【正文】 , a few days l ater, he was t ol d t hat a mi stake 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(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play t ruant f rom school are unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。Thi s is a wonder ful place for a pi i c, 39。 I t coul dn39。 Br i nksley Mer s agr eed. 39。t we e mor e oft en ?39。Now you gut out of here, al of you! 39。 I 39。t r ead !39。 Look, sher if f, 39。 don39。m Rockwal Sl inger and t his i s Merl in Greeves.39。 Oh, is i t ?39。Wel , I 39。 l esson75 SO S 呼救信號 When a li ght passenger pl ane f lew off course som e ti me ago, it crashed i n t he mount ains and it s pilot was kil led. The onl y pasenger s, a young woman and her two baby daught er s, wer e unhurt . I t was the middle of wi nter. Snow l ay thick on the ground. The woman knew that the nearest vi l age was mil es away. When i t gr ew dark. she turned a suit case i nt o a bed and put t he childr en inside i t, cover ing t hem wi th al l t he clothes she coul d f i nd. Duri ng the ni ght , i t got t er ibly col d. The wom an kept as near as she could to t he chi ldr en and even t ri ed to get into the case her self , but i t was too smal . Ear ly ,next m orning she hear d pl anes passing overhead and wonder ed how she could send a signal. Then she had an i dea. She stamped out t he let ters39。 i n t he snow. Fort unat el y, a pi lot saw t he si gnal and sent a message by r adi o to the near est t own. I t was not l ong bef ore a hel icopter ar r ived on the scene to r escue the survi vor s of the pl ane cr ash. Lesson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 sai d t he voi ce of t he tel evi si on announcer ,39。s cr op bef ore t he Sept em ber r ains. On the r ight, you can see Mrs Br abant e her sel f. She has been helpi ng her husband f or thir ty year s now. Mrs Br abant e is t alking t o t he manager of the loca l f actory wher e t he cr op is pr ocessed. This l ast scene shows you what wi l happen at t he end of t he har vest : the f am ous Cal abr ian m acaroni eati ng pet it on ! Signor Frat el li , t he present cham pion, has won i t ever y year since 1961. And that ends our special bul le ti n f or t oday, Thursday, Apr il 1st. We ar e now r eturni ng you to t he studio.39。Ci gar et e Smoking and Your Healt h39。t . Geof f rey asked her why t hi s was so and she t old hi m t hat she did not li ke to see so many peopl e laughing at him! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 In l858, a French engi neer, Ai me Thome de Gam ond, ar ived i n England wi th a pl an for a t went yone mi le tunnel across the Engli sh Channel. He said t hat i t would be possi ble t o build a platf orm i n the centr e of the Channe l . Thi s platf orm would serve as a por t and a r ail way st ati on. The t unnel would be wel l vent ilat ed if t al l chi mneys wer e buil t above sea level . In 1860, a bet ter plan was put for ward by an Engl ishman, Wil li am Low. He suggest ed t hat a doubl e rail way t unnel should be buil t. Thi s woul d solve t he pr oblem of venti lati on, f or if a t r ai n ent ered t hi s t unnel, it woul d draw in f r esh air behind i t. Fort yt wo year s l at er a t unnel was act ual y begun. If , at t he tim e, t he Br it sh had not f ear ed i nvasi on, i t woul d have been pl et ed. Recent l y, t her e has again been great int er est i n the i dea of a Channel Tunnel . If i t is buil t, it wil connect Br it ai n t o Europe f or t he fi rst ti me i n hist or y. Lesson65 Jum bo versus the poli ce 小象對警察 Last Chr istm as, t he cir cus owner , Ji mm y Gat es, deci ded t o t ake som e present s t o a chil dr en39。guar d of honour39。Jum bo must wei gh a f ew tons,39。so it was for tunate t hat we di dn39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hatheld Puf f in i s a modern aer o plane, but it s desi gner , Mr John Wim penny, is f inding i t dif fi cul t o get it off t he ground. The r eason f or t his i s that thi s pl ane is also a bi cycle. I ts pil ot has t o pedal hard t o get it int o the ai r. Af ter Mr Wim penny had the pl ane bui lt, i t was test ed thor oughly. I n 1961, i t was t he fi rst manpower ed ai rcr af t to f ly hal f a mi le. Whi le being f lown by a champi on amateur cycli st i n 1963, t he plane cr ashed on an air f ield. Since t hen, Mr Wimpenny has had i t rebuil t. He has had the l engt h of the wi ngs increased so t hat they now measure 93 feetalmost as long as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nt erest i n t hi s new and unusual sport . But t hough ai r cycli sts may l ear n how t o f ly over shor t di st ances, and m ay, event ual ly, even get acr oss t he Engl ish Channel , it is doubtf ul whet her t hey wil l ever cycl e acr oss t he At lanti c. Leson67 Volcanoes 火山 Haroun Tazief t he Polish scienti st , has spent hi s li fet im e st udyi ng act ive volcanoes and deep caves in al l par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went to lake Kivu in t he Congo to obser ve a new volcano which he l ater nam ed Kit uro. Tazi ef was able t o set up hi s camp ver y close to the volcano whil e it was er upt ing viol ent ly. Though he managed to take a number of br il li ant photographs, he coul d not st ay near t he vol cano f or ver y long. He noti ced t hat a ri ver of li quid r ock was i ng towar ds him. I t threatened to sur round him pletel y, but Tazi ef f managed t o escape just in tim e. He wait ed unt il the vol cano became qui et and he was able t o r et urn two days lat er . This t ime, he managed t o cli mb i nt o t he mouth of Ki tur o so that he coul d take photographs and m easure t emper atures. Tazi ef f has of ten r i sked hi s li fe i n t hi s way. He has been able t o t el l us more about acti ve volcano