【正文】 e never has anyt hing t o do. No mat er how busy you ar e, he always i nsi st s on ing wi th you. I had to t hink of a way of pr eventi ng him fr om f oll owing m e around al mor ni ng. 39。Hul l o, Ber t, 39。 I said. 39。Fancy meet ing you here !39。 39。Hul lo, Eli zabeth,39。 Ber t answered. 39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how to spend the m orningunti l I saw you. You39。r e not busy doing anything, are you ?39。 39。 No, not at al l,39。 I answer ed. 39。 I39。m going t o.. .39。 39。Would you m ind my i ng wi th you ?39。 he asked, bef or e I had f i ni shed speaking. ‘ Not at al ,39。 I li ed, 39。but I39。m goi ng to t he dent ist. 39。 39。 Then I 39。l e wi th you, 39。 he answer ed.39。 Ther e39。s always plenty to r ead in t he 39。wait ing r oom ! 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 orm ance, f or he sm il ed and said, 39。Just one mor e thi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenly cr osses the r oad in f ront of you. As soon as I tap on t he window, I want t he car t o be stopped immedi ately.39。 I continued dr iving and aft er some time, 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 t o 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。Mr Eam es, 39。 he said, in a mournf ul voice,39。 you have just ki l ed that chi ld ! 39。 l esson70 Red for danger 危險的紅色 Duri ng a bull fi ght , a drunk suddenly wandered i nto t he mi ddl e of the r ing. The cr owd began to shout, but t he drunk was unaware of the danger . The bull was busy wi t h the m at ador at the t ime, but it suddenly caught sight of the drunk who was shouti ng rude r emarks and waving a r ed cap. Apparentl y sensit ive t o cri ti ci sm , the bull f or got al l about the mat ador and char ged at t he dr unk. The cr owd suddenly gr ew quiet. The dr unk, however , seemed quit e sur e of himself . When the bull got close to hi m, he clumsil y stepped aside t o l et i t pass. The cr owd broke int o cheer s and the drunk bowed. By thi s ti me, however, t hr ee men had e int o the r ing and t hey qui ckl y dragged the dr unk to safety. Even the bul l seemed to feel sorr y f or hi m, f or i t looked on sympat het ical y unt il t he drunk was out of t he way befor e once mor e t ur ning i ts at ention to t he matador. Leson71 A f am ous cl ock 一個著名的大鐘 When you vi sit London, one of t he fi rst thi ngs you wi l see i s Bi g Ben, t he f am ous cl ock whi ch can be hear d al l over t he wor l d on t he B. B. C. I f t he Houses of Par li am ent had hot been burned down i n 1834, t he gr eat cl ock woul d never have been er ected. Bi g Ben takes i ts name f r 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 t he new Houses of Parl i am ent wer e bei ng bui lt . It i s not only of im mense si ze, but is extr em el y accur ate as wel . Of i ci al s f rom Gr enwi ch Obser vat or y have t he clock checke d t wi ce a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he cl ock when it i s act ual y str i ki ng because m icr ophones ar e connected t o t he 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 ! Leson72 A car call ed Bl uebi rd “藍鳥”汽車 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Sir Mal col m Cam pbel , was t he f i r st man to dr ive at over 300 m il es per hour . He set up a new worl d r ecor d in September 1935 at Bonnevil le Salt Fl at s, Ut ah. Bl uebi rd, the car he was dri ving, had been special ly buil t for him . I t was over 30 f eet i n length and had a 2500 horsepower engi ne. Al though Campbel l reached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour, he had great dif fi cul ty i n contr ol li ng the car because a tyre bur st dur ing t he fi rst run. Af ter his at empt, Campbel l was disappoint ed to l ear n t hat his average speed had been 299 mil es per hour. However, a f ew days l ater, he was t old t hat a mistake had been made. His average speed had been 301 mil es per hour. Since t hat t ime, racing dr ivers have r eached speeds of over 400 mil es an hour . Fol lowi ng hi s f at her 39。s f oot steps many year s later , Si r Mal col m39。s son, Donald, also set up a worl d r ecord. Li ke hi s f at her , he was dri vi ng a car cal e d Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record holder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li t le boys who play t ruant fr om school are uni magi nat ive. A qui et day39。s f i shi ng, or eight hours i n a cinema seei ng the same f il m over and over agai n, i s usual y as f ar as they get. They have al l been put to shame by a boy who, whi le playing tr uant, t ravel ed 1600 m iles. He hit ch hi ked t o Dover and, towar ds evening, went i nto a boat to fi nd som ewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next m orning, he discover ed that he boat had, i n t he meant ime, tr avel led t o Calai s. No one noti ced the boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tchhi ked t o Pari s in a lor ry. The dri ver gave him a f ew biscui ts and a cup of coff e and l eft him j ust outside t he ci ty. The next car the boy stopped di d not take him int o the centr e of Par is as he hoped it would, but to Perpi gnan on the FrenchSpani sh bor der. There he was pi cked up by a pol iceman and sent back t o England by t he local authori ti es. He has surely set up a r ecord for t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evading school . Lesson74 O ut of t he li meli ght 舞臺之外 An ancient bus st opped by a dr y r iver bed an