【正文】 s st 。Cigar et te Sm oki ng and Your Heal th39。s cr op bef ore t he Sept ember r ains. On the r ight, you can se Mr s Brabant e herself . She has been hel pi ng her husband f or t hi r t y year s now. Mr s Brabante i s talki ng to t he manager of the l ocal factor y where t he crop i s processed. Thi s last scene shows you what wil l happen at he end of t he harvest : t he famous Calabri an macar oni eati ng pet it ion ! Si gnor Fr at el i, the pr esent champion, has won it ever y year si nce 1961. And that ends our special bullet in f or today, Thur sday, Apr il 1st. We are now retur ning you t o the studio. 39。 sai d the voice of t he television 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 town. I t was not l ong bef or e a heli copt er ar ri ved on the scene t o rescue the survivor s of t he plane crash. Lesson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 l eson75 SOS 呼救信號(hào) When a l ight passenger plane 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 pa ssenger s, a young wom an and her two baby daughters, were unhurt . It was t he middle of wi nter . Snow lay thi ck on the gr ound. The woman knew t hat t he nearest vi l age was mil es away. When i t grew dar k. she tur ned a sui tcase i nto a bed and put the chil dren i nside i t, cover ing t hem wi th al l the clot hes she coul d f ind. Duri ng the night , i t got t er r ibly col d. The wom an kept as near as she could to t he chi ldr en and even tr ied t o get into the case herself , but i t was too smal . Ear ly ,next m or ning she hear d planes passing 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 l Sl inger and this i s Mer li n Gr eves. 39。 don39。 Look, sher if f, 39。t read !39。 I 39。Now you gut out of here, al of you! 39。t we e m or e of ten ?39。 Br inksl ey Meers agreed. 39。 It couldn39。This i s a wonderf ul pl ace f or a piic,39。s son, Donald, also set up a worl d record. Like hi s fat her , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play t ruant f r om school are unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。At t sensi t i ve t o cri ti ci sm , the bull f or got 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 the bul l got close to hi m, he clumsil y stepped aside t o l et i t pass. The cr owd broke i nt o cheer s and the drunk bowed. By thi s ti me, however, t hr ee men had e i nt o t he ri ng and t hey qui ckl y dr agged the dr unk to safet y. Even the bul l seemed to feel sor ry f or him, f or it looked on sym pat het ical y until t he drunk was out of t he way befor e once mor e t ur ning i ts at tenti on to t he matador. Leson71 A famous clock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of the f ir st things you wi l se i s Bi g Ben, t he famous clock whi ch can be heard al l over the wor ld on the B. . I f the Houses of Par liament had hot been burned down in 1834, the gr eat clock would never have been erected. Big Ben takes i ts name f rom Sir Benj amin Hal l who was responsibl e for t he making of the cl ock when t he new Houses of Parl ia ment were being bui lt . I t is not only of i mmense si ze, but is ext r emel y accur at e as wel . Of ici al s fr om Gr eenwich Observator y have t he clock checked twi ce a day. On the B. . you can hear the cl ock when i t is actual y str iking because microphones ar e connect ed to the clock t ower . Big Ben has r arely gone wr ong. Once, however, i t fail ed to gi ve the corr ect t ime. A pai nter who had been wor king on t he tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down ! Lesson72 A car called Bluebird “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The great racing dr iver, Si r Malcolm Campbel, was t he fi rst man t o dri ve at over 300 mil es per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecor d i n Sept ember 1935 at Bonnevil le Sal t Fl ats, Utah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dr iving, had been speci al ly bui lt f or hi m. It was over 30 feet in l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Al t hough Campbel r eached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour , he had gr eat dif f iculty in contr oll ing t he car because a tyr e burst dur ing t he fi rst r un. Af ter his at tempt, Campbel was disappoi nted to learn t hat hi s aver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour. However, a f ew days l ater, he was t ol d t hat a m istake had been m ade. His average speed had been 301 mil es per hour. Since t hat ti me, racing dr ivers have r eached speeds of over 400 mil es an hour . Fol lowi ng hi s fat her 39。 tim e. Even so, people ar e goi ng t o fi nd it di f icult t o get t o wor k. But so f ar , the publi c has expressed i ts gr at it ude to t he st udent s in l et er s to the Pr ess. Onl y one or two people have objected t hat t he st udents wi l l dr ive t oo fast! Lesson85 Never too ol d t o learn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have j ust r eceived a l et ter f rom my ol d school infor mi ng me t hat my for mer head mast er, Mr Regmal d Page, wi l be ret ir ing next wek. Pupi ls of t he school, old and new, wi l be sending hi m a pr esent to mark t he occasion. Al t hose who have cont ri but ed towar ds the gif t wil l si gn their names i n a lar ge al bum whi ch wil l be sent to the headmaster 39。f r e ri des39。 but I love to hear you say i t !39。 I know, 39。Mr Lane was def eat ed in the electi ons. He has ret ir ed fr om poli ti cal l if e and gone t o li ve abr oad !39。 I t old you yesterday and the day befor e yest er day, 39。s Radi cal Pr ogr esi ve Par ty. Af ter the electi ons, Cr awl ey went to t he for mer Pri me Minist er 39。m onst er s39。s st eam hammer. Though in t hose days, t raveli ng was not as easy as it is t oday, steam boats car ied t housands o