【正文】 d. 39。s hospi t al. Dressed up as Fat her Chri st mas and apani ed by a 39。s son, Donald, also set up a worl d r ecord. Li ke hi s f at her , he wa s dr i vi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record holder 紀錄保持者 Li tl e boys who play t ruant fr om school are uni magi nat ive. A qui et day39。 l eson70 Red for danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bull fi ght , a drunk suddenly wander ed into the mi ddl e of the r ing. The crowd began to shout, but the drunk was unaware of t he danger. The bull was busy wit h the m at ador at the t im e, but it suddenly caught sight of the dr unk who was shouti ng r ude r emarks and waving a r ed cap. Apparentl y sensit ive 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 asi de to 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 hree 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 t he bul l seemed to feel sor ry f or him, f or it looked on sympat het ical y until t he drunk was out of t he way bef or e once more turni ng it s at tenti on to the mat ador . Lesson71 A fam ous cl ock 一個著名的大鐘 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 which can be hear d al over t he worl d on t he . C. If t he Houses of Par li ament 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 takes it s nam e fr om Si r Benj amin Hal who was r esponsi ble f or the making of t he clock when the new Houses of Par li am ent wer e bei ng buil t. It i s not onl y of imm ense size, but is ext remely accurate as wel l. Of fi cials f rom Gr enwi ch Obser vat ory have the cl ock checked t wice a day. On t he . C. you can hear t he clock when it i s act ual ly st ri king because micr ophones are connected t o t he cl ock tower. Bi g Ben has rar el y gone wrong. Once, however , it f ai led t o give t he cor rect ti me. A paint er who had been worki ng on the t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and slowed it down ! Lesson72 A car call ed Bl uebi rd “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Sir Mal col m Campbel l, was the f ir 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 y 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 been m ade. 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 said, in a mournf ul voi ce,39。 I cont inued dr ivi ng and af ter some t ime, the examiner tapped loudly. Though t he sound could be heard cl ear ly, it t ook me a l ong ti me t o react. I suddenly pr essed the br ake pedal hard and we were bot h thr own f or ward. The exam iner looked at m e sadly. 39。 lesson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng tested f or a dr ivi 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 succe sf ul ly. Af ter havi ng been inst ructed t o dr ive out of t own, I began to acquir e conf idence. Sure that I had pased, 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 t o read i n the 39。 he answer ed. 39。 Then I39。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 going t o. . .39。 I answer ed. 39。re not busy doi ng anyt hing, ar e you ?39。 Bert answer ed. 39。 39。 I sai d. 39。 Leson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff in is a m oder n aer o plane, but it s desi gner , Mr John Wim penny, is f inding i t dif fi cul t to get it off t he ground. The r eason f or this i s that thi s pl ane is also a bi cycle. I ts pil ot has t o pedal hard t o get it int o the ai r. Af ter Mr Wim penny had the pl ane bui lt, i t was tested thor oughly. I n 1961, i t was t he fi rst manpower ed ai rcr af t to f l y hal f a mi le. Whi le being f lown by a champi on amateur cycli st i n 1963, t he plane cr ashed on an ai rf ield. Since t hen, Mr Wim penny has had it rebuil t. He ha s had the l engt h of the wi ngs increased so t hat t hey now measure 93 feetalm ost as long as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nt erest i n t hi s new and unusual sport . But though ai r cycl ists m ay lear n how to f ly over shor t distances, and m ay, event ual ly, even get acr oss t he Engli sh Channel, it i s doubt ful whether they wi l ever cycl e across the At lanti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Haroun Tazief f the Poli sh scienti st, has spent hi s li fe ti me studying acti ve vol canoes and deep caves i n al par ts of t he worl d. In 1948, he went t o lake Ki vu in the Congo to observe a new vol cano whi ch he later named Ki turo. Tazi ef f was able t o set up hi s cam p ver y close t o the volcano whil e i t was er upt ing vi olently. Though he managed t o take a number of br il li ant photographs, he could not stay near t he vol cano f or ver y l ong. He noti ced that a ri ver of l iquid r ock was ing t owar ds him. I t thr eat ened t o sur round him plet el y, but Tazi ef managed to escape j ust in ti me. He wait ed unt il t he vol cano becam e quiet and he was able to r eturn two days l at er . This t ime, he m