【正文】 ge by r adio t o t he nearest town. It was not long befor e a helicopter ar ived on t he scene to rescue t he sur vivors of t he pl ane cr ash. Leson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信號(hào) When a li ght pasenger plane f lew of f cour se some tim e ago, i t cr ashed in the mountai 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 t he mi ddl e of wint er . Snow lay t hick on t he gr ound. The wom an knew that he near est vil lage was mi les away. When it grew dar k. she t urned a suit case int o a bed and put t he chi ldren i nsi de it , coveri ng them wit h al t he cl othes she could f ind. Dur ing t he ni ght , it got ter ibl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d to the chil dr en and even t ri ed to get int o the case her sel f, but it was too sm al l. Earl y ,next morni ng she heard pl anes pasi ng over head and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an idea. She stamped out the l et ter s39。Wel l, I 39。 Oh, i s it ?39。m Rockwal l Sli nger and thi s is Mer li n Gr eeves.39。 don39。 Look, sheri f , 39。t read ! 39。 I39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you!39。t we e mor e oft en ?39。 Br i nksley Meer s agreed. 39。 I t coul dn39。Thi s i s a wonder ful place f or a pi i c,39。s son, Donal d, also set up a worl d r ecor d. Li ke his f at her , he was dri vi ng a car cal led Bl uebir d. Lesson73 The record holder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li t le boys who play t ruant fr om school are uni maginative. A qui et day39。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Duri ng a bullf ight , a dr unk suddenly wandered i nto t he middl e of the r ing. The cr owd began t o shout , but t he dr unk was unawar e of the danger . The bul l was busy wi th the mat ador at the ti me, but i t suddenl y caught sight of t he drunk who was shouti ng rude r em ar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Appar ently sensit ve to cr it ici sm, t he bul l for got al about t he matador and charged at the dr unk. The crowd suddenl y grew quiet. The drunk, however, seem ed qui t 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 pass. 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 int o the r ing and t hey qui ckl y dragged the dr unk to safety. Even the bul l seemed to feel sor ry f or him, f or i t looked on sym pat het ical y unt il t he drunk was out of t he way befor e once m or e t ur ning i ts at tention to t he matador. Leson71 A f amous clock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of the f ir st hings 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 Parl iament had hot been burned down in 1834, the gr eat clock would never have been erected. Big Ben t akes i ts name f rom Sir Benjam in 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 i s extr em el 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 it is actual y str iking because microphones ar e connect ed t o the cl ock t ower. Bi g Ben has rarel y gone wr ong. Once, however , it fai led t o give t he cor rect tim e. A painter 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 Bluebird “藍(lán)鳥(niǎo)”汽車(chē) The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Si r Mal col m Campbel , was the f ir st man t o dr ive at over 300 mi les per hour . He set up a new wor ld record i n September 1935 at Bonnevi l e Sal t Flats, Utah. Bluebir d, the car he was dr ivi ng, had been speci al y bui lt f or hi m. I t was over 30 f et in lengt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 m il es per hour , he had great di f icult y in cont roll ing t he car because a t yre burst duri ng the f ir st r un. Af t er hi s at tempt , Cam pbel was di sappointed t o learn that hi s aver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour . However , a few days l at er , he was tol d that a mi st ake had been made . Hi s aver age speed had been 301 mi les per hour . Since that ti me, r aci ng dri ver s have reached speeds of over 400 mi les an hour. Foll owing his father39。 he said, in a mour nful voice,39。 I conti nued dr ivi ng and af ter som e ti me, the exam iner tapped loudly. Though t he sound could be heard cl ear ly, it t ook m e a l ong t im e to react . I suddenl y pressed t he brake pedal hard and we were both thrown for ward. The exami ner l ooked at me sa dly. 39。 lesson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being t est ed for a dr iving licence for the t hir d t ime. I had been asked t o dr ive in heavy t raf ic and had done so successful ly. Aft er havi ng been i nst ructed t o dri ve out of t own, I began to acqui re conf idence. Sure t hat I had passed, I was almost begi nning t o enj oy m y test. The exami ner m ust have been pl eased wit h my per for mance, for he smi led and sai d, 39。s always pl ent y to read in the 39。 he answered.39。 Then I 39。m going to the dentist.39。 I lied, 39。 Would you mind m y ing wi t h you ?39。 I 39。 No, not at al, 39。r e not busy doing anythi ng, ar e you ?39。 Ber t answer ed. 39。Fancy meeti ng you her e ! 39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。t have t o car y him . Of cour se, we shoul d ar est him , but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et hi m of f thi s ti me.39。 sai d a poli cem an af ter wards, 39。t he m ai n str eet . The pol ice had a dif f icult ti me, but t hey wer e most amused. 39。Jumbo must weigh a f ew t ons,39。so it was f or tunate t hat we didn39。 Lesson66 Swet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff in i s a modern aer o plane, but it s desi gner , Mr John Wi mpenny, is f inding it dif fi cul t to get it of f t he ground. The reason f or this i s that thi s plane is also a bi cycl e.