【正文】 f visi tors across the Channel f r om Europe. On ar ivi ng in Engl and, they wer e taken t o t he Cr yst al Pal ace by t rain. There wer e six m il li on visit or s in al l, and the pr ofi ts f rom the exhibi tion wer e used to buil d museums and col leges. Later , t he Crystal Palace was moved to Sout h London. It r emained one of t he most famous buildi ngs in t he worl d unti l i t was bur nt down in 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had ki l ed the guar d, the pri soner of war qui ckl y dragged him int o the bushes. Wor ki ng r api dl y i n the darkness, he soon changed into the dead man39。Cigar et te Sm oki ng and Your Heal th39。s cr op bef ore t he Sept ember r ains. On the r ight, you can se Mr s Brabant e herself . She has been hel pi ng her husband f or t hi r t y year s now. Mr s Brabante i s talki ng to t he manager of the l ocal factor y where t he crop i s processed. Thi s last scene shows you what wil l happen at he end of t he harvest : t he famous Calabri an macar oni eati ng pet it ion ! Si gnor Fr at el i, the pr esent champion, has won it ever y year si nce 1961. And that ends our special bullet in f or today, Thur sday, Apr il 1st. We are now retur ning you t o the studio. 39。 sai d the voice of t he television announcer, 39。 i n the snow. For tunatel y, a pi lot saw the signal and sent a mesage by radio to t he near est town. I t was not l ong bef or e a heli copt er ar ri ved on the scene t o rescue the survivor s of t he plane crash. Lesson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 l eson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a l ight passenger plane fl ew off course some t ime ago, it crashed in t he mountains and it s pil ot was ki l ed. The only pa ssenger s, a young wom an and her two baby daughters, were unhurt . It was t he middle of wi nter . Snow lay thi ck on the gr ound. The woman knew t hat t he nearest vi l age was mil es away. When i t grew dar k. she tur ned a sui tcase i nto a bed and put the chil dren i nside i t, cover ing t hem wi th al l the clot hes she coul d f ind. Duri ng the night , i t got t er r ibly col d. The wom an kept as near as she could to t he chi ldr en and even tr ied t o get into the case herself , but i t was too smal . Ear ly ,next m or ning she hear d planes passi ng over head and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an i dea. She st am ped out t he let er s39。Wel , I39。 Oh, is i t ?39。m Rockwal l Sl inger and this i s Mer li n Gr eves. 39。 don39。 Look, sher if f, 39。t read !39。 I 39。Now you gut out of here, al of you! 39。t we e m or e of ten ?39。 Br inksl ey Meers agreed. 39。 It couldn39。This i s a wonderf ul pl ace f or a piic,39。s son, Donald, also set up a worl d record. Like hi s fat her , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play t ruant f r om school are unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。sensi t i ve 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 aside t o l et i t pas s. The cr owd broke i nt o cheer s and the drunk bowed. By thi s ti me, however, t hr ee 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 the bul l seemed to feel sor ry f or him, f or it looked on sym pat het ical y until t he drunk was out of t he way befor e once mor e t ur ning i ts at tenti on to t he matador. Leson71 A famous clock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of the f ir st things you wi l se i s Bi g Ben, t he famous clock whi ch can be heard al l over the wor ld on the B. . I f the Houses of Par liament had hot been burned down in 1834, the gr eat clock would never have been erected. Big Ben takes i ts name f rom Sir Benj amin Hal l who was responsibl e for t he making of the cl ock when t he new Houses of Parl ia ment were being bui lt . I t is not only of i mmense si ze, but is ext r emel y accur at e as wel . Of ici al s fr om Gr eenwich Observator y have t he clock checked twi ce a day. On the B. . you can hear the cl ock when i t is actual y str iking because microphones ar e connect ed to the clock t ower . Big Ben has r arely gone wr ong. Once, however, i t fail ed to gi ve the corr ect t ime. A pai nter who had been wor king on t he tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down ! Lesson72 A car called Bluebird “藍鳥”汽車 The great racing dr iver, Si r Malcolm Campbel, was t he fi rst man t o dri ve at over 300 mil es per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecor d i n Sept ember 1935 at Bonnevil le Sal t Fl ats, Utah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dr iving, had been speci al ly bui lt f or hi m. It was over 30 feet in l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Al t hough Campbel r eached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour , he had gr eat dif f iculty in contr oll ing t he car because a tyr e burst dur ing t he fi rst r un. Af ter his at tempt, 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 l ater, he was t ol d t hat a m istake had been m ade. His average speed had been 301 mil es per hour. Since t hat ti me, racing dr ivers have r eached speeds of over 400 mil es an hour . Fol lowi ng hi s fat her 39。s f oot st eps many year s later , Si r Malcolm 39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a cinema sei ng the same f ilm over and over agai n, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al l been put to sham e by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hit ch hiked t o Dover and, towar ds evening, went i nto a boat to f ind somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next mor ning, he discovered t hat t he boat had, i n the meanti me, tr avel led to Calais. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hit chhiked t o Pari s in a lorr y. The