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1、accurateaswell.OfficialsfromGreenwichObservatoryhavetheclockcheckedtwiceaday.OntheB.B.C.youcanheartheclockwhenitisactuallystrikingbecausemicrophonesareconnectedtotheclocktower.BigBenhasrarelygonewrong.Once,however,itfailedtogivethecorrecttime.Apainterwhohadbeenwor
2、kingonthetowerhungapotofpaintononeofthehandsandsloweditdown! Lesson72AcarcalledBluebird“蓝鸟”汽车 Thegreatracingdriver,SirMalcolmCampbell,wasthefirstmantodriveatover300milesperhour.HesetupanewworldrecordinSeptember1935atBonnevilleSaltFlats,Utah.Bluebird,thecarhewasd
3、riving,hadbeenspeciallybuiltforhim.Itwasover30feetinlengthandhada2500horse-powerengine.AlthoughCampbellreachedaspeedofover304milesperhour,hehadgreatdifficultyincontrollingthecarbecauseatyreburstduringthefirstrun.Afterhisattempt,Campbellwasdisappointedtolearnthathi
4、saveragespeedhadbeen299milesperhour.However,afewdayslater,hewastoldthatamistakehadbeenmade.Hisaveragespeedhadbeen301milesperhour.Sincethattime,racingdrivershavereachedspeedsofover400milesanhour.Following hisfather'sfootstepsmanyyearslater,SirMalcolm'sson,Donald,al
5、sosetupaworldrecord.Likehisfather,hewasdrivingacarcalledBluebird. Lesson73Therecord-holder纪录保持者 Littleboyswhoplaytruantfromschoolareunimaginative.Aquietday'sfishing,oreighthoursinacinemaseeingthesamefilmoverandoveragain,isusuallyasfarastheyget.Theyhaveallbeenput
6、toshamebyaboywho,whileplayingtruant,travelled1600miles.Hehitch-hikedtoDoverand,towardsevening,wentintoaboattofindsomewheretosleep.Whenhewokeupnextmorning,hediscoveredthattheboathad,inthemeantime,travelledtoCalais.Noonenoticedtheboyashecreptoff.Fromthere,hehitch-hi
7、kedtoParisinalorry.Thedrivergavehimafewbiscuitsandacupofcoffeeandlefthimjustoutsidethecity.ThenextcartheboystoppeddidnottakehimintothecentreofParisashehopeditwould,buttoPerpignanontheFrench-Spanishborder.TherehewaspickedupbyapolicemanandsentbacktoEnglandbythelocal
8、authorities.Hehassurelysetuparecordforthethousandsofboyswhodreamofevadingschool. Lesson74Outofthelimelight舞台之外 Anancientbusstoppedbyadryriverbedandapa
