【正文】 perf ect . 39。s f oot st eps m any years l ater, Si r Malcolm 39。 you ha ve just ki l ed that chi ld ! 39。Mr Eames, 39。Just one more thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenl y crosses t he road i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on the wi ndow, I want t he car to be st opped i mmediat el y.39。wait ing r oom ! 39。 Ther e39。l e wi th you, 39。m goi ng to t he dent ist. 39。 I li ed, 39。Would you m ind my ing wi th you ?39。m going t o.. .39。 I answer ed.39。 39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he morni ngunti l I saw you. You39。Hul lo, Eli zabeth, 39。Fancy meet ing you her e !39。Hul l o, Ber t, 39。m onst er s39。s st eam ham mer. Though in t hose days, t ravel li ng was not as easy as i t is t oday, steam boats car ied t housands of visit ors across the Channel f rom Europe. On ar ivi ng in Engl and, they wer e taken to the Cr yst al Palace by t rain. There wer e six m il lion vi sitor s in al l, and the pr ofi ts f rom the exhibit ion wer e used to buil d museum s and col leges. Later, t he Crystal Palace was moved to South London. It r em ai ned one of t he most f amous bui ldi ngs i n t he worl d until i t was bur nt down in 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had ki led t he 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 darknes, he soon changed i nto t he dead m a n39。Ci garet e Smoking and Your Healt h39。s crop befor e the September r ai ns. On the r ight, you can see Mrs Br abant e her sel f. She has been helping her husband f or t hir ty years now. Mrs Br abante is t al king t o the m anager of t he local f act ory wher e the cr op is pr ocessed. Thi s last scene shows you what wi l happen at the end of the har vest : the f am ous Cal abr ian macaroni eat ing peti ti on ! Signor Fratel li, t he present cham pi on, has won i t every year since 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull e ti n for t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We ar e now r et urni ng you to t he st udi o.39。 said the voice of the t elevision announcer, 39。 in t he snow. For tunat ely, a pil ot saw t he signal and sent a m essage by radio t o t he nearest town. It was not long befor e a heli copter 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 ti me ago, i t cr ashed i n the m ountai 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 the mi ddl e of wint er. Snow lay t hick on t he ground. The wom an knew that he near est vil lage was mi les away. When it gr ew dar k. she t urned a suit case int o a bed and put t he chi ldr en insi de it , coveri ng them wit h al l 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 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 of ten ?39。 Br inksl ey Meers agreed. 39。 It couldn39。This is a wonderf ul pl ace f or a piic,39。s son, Donald, 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。 l esson70 Red for danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Duri ng a bull fi ght , a drunk suddenly wander ed into the mi ddl e of the r ing. The crowd began to shout, but t he drunk was unawar e of the danger . The bul l was busy wi th the mat ador at the t ime, 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 ive to cr it ici sm , t he bul l for got al l about the matador and char ged at the dr unk. The crowd suddenl y gr ew quiet. The drunk, however , seem ed qui te sur e of hi msel f . When the bull got cl ose to hi m, he cl umsil y stepped aside t o let it pass. The crowd br oke int o cheers and t he drunk bowed. By this tim e, however, thr ee men had e int o the r ing and t hey qui ckl y dragged the dr unk t o safety. Even the bull seem ed to f eel sorr y f or hi m, for i t looked on sympatheti cal ly unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way bef ore once mor e tur ning i ts at ent ion t o 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 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 the B. . I f the Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down in 1834, the gr eat clock would never have bee n er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes it s nam e f rom Si r Benjami n Hal who was r esponsi ble f or t he m aki ng of t he clock when t he new Houses of Par li am ent wer e being buil t. I t i s not onl y of imm ense size, but i s ext remel y acur at e as wel l. Of fi cials f r om Gr eenwi ch Obser vat or y have t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear the cl ock when i t i s act ual l y st ri king because mi cr ophone s 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 ti me. A pai nt er who had been wor ki ng on t he t ower hung a pot of paint on one of t he hands and slowed i t down ! Lesson72 A car cal led Bl uebi rd “藍(lán)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 Fl ats, Ut ah. Bl uebir d, t he car he was dr ivi ng, had been speci al l y bui lt f or hi m. It was over 30 f et