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              to press. He<br>
              sent the journalist two urgent telegrams, but received no reply. 
              He sent yet<br>
              another telegram informing the journalist that if he did not reply 
              soon he would<br>
              be fired. When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor 
              reluctantly pub-<br>
              lished the article as it had originally been written. A week later, 
              the editor at<br>
              last received a telegram from the journalist. Not only had the poor 
              man been<br>
              arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well. However, he had 
              at last been<br>
              allowed to send a cable in which he informed the editor that he 
              had been<br>
              arrested while counting the 1o84 steps leading to the 15-foot wall 
              which sur-<br>
              rounded the president's palace.</p>
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            <p>6. <a href="http://www.91pcb.com/download.asp">PCB之家</a></p>
            <p>The expensive shops in a famous arcade<br>
              near Piccadilly were just opening. At this<br>
              time of the morning, the arcade was almost<br>
              empty. Mr Taylor, the owner of a jewel-<br>
              lery shop was admiring a new window<br>
              display. Two of his assistants had been<br>
              working busily since 8 o'clock and had<br>
              only just finished. Diamond necklaces<br>
              and rings had been beautifully arranged<br>
              on a background of black velvet. After<br>
              gazing at the display for several minutes,<br>
              Mr Taylor went back into his shop.<br>
              The silence was suddenly broken when<br>
              a large car, with its headlights on and its<br>
              horn blaring, roared down the arcade. It<br>
              came to a stop outside the jeweler's. One<br>
              man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stockings over 
              their faces<br>
              jumped out and smashed the windoW of the shop with iron bars. While 
              this was<br>
              going on, Mr Taylor was upstairs. He and his staff began throwing 
              furniture out<br>
              of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade. One 
              of the thieves<br>
              was struck by a heavy statue, but he was too busy helping himself 
              to diamonds<br>
              to notice any pain. The raid was all over in three minutes, for 
              the men scrambled<br>
              back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed. Just as 
              it was leaving,<br>
              Mr Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases, 
              but it was<br>
              impossible to stop the thieves. They had got away with thousands 
              of pounds<br>
              worth of diamonds.</p>
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            <p>7. <a href="http://www.91pcb.com/download.asp">PCB之家</a></p>
            <p>Children often have far more sense than<br>
              their elders. This simple truth was<br>
              demonstrated rather dramatically during<br>
              a civil defence exercise in a small town in<br>
              Canada. Most of the inhabitants were<br>
              asked to take part in the exercise during<br>
              which they had to pretend that their city<br>
              had been bombed. Air-raid warnings<br>
              were sounded and thousands of people<br>
              went into special air-raid shelters. Doctors<br>
              and nurses remained above ground while<br>
              Police patrolled the streets in case anyone<br>
              tried to leave the shelters too soon.<br>
              The police did not have much to do<br>
              because the citizens took the exercise<br>
              seriously. They stayed underground for<br>
              twenty minutes and waited for the siren to sound again. On leaving 
              the air-raid<br>
              shelters, they saw that doctors and nurses were busy. A great many 
              people had<br>
              volunteered to act as casualties. Theatrical make-up and artificial 
              blood had<br>
              been used to make the injuries look realistic. A lot of People were 
              lying 'dead'<br>
              in the streets. The living helped to carry the dead and wounded 
              to special<br>
              stations. A Child of six was brought in by two adults. The child 
              was supposed to<br>
              be dead. With theatrical make-up on his face, he looked as if he 
              had died of<br>
              shock. Some people were so moved by the sight that they began to 
              cry. However,<br>
              the child suddenly sat up and a doctor asked him to comment on his 
              death.<br>
              The child looked around for a moment and said, 'I think they're 
              all crazy!'</p>
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            <p>8.<a href="http://www.91pcb.com/download.asp">PCB之家</a></p>
            <p>The Great St Bernard Pass connects<br>
              Switzerland to Italy. At 247o metres, it is<br>
              the highest mountain pass in Europe.<br>
              The famous monastery of St Bernard,<br>
              which was founded in the eleventh cen-<br>
              tury, lies about a mile away. For hun-<br>
              dreds of years, St Bernard dogs have<br>
              saved the lives of travellers crossing the<br>
              dangerous Pass. These friendly dogs,<br>
              which were first brought from Asia, were<br>
              used as watch-dogs even in Roman times.<br>
              Now that a tunnel has been built through<br>
              the mountains, the Pass is less dangerous,<br>
              but each year, the dogs are still sent out<br>
              into the snow whenever a traveller is in<br>
