【正文】 i 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 i n l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engi ne. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 m il es per hour , he had gr eat di f icult y i n cont rol li ng the car because a t yre bur st duri ng the f ir st r un. Af t er hi s atempt , Cam pbel l was di sappointed t o l ear n that his aver age speed had been 299 m il es per hour . However , a few days l at er, he was tol d that a mi st ake had been made . His average speed had been 301 m il es per hour . Since that ti me, racing dr ivers have reached speeds of over 400 m il es an hour. Foll owing hi s father 39。 he said, in a mournf ul voi ce,39。 I cont inued dri vi ng and af ter some t ime, the examiner tapped loudly. Though the sound could be heard cl ear ly, it t ook me a l ong ti me t o react. I suddenly pr essed the brake pedal hard and we were bot h thr own f or ward. The exam iner looked at m e sa dly. 39。 l eson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng tested f or a dri vi ng li cence f or t he thi rd t im e. I had been asked to dr ive i n heavy t raf fi c and had done so succe sf ul ly. Af ter havi ng been inst ruct ed to dr ive out of t own, I began to acquir e conf idence. Sure that I had passed, I was al most beginning t o enjoy m y test. The exam iner must have been pl eased wit h m y per for mance, f or he smi led and sai d, 39。s always plenty to r ead in t he 39。 he answer ed.39。 Then I 39。but I39。 he asked, bef or e I had f inished speaking. ‘ Not at al ,39。 39。 I39。 No, not at al l, 39。r e not busy doing anything, are you ?39。 Ber t answered. 39。 39。 I said. 39。t em per at ures. Tazief f has of ten r isked hi s li fe in t his way. He has been able to t el l us more about act ive volcanoes t han any m an al ive. Lesson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I crossed the str et t o avoi d meeti ng him, but he saw me and cam e running t owards me. I t was no use pr et endi ng that I had not sen hi m, so I waved t o him . I never enj oy meeting Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hing t o do. No mat er how busy you ar e, he always i nsi st s on ing wi th you. I had to think of a way of pr eventi ng him fr om foll owing m e around al mor ning. 39。Hul l o, Ber t, 39。Fancy meet ing you her e !39。Hul lo, Eli zabeth, 39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he morni ngunti l I saw you. You39。 39。 I answer ed.39。m going t o.. .39。Would you m ind my ing wi th you ?39。 I li ed, 39。m goi ng to t he dent ist. 39。l e wi th you, 39。 Ther e39。wait ing r oom ! 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。Mr Eames, 39。 you have just ki l ed that chi ld ! 39。s f oot st eps m any years l ater, Si r Malcolm 39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nem a seing the sam e fi lm over and over again, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hitch hiked t o Dover and, towards evening, went i nt o a boat to f ind somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next mor ning, he di scovered t hat t he boat had, i n the meanti me, t r avel l ed t o Calais. No one noti ced the boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tchhi ked t o Pari s in a lor ry. The dri ver gave him a few biscui ts and a cup of coff e and l eft him just outside t he ci ty. The next car the boy stopped di d not take him int o the centr e of Par is as he hoped it would, but to Perpi gnan on t he FrenchSpani sh bor der. There he was pi cked up by a pol iceman and sent back t o England by t he local authori ti es. He has surely set up a r ecord for t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evading school . Lesson74 O ut of t he li meli ght 舞臺之外 An ancient bus st opped by a dr y r iver bed and a par ty of f am ous actor s and act resses got of f. Dr esed i n dar k glasses and old cl othes, t hey had t ake n speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecognize them. But as they soon di scovered, di sgui ses can som et im es be t oo perf ect . 39。 sai d Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。t be bet ter , Gl or ia,39。No newspaper men, no fi lm fans! Why don39。 Meanwhi le, two ot her act or s, Rockwal l Slinger and Merl in Greeves, had car ri ed two large f ood baskets t o a shady spot under som e tr es. When t hey had al m ade t hem selves f or table, a str anger appeared. He l ooked very angry. 39。 he shout ed: 39。m sheri f here. Do you see that not ice ? I t sa ys No Campi ng in case you can39。 39。sai d Rockwal l, 39。t be t oo har d on us. I 39。 39。 said the sher if f wi th a sneer . 39。m Bri nksl ey Meers, and m y other nam e is Gl ori a Gl eam. Now you get out of her e fast !39。 SOS39。To end our speci al news bull eti n, 39。 we ar e t aki ng you to t he macar oni f iel ds of Cal abr ia. Macar oni has been grown i n t hi s area f or over six hundred year s. Two of the l eading gr owers, Giuseppe Moldova and Ric ardo Br abant e, t el l me t hat t hey have been expect ing a spl endid cr op thi s year and harvest ing has begun earl ier t han usual . Here you can se two wor kers who, between them, have just f i ni shed cut t i ng t hr ee car t l oads of gol den brown m acaroni stalks. The whole vil lage has been wor king day and night gat her ing and t hreshi ng thi s year 39。 Leson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術 The mummy of an Egypti an woman who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper ati on. The mum my i s that of Shepenm ut who was once a singer in