【正文】 l y and went t o t he weddi ng wit h Jenny. He had i ncl uded a l ar ge number of f unny st ori es i n t he speech and, of cour se, i t was a great success. As soon as he had fi ni shed, Jenny t ol d him she wanted t o go hom e. Geof fr ey was a li t l e di sappoint ed by t his but he did as hi s daughter asked. On t he way hom e, he asked Jenny if she had enj oyed t he speech. To hi s sur pri se, she sai d she hadn39。s hospit al. Dr esed up as Fat her Chr istm as and ac pani ed by a 39。 of si x pret y gir l s, he set of f down t he m ai n str eet of t he cit y r i di ng a baby el ephant cal ed Jum bo. He, shoul d have known t hat t he pol i ce woul d never al ow t hi s sort of t hi ng. A pol i ceman approached Jimm y and t ol d him he ought t o have gone al ong a si de st r et as Jum bo was hol ding up t he tr af f ic. Though Jimm y agr ed t o go at once, Jum bo r ef used t o m ove. Fif t en poli cemen had t o push ver y har d t o get him off t he mai n st reet. The poli ce had a di f i cult t im e, but they wer e m ost am used. 39。 sai d a pol iceman aft er war ds, 39。t have t o car ry him . Of cour se, we should ar res t hi m, but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l let him off t his ti m e.39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。Fancy m eti ng you her e !39。Hul l o, El izabet h,39。 I was j ust wonder ing how to spend the m or ning unt il I saw you. You39。 39。 I answer ed.39。m going t o. . .39。Woul d you mi nd my i ng wit h you ?39。 I li ed, 39。m goi ng t o t he dent ist.39。 Then I39。 he answer ed.39。s al ways pl ent y t o read i n the 39。 l esson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng t ested f or a dri vi ng li cence f or t he t hi r d t im e. I had been asked t o dri ve i n heavy tr af f ic and had done so successf ull y. Aft er havi ng been i nstr uct ed t o dri ve out of t own, I began t o acqui r e confi dence. Sure t hat I had pased, I was alm ost begi nning t o enj oy m y test . The exami ner m ust have been pl eased wit h m y per f or mance, f or he smi led and sai d, 39。 I conti nued dr ivi ng and af ter som e ti me, the exam i ner tapped loudly. Though t he sound could be hear d cl ear l y, it t ook m e a l ong tim e t o r eact. I suddenly pr esed t he br ake pedal har d and we wer e bot h t hr own f or war d. The exam i ner l ooked at m e sadl y. 39。 he sai d, i n a mour nful voi ce, 39。 l eson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Duri ng a bull fi ght , a dr unk suddenl y wander ed int o t he mi ddle of t he ri ng. The cr owd began t o shout, but t he dr unk was unawar e of the danger . The bul l was busy wi t h the m at ador at the t im e, but i t suddenly caught si ght of the dr unk who was shouti ng r ude r em ar ks and wavi ng a red cap. Appar entl y sensi ti ve t o cri ti cism, t he bul f or got al about t he m atador and char ged at t he dr unk. The cr owd suddenl y gr ew qui et. The dr unk, however, seem ed qui t e sur e of hi mself . When t he bul got cl ose t o hi m, he cl um sil y st eppe d asi de to l et i t pas. The cr owd br oke i nto cheers and t he dr unk bowed. By t his t im e, however , t hr ee m en had e int o t he r i ng and t hey qui ckl y dr agged the dr unk t o safet y. Even t he bul l seem ed t o feel sor ry f or him, f or it l ooked on sym pat het i cal y unti l the dr unk was out of t he way bef or e once mor e tur ni ng it s at ent ion t o t he m at ador . Lesson71 A f amous cl ock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of t he fi rst t hi ngs you wi l see is Bi g Ben, the f am ous cl ock whi ch can be hear d al l over t he worl d on t he B. B. C. If t he Houses of Par li am ent had hot been bur ned down i n 1834, t he great cl ock woul d never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes it s nam e fr om Si r Benjami n Hal who was r esponsi ble f or t he m aki ng of t he clock when t he new Houses of Parli am ent wer e being buil t. I t is not onl y of imm ense si ze, but i s ext r em el y accur at e as wel. Of ici al s fr om Greenwich Obser vator y have t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he cl ock when i t is act ual y str iki ng because mi cr ophones ar e connect ed t o the cl ock t ower . Bi g Ben has r arel y gone wrong. Once, however, i t fail ed t o gi ve t he cor rect t im e. A pai nter who had been worki ng on the t ower hung a pot of pai nt on one of t he hands and sl owed it down ! Lesson72 A car call ed Bl uebi rd “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Si r Mal colm Cam pbel , was t he f ir st man to dr ive at over 300 m i l es per hour . He set up a new worl d record i n September 1935 at Bonnevi l e Salt Flats, Ut ah. Bl uebir d, the car he was dr ivi ng, had been special y buil t f or him. I t was over 30 f et in length and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Al though Cam pbel l r eached a speed of over 304 mil es per hour, he had great di f icult y i n cont rol ling the car because a t yre bur st duri ng the f ir st r un. Af t er hi s at tempt , Cam pbel l was di sappointed t o l ear n that his aver age speed had been 299 m iles per hour . However , a few days l at er, he was 1 工程咨詢資格證書 工咨乙 *********** 住宅小區(qū)項(xiàng)目 節(jié)能評(píng)估報(bào)告 i ng f rom al l par ts of t he countr y t o se i t. I n spi t e of al l t hat has been sai d, t he touri st shave been pi cki ng leaves and cutti ng t hei r nam es on t he tr ee tr unk. So f ar, not one of t hem has been str uck down by sudden deat h! Lesson59 In or out ？ 進(jìn)來還是出去？ Our dog, Rex, used to sit out si de our f r ont gat e and bar k. Ever y ti m e he want ed to e i nt o t he garden he woul d bar k unt il someone opened t he gat e. As t he nei ghbour s pl ai ned of t he noise, m y husband spent weeks t r ai ni ng him t o press hi s paw on t he lat ch t o l et him sel f in. Rex soon becam e an exper t at openi ng t he gat e. Howe ver, when I was going out shopping l ast week, I noti ced hi m in t he gar den near