【正文】 r af ic. Though Jim my agreed t o go at once, Jumbo r efused to m ove. Fif teen poli cem en had t o push ver y hard t o get hi m of f the m ai n str et . The pol ice had a dif fi cul t ti me, but t hey wer e most amused. 39。 said a pol icem an af ter wards, 39。t have to car y him . Of cour se, we shoul d ar est hi m, but as he has a good recor d, we shal l let hi m of f thi s ti me.39。Hull o, Ber t, 39。Fancy meeting you her e !39。Hul lo, Eli zabeth, 39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he morni ngunti l I saw you. You39。 39。 I answer ed.39。m going to.. .39。Would you m ind m y ing wi th you ?39。 I li ed, 39。m goi ng to t he dent ist. 39。 Then I 39。 he answer ed.39。s always plenty to r ead in t he 39。 l eson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being t est ed for a dr iving l icence f or the t hir d ti me. I had been asked t o dri ve in heavy tr af ic and had done so successfull y. Aft er having been instr ucted to dri ve out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sur e that I had passed, I was almost begi nni ng to enj oy my t est . The exami ner must have been pleased wi th my perf ormance, f or he smil ed and said, 39。 I continued dr iving and aft er some ti me, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though the sound coul d be hear d clea rl y, i t took me a long t ime to r eact. I suddenly presed t he br ake pedal har d and we wer e both t hrown f orwar d. The exami ner l ooked at me sadl y. 39。 he sai d, i n a m our nful voice, 39。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Dur ing a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed int o the m iddle of t he ri ng. The cr owd began t o shout , but the dr unk was unawar e of the danger . The bull was busy wi th t he matador at t he ti me, but i t suddenl y caught si ght of t he dr unk who was shout ing r ude re mar ks and wavi ng a red cap. Appar ent ly sensi ti ve to cr it icism, t he bul l f ot al about t he matador and charged at the drunk. The crowd suddenl y grew qui et . The drunk, however, semed qui te sure of him sel f. When t he bull got cl ose t o him , he cl um si ly st epped asi de to let it pas. The cr owd br oke i nt o cheer s and the dr unk bowed. By t hi s ti me, however, t hree men had e i nt o t he ri ng and they qui ckly 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 unti l t he drunk was out of the way befor e once m ore t urning i ts at tenti on to t he matador. Lesson71 A famous clock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you visi t London, one of t he fi rst things you wi l se is Bi g Ben, the f am ous clock whi ch can be heard al l over t he worl d on the B. . I f the Houses of Par li am ent had hot been burned down i n 1834, t he gr eat clock woul d never have been erected. Big Ben takes its name fr om Si r Benj am in Hal l who was r esponsi bl e f or t he making of t he cl ock when the new Houses of Par liam ent were bei ng bui lt . It i s not only of i mmense si ze, but is extr emely accur ate as wel . Of fi ci als f rom Greenwich Observator y have the clock checked twi ce a day. On the B. . you can hear t he cl ock when it i s act ual ly str iki ng because micr ophones ar e connected t o the clock t ower. Bi g Ben has rarel y gone wr ong. Once, however , i t fai led to give the cor rect time. A pai nt er 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 ! Leson72 A car call ed Bluebird “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Sir Mal col m Cam pbel , was the f ir st m an to dr ive at over 300 mi les 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 le ngth 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 a ver age speed had been 299 m iles per hour . However , a few days l at er, he was tol d that a mi st ake had been made. Hi s 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. Foll owing hi s father 39。s son, Donald, also set up a wor ld record. Like hi s father , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit le boys who pl ay tr uant f rom school ar e unimaginati ve. A qui et day39。Thi s is a wonder ful place for a pi i c, 39。 I t couldn39。 Br inksley Mer s agr eed. 39。t we e more of ten ?39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you!39。 I39。t read ! 39。 Look, sher if f , 39。 don39。m Rockwal l Slinger and this i s Mer li n Gr eves. 39。 Oh, is it ?39。Wel l, I39。 leson75 SOS 呼救信號(hào) When a l ight passenger plane fl ew of f cour se some t ime ago, it cr ashed i n t he mountai 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 t he mi ddl e of wint er . Snow lay t hick on t he gr ound. The wom an knew that he near est vil lage was mi les away. When it grew dar k. she t urned a suit case int o a bed and put t he chi ldren i nsi de it , coveri ng them wit h al t he cl othes she could f ind. Dur ing t he ni ght , it got ter ibl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d to the chil dr en and e ven t ri ed to get int o the case her sel f, but it was too sm al l. Earl y ,next morni ng she heard pl anes pasi ng over head and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an idea. She stamped out the l et ter s39。 in t he snow. For tunat ely, a pil ot saw t he signal and sent a message by radio t o t he nearest town. It was not long befor e a heli copter ar ived on t he scene to rescue t he sur vivors of t he pl ane cr ash. Leson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 said the voice of the t elevision announcer