【正文】 Your sist er wi l be here i n l ess t han an hour and we m ust be at t he st ati on to m eet he r. We are l at e alr eady.39。Where ha ve you been hi di ng ?39。A r elati on of your s is i ng t o see you. She wi l be ar ri vi ng t hi s eveni ng and i ntends to st ay for a f ew days. The m om ent you leave t hi s tent, you wil l get a bi g surpri se. A woman you know wel l wil l r ush t owar ds you. She wi l speak t o you and then she wil l lead you away fr om t his pl a ce. That i s al l. 39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a wor ld r ecor d. Li ke his f ather, he was dri ving a car cal led Bl uebi rd. Lesson73 The recordholder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li t le boys who pl ay tr uant fr om school ar e uni maginati ve. A qui et day39。 l esson70 Red for danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Duri ng a bull fi ght , a drunk suddenly wander ed i nto the mi ddl e of the r ing. The cr owd began to shout, but the dr unk was unaware of t he danger. The bull was busy wit h t he matador at the t im e, but it suddenly caught si ght of the dr unk who was shout ing r ude r emarks and waving a red cap. Apparentl y s ensi tive t o cri ti cism, the bull f ot al l about the m at ador and char ged at he drunk. The cr owd suddenly gr ew quiet . The dr unk, however , seemed quit e sur e of him self . When t he bul l got close to him, he clumsi ly stepped asi de to l et i t pass. The cr owd broke i nto cheer s and the dr unk bowed. By t hi s ti me, however , t hree men had e i nto t he ri ng and they quickly dr agged t he dr unk to saf et y. Even t he bul l seemed t o feel sor ry for him , f or it l ooked on sympat het ical y unti l the drunk was out of the way befor e once more t urning its at tenti on to the matador. Lesson71 A famous cl ock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you vi si t London, one of t he fi rst thi ngs you wi l see is Bi g Ben, the f amous cl ock whi ch can be heard al l over t he worl d on the B. B. C. I f the Houses of Par li ament had hot been burned down i n 1834, t he gr eat cl ock would never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes it s name f rom Sir Benjami n Hal who was r esponsible for the m aki ng of the clock when the new Houses of Par li ament wer e being buil t. I t is not onl y of im mense size, but i s ext remel y acurat e as wel. Of f icials fr om Gr eenwi ch Obser vat ory have t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he . C. you can hear the clock when i t is actual y st ri king because mi cr ophones are connect ed to t he clock tower . Bi g Ben has r ar ely gone wr ong. Once, however, it f ailed t o give t he corr ect ti me. A paint er who had been wor king on t he tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed i t down ! Lesson72 A car cal led Bl uebi rd “藍(lán)鳥(niǎo)”汽車(chē) The great racing dr iver, Sir Malcolm Campbel l, was t he fi rst man to dr ive at over 300 m il es per hour . He set up a new worl d r ecor d in Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil le Salt Fl at s, Ut ah. Bl uebi rd, t he car he was dri ving, had been special ly buil t for him . It was over 30 f eet i n l ength and had a 2500 horse power engi ne. Al though Campbel l r eached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour , he had gr eat dif fi culty in contr oll ing t he car because a tyr e burst dur ing t he fi rst r un. Af ter his at empt, 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 later , he was told that a mistake had been made. 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 . Followi ng his f ather39。 he said, in a mournf ul voi ce,39。 I cont inued dr i vi ng and af ter some t ime, the examiner tapped loudly. Though the sound could be heard cl ear ly, it t ook me a l ong ti me t o react. I suddenly pr essed the brake pedal hard and we were bot h thr own f or ward. The exam iner looked at me sadly. 39。 l esson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng tested f or a dr i vi ng li cence f or t he thi rd t im e. I had been asked to dr ive i n heavy t raf fi c and had done so succesf ul ly. Af ter havi ng been inst ruct ed to dr ive out of t own, I began to acquir e conf idence. Sure that I had passed, I was al most beginning t o enjoy m y test. The exam iner must have been pl eased wit h my per for mance, f or he smi led and sai d, 39。s al ways pl ent y to read in the 39。 he answered.39。 Then I 39。m going t o the denti st .39。 I l ied, 39。Woul d you mi nd my i ng wit h you ?39。m goi ng to. . 39。 I answered.39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。 Bert answer ed. 39。Fancy meeti ng you her e ! 39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。t have to car y him . Of cour se, we shoul d ar est hi m, but as he has a good recor d, we shal l let hi m of f thi s ti me.39。 said a pol icem an af t er wards, 39。 of si x pret ty gi rl s, he s et of f down the m ai n str et of the ci ty r idi ng a baby el ephant cal ed Jum bo. He, shoul d have known t hat t he pol ice would neve r al ow thi s sor t of thing. A pol iceman appr oached Ji mmy and told hi m he ought to have gone along a sidestr eet as Jumbo was holding up the tr af ic. Though Ji m my agr ed t o go at once, Jum bo ref used to move. Fi ft en poli cem en had to push ver y hard to get him off t he main str eet . The pol ice had a di f icult ti me, but t hey were m ost amused. 39。s hospi tal. Dr esed up as Father Chri st mas and acpani ed by a 39。s closest f ri ends asked hi m t o make a speech at a wedding r ecepti on. This i s the sort of t hi ng that Geoff rey l oves. He prepared t he speech car ef ull y and went to t he weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a l arge number of f unny st ori es in t he speech and, of cour se, it was a gr eat succes. As soon as he had f ini shed, Jenny tol d him she want ed to go home. Geoff r ey was a li t le disappoi nted by t his but he di d as his daught er asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny i f she had enjoyed the speech. To his surpr ise,