【正文】 ost begi nni ng t o enj oy m y t est. The exam i ner m ust have been pleased wi t h m y perf orm ance, f or he sm il ed and sai d, 39。s al ways pl ent y t o read i n the 39。 he answer ed.39。 Then I 39。m going to the dentist.39。 I lied, 39。Woul d you m i nd m y i ng wi t h you ?39。m goi ng to.. .39。 I answered.39。 39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he m orni ngunti l I saw you. You39。Hull o, Eli zabeth,39。Fancy m eet ing you her e !39。Hul l o, Ber t,39。m onst er s39。s st eam hammer. Though in those days, t ravel ing was not as easy as it i s today, steam boats car ied t housands of vi si tor s acr oss t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ar ri ving i n Engl and, t hey wer e t aken t o the Cr yst al Pal ace by t rai n. There were six mil li on visit ors i n al , and t he pr ofi ts f r om t he exhibi ti on were used to bui ld museums a nd col leges. Later , the Cr yst al Palace was moved to Sout h London. I t r em ai ned one of t he most f amous bui ldi ngs i n the wor l d unt il i t was bur nt down in 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil led t he guar d, t he pri soner of war qui ckl y dragged hi m into the bushe s. Worki ng rapidl y in the darknes, he soon changed i nto t he dead m an39。Ci garet te Smoki ng and Your Healt h39。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 for thi rt y year s now. Mr s Brabant e i s talki ng to t he manager of the l ocal factor y wher e t he crop i s procesed. Thi s last scene shows you what wil l happen at he end of the 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 every year si nce 1961. And that ends our special bull et in f or today, Thur sday, Apr i l 1st. We are now retur ning you t o the studi o. 39。 sai d the voi ce 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 ore a heli copt er ar ri ved on the scene t o r escue the survivor s of t he plane crash. Lesson76 April Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 l esson75 SO S 呼救信號 When a li ght passenger pl ane f lew off course som e ti me ago, i t crashed i n t he m ount ai ns and it s pilot was kil led. The onl y pasenger s, a young woman and her two baby daught er s, wer e unhurt . I t was the m iddle of wi nter. Snow l ay thick on the ground. The woman knew that the nearest vi l age was mil es away. When i t gr ew dark. she turned a suit case i nt o a bed and put t he childr en inside i t, cover ing t hem wi th al l t he clothes she coul d fi nd. Dur ing t he night, i t got ter ri bly cold. The woman kept as near as she could t o the chil dren and even tr ied t o get i nto t he case herself , but it was t oo smal . Ear ly , next mor ning she hear d planes passi ng over head and wondered how she could send a si gnal . Then she had an i dea. She st am ped out t he let er s39。Wel , I 39。 Oh, i s it ?39。m Rockwal Sl inger and t hi s is Merl in Gr eeves.39。 don39。 Look, sheri f , 39。t r ead !39。 I 39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you! 39。t we e mor e of t en ?39。 Br inksley Mer s agr eed. 39。 I t couldn39。Thi s is a wonder ful place for a pi i c, 39。s son, Donald, also set up a worl d r ecord. Li ke hi s fat her , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record holder 紀錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play t ruant f r om school are unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。 leson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed int o the m iddle of t he ri ng. The crowd began to shout, but the dr unk was unaware of t he danger. The bull was busy wit h t he m at ador at he ti me, but i t suddenl y caught sight of t he drunk who was shouting rude r em ar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Appar ent ly sensit 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 umsil y st epped aside t o let it pas. The c rowd br oke int o cheers and t he drunk bowed. By this t im e, however , thr e men had e into the r ing and t hey qui ckl y dragged the drunk t o saf ety. Even the bull seem ed to f eel sorr y f or hi m, for i t looked on sympatheti cal ly unt il the dr unk was out of t he way bef ore once mor e tur ni ng it s at ent ion t o the m at ador . Lesson71 A f amous clock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of the f ir st t hings you wil l see i s Big Ben, t he famous 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 clock would never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes i ts name f rom Sir Benjami n Hal who was responsible for the m aki ng of the cl ock when the new Houses of Par li am ent wer e bei ng bui lt . It i s not onl y of i mm ense si ze, but is extr em ely accur ate as wel . Of fi ci al s f rom Gr enwi ch Obser vat or y have the cl ock checked t wice a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he cl ock when it i s act ual ly str i ki ng because m icr ophones ar e connected t o t he cl ock t ower. Bi g Ben has rar el y gone wr ong. Once, however , i t f ai led t o give t he cor rect im e. A pai nter who had been wor ki ng on the t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and sl owed it down ! Lesson72 A car call ed Bl uebi rd “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dr i ver, Si r Mal colm Cam pbel , was t he fi r st m an t o dri ve at over 300 mil es per hour. He set up a new wor l d record i n Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil l e Sal t Flats, Ut ah. Bl uebir d, t he car he was dr i vi ng, had been speci al l y bui lt f or hi m. It was over 30 f et i n l engt 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 gr eat di f icu