【正文】 m of vent ilat ion, f or if a t r ain ent er ed t his t unnel, it would dr aw in f r esh air behind it . For t yt wo year s lat er a t unnel was act ualy begun. I f, at he t im e, t he Br it ish had not f ear ed invasion, it would have been plet ed. Recently, t here has again been gr eat int er est in t he idea of a Channel Tunnel. I f it is built , it wil connect Br it ain t o Eur ope f or t he f ir st tim e in hist or y. Lesson65 J um bo versus t he police 小 象對(duì)警察 Last Chr istm as, t he cir cus owner , J im my Gat es, decided t o t ake some pr esents t o a childr en39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a worl d r ecor d. Li ke his f at her, he was dri ving a car cal led Bl uebi rd. Leson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li t le boys who pl ay t r uant fr om school ar e uni magi nati ve. A qui et day39。 l eson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bull fi ght, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed i nt o t he mi ddle 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 t h t he mat ador at he ti me, but i t suddenl y caught sight of t he dr unk who was shouti ng r ude r em ar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Apparentl y sensit ive t o crit i ci sm , t he bull f or got al l about the m at ador and char ged at t he dr unk. The cr owd suddenly gr ew quiet. The dr unk, however , seemed quit e sur e of him self . When t he bul l got cl ose t o hi m, he cl um sil y st epped asi de to 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 , t hr e m en had e i nto t he ri ng and t hey quickl y dr agged t he drunk t o saf et y. Even t he bull seem ed t o f eel sorr y f or him , f or it l ooked on sym pat heti cal ly unt il t he dr unk was out of t he way bef ore once m or e t ur ni ng it s at ent i on t o t he m at ador . Leson71 A f amous clock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of t he f ir st t hings you wil l se i s Bi g Ben, t he f am ous cl ock whi ch can be hear d al l over t he wor l d on t he B. B. C. I f t he Houses of Par li am ent had hot been bur ned down i n 1834, t he gr eat cl ock woul d never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben takes it s nam e fr om Si r Benjami n Hal who was r esponsi ble f or the m aki ng of t he clock when t he new Houses of Par li am ent wer e bei ng buil t. It i s not onl y of imm ense size, but i s ext remel y acurat e as wel l. Of fi cials f r om Gr eenwi ch Obser vat ory ha ve t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he cl ock when it i s act ual l y st ri king because mi cr ophones are connect ed t o t he cl ock tower. Bi g Ben has r ar el y gone wr ong. Once, however , it f ai l ed t o gi ve t he cor r ect ti me. A pai nt 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 slowed it down ! Lesson72 A car cal led Bl uebi rd “藍(lán)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 recor d 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 roll i ng t he car because a t yre bur st duri ng t he f ir st r un. Aft er hi s at t em pt , Cam pbel l was di sappoint ed t o l ear n t hat his average speed had been 299 m il 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. His aver age speed had been 301 m il es per hour. Si nce t hat ti m e, r aci ng dr i ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 m il es an hour . Fol l owi ng hi s f at her 39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce,39。 I conti nued dr i vi ng and af ter som e ti me, the exam iner tapped loudl y. Though t he sound could be heard cl ear ly, it t ook m e a l ong t im e t o react . I suddenl y pr essed t he br ake pedal har d and we were bot h t hr own f or war d. The exam iner looked at m e sadl y. 39。 lesson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng t est ed f or a dr i vi ng li cence f or t he t hi rd t im e. I had been asked to dr i ve i n heavy t r af fi c and had done so successf ul l y. Af t er havi ng bee n inst r uct ed to dr ive out of t own, I began t o acquir e confi dence. Sur e that I had passed, I was al m ost begi nni ng to enj oy m y t est. The exam i ner must have been pl eased wi t h m y perf orm ance, f or he sm il ed and sai d, 39。s al ways plent y to r ead in t he 39。 he answer ed. 39。 Then I39。m goi ng t o t he dent ist.39。 I l i ed, 39。Woul d you mi nd m y i ng wit h you ?39。m goi ng t o. . .39。 I answer ed.39。 39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he m or ni ngunt il I saw you. You39。Hul lo, Eli zabet h,39。Fancy m eet i ng you her e !39。Hul l o, Ber t,39。t have t o car r y hi m. Of course, we shoul d ar r est hi m, but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et him of f t his t im e.39。 sai d a pol i ceman aft er war ds, 39。 of si x pr et ty gi rl s, he set of f down t he m ai n str eet of t he ci ty r i di ng a baby el ephant cal led Jum bo. He, shoul d have known t hat t he pol i ce woul d never al ow t hi s sor t of thi ng. A pol icem an appr oached Jimm y and t ol d him he ought t o have gone along a si de st reet as Jumbo was hol di ng up t he t raf fi c. Though Ji mm y agr eed t o go at once, Jum bo r ef used t o move. Fi ft een pol icemen had t o push ver y har d t o get him off t he mai n st r et. The poli ce had a di f i cult t im e, but they wer e m ost am used. 39。s hospi t al. Dressed up as Fat her Chri st mas and a pani ed by a 39。Geof fr ey l oves. He prepar ed t he speech car ef ull y and went t o t he weddi ng wit h Jenny. He had i ncl uded a lar ge num ber of f unny st or ies i n the speech and, of course, i t was a gr eat succes. As soon