【正文】 s crop before the S。 sai d the voice of the televisi on announcer, 39。 in t he snow. Fort unatel y, a pi lot saw the si gnal and sent a message by radi o to the nearest t own. I t was not long befor e a hel icopter ar ived on the scene t o r escue t he survivors of the plane cr ash. Lesson76 Apri l Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 l esson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a li ght passenger plane flew of f course some time ago, i t cr ashed in t he mountains and i ts pil ot was kil led. The onl y passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, wer e unhurt. I t was the middle of wint er . Snow lay thick on t he gr ound. The woman knew t hat the nearest vi lage was miles away. When it grew dark. she t ur ned a suit case into a bed and put t he chil dr en inside i t, covering t hem wit h al l the clothes she could find. Dur ing t he ni ght, i t got ter ibly cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d to the chi ldren and even tr ied to get into the case her self, but it was too smal l. Early ,next morning she heard pl anes pasing over head and wondered how she could send a si gnal. Then she had an i dea. She stamped out the let er s39。Wel l, I39。 Oh, i s it ?39。m Rockwal Sli nger and t hi s is Mer lin Greeves. 39。 don39。 Look, sher if , 39。t read !39。 I 39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you!39。t we e mor e often ?39。 Br inksley Meers agr ed. 39。 I t couldn39。This i s a wonderful place for a pii c, 39。s son, Donald, also set up a worl d r ecor d. Li ke hi s father, he was dr iving a car cal ed Bl uebir d. Lesson73 The record holder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tle boys who pl ay tr uant from school are unimagi nati ve. A quiet day39。 l esson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Duri ng a bul lfi ght , a dr unk suddenl y wandered into the middle of the r ing. The crowd began t o shout , but the dr unk was unawar e of the danger . The bull was busy wi th t he mat ador at t he time, but i t suddenl y caught sight of t he dr unk who was shout i ng rude remarks and waving a r ed cap. Appar ent ly sensit ve to cri ticism, the bull for got al about the mat ador and char ged at the drunk. The crowd suddenly gr ew qui et . The dr unk, however, semed quit e sur e of hi mself . When the bul l got close t o him, he clumsi ly stepped asi de to l et i t pas. The cr owd br oke i nt o cheers and the drunk bowed. By this t ime, however, t hr e men had e into t he ri ng and t hey qui ckly dr agged the drunk to safety. Even the bull semed to feel sor ry for hi m, for it looked on sympat heti cal y unt il the drunk was out of the way bef ore once mor e turning i ts at enti on to t he mat ador. Leson71 A famous cl ock 一個著名的大鐘 When you vi si t London, one of the f ir st t hi ngs you wil see is Bi g Ben, t he famous clock whi ch can be heard al l over the world on the . C. I f the Houses of Parl iament had hot been burned down i n 1834, the great clock would never have been er ected. Big Ben takes i ts name fr om Sir Benjamin Hal who was responsible for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parl iament were being bui lt. I t is not onl y of immense size, but is ext rem el y acurate as wel. Of fi ci al s fr om Greenwi ch Obser vator y have the clock checked t wi ce a day. On the B. B. C. you can hear the cl ock when it i s act ual y st ri ki ng because mi crophones are connect ed t o t he cl ock t ower. Bi g Ben ha s rar el y gone wr ong. Once, however , it f ail ed to gi ve t he cor rect ti me. A pai nt er who had been wor ki ng on t he tower hung a pot of pai nt on one of the hands and sl owed it down ! Leson72 A car cal led Bl uebi rd “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The great r aci ng dri ver, Si r Mal colm Cam pbel, was t he f ir st man t o dri ve at over 300 m il es per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecord i n Sept ember 1935 at Bonnevil e Sal t Fl at s, Ut ah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dr i vi ng, had been special y buil t f or him. I t was over 30 feet i n lengt h and had a 2500 hor sepower engi ne. Al t hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour , he had gr eat di fi cult y i n contr ol li ng t he car because a t yr e bur st duri ng t he fi rst run. Af ter hi s at empt, Cam pbel l was di sappointed t o lear n t hat hi s average speed had been 299 miles per hour. However , a f ew days later, he was told that a mistake had been made. His average speed had been 301 miles per hour. Since that t ime, raci ng dr iver s have r eached speeds of over 400 mil es an hour . Foll owi ng his f at her 39。 he sai d, i n a mournful voi ce,39。 I conti nued dri vi ng and aft er some time, the exami ner tapped l oudly. Though t he sound could be heard cl earl y, i t took me a l ong t ime to r eact . I suddenly pr essed the brake pedal hard and we were both thrown f or war d. The examiner looked at me sadly. 39。 leson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being t ested f or a dr iving l icence for the thi rd t ime. I had been asked t o drive i n heavy tr af fi c and had done so successf ul ly. Aft er havi ng been inst ruct ed to dr ive out of town, I began to acquir e confi dence. Sur e that I had passed, I was al most beginning to enjoy my test. The examiner must have been pleased wit h my perf or mance, f or he smil ed and sai d, 39。s al ways plent y to read in t he 39。 he answer ed.39。 Then I39。m going to the denti st .39。 I l ied, 39。 Woul d you mind my ing wit h you ?39。 I39。 No, not at al, 39。 I was just wonder ing how to spend t he mor ninguntil I saw you. You39。Hullo, Eli zabeth,39。Fancy meet ing you here !39。Hullo, Bert, 39。t have t o car r y him . Of course, we shoul d ar rest him, but as he has a good record, we shal l et him off t hi s tim e.39。 sai d a pol icem an aft er war ds, 39。 of six pr et ty gir ls, he set off down the main str et of the city ri di ng a baby elephant cal led Jumbo. He, should have known that the pol ice would never al ow this sort of thi ng. A poli ceman approached Jimmy and t ol d him he ought to have gone al ong a side str et as Jumbo was holding up t