【正文】 m. But as t hey soon di scover ed, di sguises can somet imes be t oo per fect. 39。s f oot st eps m any year s lat er, Si r Mal colm39。 you have j ust kil led t hat chil d !39。Mr Eames,39。Just one m or e t hi ng, Mr Eames. Let us suppose t hat a chi ld suddenly cr osses the r oad in f r ont of you. As soon as I tap on t he window, I want the car to be stopped im medi ately. 39。wai ti ng room !39。 Ther e39。l l e wi t h you, 39。 39。but I 39。 he asked, bef ore I had f inished speaking. ‘ Not at al ,39。m goi ng to.. . 39。 I answered.39。 39。 I was just wonderi ng how t o spend t he morni ngunt il I saw you. You39。Hul lo, El izabet h, 39。Fancy meeti ng you her e !39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。t have to car y hi m. Of cour se, we should ar rest hi m, but as he has a good record, we shal l let him off t hi s ti me.39。 said a pol iceman aft er wards, 39。 of six pr ety gir ls, he set off down t he main st reet of t he ci ty ri di ng a baby elephant cal led Jumbo. He, shoul d have known that the poli ce woul d never al ow t his sort of thi ng. A pol iceman approached Jim my and tol d him he ought t o have gone along a si de st reet as Jumbo was hol di ng up the t raf fi c. Though Jimmy agr eed to go at once, Jumbo r ef used t o move. Fi ft een pol icemen had to push ver y har d to get him off t he main st reet. The poli ce had a di f icult t ime, but they were m ost amused. 39。s hospit al . Dressed up as Fa t her Chr istmas and acpanied by a 39。 said t he voi ce of the t el evi si on announcer , 39。 in t he snow. Fort unat el y, a pil ot saw t he si gnal and sent a message by r adi o t o the nearest own. It was not long before a hel icopter ar ived on t he scene to r escue the sur vi vor s of the pl ane cr ash. Lesson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 leson75 SOS 呼救信號(hào) When a l ight passenger plane fl ew of f cour se some t im e ago, it cr ashed in t he mountains and i ts pil ot was ki l ed. The only passengers, a young wom an and her t wo baby daughters, were unhurt . It was t he middl e of winter . Snow lay t hi ck on the gr ound. The woman knew t hat t he near est vil lage was mi les away. When it grew dar k. she t ur ned a sui tcase into a bed and put the chil dren i nsi de it , coveri ng them wi t h al the cl ot hes she coul d f ind. Duri ng the ni ght , it got t er ibl y col d. The wom an kept as near as she could to t he chi ldr en and even t ri ed to get int o the case her sel f, but i t was too smal . Earl y ,next morning she heard pl anes pasing overhead and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal. Then she had an idea. She stamped out the let ters39。Wel l, I 39。 Oh, i s it ?39。m Rockwal Sli nger and thi s is Merl in Gr eeves.39。 don39。 Look, sheri f , 39。t r ead ! 39。 I39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you!39。t we e mor e oft en ?39。 Bri nksley Meer s agreed. 39。 I t coul dn39。This i s a wonder ful place f or a pi i c,39。s son, Donal d, also set up a wor l d record. Like hi s father , 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 tr uant f rom school ar e unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur i ng a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wandered i nt o t he middle of t he ri ng. The cr owd began t o shout , but t he dr unk was unawar e of the dange r . The bul l was busy wi th t he matador at he ti me, but i t suddenl y caught si ght of t he drunk who was shout ing r ude 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 him sel f. When t he bul l got cl ose t o him , he cl um si ly st epped asi de to let it pas. The cr owd br oke i nto cheers and the dr unk bowed. By t his t ime, however , three m en had e i nto t he ri ng and they quickly dr agged t he drunk t o saf et y. Even t he bull semed t o f el sor r y for him , for it l ooked on sympatheti cal ly unti l the dr unk was out of the way bef or e once more turni ng it s atenti on to the mat ador . Lesson71 A fam ous cl ock 一個(gè)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 name fr om Si r Benjamin Hal who was r esponsi ble f or the making of t he clock when the new Houses of Par li ament wer e bei ng buil t. It i s not onl y of immense 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 the clock when it i s act ual ly st ri king because mi cr ophones are connect ed to t he clock t ower . Big Ben has r ar ely gone wr ong. Once, however, it f ail ed to gi ve the corr ect ti m e. A pai nt er who had been wor king on t he tower hung a pot of pai nt on one of the hands and sl owed i t down ! Lesson72 A car cal led Bl uebi rd “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The great r aci ng dri ver , Sir Mal col m Cam pbel l, was t he f ir st m an t o dr i ve at over 300 mi l es per hour . He set up a new worl d r ecor d in Sept em ber 1935 at Bonne vi l e Salt Fl at s, Ut ah. Bl uebi r d, t he car he was dri vi ng, had been special y buil t for him. I t was over 30 f eet i n l engt h and had a 2500 horse power engi ne. Al though Cam pbel l reached a speed of over 304 m il es per hour, he had gr eat di f fi cul ty i n cont r ol li ng t he car because a t yr e bur st duri ng t he fi rst run. Aft er hi s at em pt , Cam pbel l was di sappoi nt ed to l ear n t hat his average speed had been 299 m il es per hour. However , a f ew days l ater, he was t ol d t hat a mi stake had been m ade. His average speed had been 301 m il es per hour. Si nce t hat ti me, r aci ng dr i vers have r eached speeds of over 400 m il