant fr om school ar e unimagi nati ve. A qui et day39。s fi shing, or ei ght hours i n a cinema seei ng t he same f il m over and over agai n, i s usual y as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put to shame by a boy who, whi le playi ng t ruant, t ravel ed 1600 mi les. He hi tc h hiked t o Dover and, towards evening, went i nt o a boat o find somewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next morning, he di scovered th at t he boat had, i n the meantime, t r avel led to Calais. No one noti ced the boy as he crept off . Fr om ther e, he hi tch hi ked to Paris i n a lorr y. The dri ver gave hi m a few biscui ts and a cup of coff e and left hi m just outside the cit y. The next car t he boy stopped did not take hi m into t he cent re of Pari s as he hoped it woul d, but t o Perpignan on the FrenchSpanish border. There he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to Engl and by the local author it ies. He has surely set up arecor d for t he t housands of boys who dream of evading school. Lesson74 Out of t he l imelight 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dry r iver bed and a part y of famous act or s and act reses got off . Dr essed in dark glases and old clothes, they had taken speci al precautions so that no one should r ecognize them. But as they soon discover ed, di sguises can someti mes be too perf ect. 39。Thi s i s a wonder ful place for a piic,39。 said Glori a Gleam. 39。 I t coul dn39。t be bet er , Gl or ia,39。 Br inksley Meer s agreed. 39。No newspaper men, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。t we e more of ten ?39。 Meanwhil e, two other act or s, Rockwal l Sli nger and Merli n Greeves, had car ried two l ar ge f ood basket s t o a shady spot under some t rees. When they had al l made themsel ves f or tabl e, a stranger appeared. He looked ver y angry. 39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you! 39。 he shout ed: 39。 I 39。m sheri f her e. Do you se t hat noti ce ? I t says No Camping i n case you can39。t read ! 39。 39。 Look, sherif f, 39。sai d Rockwal ,39。 don39。t be t oo hard on us. I39。m Rockwal Sli nger and this is Merl in Greeves. 39。 39。Oh, is it ?39。 sai d the sher if f wi th a sneer. 39。Wel, I 39。m Br inksley Mer s, and my other name i s Gl oria Gl eam. Now you get out of her e fast ! 39。 leson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a li ght pasenger plane f lew off course some ti me ago, i t crashed in t he mount ains and i ts pilot was kil ed. The onl y passengers, a young woman and her t wo baby daughters, wer e unhur t. It was t he mi ddle of winter. Snow lay thick on t he ground. The woman knew that the nearest vil age was mi les away. When it gr ew dark. she turned a suit case i nt o a bed and put the chi ldren insi de i t, cover ing them with al l t he cl ot hes she could f ind. During the night , i t got teri bl y cold. The woman kept as near as she could to t he children a nd even t ried to get i nt o the case herself , but it was too smal l. Ear ly ,next morning she heard planes passi ng over head and wonder ed how she could send a signal. Then she had an idea. She stamped out the let er s39。 SOS39。 in t he snow. Fort unately, a pil ot saw the signal and sent a message by r adio t o the near est town. It was not long before a hel icopter ar ri ved on t he scene to r escue the survivors of the pl ane cr ash. Lesson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。To end our speci al news bul letin,39。 sai d the voice of t he t el vision announcer, 39。 we are taking you to t he macar oni fields of Calabr ia. Macar oni has been grown in this area for over six hundred years. Two of the leading grower s, Giuseppe Mol dova and Ricar do Br abant e, tel me that they have been expecting a splendi d cr op t hi s year and harvesti ng has begun ear li er than usual. Here you can see two wor ker s who, between t hem, have j ust fini shed cutti ng t