【正文】 ed had been 299 mil es per hour. However, a f ew days l ater, he was t old t hat a mistake had been made. His average speed had been 301 mil es per hour. Since t hat t ime, racing dr ivers have r eached speeds of over 400 mil es an hour . Fol lowi ng hi s f at her 39。 he said, in a mournf ul voice,39。 I continued dr iving and aft er some time, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though the sound coul d be hear d clea rl y, i t took me a long t ime t o r eact. I suddenly presed 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。 l eson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being t est ed for a dr iving l icence f or the t hir d ti me. I had been asked t o dri ve in heavy tr af ic and had done so successfull y. Aft er having been instr ucted to dri ve out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sur e that I had passed, I was almost begi nni ng to enj oy my t est . The exami ner must have been pleased wi th my perf orm ance, f or he sm il ed and said, 39。s always plenty to r ead in t he 39。 he answer ed.39。 Then I 39。m goi ng to t he dent ist. 39。 I li ed, 39。Would you m ind my i ng wi th you ?39。m going t o.. .39。 I answer ed. 39。 39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how to spend the m orningunti l I saw you. You39。Hul lo, Eli zabeth,39。Fancy meet ing you here !39。Hul l o, Ber t, 39。t have to car y him . Of cour se, we shoul d ar est him , but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et hi m of f thi s ti me.39。 sai d a poli cem an af ter 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 a long a si de st reet as Jumbo was hol di ng up the t raf ic. Though Ji mmy agr ed t o go at once, Jum bo refused to move. Fi ft en poli cem en had t o push ver y hard to get him off t he m ain str eet . The pol ice had a dif f icult ti me, but t hey were m ost amused. 39。s hospit al . Dressed up as Fat her Chr istmas and acpanied by a 39。s crop befor e the September r ai ns. On t he ri ght, you can see Mrs Br abante 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 harvest : t he fam ous Cal abr ian macaroni eat ing peti ti on ! Signor Fratel i, 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 urning you t o t he st udi o.39。 sai d the voice of t he t elevisi on announcer,39。 i n t he snow. Fort unat el y, a pi l ot saw t he si gnal and sent a m essage by r adi o t o t he nearest t own. It was not long befor e a hel i copter ar i ved on t he scene t o rescue t he sur vi vors of t he pl ane cr ash. Leson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 l esson75 SO S 呼救信號 When a li ght passenger pl ane f l ew off course som e ti me ago, it cr ashed i n t he mountai ns and it s pil ot was ki l ed. The onl y passengers, a young wom an and her t wo baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. I t was the mi ddle of wi nter. Snow l ay t hi ck on the gr ound. The woman knew t hat t he near est vil age was mil es away. When it gr ew dar k. she t urned a suit case i nt o a bed and put t he chil dr en i nsi de it , coveri ng t hem wit h al t he cl othes she coul d f i nd. Dur ing t he ni ght , it got ter ri bl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d t o t he chil dren and even tr ied t o get i nto t he case herself, but it was t oo sm al. Ear ly , next m or ning she hear d planes passi ng over head and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal. Then she had an i dea. She st am ped out t he let ers39。Wel , I39。 Oh, i s it ?39。m Rockwal l Sli nger and t hi s is Merl in Greeves.39。 don39。 Look, sher if f, 39。t read !39。 I39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you!39。t we e m or e of t en ?39。 Bri nksl ey Meer s agr ed. 39。 It coul dn39。Thi s i s a wonder f ul pl ace f or a piic,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 sens it 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 suddenl 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