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ce, however , i t fai led to give the cor rect time. 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 Bluebird “蓝鸟”汽车 The gr eat r aci ng dri ver , Si r Mal col m Campbel , was the f ir st man t o dr ive at over 300 mi les per hour . He set up a new wor ld r ecor d in Sept em ber 1935 at Bonnevil le Salt Fl at s, Ut ah. Bl uebi rd, t he car he was dri ving, had been special ly buil t for him . It was over 30 feet i n l ength and had a 2500 horse power engi ne. Al though Campbel reached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour , he had gr eat dif fi cul ty in contr olli ng the car because a tyr e bur st dur ing t he fi rst run. Af ter his at empt, Campbel was disappoi nt ed to lear n t hat hi s average speed had been 299 mil es per hour. However, a f ew days later , he was t old t hat a m istake had been m ade. Hi s average speed had been 301 mil es per hour. Si nce t hat t ime, r aci ng dr iver s have r eached speeds of over 400 mi les an hour . Fol lowi ng his f at her 39。 s f ootsteps many year s lat er , Sir Mal col m39。 s son, Donal d, also set up a worl d r ecor d. Li ke his f at her , he was dri vi ng a car cal led Bl uebir d. Lesson73 The record holder 纪录保持者 Li t le boys who play t ruant fr om school are uni maginati ve. A qui et day39。 s f ishing, or ei ght hours i n a cinema seei ng the same f il m over and over agai n, i s usual ly as f ar as t hey get. They have al l been put to shame by a boy who, whi le pl ayi ng t ruant, t ravel led 1600 mi les. He hit ch hi ked t o Dover and, towar ds evening, went i nto a boat to f i nd somewhere to sleep. When he woke up next m or ning, he discovered t hat t he boat had, i n t he m eant ime, tr avel led t o Calais. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tchhiked t o Pari s in a lorr y. The dri ver gave him a few biscui ts and a cup of cof f e and l ef t him just out side the ci ty. The next car t he boy stopped di d not take him int o the centr e of Par is as he hoped it would, but t o Perpi gnan on t he French Spani sh bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a poli cem an and sent back t o England by the l ocal authori ti es. He has sur ely set up a record for the t housands of boys who dr eam of evading school . Lesson74 O ut of t he li meli ght 舞台之外 An ancient bus st opped by a dr y r iver bed and a part y of f am ous actor s and actr eses got of f. Dr esed in dar k glasses and old cl othes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecogni ze them. But as they soon di scovered, di sgui ses can som et im es be t oo per f ect. 39。 This i s a wonderf ul pl ace f or a piic,39。 sai d Gl ori a Gleam. 39。 I t coul dn39。 t be bet ter, Gl ori a,39。 Bri nksl ey Meers agreed. 39。 No newspaper men, no fi lm fans! Why don39。 t we e mor e oft en ?39。 Meanwhil e, t wo ot her actor s, Rockwal Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eves, had car r ied two lar ge food baskets t o a shady spot under some tr ees. When t hey had al l made themsel ves f ort abl e, a st ranger appear ed. He l ooked very angr y. 39。 Now you gut out of here, al l of you! 39。 he shout ed: 39。 I 39。 m sheri f her e. Do you see that noti ce ? It says No Cam pi ng in case you can39。 t r ead ! 39。 39。 Look, sheri f , 39。 said Rockwal ,39。 don39。 t be t oo hard on us. I39。 m Rockwal Sli nger and t hi s is Merl in Gr eeves.39。 39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 sai d the sheri f wi th a sneer. 39。 Wel , I 39。 m Br inksl ey Meers, and my other name i s Glor ia Gl eam . Now you get out of her e f ast ! 39。 l esson75 SOS 呼救信号 When a li ght passenger pl ane f lew off course som e ti me ago, i t crashed i n the m ount ai ns and it s pi lot was kil led. The onl y pa senger s, a young woman and her two baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. I t was the m iddle of wi nter. Snow l ay thick on t he ground. The woman knew that the nearest vi l age was mil es away. When i t gr ew dark. she turned a sui t case i nt o a bed and put t he si nce. Leson60 The fut ure 卜算未来 At a vi l age fair , I decided t o visit a f ort une tel er cal led Madam Bel li nsky. I went i nto her tent and she t old m e to si t down. Af ter I had given her some m oney, she l ooked i nto a cr yst al bal and sai d: 39。 A r elati on of your s is i ng to see you. She wi l be ar ri vi ng thi s evening and i ntends to stay f or a few days. The moment you leave t his t ent , you wil l get a big sur pri se. A wom an you know wel wi l r ush t owards you. She wi l speak to you and then she wi l lead you away fr om this pl ace. That i s al l. 39。 As soon as I went out side, I f ot al about Madam Bel li nsky because my wif e hurr ied t owar ds me. 39。 Wher e have you been hidi ng ?39。 she asked im pat ientl y. 39。 Your si st er wi l l be her e in l es t han an hour and we must be at the stati on to meet her. We are l ate alr eady. 39。 As she wal ked away, I fol lowed her out of the f air . Lesson61 Trouble wi t h the Hubble 哈勃望远镜的困境 I n f utur e, ast ronauts wi l be r equi red t o descend fr om a spaceship whi le it is st il i n space and to retur n t o it . The abi li ty t o do thi s wi l be necessary in f utur e fl ights to di st ant plas. Sci ent ists ar e now t r ying t o discover if t his i s possible. The spaceshi p Astr a which l eft the ear th a short t ime ago, wil l be tr avel ling three hundred mi les i nt o space. At a cer tai n point, t he Ast r a wil l st op for a short t ime and an astr onaut wi l at em pt t o leave the stat ionary spaceship and t hen r eturn to i t. We shal l not know whether the experi ment has been successful unt il we have r eceived a r adio m essage. The fi rst mesage is expect ed to ar ri ve at 7 o39。 cl ock thi s evening. By t hat ti me, the Ast ra wi l have been f lyi ng thr ough space f or seventeen hour s and wil l have ci rcled t he ear th a gr eat m any tim es. When t he fi rs。
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