【正文】 open, but for tunat ely t his has not happened. The mummy successfull y survived t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eading an ar ti cl e enti tled 39。 I l it a ci gar ete to calm my ner ves. I smoked wi th concent rat ion and pleasur e as I was sur e that thi s woul d be my last ci gar ete. For a whole week I di d not smoke at al and dur ing t his t ime, my wif e suf f er ed ter ri bl y. I had al l t he usual symptom s of someone giving up smoki ng: a bad t em per and an enor mous appet it e. My fr iends kept on of feri ng me ci gar e tes and cigars. They made no ef ort to hide their amusement whenever I pr oduced a packet of sweets f r om my pocket. Af ter seven days of t his I went to a par ty. Everybody ar ound me was smoking and I f el t ext remel y unf ort abl e. When my ol d fr iend Br ian ur ged me t o acept a ci gar et e, i t was more t han I could bear . I t ook one gui lt il y, l it i t and side, he es i nto t he gar den and waits unt il the gat e shuts. Then he si ts and barks unti l someone l et s him out . Af ter this he i mm edi at ely l et s him self i n and begi ns bar king again. Yest er day my husband r emoved the gate 大豆油脂廠 可 行 性 研 究 報(bào) 告 2020 年 4 月 al ive. Lesson68 Persi stent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed the str eet t o avoi d meeti ng him, but he saw me and cam e r unni ng towar ds m e. I t was no use pr et endi ng t hat I had not seen hi m, so I waved to him . I never enj oy m eti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng to do. No m at t er how busy you are, he al ways i nsists on i ng wit h you. I had t o t hi nk of a way of pr event i ng hi m fr om f oll owi ng m e ar ound al l m or ni ng. 39。 I sai d. 39。 Hul l o, Eli zabeth,39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he m orni ngunti l I saw you. You39。 No, not at al l,39。 I39。 39。 he asked, bef ore I had f ini shed speaking. ‘ Not at al ,39。but I39。 Then I 39。 he answered.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 tested f or a dr i vi ng li cence f or t he t hi rd t im e. I had been asked t o dr i ve i n heavy t r af fi c and had done so succe ssf ull y. Af t er havi ng been instr uct ed to dr i ve out of town, I began t o acquir e confi dence. Sur e t hat I had passed, I was alm ost begi nni ng t o enj oy my t est . The exami ner m ust have been pleased wi t h m y perf orm ance, for he sm il ed and sai d, 39。 I conti nued dr i vi ng and af ter som e ti me, the exam iner tapped loudl y. Though t he sound coul d be heard cl ear ly, it t ook m e a l ong t im e t o react . I suddenl y pr essed t he br ake pedal har d and we were bot h thr own f or war d. The exami ner l ooked at m e sadl y. 39。 he said, i n a m our nf ul 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 i nt o t he mi ddl e of t he r i ng. The crowd began t o shout, but t he dr unk was unaware of t he danger. The bull was busy wit h t he m at ador at t he t im e, but it suddenl y caught si ght of t he dr unk who was shouti ng r ude r emar ks and wavi ng a red cap. Appar entl y sensit i ve t o cri ti ci sm , t he bull f or got al l about t he m at ador and char ge d at he dr unk. The cr owd suddenl y grew qui et . The dr unk, however, seem ed qui te sur e of him sel f. When t he bull got cl ose t o him , he cl um si l y st epped asi de t o let it pas. The crowd br oke int o cheers and t he dr unk bowed. By t his t im e, however , thr e m en had e i nt o t he r ing and t hey qui ckl y dr agged t he dr unk t o saf ety. Even t he bull seem ed t o f eel sorr y f or him , f or it l ooked on sympat heti cal ly unti l t he dr unk was out of t he way bef ore once mor e tur ni ng it s at ent ion t o t he m at ador . Lesson71 A f am ous cl ock 一個(gè)著 名的大鐘 When you vi sit London, one of t he fi r st t hi ngs you wil l see i s Big Ben, t he f am ous cl ock which can be hear d al over t he worl d on t he B. B. C. If t he Houses of Parl iament had hot been bur ned down in 1834, t he gr eat cl ock would never have been er ect ed. Bi g Ben t akes it s nam e f rom Si r Benjami n Hal who was r esponsi bl e for t he m aki ng of t he clock when t he new Houses of Par li am ent wer e being buil t. I t i s not onl y of imm ense si ze, but i s ext r em el y acur at e as wel l. Of fi cial s fr om Gr eenwi ch Obser vat or y have t he cl ock checked t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear the cl ock when i t i s act ual y st ri king because mi cr ophones are connect ed to t he clock t ower . Bi g Ben has r arel y gone wr ong. Once, however, i t fail ed t o gi ve t he corr ect 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 , Sir Mal col m Cam pbel , was t he f ir st m an to dr i ve at over 300 mi l es per hour . He set up a new worl d r ecor d i n Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil le Salt Fl at s, Ut ah. Bl uebi r d, t he car he was dri ving, had been speci al ly buil t f or him . It was over 30 feet i n l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Cam pbel r eached a speed of over 304 mi l es per hour , he had gr eat di f icult y i n cont roll i ng t he car because a t yr e bur st duri ng the f ir st r un. Aft er hi s at t em pt , Cam pbel was di sappoint ed t o l e ar n t hat his aver age speed had been 299 m il es per hour . However , a f ew days l at er, he was t ol d t hat a mi stake had been m ade. His aver age speed had been 301 m il es per hour. Si nce t hat t im e, r aci ng dr i ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 m il es an hour . Fol l owi ng his f at her 39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a wor ld r ecor d. Like hi s fat her, he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play t ruant f r om school are unim agi nat i ve. A qui et day