【正文】 ert ,39。Fancy m eet ing you here ! 39。 Bert answer ed. 39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hing, ar e you ?39。 I answer ed. 39。m going t o. . .39。Woul d you mi nd m y i ng wit h you ?39。 I l i ed, 39。m goi ng t o t he dent ist.39。 Then I39。 he answered.39。s al ways pl ent y t o read i n the 39。 lesson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng test ed f or a dr i vi ng li cence f or t he thir d t im e. I had been asked to dr i ve i n heavy t r af fi c and had done so succe ssf ul l y. Af ter havi ng been i nst r uct ed t o dr ive out of t own, I began t o acquir e conf i dence. Sur e that I had passed, I was al most begi nni ng to enj oy m y t est. The exam i ner must have been pl eased wi th m y per f or mance, f or he smi l ed and said, 39。 I cont i nued dri vi ng and aft er som e tim e, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though t he sound coul d be hear d cl earl y, i t t ook m e a l ong t im e to r eact. I suddenl y pressed t he brake pedal har d and we wer e bot h t hr own for ward. The exami ner l ooked at me sadly. 39。 he sai d, in a mournf ul voice,39。 l esson70 Red for danger 危險的紅色 Duri ng a bull fi ght , a drunk suddenl y wander ed i nto t he mi ddl e of the r ing. The cr owd began to shout , but t he dr unk was unaware of t he danger. The bull was busy wi th t he matador at t he tim e, but it suddenl y caught si ght of t he dr unk who was shout i ng r ude r em ar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Appar ent ly sensi ti ve to cr it icism, t he bul l for got al about t he m atador and char ged at the dr unk. The crowd suddenl y gre w 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 asi de t o let it pas . The crowd br oke int o cheers and t he dr unk bowed. By t his t im e, however , thr e m en had e i nt o t he ri ng and t hey qui ckl y dr agged t he dr unk t o saf ety. Even t he bull seem ed t o f eel sorr y f or him , f or it l ooked on sympat heti cal ly unti l t he dr unk was out of t he way bef ore once mor e tur ni ng it s at ent ion t o t he m at ador . Lesson71 A f am ous cl ock 一個著名的大鐘 When you vi sit London, one of the f ir st t hi ngs you wil l see i s Bi g Ben, t he f am ous cl ock which can be hear d al over t he wor ld on t he B. B. C. If t he Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down in 1834, the gr eat cl ock would never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes it s nam e f rom Sir Benjami n Hal who was responsibl e for t he maki ng of the cl ock when t he new Houses of Parl i am ent wer e bei ng bui lt . It i s not onl y of i mm ense si ze, but is extr em ely accur ate as wel . Of fi ci al s f rom Gr enwi ch Obser vat or y have the cl ock checked t wice a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he cl ock when it i s act ual ly str i ki ng because m icr ophones ar e connected t o t he cl ock t ower. Bi g Ben has rar el y gone wr ong. Once, however , i t f ail ed t o gi ve t he cor rect im e. A pai nter who had been wor ki ng on the t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and sl owed it down ! Leson72 A car call ed Bl uebi rd “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Sir Mal col m Cam pbel l, was t he f ir st m an to dr i ve at over 300 mi l es per hour . He set up a new worl d r ecor d in Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevi l e Salt Fl at s, Ut ah. Bl uebi rd, t he car he was dri 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 hors epower engi ne. Al though Cam pbel l reached a speed of over 304 m il es per hour, he had gr eat di f fi cul ty i n cont r ol li ng t he car because a t yr e bur st duri ng t he f i rst run. Aft er hi s at em pt , Cam pbel l was di sappoi nt ed to l ear n t hat his average speed had bee n 299 mil es per hour. However , a f ew days l at er, he was t ol d t hat a m i 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. Fol lowi ng hi s fat her 39。s son, Donald, also set up a worl d record. Like hi s fat her , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play t ruant f rom school are unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。s closest f ri ends asked hi m t o make a speech at a wedding r ecepti on. This i s the sort of t hi ng that Geoff rey l oves. He prepared t he speech car ef ull y and went to t he weddi ng wit h Jenny. He had i ncl uded a l arge number of f unny st ori es in t he speech and, of cour se, it was a gr eat succes. As soon as he had f ini shed, Jenny tol d him she want ed to go home. Geoff r ey was a li t le disappoi nted by t hi s but he di d as his daught er asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny i f she had enjoyed the speech. To his surpr ise, she sai d she hadn39。s hospi tal. Dr esed up as Fat her Chri stm as and ac pani ed by a 39。 of si x pr et y gi rl s, he set of f down t he m ai n str eet of t he cit y r idi ng a baby el ephant cal ed Jum bo. He, shoul d have known t hat t he pol ice woul d never al l ow t hi s sor t of t hing. A poli cem an appr oached Ji mm y and t ol d hi m he ought t o have gone al ong a sidestr eet as Jum bo was hol di ng up t he tr af ic. Though Jim my agr ed t o go at once, Jum bo ref used t o m ove. Fif t en poli cem en had t o push ver y hard t o get hi m of f t he m ai n str eet . The pol ice had a dif fi cul t ti me, but t hey wer e m ost am used. 39。 sai d a poli cem an af t er wards, 39。t have t o car y him. Of cour se, we shoul d ar est him , but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et hi m of f t hi s tim e. 39。Hul l o, Ber t, 39。Fancy meet ing you here !39。Hul lo, Eli zabeth,39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how to spend the morningunti l I saw you. You39。 39。 I answer ed. 39。m going t o.. .39。Would you mi nd my i ng wi th you ?39。 I li ed, 39。m goi ng to t he dent ist. 39。l l e wi th you,39。 Ther e39。wai t ing r oom ! 39。Just one mor e thing, Mr Eam