【正文】 n wor king on t he t ower hung a pot of paint on one of t he hands and slowed it down ! Lesson72 A car called Bluebir d “ 藍(lán)鳥(niǎo)”汽車 The gr eat r acing dr iver , Sir M alcolm Campbell, was t he f ir st m an t o dr ive at over 300 miles per hour . He set up a new wor ld r ecor d in Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevile Salt Flat s, Ut ah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dr iving, had been specialy built f or him . I t was over 30 f eet in lengt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 miles per hour , he had gr eat dif f icult y in cont r oling t he car because a t yr e bur st dur ing t he f ir st r un. Af t er his at t em pt, Cam pbell was disappoint ed t o lear n t hat his aver age speed had been 299 m iles per hour. However, a f ew days lat er , he was t old t hat a m ist ake had been m ade. His aver age speed had been 301 m iles per hour . Since t hat im e, r acing dr ivers have r eached speeds of over 400 miles an hour . Folowing his f at her39。s son, Donald, also set up a wor ld r ecor d. Like his f at her, he was dr iving a car caled Bluebir d. Lesson73 The r ecord holder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit t le boys who play t r uant f r om school ar e unim aginat ive. A quiet day39。This is a wonder f ul place f or a piic, 39。 I t couldn39。 Br inksley M eer 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。I 39。t r ead ! 39。 Look, sherif f , 39。 don39。m Rockwal Slinger and t his is M er lin Gr eeves. 39。 said t he sher if f wit h a sneer . 39。m Br inksley M eer s, and m y ot her nam e is Glor ia G leam . Now you get out of her e f ast ! 39。 SOS39。To end our special news bulet in, 39。 we ar e t aking you t o t he m acar oni f ields of Calabr ia. M acar oni has been gr own i t his ar ea f or over six hundr ed year s. Two of t he leading gr ower s, Giuseppe M oldova nd Ric ar do Br abant e, t el m e t hat t hey have been expect ing a splendid cr op t his year and har vest ing has begun earlier t han usual. Her e you can see t wo wor kers who, between t hem, Englishm an, Wilam Low. He suggest ed t hat a double r ailway t unnel should be built . This would solve t he pr oblem 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 y two year s lat er a t unnel was actualy begun. If , at t he t ime, t he Br it ish had not f ear ed invasion, it would have been plet ed. Recently, t her e 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 im e in hist or y. Lesson65 Jum bo ver sus t he police 小 象對(duì)警察 Last Christ mas, t he cir cus owner , J im my Gat es, decided t o t ake some pr esents t o a childr en39。guar d of honour 39。J um bo m ust weigh a f ew t ons,39。 o it was f or t unate t hat we didn39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat held Puf fin is a m oder n aer o plane, but it s designer , M r J ohn Wim penny, is f inding it dif f icult t o get it of f t he gr ound. The r eason f or t his is t hat his plane is also a bicycle. I t s pilot has t o pedal har d t o get it int o t he air . Af t er M r Wim penny had t he plane built , it was t ested t horoughly. I n 1961, it was t he f ir st m an power ed air cr af t o f ly half a m ile. While being f lown by a cham pion am at eur cyclist in 1963, t he plane cr ashed on an air field. Since t hen, M r Wim penny has had it r ebuilt . He has had t he lengt h of t he wings incr eased so t hat hey now m eas ur e 93 f eet alm ost as long as t hose of a Dakot a. M any people have shown int er est in t his new and unusual sport . But t hough air cyc list s may lear n how t o f ly over shor t dist ances, and m ay, eventualy, even get across the English Channel, it is doubt ful whet her t hey wil ever cycle acr oss the At lant ic. Lesson67 Volcanoes 火山 Har oun Tazief f t he Polish scient ist , has spent his lif e t ime st udying act ive volcanoes and deep caves in al par t s of t he wor ld. I n 1948, he went t o lake Kivu in t he Congo t o observe a new volcano which he lat er named Kit ur o. Tazieff was able t o set up his cam p very close t o t he volcano while it was er upt ing v iolent ly. Though he managed t o t ake a num ber of br ilant phot ogr aphs, he could not st ay near t he volcano f or ver y long. He not iced t hat a r iver of liquid r ock was ing t owar ds him . I t hreat ened t o sur ound him pletely, but Tazief f m anaged t o escape just in t im e. He wait ed unt il t he volcano became quiet and he was able t o r etur n t wo days lat er . This t im e, he m anaged t o clim b int o t he m outh of Kit ur o so t hat he could t ake phot ogr aphs and m easure t emperat ures. Tazief f has of ten r isked his lif e in t his way. He has been able t o t ell us m or e about act ive volcanoes t han any m an alive. Lesson68 Per si t ent 糾 纏不休 I crossed t he str eet t o avoid m eeting him , but he saw m e and came r uning t owar ds m e. I t was no use pr et ending t hat Ihad not seen him , so I waved t o him . Inever enjoy meet ing Bert Dykes. He never has anything t o do. No m at t er how busy you are, he always insist s on ing wit h you. I had t o t hink of a way of preventing him f r om f olowing m e ar ound al m or ning. 39。 I said. 39。 Hulo, Elizabet h, 39。I was just wonder ing how t o spend the m orningunt il I saw you. You39。 No, not at al, 39。 I 39。 Would you m ind m y ing wit h you ?39。 I lied, 39。m going to the dentist.39。l e wit h you, 39。 There39。wait ing r oom ! 39。J ust one mor e t hing, M r Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a child suddenly cr osses t he r oad in f r ont of you. As soon as I t ap on t he window, I want t he car t o be stopped im mediat ely. 39。M r Eames,39。 you have just kiled t hat child ! 39。s f oot st eps m any ear s lat er , Sir M alcolm 39。s f ishing, or