【正文】 nvasi on, it woul d have been pl et ed. Recentl y, ther e has again been great interest i n the idea of a Channel Tunnel. If it is built , i t wi l connect Br itain t o Eur ope for the fi rst ime in history. Leson65 Jumbo versus t he poli ce 小象對(duì)警察 Last Christmas, the circus owner , Jimmy Gates, decided to take some pr esent s to a chil dr en39。Ci gar et e Smoking and Your Heal th39。s cr op before the September r ains. On t he r ight , you can see Mr s Br abant e hersel f. She has been hel ping her husband f or t hi rty year s now. Mrs Brabante i s t al ki ng t o the manager of t he l ocal fact or y wher e t he cr op i s pr ocessed. This last scene shows you what wi l happen at he end of the har vest : the famous Calabr ian macar oni eat ing pet it on ! Signor Fratel i, the pr esent champi on, has won i t ever y year since 1961. And t hat ends our special bull et in f or today, Thursday, Apri l 1st. We ar e now r eturning you to t he studio.39。 said t he voice of the televi si on announcer ,39。 i n the snow. Fortunat el y, a pilot saw t he signal and sent a mesage by radio to t he near est own. It was not l ong bef or e a heli copter ar ived on t he scene t o rescue the survivor s of t he plane crash. Lesson76 Apri l Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 leson75 SOS 呼救信號(hào) When a li ght pasenger plane f lew off course some ti me ago, i t crashed in the mountains and i ts pi lot was kil ed. The onl y pa ssengers, a young woman and her t wo baby daughters, were unhur t. It was the mi ddle of winter. Snow lay thick on t he ground. The woman knew that the nearest vil age was mi les away. When it gr ew dark. she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the chi ldren insi de i t, cover ing them with al the cl othes she could f ind. Duri ng t he night, it got ter ibly col d. The woman kept as near as she could t o the chil dr en and even t ri ed t o get into the case hersel f, but it was t oo smal. Ear ly , next morning she heard planes passi ng over head and wondered how she coul d send a signal. Then she had an i dea. She st amped out the leters39。Wel, I 39。Oh, is it ?39。m Rockwal Slinger and t hi s is Merl in Greeves. 39。 don39。 Look, sherif f, 39。t r ead ! 39。 I 39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you! 39。t we e more oft en ?39。 Bri nksley Mers agreed. 39。 It couldn39。This is a wonderf ul place f or a pii c, 39。s son, Donald, al so set up a wor ld r ecor d. Like his father, he was dr iving a car cal ed Bl uebi rd. Leson73 The record holder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tle boys who pl ay t ruant fr om school ar e unimaginat ive. A qui et day39。 l esson70 Red for danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Duri ng a bull fight, a dr unk suddenly wandered into t he mi ddle of the ring. The cr owd began to shout, but the drunk was unawar e of the danger . The bull was busy wi th the matador at the ti me, but it suddenly caught sight of the dr unk who was shouting rude remar ks and waving a red cap. Appar entl y sensi t ive to cri ti cism, the bull f or got al l about the mat ador and char ged at he drunk. The cr owd suddenly grew quiet. The drunk, however, semed quit e sure of hi mself. When the bull got close t o hi m, he cl umsil y st epped asi de t o let i t pas. The cr owd br oke into cheers and t he drunk bowed. By this ti me, however , t hr e men had e i nt o the ri ng and they qui ckly dr agged the drunk to safety. Even the bull semed to feel sor ry f or him, for it looked on sympatheticaly until the drunk was out of t he way bef or e once mor e turning it s at enti on t o the mat ador. Leson71 A f am ous cl ock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of the f irst things you wi l see is Big Ben, t he f amous clock whi ch can be heard al over the wor ld on the . If the Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down i n 1834, the great clock woul d never have been er ected. Bi g Ben takes i ts name fr om Sir Benjamin Hal who was responsible f or t he making of the clock when t he new Houses of Parl iament wer e being bui lt. I t i s not only of immense si ze, but is extr emely accur at e as wel . Of ficials f rom Gr enwi ch Observatory have the clock checked twi ce a day. On the . you can hear the cl ock when i t i s actual ly stri ki ng because microphones are connected to t he clock t ower . Big Ben has rar ely gone wr ong. Once, however , i t f ai led to give the corr ect time. A pai nt er who had been wor king on t he t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and slowed i t down ! Lesson72 A car call ed Bl uebird “藍(lán)鳥(niǎo)”汽車 The great raci ng dr iver , Sir Malcolm Campbel , was the fir st man to dri ve at over 300 miles per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecord in Sept ember 1935 at Bonnevil le Sal t Flats, Ut ah. Bluebir d, the car he was dri vi ng, had been special y buil t for him. I t was over 30 f et i n length and had a 2500 hor sepower engine. Alt hough Campbel reached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour, he had gr eat di fi cult y in contr olli ng t he car because a tyre bur st dur ing the fi rst r un. Aft er his atempt, Campbel was di sapointed to learn that his aver age speed had been 299 miles per hour. However , a f ew days lat er , he was t ol d t hat a mistake had been made. His average speed had been 301 mi les per hour. Si nce that ime, r acing drivers have reached speeds of over 400 mil es an hour. Foll owi ng his father39。 he said, i n a mour nf ul voi ce,39。 I cont inued driving and aft er some t ime, t he exami ner tapped l oudly. Though the sound coul d be hear d cl earl y, it took me a long t ime to r eact. I suddenl y pr essed the brake pedal hard and we were both thrown for war d. The exami ner looked at me sadly. 39。 leson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being tested f or a driving li cence f or the thir d ti me. I had been asked t o dr ive in heavy traf ic and had done so succe ssf ul ly. Af ter havi ng been i nst r ucted to drive out of town, I began t o acquir e confi dence. Sure that I had pased, I was al most beginni ng t o enjoy my test. T