【正文】 d i nto t he dead m an39。Cigar et te Sm oki ng and Your Heal th39。s crop bef ore t he Sept em ber r ains. On the r ight, you can see Mrs Br abant e her sel f. She has been helpi ng her husband f or thir ty year s now. Mrs Br abant e is t alking t o t he manager of the local factory wher e t he cr op is pr ocessed. This l ast scene shows you what wi l happen at t he end of t he har vest : the f am ous Cal abr ian m acaroni eati ng pet it on ! Signor Frat el li , the present cham pion, has won it ever y year since 1961. And that ends our special bul leti n f or t oday, Thursday, Apr il 1st. We ar e now r eturni ng you to t he studio.39。 said t he voice of the t el evi sion announcer ,39。 in t he snow. Fort unat ely, a pil ot saw t he si gnal and sent a m essage by r adio t o the nearest town. It was not long befor e a hel icopter ar ived on t he scene to r escue t he sur vi vors of the 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 t ime 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 woman knew t hat he near est vil lage was mi les away. When it grew dar k. she t urned a suitcase 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. Duri ng 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 smal l. Earl y ,next morni ng she heard pl anes pasing overhead and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal. Then s he 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 m or e oft en ?39。 Bri nksl ey Meers agreed. 39。 It coul dn39。This i s a wonderf ul pl ace f or a piic,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. Leson73 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。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed int o the middle of t he ri ng. The cr owd began t o shout , but the dr unk was unawar e of the danger . The bul l was busy wi th t he matador at t he ti me, but i t suddenl y caught si ght of t he drunk who was shouting rude remar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Appar ent ly sensi ti ve to cr it icism, t he bul l for got al about t he matador and charged at the dr unk. The crowd suddenl y grew qui et. The drunk, however, seem ed qui te sure of hi msel f. When the bull got cl ose t o him , he cl umsily st epped aside t o let it pas. The crowd br oke into cheers and t he dr unk bowed. By this t im e, however , thr e men had e into the r ing and they quickly dragged the drunk t o saf ety. Even the bull sem ed t o f eel sorr y f or hi m, for i t l ooked on sympatheti cal ly unt il the dr unk was out of the way bef ore once mor e tur ni ng it s at ent ion t o the m at ador . Lesson71 A f am ous cl ock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of the f ir st t hi ngs you wil l see i s Big Ben, the f amous clock which can be hear d al over the wor ld on t he . C. If t he Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down in 1834, the great 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 responsible for the maki ng of t he cl ock when t he new Houses of Par li am ent wer e bei ng buil t. It i s not onl y of imm ense size, but i s ext remel y acurat e as wel l. Of fi cials f r om Gr eenwi ch Obser vat ory have t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he clock when it i s act ual l y st ri ki ng because mi cr ophones are connect ed t o t he cl ock tower. Bi g Ben has r ar el y gone wr ong. Once, however , it f ai l ed t o gi ve t he cor r ect tim e. A pai nt er who had been wor ki ng on t he t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and sl owed it down ! Lesson72 A car cal ed Bl uebi rd “藍(lán)鳥(niǎo)”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Si r Mal colm Cam pbel , was the f ir st m an t o dr ive at over 300 mi les per hour. He set up a new worl d r ecor d i n September 1935 at Bonnevi l e Sal t Flat s, Ut ah. Bl uebir d, the car he was dr i vi ng, had been speci al y bui lt f or hi m. I t was over 30 f eet i n lengt h and had a 2500 hor se power engi ne. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 m il es per hour, he had great di f i cult y i n cont r ol i ng t he car be cause a t yre bur st duri ng t he f ir st r un. Aft er hi s at t 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 mist ake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 mi les per hour . Si nce t hat im e, r aci ng dri ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 mi les an hour . Foll owi ng his f ather39。 he sai d, i n a m our nful voice,39。 I conti nued dr iving and af ter some ti me, t he exami ner tapped l oudl y. Though t he sound coul d be hear d clearl y, i t took m e a long t ime to r eact . I suddenl y pressed t he br ake pedal har d and we wer e both t hrown f orwar d. The exami ner l ooked at me sadl y. 39。 lesson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being test ed for a dr ivi ng li cence for t he thir d t ime. I had been asked t o dr i ve i n heavy tr af ic and had done so successfull y. Aft er having been i nstr ucted to dri ve out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sur e t hat I had passed, I was alm ost begi nni ng to enj oy my t est . The exami ner must have been pleased wi th my perf orm ance, for he smil ed and said, 39。s al