【正文】 t fail ed to gi ve the corr ect im e. A pai nter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of pai nt on one of the hands and sl owed it down ! Leson72 A car call ed Bluebird “藍(lán)鳥(niǎo)”汽車(chē) The gr eat r acing dr iver , Si r Malcolm Campbel , was the f ir st man t o dri ve at over 300 mi les per hour. He set up a new wor ld recor d i n September 1935 at Bonnevi le Sal t Flats, Utah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dr iving, had been speci aly bui lt f or hi m. I t was over 30 feet in lengt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 mil es per hour , he had great di f icult y i n cont roll ing t he car because a t yre burst 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 mi les per hour . However , a few days l at er, he was tol d that a mi st ake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 m iles per hour . Since that ti me, racing dri vers have reached speeds of over 400 m iles an hour. Foll owing hi s father39。s son, Donald, al so set up a wor ld record. Like hi s father, he was dr iving a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The recordhol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who pl ay tr uant f rom school ar e unimagi nat ive. A quiet 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 t en ?39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you! 39。 I 39。t r ead ! 39。 Look, sheri f , 39。 don39。m Rockwal Sli nger and t hi s is Merl in Gr eeves.39。 Oh, i s it ?39。Wel, I 39。 l esson75 SOS 呼救信號(hào) When a li ght passenger pl ane f lew off course som e ti me ago, i t cr ashed i n the m ount ai ns and it s pi lot was kil led. The onl y pasenger s, a young woman and her two baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. I t was the mi ddle of wi nter. Snow l ay thick on t he ground. The wom an knew that the near est vi l age was m iles away. When it gr ew dark. she turned a suit case i nt o a bed and put t he chi l dr en inside i t, cover ing t hem wi th al l t he clothes she coul d fi nd. Dur ing t he night, i t got t er ri bly cold. The woman kept as near as she could t o t he chi ldren and even tr ied t o get i nto t he case herself , but i t was t oo smal . Ear ly , next mor ning she hear d planes passi ng over head and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an i dea. She st amped out t he let er s39。 i n the snow. For tunatel y, a pi lot saw the signal and sent a mesage by radi o to t he 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。 sai d the voi ce of t he televisi on announcer ,39。 （二 ）項(xiàng)目總投資概算及資金來(lái)源 Engl ishm an, 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 actual y begun. If , at t he tim e, t he Br it ish had not f ear ed i nvasi on, i t would have been pl et ed. Recent l y, t her e has again been gr eat i nt er est i n t he i dea of a Channel Tunnel. I f i t is buil t, i t wil l connect Br it ai n t o Eur ope f or t he fi r st t im e i n hi st or y. Lesson65 Jum bo versus t he pol ice 小象對(duì)警察 Last Chr i stm as, t he ci r cus owner, Jimm y Gat es, deci ded t o t ake som e pr esent s t o a chi l dr en39。guar d of honour39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a few t ons, 39。so i t was fort unat e t hat we di dn39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff in i s a m oder n aer o plane, but it s desi gner, Mr John Wim penny, is f indi ng i t dif fi cul t o get it off t he gr ound. The r eason f or t his i s t hat t hi s pl ane is also a bi cycl e. I ts pil ot has t o pedal hard t o get i t i nt o t he ai r. Af ter Mr Wim penny had t he pl ane buil t, i t was test ed t hor oughl y. I n 1961, it was t he fi r st man power ed ai r cr af t t o fl y hal f a mi le. Whi le bei ng f l own by a cham pi on am ateur cycli st i n 1963, t he pl ane crashed on an ai rf iel d. Si nce t hen, Mr Wim penny has had i t r ebuil t. He has had t he l engt h of the wi ngs i ncreased so t hat t hey now m easur e 93 feetalm ost as l ong as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nt er est i n t hi s new and unusual sport . But t hough ai r cycli st s m ay 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 Engli sh Channel , it i s doubt ful whet her t hey wil l ever cycl e across the At lanti c. Lesson67 Vol canoes 火山 Har oun Tazi ef f the Poli sh sci ent ist, has spent hi s li f e tim e st udying acti ve vol canoes and deep caves i n al part s of the wor ld. I n 1948, he went t o l ake Ki vu i n t he Congo t o obser ve a new vol cano which he l at er nam ed Ki t ur o. Tazi ef f was abl e t o set up his camp ver y cl ose to t he vol cano whil e it was er upti ng vi ol ent ly. Though he m anaged t o t ake a num ber of br il i ant phot ographs, he coul d not st ay near t he vol cano f or ver y l ong. He noti ced t hat a ri ver of li quid r ock was ing t owar ds him. I t thr eat ened t o sur r ound him pl et el y, but Tazi ef m anaged to escape j ust i n tim e. He wait ed unt il t he vol cano becam e quiet and he was a bl e t o ret ur n t wo days l at er. Thi s t im e, he m anaged to cl im b int o the m out h of Kit uro so t hat he could t ake phot ogr aphs and measur e t em perat ur es. Tazi ef has oft en ri sked hi s l if e i n t hi s way. He has been abl e t o tel us m or e about acti ve vol canoes than any man ali ve. Leson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I crossed t he st r et to avoi d m eet ing him , but he saw m e and cam e r unni ng t owar ds me. It was no use pret endi ng t hat I had not seen him, so I waved t o him. I never enj oy m eet ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng t o do. No m