【正文】 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce,39。 l eson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng t ested f or a dri 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 ul l y. Af ter havi ng been i nst r uct ed t o dr ive out of t own, I began t o acquir e conf i dence. Sur e that I had passed, I was al most begi nni ng t o enj oy m y t est. The exam iner m ust have been pl eased wit h m y per f or mance, f or he smi led and sai d, 39。 he answer ed. 39。m goi ng to t he dent ist.39。Would you mi nd m y i ng wi th you ?39。 I answer ed. 39。 Ber t answered. 39。 I said. 39。so i t was fort unat e t hat we di dn39。 we ar e taki ng you t o t he m acar oni f iel ds of Calabri a. Macar oni has been gr own i n t hi s ar ea f or over si x hundr ed year s. Two of t he l eading gr ower s, Giuseppe Mol dova and Ri car do Br abant e, t el l m e t hat t hey have been expect ing a splendid cr op t hi s year and har vesti ng has begun earl ier t han usual . Her e you can se t wo wor ker s who, bet ween them , ha ve j ust f i ni shed cutti ng t hr ee car t l oads of gol den br own m acar oni st alks. The whol e vil lage has been wor ki ng day and ni ght gat her i ng and t hr eshi ng thi s year39。 SOS39。 said the sher if f wi th a sneer . 39。t be t oo har d on us. I39。 39。 he shout ed: 39。No newspaper m en, no f il m fans! Why don39。 said Glor ia Gl eam. 39。s f oot steps many year s later , Si r Mal col m39。Mr Eames,39。wai t i ng r oom ! 39。l l e wi t h you,39。but I39。 39。 No, not at al l,39。Hul lo, Eli zabet h,39。Hul l o, Ber t,39。 sai d a pol i ceman aft er war ds, 39。 sai d t he voi ce of t he t el evi si on announcer ,39。 l eson75 SO S 呼救信號 When a l ight passenger plane fl ew of f cour se some t im e ago, it cr ashed i n the m ount ai ns and i ts pi lot was kil led. The onl y pa senger s, a young woman and her t wo baby daught ers, were unhurt. I t was t he m iddle of wi nter. Snow l ay t hi ck on t he gr ound. The woman knew t hat t he near est vil lage was mi les away. When it gr ew dar k. she t urned a suit case i nt o a bed and put t he chi l dr en i nside i t, cover ing t hem wi th al l t he cl ot hes she coul d fi nd. Dur i ng the ni ght, i t got t er r ibl y col d. The wom an kept as near as she coul d t o t he chi l dr en and even tr i ed t o get int o the case her self , but i t was too smal . Ear l y ,next m or ni ng she hear d pl anes pasing over head and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal. Then she had an i dea. She st amped out t he l et ers39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 don39。t r ead !39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you!39。 Br inksl ey M ers agr eed. 39。Thi s i s a wonder f ul pl ace f or a pi ic,39。 l eson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bull fi ght, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed i nt o t he mi ddle of t he ri ng. The cr owd began t o shout, but t he dr unk was unawar e of the danger. The bul l was busy wi t h t he mat ador at he ti me, but i t suddenl y caught sight of t he dr unk who was shouti ng r ude r em ar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Apparentl y sensit ive t o cri ti ci sm , the bull f or got al l about t he m at ador and char ged at t he drunk. The cr owd suddenl y gr ew qui et . The dr unk, however, sem ed quit e sure of him sel f. When t he bul l 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 drunk bowed. By thi s t im e, however, t hr ee m en had e i nt o t he r i ng and t hey qui ckl y dr agged t he dr unk to safet y. Even t he bul l seem ed t o feel sor ry f or him, f or i t l ooked on sym pat het ical y unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way bef or e once m ore t urni ng i ts at tenti on to t he mat ador. Lesson71 A fam ous cl ock 一個著名的大鐘 When you vi sit London, one of t he fi rst thi ngs you wi l see is Bi g Ben, t he f am ous cl ock whi ch can be hear d al l over t he worl d on t he B. B. C. I f t he Houses of Par li am ent had hot been burned down i n 1834, t he gr eat cl ock woul d never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben takes i t s nam e f r 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 t he new Houses of Parl i am ent wer e bei ng bui lt . It i s not only of im m ense si ze, but is extr em el y accur ate as wel . Of fi ci al s f rom Gr enwi ch Obser vat or y have t he cl ock checked t wice a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he cl ock when it i s act ual y str i ki ng because m icr ophones ar e connected t o t he cl ock t ower. Bi g Ben has r arel y gone wrong. Once, however, i t f ail ed t o gi ve t he cor rect 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 ! Leson72 A car call ed Bl uebi rd “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dr i ver, Si r Mal colm Cam pbel , was t he fi r st m an t o dri ve at over 300 mi les per hour. He set up a new worl d r ecord i n September 1935 at Bonnevi l e Sal t Flat s, Ut ah. Bl uebir d, the car he was dr i vi ng, had been special y buil t f or him. I t was over 30 f eet i n l ength and had a 2500 horsepower engi ne. Al though Cam pbel l reached a speed of over 304 mil es per hour, he had gr eat dif fi cul ty i n cont r ol li ng t he car because a tyr e bur st dur ing t he fi rst r un. Af ter his at em pt, Campbel l was disappoi nt ed t o l earn t hat hi s aver age speed had been 299 m il es per hour. However, a f ew days lat er , he was t ol d t hat a m ist ake had been m ade. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 mi les per hour. Si nce t hat im e, r aci ng dri ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 mi les an hour. Foll owing his f at her39。 I cont i nued dri ving and aft er som e t im e, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though t he sound coul d be hear d cl earl y, i t t ook m e a l ong t im e to r eact . I suddenl y pr essed t he brake pedal hard and we were bot h thr own f or war d. The exami ner looked at m e sa dl y. 39。s al ways plent y t o r ead i