【正文】 Ci gar et te Sm oki ng and Your Heal th39。s c r op bef or e t he Sept em ber r ai ns. On the r ight, you can se Mr s Brabant e hersel f. She has been hel pi ng her husband f or t hi rt y year s now. Mr s Brabant e i s tal ki ng to t he manager of t he l ocal f act or y where t he crop i s pr ocesed. Thi s last scene shows you what wil l happen at t he end of the harvest : t he fam ous Calabri an macar oni eati ng pet it i on ! Si gnor Fr at el i, t he pr esent cham pi on, has won it every year si nce 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull et i n for t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st. We ar e now r et ur ni ng you t o t he st udi o. 39。 said t he voi ce of the t el evi si on announcer ,39。 i n t he snow. For t unatel y, a pil ot saw the si gnal and sent a m essage by r adi o t o t he near est t own. I t was not l ong bef ore a heli copt er ar ri ved on t he scene t o r escue t he sur vi vor s of t he pl ane cr ash. Lesson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 lesson75 SO S 呼救信號(hào) When a l i ght pasenger pl ane f lew of f cour se som e t im e ago, i t cr ashed i n the m ount ai ns and i ts pi lot was kil ed. The onl y pasenger s, a young wom an and her t wo baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. I t was t he mi ddl e of wi nt er. Snow l ay t hick on t he ground. The wom an knew that he near est vil l age was mi les away. When it gr ew dark. she t ur ned a suit case i nt o a bed and put t he chi l dr en insi de it , coveri ng t hem wit h al t he cl othes she coul d fi nd. Dur ing t he ni ght, it got ter ri bl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d t o t he chil dren and eve n t r ied t o get i nt o t he case hersel f, but it was t oo sm al l. Earl y , next m or ni ng she hear d planes passi ng over head and wondered how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an i dea. She st am ped out t he l et er s39。Wel l, I39。 Oh, i s i t ?39。m Rockwal l Sli nger and thi s i s Mer li n Gr eeves. 39。 don39。 Look, sher if f, 39。t read !39。 I39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you! 39。t we e mor e of t en ?39。 Br inksl ey Mer s agr eed. 39。 It couldn39。This i s a wonderf ul pl ace f or a piic,39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a wor l d recor d. Like hi s f at her, he was dr ivi ng a car cal l ed Bl uebi r d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who pl ay tr uant f r om school ar e unim agi nati ve. A quiet day39。 l eson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed i nt o t he m iddle 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 was busy wi th t he mat ador at t he ti me, but i t suddenl y caught si ght of t he drunk 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 , t he bull f or got al l about t he m at ador and char ged at t he dr unk. The cr owd suddenl y grew qui et . The drunk, however, seem ed qui te sur e of him sel f. When the bull got cl ose to him , he clumsil y steppe d asi de t o l et i t pass. The cr owd br oke i nto cheer s and t he dr unk bowed. By t his t im e, however , thr e m en had e int o the 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 r y for him, f or it l ooked on sym patheti cal y unti l t he dr unk was out of t he way bef ore once m or e t ur ni ng i ts at ent i on t o t he m atador. Leson71 A f am ous cl ock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you vi sit London, one of t he fi rst t hi ngs you wi l see is Bi g Ben, t he f am ous cl ock which can be hear d al over the wor l d on the B. B. C. I f the Houses of Parl i am ent had hot been bur ned down i n 1834, t he great cl ock woul d 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 f or t he m aki ng of t he cl ock when t he new Houses of Par li am ent wer e bei ng bui lt . It i s not onl y of i mm ense size, but i s ext remel y accurat e as wel l. Of fi ci als f r om Gr eenwi ch Obser vat ory have t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he clock when it i s act ual l y st ri ki ng because m i cr ophones ar e connect ed t o t he cl ock t ower. Bi g Ben has rar el y gone wr ong. Once, however , it f ai led t o gi ve t he cor r ect tim e. A paint er who had been wor ki ng on t he t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and sl owed it down ! Lesson72 A car call ed Bl uebi rd “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dr i ver, Si r Malcolm Campbel l, was t he fi rst man t o dri ve at over 300 m il es per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecor d i n Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil le Sal t Fl ats, Utah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dri vi ng, had been speci al l y bui lt f or him . It was over 30 feet in l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 mi l es per hour , he had gr eat dif fi cult y i n contr oll ing t he car be cause a t yr e burst dur i ng t he fi r st r un. Af ter his at empt, Cam pbel was disappoi nt ed t o lear n t hat hi s aver age s peed had been 299 mi les per hour. However, a f ew days lat er , he was t ol d t hat a m i st ake had been m ade. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 mi les 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. Foll owing his f ather39。 he sai d, i n a m our nf ul voi ce,39。 I conti nued dr i vi ng and af ter som e ti me, the exam i ner tapped loudly. Though t he sound could be hear d cl ear l y, it t ook m e a l ong tim e t o react . I suddenl y pr essed the br ake pedal har d and we wer e bot h t hr own f or war d. The exam i ner l ooked at m e sadl y. 39。 l esson69 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 r d t im e. I had been asked t o dr i ve i n heavy t r af fi c and had done so successf ull y. Af t er havi ng been instr uct ed to dr i ve out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sur e t hat I had passed, I was alm