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ng hi m fr om f oll owing m e ar ound al l mor ni ng. 39。so i t was fort unat e t hat we di dn39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a few t ons, 39。guar d of honour39。t we e more 邊境地區(qū)專項(xiàng)轉(zhuǎn)移支付資金項(xiàng)目可行性研究報告 項(xiàng) 目 名 稱: 睦倫 下者梅 中壩 鄉(xiāng)村公路建設(shè)項(xiàng)目 申 報 單 位(蓋章): 木 央鎮(zhèn)人民 政府 聯(lián) 系 人: 周 靖 電 話: 08766440013 傳 真: 08766440012 編 寫 時 間: 二 0 一 二 年 二 月 二十三 日 主 管 部 門: Engl ishm an, Wil li am Low. He suggest ed t hat a doubl e rail way t unnel should be buil t. Thi s woul d solve t he pr oblem of venti lati on, f or if a t r ai n ent ered t hi s t unnel, it woul d draw in f r esh air behind i t. Fort yt wo year s l at er a t unnel was actual y begun. If , at t he tim e, t he Br it ish had not f ear ed i nvasi on, i t would have been pl et ed. Recent l y, t her e has again been gr eat i nt er est i n t he i dea of a Channel Tunnel. I f i t is buil t, i t wil l connect Br it ai n t o Eur ope f or t he fi r st t im e i n hi st or y. Lesson65 Jum bo versus t he pol ice 小象對警察 Last Chr i stm as, t he ci r cus owner, Jimm y Gat es, deci ded t o t ake som e pr esent s t o a chi l dr en39。 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, Donal d, al so set up a wor l d record. Li ke hi s fat her, he was dr i vi ng a car cal ed Bl uebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play t r uant fr om school are unim agi nat i ve. A qui et day39。 l eson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed i nt o t he m iddle of t he ri ng. The cr owd began t o shout , but t he dr unk was unawar e of t he danger. The bull was busy wi th t he mat ador at t he ti me, but i t suddenl y caught sight of t he dr unk who was shouti ng r ude r em arks and waving a r ed cap. Appar entl y sensit i ve t o cri ti ci sm , t he bull f or got al l about t he m at ador and charged at the dr unk. The crowd sudde nl y gr ew qui et . The dr unk, however, seem ed qui te sur e of hi msel f. When t he bull got close to hi m, he clumsil y stepped asi de t o l et i t pass. The cr owd br oke i nto cheer s and t he dr unk bowed. By t his t im e, however , thr e m en had e int o the r ing and t hey qui ckl y dragged the dr unk t o safet y. Even t he bul seem ed t o feel sor ry f or him, f or it l ooked on sym pat het i cal y unti l t he dr unk was out of t he way bef or e once mor e tur ni ng it s at ent ion t o t he m at ador . Lesson71 A f am ous cl ock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of t he f ir st t hings you wil l see i s Bi g Ben, t he f am ous cl ock whi ch can be hear d al l over t he worl d on t he B. B. C. If t he Houses of Parli ament had hot been bur ned down in 1834, the gr eat clock woul d never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes it s nam e f rom Sir Benjami n Hal who was responsibl e for t he m aki ng of the cl ock when t he new Houses of Parl iament were bei ng buil t. I t is not onl y of im mense si ze, but i s ext r em el y accur at e as wel . Of i ci al s fr om Greenwich Observator y have t he clock checked t wi ce a day. On the B. B. C. you can hear t he cl ock when it i s act ual y str i ki ng because m icr ophones ar e connected t o t he cl ock t ower. Bi g Be n has rar el y gone wr ong. Once, however , i t f ai led t o give t he cor rect tim e. A paint 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”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 m il es per hour . He set up a new worl d r ecor d i n Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil le Salt Fl at s, Utah. Bluebi r d, t he car he was dri vi ng, had been speci al l y bui lt f or him . It was over 30 feet in l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 mi l es per hour, he had gr eat dif fi cul t y in contr oll ing t he car because a t yr e burst dur i ng t he fi r st r un. Af t er hi s at tem pt, Cam pbel was di sappoi nted t o l ear n t hat hi s aver age speed had been 299 mi l es per hour . However , a f ew days l at er, he was t ol d t hat a mi stake had been m ade. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 m il es per hour. Si nce t hat t im e, r aci ng dri ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 mi les an hour. Foll owing his f ather39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce,39。 I cont i nued dri ving and aft er som e t im e, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though t he sound coul d be hear d cl earl y, i t t ook m e a l ong t im e to r eact . I suddenl y pr essed t he brake pedal hard and we were bot h thr own f or war d. The exam iner looked at m e sadl y. 39。 l eson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺! I was bei ng t est ed f or a dr ivi ng l i cence f or t he t hir d t im e. I had been asked t o dr ive i n heavy t r af fi c and had done so successf ul l y. Af ter havi ng bee n i nst r uct ed t o dr ive out of t own, I began t o acquir e confi dence. Sur e t hat I had passed, I was alm ost begi nni ng t o enj oy m y t est. The exami ner m ust have been pleased wi t h m y perf orm ance, for he sm il ed and sai d, 39。s al ways plent y t o r ead i n t he 39。 he answer ed. 39。 Then I39。m goi ng to t he dent ist.39。 I li ed, 39。Would you mi nd m y i ng wi th you ?39。m goi ng t o.. .39。 I answer ed. 39。r e not busy doing anyt hi ng, are you ?39。 Bert answered. 39。 39。 I said. 39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜! The Hat hel d Puff in i s a m oder n aer o plane, but it s desi gner, Mr John Wim penny, is f indi ng i t dif fi cul t o get it off t he gr ound. The r eason f or t his i s t hat t hi s pl ane is also a bi cycl e. I ts pil ot has t o pedal h