【正文】 Ci gar et t e Smoking and Your Healt h39。s crop befor e the September rai ns. On t he ri ght, you can see Mrs Br abante her sel f. She has been helping her husband f or t hir ty years now. Mrs Br abante is t al king t o the manager of t he local f act ory wher e the cr op is pr ocessed. Thi s last scene shows you what wi l happen at the end of the harvest : t he famous Cal abr ian macaroni eat ing peti ti on ! Signor Fr atel i, t he pr esent champi on, has won i t every year since 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull eti n for t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We ar e now r et urning you t o t he st udi o.39。 sai d the voi ce of t he televisi on announcer ,39。 i n the snow. For tunatel y, a pi lot saw the signal and sent a mesage by radio to t he near est t own. I t was not l ong bef ore a heli copt er ar ri ved on the scene t o r escue the survivor s of the plane crash. Lesson76 April Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 l eson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a l ight passenger pl ane fl ew off course some t ime ago, it crashed in t he mountains and it s pil ot was ki l ed. The only passenger s, a young wom an and her two baby daught ers, were unhurt . I t was the m iddle of wi nter. Snow l ay thick on the ground. The woman knew that the nearest vi l age was m il es away. When i t gr ew dark. she tur ned a suit case i nt o a bed and put the childr en inside i t, cover ing t hem wi th al l t he clothes she coul d fi nd. Dur ing t he night, i t got t er ri bly cold. The woman kept as near as she could t o t he chi ldren and even tr ied t o get i nto t he case herself , but i t was t oo smal . Ear ly , next mor ning she hear d planes passi ng over head and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an i dea. She st am ped out t he let er s39。Wel , I39。 Oh, is i t ?39。m Rockwal Sl inger and t his i s Mer lin Greeves. 39。 don39。 Look, sher if f, 39。t r ead !39。 I 39。Now you gut out of here, al of you! 39。t we e m ore of ten ?39。 Br inksl ey Meers agr ed. 39。 It couldn39。Thi s is a wonderf ul pl ace for a piic, 39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a wor ld r ecor d. Li ke his f at her, he was dri ving a car cal led Bl uebi rd. Leson73 The record hol der 紀錄保持者 Li t le boys who pl ay t r uant fr om school ar e uni magi nati ve. A qui et day39。 l esson70 Red for danger 危險的紅色 Duri ng a bull fi ght , a dr unk suddenly wander ed into the mi ddle of the r ing. The crowd began to shout, but the drunk was unaware of t he danger. The bull was busy wit h the m at ador at the t im e, but it suddenly caught sight of the dr unk who was shouti ng r ude r emarks and waving a r ed cap. Apparentl y sensit ive t o cri ti ci sm, the bull f ot al l about the m at ador and char ged at t he drunk. The cr owd suddenly gr ew quiet . The dr unk, however , seemed quit e sur e of himself . When t he bul l got close to hi m, he clumsi ly stepped asi de to l et i t pass. The cr owd broke 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 sympat het ical y unti l t he drunk was out of the way befor e once more 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, t he f amous clock whi ch can be heard al l over t he wor ld on t he B. B. C. If t he Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down in 1834, t he gr eat cl ock would never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes it s nam e f rom Sir Benjami n Hal who was responsi bl e for t he m aki ng of t he clock when t he new Houses of Par li am ent wer e being buil t. I t i s not onl y of imm ense si ze, but i s ext rem el y acur at e as wel l. Of fi cial s fr om Gr eenwi ch Obser vat or y have t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear the cl ock when i t i s act ual l y st ri king because mi cr ophones are connect ed to t he cl ock t ower. Bi g Ben has r ar el y gone wr ong. Once, however, it f ai l ed t o gi ve t he c orr ect ti me. A pai nt er who had been wor ki ng on t he tower hung a pot of paint on one of t he hands and slowed i t down ! Lesson72 A car cal led Bl uebi rd “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Si r Mal colm Cam pbel , was the f ir st man t o dr ive at over 300 mi les per hour. He set up a new worl d r ecor d 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 speci al y buil t f or him . It was over 30 f eet i n l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engi ne. Al t hough Campbel l r eached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour, he had gr eat dif fi cul t y i n contr ol li ng t he car because a t yr 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 mil es per hour. Si nce t hat t im e, r aci ng dri ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 mi les an hour . Fol l owi ng his f at her39。 he said, in a mournf ul voice,39。 I conti nued dr ivi ng and af ter some ti me, the examiner tapped loudly. Though t he sound could be heard cl ear ly, it t ook me a l ong tim e to react . I suddenl y pressed the brake pedal hard a nd we were both thr own for ward. The exam iner looked at me sadly. 39。 lesson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng tested f or a dr ivi ng li cence for t he thir d t ime. I had been asked to dr ive i n heavy t raf fi c and had done so succe sf ul ly. Af ter havi ng been i nst ructed t o dri ve out of t own, I began to acquir e conf idence. Sure t hat I had pased, I was al most beginning t o enjoy my test. The exami ner m ust have been pl eased wit h my per for mance, for he smi led and sai d, 39。s al ways pl ent y t o r ead in the 39。 he