              difficulty. Despite the new tunnel, there<br>
              are still a few people who rashly attempt to cross the Pass on foot<br>
              During the summer months, the monastery is very busy,for it is visited 
              by<br>
              thousands of people who cross the Pass in cars, As there are so 
              many people<br>
              about, the dogs have to be kept in a special enclosure. In winter, 
              however, life<br>
              at the monastery is quite different. The temperature drops to -30 
              and very<br>
              few people attempt to cross the Pass. The monks Prefer winter to 
              summer for<br>
              they have more privacy. The dogs have greater freedom, too,for they 
              are<br>
              allowed to wander outside their enclosure. The only regular visitors 
              to the<br>
              monastery in winter are parties of skiers who go there at Christmas 
              and Easter.<br>
              These young people, who love the peace of the mountains, always 
              receive a warm<br>
              Welcome at St Bernard's monastery.</p>
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            <p>9.<a href="http://www.91pcb.com/download.asp">PCB之家</a></p>
            <p>By now, a rocket will have set off on its<br>
              35 million mile trip to Mars and scien-<br>
              tists must be waiting anxiously for the<br>
              results. The rocket will be travelling for<br>
              six months before it reaches the planet.<br>
              It contains a number of scienitic instru-<br>
              ments, including a television camera. Any<br>
              pictures that are taken will have to travel<br>
              for three minutes before they reach the<br>
              earth. If the pictures are successful, they<br>
              may solve a number of problems about<br>
              Mars and provide information about the<br>
              markings on its surface which, nearly 100<br>
              years ago, the astronomer, Schiaparelli,<br>
              thought to be canals.<br>
              It will be a long time before any<br>
              landing on Mars can be attempted. This will only be possible when 
              scientists<br>
              have learnt a lot more about the atmosphere that surrounds the planet. 
              If a<br>
              satellite can one day be put into orbit round Mars, scientists will 
              be able to find<br>
              out a great deal. An interesting suggestion for measuring the atmosphere 
              around<br>
              Mars has been put forward. A rubber ball containing a radio transmitter 
              could<br>
              be dropped from a satellite so that it would fall towards the surface 
              of the planet.<br>
              The radio would signal the rate which the ball was slowed down and 
              scientists<br>
              would be able to calculate how dense the atmosphere is. It may even 
              be possible<br>
              to drop a capsule containing scientific instruments on to the planet's 
              surface.<br>
              Only when a great deal more information has been obtained, will 
              it be possible<br>
              to plan a manned trip to Mars.</p>
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            <p>10.<a href="http://www.91pcb.com/download.asp">PCB之家</a></p>
            <p>The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New<br>
              York from Southampton on April 10th,<br>
              1912. She was carrying 1316 passengers<br>
              and a crew of 89l. Even by modern<br>
              standards, the 46,000 ton Titanic was a<br>
              colossal ship. At that time, however, she<br>
              was not only the largest ship that had<br>
              ever been built, but was regarded as<br>
              unsinkable, for she had sixteen water-<br>
              tight compartments. Even if two of these<br>
              were flooded, she would still be able to<br>
              float. The tragic sinking of this great<br>
              liner will always be remembered, for she<br>
              went down on her first voyage with heavy<br>
              loss of life.<br>
              Four days after setting out, while the<br>
              Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic, 
              a huge iceberg<br>
              was suddenly spotted by a look-out. After the alarm had been given, 
              the great<br>
              ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision. The Titanic turned 
              just in time,<br>
              narrowly missing the immense wall of ice which rose over 100 feet 
              out of the<br>
              water beside her. Suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from 
              below, and<br>
              the captain went down to see what had happened. The noise had been 
              so faint<br>
              that no one thought that the ship had been damaged. Below, the captain 
              realized<br>
              to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly, for five of 
              her sixteen water-<br>
              tight compartments had already been flooded ! The order to abandon 
              ship was<br>
              given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water. As there 
              were not<br>
              enough life-boats for everybody, 1500 lives were lost.</p>
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            <p>11.<a href="http://www.91pcb.com/download.asp">PCB之家</a></p>
            <p>Going through the Customs is a tiresome<br>
              business. The strangest thing about it is<br>
              that really honest people are often made<br>
              to feel guilty. The hardened professional<br>
              smuggler, on the other hand, is never<br>
              troubled by such feelings, even if he has<br>
              five hundred gold watches hidden in his<br>
              suitcase. When I returned from abroad<br>