【正文】 voice,39。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bulf ight, a dr unk suddenly wandered int o t he m iddle of t he r ing. The cr owd began to shout, but he dr unk was unaware of t he danger . The bul was busy wit h the matador at he t ime, but i suddenly caught sight of t he dr unk who was shouting rude r emarks and waving a red cap. Appar ent ly sensit ive to crit icism, t he bul f or got al about he m atador and charged at t he drunk. The crowd suddenly grew quiet. The drunk, however , seemed quit e sur e of himself . When t he bul got close t o him, he clumsily stepped aside t o let it pas. The cr owd br ok e int o cheers and t he dr unk bowed. By t his t ime, however, three men had e int o the ring and t hey quickly dr agged t he dr unk to safety. Even t he bul seem ed t o f eel sor ry for him, f or it looked on sympatheticaly unt il t he drunk was out of t he way bef or e once more tur ni g it s atention t o t he matador. Lesson71 A f amous clock 一個著名的大鐘 When you visit London, one of t he f ir st t hings you wil see is Big Ben, t he f amous clock which can be hear d al over the world on t he . I f t he Houses of Parliament had hot been bur ned down i 1834, t he gr eat clock would never have been er ect ed. Big Ben takes it s name fr om Sir Benjamin Hal who was r esponsible for the making of t he clock when t he new Houses of Parliam ent wer e being built . I t is not only of im mense size, but is ext remely accur at e as well. Of icials f rom Gr eenwich Obser vat or y have t he clock checked t wice a day. On t he . you c an hear the clock when it is actualy str iking because micr ophones ar e connected t o t he clock t ower . Big Ben has r arely gone wr ong. Once, however, it f ailed t o give t he cor ect im e. A paint er who had been working on t he t ower hung a pot of paint on one of t he hands and slowed it down !Lesson72 A car called Bluebir d “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The great r acing dr iver , Sir Malcolm Campbell, was t he f ir st man t o drive at over 300 m iles per hour. He set up a new world r ecord in September 1935 at Bonnevile Salt Flat s, Utah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dr iving, had been specialy built for him . I t was over 30 f eet in lengt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Alt hough Campbel r eached a speed of over 304 miles per hour , he had great dif ficult y in contr oling t he car because a tyre burst during t he f ir st r un. Aft er his at empt , Campbell was disappoint ed t o lear n that his aver age speed had been 299 miles per hour. However , a f ew days lat er , he was t old that a mist ake had been made. His average speed had been 301 miles per hour . Since t hat tim e, r acing dr ivers have r eached speeds of over 400 miles an hour. Fol wing his f ather39。s son, Donald, also set up a world r ecord. Like his fat her, he was driving a car caled Bluebird. Lesson73 The r ecor dholder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tle boys who play t ruant f rom school ar e unim aginative. A quiet day39。This is a wonderf ul place f or a piic, 39。I t couldn39。 Br inksley M eers agr eed. 39。t we e more oft en ?39。Now you gut out of her e, alof you!39。I 39。t r ead ! 39。said Rockwal, 39。t be t o hard on us. I 39。 Oh, is it ?39。Well, I 39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a light passenger plane flew of f cour se some t ime ago, it crashed in t he mount ains and it s pilot was kiled. The only passengers, a young woman and her t wo baby daught ers, were unhur t. I t was t he middle of wint er. Snow lay t hick on t he ground. The woman knew that he near est vilage was m iles away. When it gr ew dark. she t urned a suit case int o a bed and put he childr en inside it , covering t hem wit h al t he clot hes she could f ind. During t he night, i got err ibly cold. The woman kept as near as she could t o the childr en and even tr ied to get int o the case herself, but it was t oo smal. Early , next morning she hear d planes pasing overhead and wonder ed how she could send a signal. Then she had an idea. She st amped out the lett ers39。 in t he snow. For tunately, a pilot saw t he signal and sent a message by radio to t he nearest town. I t was not long befor e a helicopt er ar ived on t he scene t o r escue the sur vi or s of t he plane crash. Lesson76 Apr il Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 said t he voice of the televison announcer, 39。s hospit al. Dr essed up as Father Christm as and ac panied by a 39。 of six pr et ty girls, he set of f down t he main str eet of t he cit y r iding a baby elephant caled J um bo. He, should have known t hat t he police would never alow t his sort of t hing. A policeman appr oached J imm y and t old him he ought o have gone along a sidestr eet as J um bo was holding up t he t r af fic. Though Jimm y agreed t o go at once, J um bo r ef used t o move. Fif t een policemen had t o push very har d t o get him of f t he m ain st reet. The police had a dif ficult tim e, but hey were m ost amused. 39。 said a policeman af t er war ds, 39。t have t o car y him. Of course, we should ar r est him, but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal et him of f t his t im e.39。Hulo, Bert, 39。Fancy m eeting you her e ! 39。 Ber t answer ed. 39。r e not busy doing anyt hing, ar e you ?39。 I answer ed.39。m going t o. .39。 he asked, bef or e I had f inished speaking. ‘ Not at al, 39。but I39。 Then I 39。 he answer ed.39。s always plenty t o r ead in t he 39。 lesson69 But not m ur der ! 并非謀殺！ I was being t ested f or a dr iving licence f or t he t hir d t im e. Ihad been asked t o drive in heavy t r af fic and had done so succesfuly. Af t er having been inst ructed t o drive out of t own, Ibegan t o acquir e conf idence. Sur e t hat Ihad pased, I was alm ost beginni g t o enjoy my t est. The examiner m ust have been pleased wit h m y per form ance, f or he sm iled and said, 39。 I cont inued driving and af ter som e t im e, t he examiner t aped loudly. Though t he sound could be heard clear ly, it t ook m e a long t im e t o r eact . I sudenly pr essed t he br ake pedal h