【正文】 said the voice of the t elevision announcer, 39。 leson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a l ight passenger plane fl ew of f cour se some t ime ago, it cr ashed i n t he mountai ns and i ts pi lot was kil led. The onl y passengers, a young woman and her t wo baby daughter s, wer e unhur t. I t was t he mi ddl e of wint er . Snow lay t hick on t he gr ound. The wom an knew that he near est vil lage was mi les away. When it grew dar k. she t urned a suit case int o a bed and put t he chi ldren i nsi de it , coveri ng them wit h al t he cl othes she could f ind. Dur ing t he ni ght , it got ter ibl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d to the chil dr en and e ven t ri ed to get int o the case her sel f, but it was too sm al l. Earl y ,next morni ng she heard pl anes pasi ng over head and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an idea. She stamped out the l et ter s39。 Oh, is it ?39。 don39。t read ! 39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you!39。 Br inksley Mer s agr eed. 39。Thi s is a wonder ful place for a pi i c, 39。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed int o the m iddle of t he ri ng. The cr owd began t o shout , but the dr unk was unawar e of the danger . The bull 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 re mar ks and wavi ng a red cap. Appar ent ly sensi ti ve to cr it icism, t he bul l f ot al about t he matador and charged at the drunk. The crowd suddenl y grew qui et . The drunk, however, semed qui te sure of him sel 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 cr owd br oke i nt o cheer s and the dr unk bowed. By t hi s ti me, however, t hree men had e i nt o t he ri ng and they qui ckly 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 unti l t he drunk was out of the way befor e once m ore t urning i ts at tenti on to t he matador. Lesson71 A famous clock 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, the f am ous clock whi ch can be heard al l over t he worl d on the B. . I f the Houses of Par li am ent had hot been burned down i n 1834, t he gr eat clock woul d never have been erected. Big Ben takes its name fr om Si r Benj am in Hal l who was r esponsi bl e f or t he making of t he cl ock when the new Houses of Par liam ent were bei ng bui lt . It i s not only of i mmense si ze, but is extr emely accur ate as wel . Of fi ci als f rom Greenwich Observator y have the clock checked twi ce a day. On the B. . you can hear t he cl ock when it i s act ual ly str iki ng because micr ophones ar e connected t o the clock t ower. Bi g Ben has rarel y gone wr ong. Once, however , i t fai led to give the cor rect time. A pai nt er 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 ! Leson72 A car call ed Bluebird “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Sir Mal col m Cam pbel , was the f ir st m an to dr ive at over 300 mi les per hour . He set up a new worl d record i n September 1935 at Bonnevi l e Salt Flats, Ut ah. Bl uebir d, the car he was dr ivi ng, had been special y buil t f or him. I t was over 30 f et in le ngth and had a 2500 hor se 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 ling the car because a t yre bur st duri ng the f ir st r un. Af t er hi s at tempt , Cam pbel l was di sappointed t o l ear n that his a ver 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。 I continued dr iving and aft er some ti me, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though the sound coul d be hear d clea rl y, i t took me a long t ime to r eact. I suddenly presed t he br ake pedal har d and we wer e both t hrown f orwar d. The exami ner l ooked at me sadl y. 39。s always plenty to r ead in t he 39。 Then I 39。 I li ed, 39。m going to.. .39。 39。Hul lo, Eli zabeth, 39。Hull o, Ber t, 39。 said a pol icem an af ter wards, 39。s hospi tal. Dr esed up as Fat her Chr ist mas and acpani ed by a 39。 Leson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術 The mummy of an Egypti an woman who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper ati on. The mum my i s that of Shepenm ut who was once a singer i n t he Tem ple of Thebes. As there were str ange marks on t he Xr ay plates t aken of the m ummy, doct ors have been t ryi ng to f ind out whether the wom an di ed of a rar e disease. The onl y way to do thi s wa s to operat e. The operati on, whi ch lasted f or over four hour s, pr oved to be very di f icul t because of the hard resin whi ch cover ed the ski n. The doctor s rem oved a sect ion of t he mummy and sent it to a laborator y. They al so f ound som et hing whi ch the X ray of t he god Duam ut ef. This god whi ch has t he head of a cow was nor mal y placed inside a m um my. The doct or s have not yet decided how the woman di ed. They feared t hat t he mummy would f al to pieces when t hey cut it open, but f or tunately this has not happened. The mumm y succesful ly survi ved the oper ati on. Leson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af t er r eadi ng an ar ti cle enti tl ed 39。To end our speci al news bull eti n, 39。m Br i nksley Meer s, and my other name is Gl ori a Gleam. Now you get out of her e fast !39。 39。said Rockwal l, 39。m sher if f here. Do you se that not ice ? I t says No Camping i n case you can39。 Meanwhi le, two other act ors, Rockwal l Sl inger and Merl in Gr eeves, had car ri ed two l arge f ood basket s to a shady spot under some tr es. When they had al made t hemselves for table, a str anger appeared. He looked ver