【正文】 arn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just recei ved a let er fr om m y old school i nf orm ing m e that my f ormer head m aster , Mr Regmald Page, wi l l be r eti ri ng next week. Pupil s of the school , ol d and new, wi l l be sendi ng him a pr esent t o mar k the occasi on. Al l those who have contr ibuted t owards t he gi ft wi l sign t hei r names in a l arge album which wi l be sent t o t he headmast er39。At the t ime the mur der was mi t ed, I was t raveli ng on t he 8. 0 o39。 sai d the m an. 39。 asked the i nspector. 39。 answer ed the m an. 39。cl ock. My employer wil l confi rm t hat I was t her e on ti me.39。 Would a lat er t rain get you t o work on ti me ?39。 I suppose it would, but I never cat ch a later tr ain. 39。 39。 And you didn39。 39。 39。 said t he inspector , 39。cl ock t r ai n, but t hat you caught t he 8. 25 whi ch woul d st i l l get you t o wor k on t i m e. You see, on t he m or ni ng of t he m ur der , t he 8. 0 o39。 Lesson88 Trapped i n a m i ne 困在礦井里 Si x m en have been t r apped i n a m i ne f or s event een hour s. I f t hey ar e not br ought t o t he sur f ace soon t hey m ay l ose t hei r l i ves. sensi t i ve t o cri ti ci sm , the bull f or got al l about the m at ador and char ged at t he drunk. The cr owd suddenly gr ew quiet. The dr unk, however , seemed quit e sur e of himself . When the bul l got close to hi m, he clumsil y stepped aside t o l et i t pass. The cr owd broke i nt o cheer s and the drunk bowed. By thi s ti me, however, t hr ee men had e i nt o t he ri ng and t hey qui ckl y dr agged the dr unk to safet y. Even t he bul l seemed to feel sor ry f or him, f or it looked on sym pat het ical y until t he drunk was out of t he way befor e once m or e t ur ning i ts at tenti on to t he matador. Leson71 A famous clock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visi t London, one of the f i rst things you wi l se is Bi g Ben, t he famous clock whi ch can be heard al l over the wor ld on the B. . I f the Houses of Par li am ent had hot been burned down i n 1834, the gr eat clock woul d never have been erected. Big Ben takes i ts name f r om Sir Benj amin Hal l who was responsibl e for t he making of the cl ock when t he new Houses of Parl iament were bei ng bui lt . It is not only of i mmense si ze, but is ext remely accurate as wel l. Of fi cials f rom Gr enwi ch Obser vat ory have the cl ock checked t wice a day. On t he . C. you can hear t he clock when it i s act ual ly st ri king because micr ophones ar e connected t o t he cl ock tower. Bi g Ben has rar el y gone wrong. Once, however , it f ai led t o give t he cor rect ti me. A paint er who had been worki ng on the t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and slowed it down ! Lesson72 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 the f ir st m an to dr ive at over 300 mi les per hour . He set up a new worl d r ecord in September 1935 at Bonnevi l e Salt Flat s, Ut ah. Bl uebi rd, the car he was dri vi ng, had been special y buil t for him . I t was over 30 f eet i n length and had a 2500 horsepower engi ne. Al though Campbel l reached a speed of over 304 mil es per hour, he had great dif fi cul ty i n cont rol li ng the car be cause a t yre bur st duri ng the f ir st run. Aft er hi s at empt , Campbel l was di sappoint ed to l ear n t hat his average speed had been 299 mil es per hour . However , a few days lat er , he was told that a mi st ake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 mi les per hour . Si nce that tim e, r aci ng dri ver s have reached speeds of over 400 mi les an hour. Foll owi ng his f ather39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a wor ld r ecor d. Like his f ather, he was dri ving a car cal led Bl uebi rd. Leson73 The recordhol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit le boys who pl ay tr uant f rom school ar e unimaginati ve. A quiet day39。Thi s is a wonderf ul pl ace for a piic, 39。 It couldn39。 Br inksl ey Meers agr ed. 39。t we e more of ten ?39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you!39。 I39。t r ead ! 39。 Look, sheri f , 39。 don39。m Rockwal Sli nger and thi s is Merl in Gr eeves.39。 Oh, i s it ?39。Wel l, I 39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a li ght pasenger plane f lew of f cour se some ti me ago, i t cr ashed i n the m ount ai ns and i ts pi lot was kil led. The onl y passengers, a young woman and her t wo baby daughter s, wer e unhur t. I t was the mi ddl e of wi nt er. Snow lay t hick on t he ground. The wom an knew that the near est vil lage was mi les away. When it gr ew dark. she t urned a suit case int o a bed and put t he chi ldr en inside it , coveri ng them wit h al t he cl othes she could fi nd. Dur ing t he ni ght, it got ter ri bl y cold. The woman kept as ne ar as she coul d t o the chil dren and even t ri ed to get i nt o t he case her sel f, but it was t oo sm al l . Ear ly , next mor ning she hear d planes passing over head and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an i dea. She st amped out t he let ers39。 i n the snow. For t unatel y, a pi lot saw the signal and sent a mesage by r adi o to the near est t own. I t was not l ong bef ore a heli copt er ar ri ved on the scene t o r escue the survivor s of the plane crash. Lesson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 s ai d the voi ce of t he televisi on announcer ,39。s cr op bef ore the Sept ember ains. On the r ight , you can see Mr s Brabant e herself . She has been hel pi ng her husband f or thi rt y year s now. Mr s Brabant e is talki ng to t he manager of the l ocal factor y where t he cr op i s pr ocessed. This l ast scene shows you what wi l l happen at t he end of t he har vest : the f amous Calabri an macar oni eati ng pet it ion ! Si gnor Fr at el li , the pr esent champion, has won it ever y year si nce 1961. And that ends our special bul le t in f or today, Thursday, Apr il 1st. We ar e now r etur ni ng you to the studio. 39。Ci garet te Smoki ng and Your Healt h