【正文】 you have just ki l ed t hat chi ld ! 39。Mr Eam es,39。Just one m or e t hi ng, Mr Eames. Let us suppose t hat a chi l d suddenl y cr osses t he r oad i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on t he window, I want t he car t o be st opped i mm edi at el y.39。wai t i ng r oom ! 39。 Ther e39。l l e wi t h you,39。 39。but I39。 he asked, bef or e I had fi nished speaki ng. ‘ Not at al, 39。 39。 I39。 No, not at al l,39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he m orni ngunti l I saw you. You39。Hul lo, Eli zabet h,39。Fancy m eet i ng you her e !39。Hul l o, Ber t,39。t have t o car r y hi m. Of course, we shoul d ar r est hi m, but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et him off t his t im e.39。 sai d a pol i ceman aft er war ds, 39。s crop bef or e t he Septem ber r ai ns. On t he r i 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 m anager of t he local f act ory 天然林資源保護工程 貴州省赫章縣二 O一 O年 封山育林作業(yè)設(shè)計 貴州省畢節(jié)地區(qū)林業(yè)調(diào)查規(guī)劃設(shè)計院 二○一 O 年六月 t he mai n st r et. The poli ce had a di f fi cult t im e, but t hey wer e m ost am used. 39。 sai d t he voi ce of t he t el evi si on announcer ,39。 i n t he snow. Fort unat el y, a pi l ot saw t he si gnal and sent a m essage by r adi o t o the nearest t own. I t was not l ong bef or e a hel icopt er ar ived 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 SOS 呼救信號 When a li ght pasenger plane f lew of f cour se some ti me ago, i t cr ashed i n the m ountai ns and i ts pi lot was kil led. The onl y passengers, a young woman and her t wo baby daughter s, wer e unhur t. I t was the mi ddl e of wi nt er. Snow lay t hick on t he ground. The wom an knew that the near est vil lage was mi les away. When it gr ew dar k. she t urned a suit case int o a bed and put t he chi ldr en insi de it , coveri ng them wit h al t he cl othes she could 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 ca se 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。Wel l, I 39。 Oh, i s it ?39。m Rockwal Sli nger and thi s is Mer l in Gr eeves.39。 don39。 Look, sheri f , 39。t r ead ! 39。 I39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you!39。t we e mor e oft en ?39。 Br inksley Mer s agr eed. 39。 I t couldn39。Thi s is a wonder ful place for a pi i c, 39。s son, Donald, also set up a worl d r ecord. Li ke hi s f at her , he was dri vi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record holder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li t le boys who play t ruant fr om school are uni magi nat ive. A qui et day39。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed int o the m iddle of t he ri ng. The cr owd began t o shout , but the dr unk was unawar e of the danger . The bul l was busy wi th t he matador at t he ti me, but i t suddenl y caught si ght of t he dr unk who was shout ing r ude remar ks and wavi ng a red cap. Appar ent ly sensi ti ve to cr it icism, t he bul l fot al about t he matador and charged at the dr unk. The crowd suddenl y grew qui et. The drunk, however, sem ed qui te sure of hi msel f. When t he bull got cl ose t o him , he cl um si ly st epped asi de to let it pas. The crowd br oke into cheers and t he dr unk bowed. By t his t im e, however , thr e m en had e into the r ing and they quickly dr agged t he drunk t o saf ety. Even the 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 e r 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 Obse r 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 f i r st man to dr ive at over 300 m il es per hour . He set up a new worl d r ecor d in September 1935 at Bonnevil le Salt Fl at s, Ut ah. Bl uebi rd, the car he was dri ving, had been special ly buil t for him . I t was over 30 f eet i n length and had a 2500 horsepower engi ne. Al though Campbel l reached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour, he had great dif fi cul ty i n contr ol li ng the car because a tyre bur st dur ing t he fi rst run. Af ter his at em pt, Campbel l was disappoint ed to l ear n t hat his average speed had been 299 mil es per hour. However, a f ew days l ater, he was t old t hat a m istake had bee n made. His average speed had been 301 mil es per hour. Since t hat t ime, racing dr ivers have r eached speeds of over 400 mil es an hour . Fol lowi ng hi s f at her 39。 he sai d, i n a m our nful voice, 39。 I conti nued dr iving and af ter some ti me, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though t he sound coul d be hear d clearl y, i t took me a long t ime to r eact . I s