【正文】 of Pari s as he hoped it woul d, but t o Per pi gnan on t he French Spani sh bor der . Ther e he was pi cked up by a poli cem an and sent back t o Engl and by t he l ocal aut hor it ies. He has sur el y set up a recor d f or the t housands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school. Lesson74 O ut of t he li meli ght 舞臺(tái)之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dr y r i ver bed and a par t y of famous act ors and actr esses got off . Dr esed in dar k glasses and old cl ot hes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecognize t hem. But as t hey soon discover ed, disgui ses can som etim es be too perf ect . 39。s f oot st eps m any years l at er, Si r Malcolm39。 you have j ust kil led t hat chil d !39。Mr Eam es,39。Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chi l d suddenl y cr osses t he road i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on t he wi ndow, I want t he car t o be st opped i mm edi at el y.39。 I cont inued dri vi ng and aft er some t im e, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though the sound coul d be hear d clearl y, i t ook me a long ti me t o r eact. I suddenl y pr esed t he br ake pedal har d and we wer e bot h t hrown f or war d. The exami ner l ooked at me sadl y. 39。 he sai d, i n a m our nf ul voice, 39。 l esson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Duri ng a bul lf i ght, a dr unk suddenly wandered i nt o t he m i ddl e of the r ing. The cr owd began to shout , but t he drunk was unawar e of t he danger . The bul l was busy wit h t he m at ador at t he t im e, but it suddenly caught si ght of t he dr unk who was shouti ng r ude r em ar ks and wavi ng a red cap. Appar entl y sensit i ve t o cri ti cism , t he bull f or got al l about t he m at ador and charged at he dr unk. The cr owd suddenl y grew qui et . The drunk, however, seem ed qui te sure of him sel f. When t he bull got cl ose t o him , he cl um si l y st epped aside t o let it pass. The cr owd br oke i nt o cheers and t he drunk bowed. By t hi s tim e, however, t hr ee men had e i nt o t he r i ng and t hey qui ckl y dr agged t he dr unk to safet y. Even t he bul l seem ed t o feel sor ry f or hi m, f or i t l ooked on sym pat het ical y unt il t he drunk was out of t he way bef or e once m ore t urni ng i ts at tenti on to t he mat ador. Lesson71 A fam ous cl ock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you vi si t London, one of t he fi rst thi ngs you wi l see is 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. I f t he Houses of Par li am ent had hot been bur ned down i n 1834, t he great cl ock woul d never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes it s nam e fr om Si r Benj am i n Hal who was r esponsi ble f or the m aki ng of t he cl ock 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 have t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear the cl ock when i t i s act ual l y st ri king because mi cr ophones are connect ed t o t he cl ock t ower. Bi g Ben has r ar el y gone wr ong. Once, however, it f ai l ed t o gi ve t he corr ect ti me. A pai nt er who had been wor ki ng on t he tower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and sl owed it down ! Leson72 A car call ed Bl uebird “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 mi les per hour. He set up a new worl d r ecor d i n September 1935 at Bonnevi l e Sal t Flat s, Ut ah. Bl uebi rd, the car he was dr i vi ng, had been special y buil t for him. I t was over 30 f eet i n l engt h and had a 2500 horse power engi ne. Al t hough Cam pbel l reached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour, he had gr eat dif fi cul t y i n contr ol li ng t he car because a t yr e bur st dur ing t he fi rst r un. Af te r his at em pt, Cam pbel was disappoi nt ed t o learn t hat hi s aver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour. However, a f ew days lat er , he was tol d that a mi st ake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 mi l es per hour . Si nce that tim e, r aci ng dri ver s have re ached speeds of over 400 mi l es an hour. Foll owi ng hi s fat her39。s son, Donald, al so set up a worl d r ecord. 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(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play t ruant f r om school are unim agi nat i ve. A qui et day39。Thi s is a wonderf ul pl ace f or a pi i c,39。 It coul dn39。 Br i nksley Mer s agr eed. 39。t we e m or e of t en ?39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you!39。 I39。t r ead ! 39。 Look, sheri f , 39。 don39。m Rockwal Sli nger and t hi s is Merl in Greeves.39。 Oh, i s it ?39。Wel l, I 39。 l esson75 SO S 呼救信號(hào) When a li ght passenger pl ane f l ew off course som e ti me ago, i t crashed i n t he m ount ai ns and it s pi l ot was kil l ed. The onl y passenger s, a young wom an and her t wo baby daughters, wer e unhurt . It was t he m i ddl e of wint er . Snow l ay t hi ck on t he gr ound. The woman knew t hat t he near est vi l age was m il es away. When i t grew dar k. she t ur ned a sui tcase i nt o a bed and put t he chil dren i nsi de i t, cover i ng them wi t h al l t he cl ot hes she coul d f ind. Duri ng t he ni ght , i t got t er ibl y col d. The wom an kept as near as she coul d to t he chi l dr en and even t ri ed to get i nt o t he case her self , but i t was t oo smal . Ea rl y ,next m orni ng she heard pl anes pasi ng over head and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal. Then she had an i dea. She stamped out t he l et ter s39。 i n t he snow. Fort unat el y, a pil ot saw t he si gnal and sent a m essage by r adi o t o t he nearest own. It was not long befor e a hel i copter ar i ved on t he scene to r escue t he sur vi vors of t he pl ane cr ash. Leson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 said t he voi ce of the t el evi si on announcer ,39。s cr op befor e the September