【正文】 said t he voice of the televi si on announcer ,39。 leson75 SOS 呼救信號(hào) When a li ght pasenger plane f lew off course some ti me ago, i t crashed in the mountains and i ts pi lot was kil ed. The onl y pa ssengers, a young woman and her t wo baby daughters, were unhur t. It was the 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 suitcase into a bed and put the chi ldren insi de i t, cover ing them with al the cl othes she could f ind. Duri ng t he night, it got ter ibly col d. The woman kept as near as she could t o the chil dr en and even t ri ed t o get into the case hersel f, but it was t oo smal. Ear ly , next morning she heard planes passi ng over head and wondered how she coul d send a signal. Then she had an i dea. She st amped out the leters39。Oh, is it ?39。 don39。t r ead ! 39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you! 39。 Bri nksley Mers agreed. 39。This is a wonderf ul place f or a pii c, 39。 l esson70 Red for danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Duri ng a bull fight, a dr unk suddenly wandered into t he mi ddle of the ring. The cr owd began to shout, but the drunk was unawar e of the danger . The bull was busy wi th the matador at the ti me, but it s uddenly caught sight of the dr unk who was shouting rude remar ks and waving a red cap. Appar entl y sensi t ive to cri ti cism, the bull f or got al l about the mat ador and char ged at he drunk. The cr owd suddenly grew quiet. The drunk, however, semed quit e sure of hi mself. When the bull got close t o hi m, he cl umsil y st epped asi de t o let i t pas. The cr owd br oke into cheers and t he drunk bowed. By this ti me, however , t hr e men had e i nt o the ri ng and they qui ckly dr agged the drunk to safety. Even the bull se med to feel sor ry f or him, for it looked on sympatheticaly until the drunk was out of t he way bef or e once mor e turning it s at enti on t o the mat ador. Leson71 A f am ous cl ock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of the f irst things you wi l see is Big Ben, t he 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 great clock woul d never have been er ected. Bi g Ben takes i ts name fr om Sir Benjamin Hal who was responsible f or t he ma king of the clock when t he new Houses of Parl iament wer e being bui lt. I t i s not only of immense si ze, but is extr emely accur at e as wel . Of ficials f rom Gr enwi ch Observatory have the clock checked twi ce a day. On the . you can hear the cl ock when i t i s actual ly stri ki ng because microphones are connected to t he clock t ower . Big Ben has rar ely gone wr ong. Once, however , i t f ai led to give the corr ect time. A pai nt er who had been wor king 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 call ed Bl uebird “藍(lán)鳥(niǎo)”汽車(chē) The great raci ng dr iver , Sir Malcolm Campbel , was the fir st man to dri ve at over 300 miles per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecord in Sept ember 1935 at Bonnevil le Sal t Flats, Ut ah. Bluebir d, the car he was dri vi ng, had been special y buil t for him. I t was over 30 f et i n length and had a 2500 hor sepower engine. Alt hough Campbel reached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour, he had gr eat di fi cult y in contr olli ng t he car be cause a tyre bur st dur ing the fi rst r un. Aft er his atempt, Campbel was di sappointed to learn that his aver age speed had been 299 miles per hour. However , a f ew days lat er , he was t ol d 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 rea ched speeds of over 400 mil es an hour. Foll owi ng his father39。 I cont inued driving and aft er some t ime, t he exami ner tapped l oudly. Though the sound coul d be hear d cl earl y, it took me a long t ime to r eact. I suddenl y pr essed the brake pedal hard and we were both thrown for war d. The exami ner looked at me sadly. 39。s always pl enty t o read i n the 39。 Then I 39。 I l ied, 39。m going to.. .39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。Fancy meti ng you here ! 39。t have to cary hi m. Of course, we should arest him, but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal let hi m off this ti me. 39。 of six pret y gi rl s, he set off down t he main str et of the city r iding a baby el ephant cal ed Jumbo. He, should have known t hat the poli ce woul d never alow t hi s sort of t hi ng. A pol iceman approached Jimmy and told him he ought to have gone al ong a si de str et as Jumbo was holding up the traf ic. Though Ji mmy agr ed to go at once, Jumbo r ef used t o move. Fi fteen poli cemen had to push ver y hard t o get hi m off t he m ain st reet . The pol ice had a di f icul t ime, but t hey were most am used. 39。 I l it a cigaret e t o calm my nerves. I smoked wi th concentrati on and pl easur e as I was sur e that this would be my last ci garet e. For a whol e wek I di d not smoke at al l and dur ing this ti me, my wif e suff er ed t er ri bl y. I had al the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoki ng: a bad temper and an enormous appeti te. My fri ends kept on offeri ng me cigaretes and cigar s. They made no efor t o hi de t heir amusement whenever I pr oduced a packet of swe ts f rom my pocket . Af ter seven days of thi s I went to a party. Everybody around me was moki ng and I f el t extr emely unfort able. When my old f riend Brian urged me t o accept a cigarete, it was more t han I coul d bear. I took one guil til y, li t it and sm oked wi th sat isfact ion. My wif e was del ighted that things had returned t o nor mal once more. Anyway, as Bri an poi nted out, it is t he easiest thing in t he wor ld to give up smoki ng. He hi mself has done it l ot s of ti mes! Lesson79 By air 乘飛機(jī) I used to tr avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My parent s, used to li ve i n South Ameri ca and I used to