【正文】 lt y i n cont roll i ng t he car because a t yr e burst duri ng the f ir st r un. Af t er hi s at tem pt, Cam pbel was di sappoi nted t o l ear n that hi s aver age speed had been 299 m il es per hour. However , a f ew days l ater, he was t ol d t hat a m istake had been m ade. His average speed had been 301 mil es per hour. Sinc e t hat ti me, racing dr ivers have r eached speeds of over 400 mil es an hour . Fol lowi ng hi s fat her 39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce, 39。 I cont inued dri ving 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 took me a long ti me t o r eact. I suddenly pr esed the br ake pedal har d and we wer e bot h t hr own f orwar d. The examiner looked at me sadl y. 39。 lesson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng t ested f or a dri ving l icence f or the t hi rd ti me. I had been asked t o dri ve in heavy tr af f ic and had done so successf ull y. Af t er having been instr uct ed to dr ive out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sur e that I had passed, I was almost begi nni ng to enj oy my t est. The examiner must have been pleased wi th m y perf ormance, f or he sm iled and said, 39。s al ways pl ent y t o read i n the 39。 he answer ed. 39。 Then I39。m going to the dentist.39。 I lied, 39。Woul d you mi nd my i ng wit h you ?39。m going t o. . .39。 I answer ed. 39。re not busy doi ng anyt hing, ar e you ?39。 Bert answer ed. 39。 39。 I sai d. 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 esc ape 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 managed to cl imb into the mout h of Kit uro so t hat he coul d t ake photographs and measure temperatur es. Tazief has oft en ri sked hi s lif e i n thi s way. He has been abl e t o tel us m or e about acti ve vol canoes than any man ali ve. Leson68 Persist ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed t he st reet to avoid m eet ing hi m, but he saw m e and came r unni ng towar ds me. It was no use pretending t hat I had not seen him , so I wa ved to him. I never enjoy m et ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anythi ng to do. No m ater how busy you are, he always insists on c omi ng wi th you. I had t o t hi nk of a way of prevent ing hi m f r om f ollowi ng me ar ound al l morni ng. 39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。Fancy m et ing you here ! 39。Hull o, El izabet h,39。 I was just wonder ing how to spend the mor ning until I saw you. You39。 No, not at al ,39。 I 39。 39。 he asked, befor e I had fi ni shed speaki ng. ? Not at all,39。but I39。 39。l l e wit h you,39。 There39。wai ti ng r oom !39。Just one mor e thi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenly cr osses the r oad i n f ront of you. As soon as I tap on t he wi ndow, I want t he car t o be stopped imm edi at ely.39。Mr Eames,39。 you have just kil ed that chi ld !39。s f oot st eps many year s later , Si r Malcol m39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a cinema sei 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 ruant, t ravel led 1600 mi les. He hit ch hi ked t o Dover and, towar ds evening, went i nto a boat to f ind somewhere to sleep. When he woke up next mor ning, he discovered t hat t he boat had, i n the meant ime, tr avel led t o Calais. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr e pt of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tchhiked t o Pari s in a lorr y. The dri ver gave hi m a few biscui ts and a cup of cof f e and l ef t him just out si de the ci t y. The next car t he boy st opped did not t ake hi m i nto t he cent re of Pari s as he hoped i t woul d, but to Per pignan on the Fr ench Spanish bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a poli ceman and sent back to Engl and by the local aut hor it ies. He has sur el y set up a recor d f or the thousands of boys who dream of evadi ng school. Leson74 Out of the l im el ight 舞臺(tái)之外 An anci ent bus stopped by a dry ri ver bed and a par t y of famous act ors and actr esses got off . Dr essed in dark gl ases and ol d clot hes, they had taken special precaut ions so that no one should recogni ze t hem . But as t hey soon discover ed, disguises can someti mes be too per fect. 39。 said Glor ia Gl eam. 39。t be bet er, Gl or ia, 39。No newspaper m en, no f il m f ans! Why don39。 Meanwhil e, t wo other act ors, Rockwal l Sl inger and Merl in Gr eeves, had car ri ed two large f ood baskets t o a shady spot under some tr es. When they had al made t hem selves for table, a str anger appeared. He looked very angry. 39。 he shout ed: 39。m sheri f her e. Do you see t hat noti ce ? It says No Cam pi ng in case you can39。 39。said Rockwal ,39。t be t oo hard on us. I39。 39。 sai d the sheri f wi th a sneer. 39。m Br inksl ey Meers, and my ot her name i s Glor ia Gl eam . Now you get out of here f ast ! 39。 SOS39。To end our special news bul leti n,39。 we are t aki ng you to the macaroni fi el ds of Cal abri a. Macaroni has been gr own in this ar ea for over six hundred years. Two of t he leadi ng grower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ri car do Brabante,