【正文】 Campbel r eached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour , he had gr eat di f icult y in contr oll ing t he car because a tyr e burst dur ing the f ir st r un. Af ter his at tempt, Campbel was disappoi nted t o le arn that hi s aver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour . However, a f ew days lat er , he was told that a mist ake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 mi les per hour . Si nce that ime, r aci ng dri ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 mi les an hour. Foll owi ng his f at her 39。 he sai d, i n a m our nful voice, 39。 I conti nued dr iving and af ter some ti me, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though the sound coul d be hear d clearl y, i t took me a long t ime to 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。 lesson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being t est ed for a dr iving licence for the t hir d ti me. I had been asked t o dri ve in heavy t raf ic and had done so successful ly. Aft er havi ng been i nst ructed t o dr i ve out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sur e t hat I had passed, I was alm ost 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 plent y to r ead in t he 39。 he answered.39。 Then I 39。m goi ng to the dentist .39。 I li ed, 39。 Would you mind my ing wi th you ?39。 I39。 No, not at al l, 39。r e not busy doing anythi ng, are you ?39。 Ber t answer ed. 39。 39。 I said. 39。have shown i nterest in t his new and unusual spor t. But though air cycl ists m ay learn how to f ly over shor t distances, and may, event ual ly, even get across the Engli sh Channel, it i s doubt ful whether they wi l ever cycle across the At lanti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Har oun Tazief f the Poli sh sci ent ist, has spent hi s li fe ti me studying acti ve vol canoes and deep caves i n al part s of the wor ld. In 1948, he went t o lake Ki vu in the Congo to observe a new vol cano whi ch he later named Ki tur o. Tazief was abl e to set up his camp very cl ose t o the vol cano whi le i t was er upti ng vi olentl y. Though he managed t o t ake a number of bri l iant photogr aphs, he could not stay near the volcano for very l ong. He not iced that a r iver of l iquid rock was ing t owards him . It thr eat ened t o surr ound hi m pl et ely, but Tazief m anaged to escape j ust i n ti me. He wai ted unti l t he volcano became quiet and he was abl e to retur n two days l ater. This t ime, he mana ged to cl imb into the mout h of Kit uro so t hat he could t ake photogr aphs and measur e temperat ur es. Tazief has oft en ri sked hi s li fe i n t hi s way. He has been able t o tel l us m or e about act ive volcanoes t han any m an al ive. Lesson68 Persistent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed the str eet t o avoi d meeti ng him, but he saw me and came r unni ng towards m e. I t was no use pr etendi ng that I had not seen hi m, so I waved to hi m. I never enj oy meeti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anything t o do. No mat ter how busy you ar e, he al ways i nsi s ts on ing wit h you. I had t o thi nk of a way of pr event ing him f rom fol lowi ng me around al mor ning. 39。Hul lo, Ber t ,39。Fancy meeti ng you her e !39。Hul lo, El izabet h, 39。 I was just wonderi ng how t o spend t he morni ngunt il I saw you. You39。 39。 I answered.39。m goi ng to.. . 39。 he asked, bef ore I had f inished speaking. ‘ Not at al ,39。but I39。 39。l l e wi t h you, 39。 Ther e39。wai ti ng room !39。Just one mor e thi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenly cr osses the r oad in f ront of you. As soon as I tap on t he window, I want the car t o be stopped imm edi ately.39。Mr Eames,39。 you have j ust kil led t hat chil d !39。s f oot steps many year s later , Si r Mal col m39。s f ishi ng, or eight hour s i n a cinema seei ng the same f il m over and over agai n, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al l been put to shame by a boy who, whil e playing t r uant, t raveled 1600 miles. He hit ch hi ked t o Dover and, towar ds evening, went i nto a boat to fi nd somewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next morning, he discover ed that he boat had, i n t he meant ime, tr avel led 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 out side 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 t o 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 l ocal authori ti es. He has sur ely set up a r ecord for the t housands of boys who dr eam of evading school. Lesson74 Out of t he li meli ght 舞臺之外 An ancient bus stopped by a dr y ri ver bed and a part y of famous actors and actr eses got of f. Dr esed in dar k glasses and old cl ot hes, they had t ake n speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d recogni ze them. But as t hey soon di scover ed, di sguises can somet imes be t oo per fe ct. 39。 sai d Gl or ia Gleam. 39。t be bet ter, Gl ori a, 39。No newspaper men, no f il m fans! Why don39。 Meanwhil e, t wo ot her actors, Rockwal l Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eves, had car ri ed two lar ge food baskets t o a shady spot under som e tr ees. When t hey had al l m ade t hemsel ves f ort abl e, a str anger appear ed. He l ooked very angr y. 39。 he shout ed: 39。m sheri f here. Do you see that notice ? I t says No Campi ng in case you can39。 39。sai d Rockwal ,39。t be t oo har d on us. I39。 39。 sai d the sher if f wi th a sneer . 39。m Bri nksl ey Meers, and my other name is Gl or ia Gl eam. Now you get out of her e fast ! 39。 SOS39。To end our speci al news bull et in, 39。 we ar e taking you t o t he macar oni f ields of Calabr ia. Macar oni has been gr own i n thi s area f or over si x hun