【正文】 to the near est t own. I t was not l ong bef ore a heli copt er ar ri ved on the scene t o r escue the survivor s of the plane crash. Lesson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。To end our special news bul leti n,39。 sai d the voi ce of t he televisi on announcer ,39。 we are taking you to the macaroni fi elds of Calabri a. Macaroni has been gr own in this ar ea for over six hundr ed years. Two of t he leadi ng grower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ricar do Brabante, tel me that they have been expecti ng a spl endi d crop t his year and har vesti ng has begun ear li er than usual. Her e you can see two wor ker s who, between t hem, have j ust fi nished cut ti ng thr e car t loads of golden br own macar oni st al ks. The whole vi l age has been worki ng day and ni ght gatheri ng and thr eshing t his year39。s cr op bef ore the Sept ember ains. On the r ight , you can see Mr s Brabant e herself . She has been hel pi ng her husband f or thi rt y year s now. Mr s Brabant e is talki ng to t he manager of the l ocal factor y where t he cr op i s pr ocessed. This l ast scene shows you what wi l l happen at t he end of t he har vest : the f amous Calabri an macar oni eati ng pet it ion ! Si gnor Fr at el li , the pr esent champion, has won it ever y year si nce 1961. And that ends our special bul let in f or today, Thursday, Apr il 1st. We ar e now r etur ni ng you to the studio. 39。 Lesson77 A succesful operat ion 一例成功的手術(shù) The mumm y of an Egypt ian wom an who died i n 800 . has just had an operat ion. The mummy is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a si nger i n the Templ e of Thebes. As there wer e str ange m ar ks on the X r ay pl ates taken of the mum my, doctor s have been tr ying t o f ind out whet her t he woman di ed of a rare di sease. The only way to do this was t o oper ate. The oper ation, which l ast ed for over f our hour s, pr oved t o be very di f icult because of the hard r esi n whi ch covered t he ski n. The doctor s removed a sect i on of the m ummy and sent i t to a l abor ator y. They also f ound somethi ng which t he Xr ay of the god Duamut ef . This god which has t he head of a cow was norm aly placed i nsi de a mumm y. The doctor s have not yet decided how t he woman died. They f eared t hat the m ummy woul d f al l to pi eces when they cut it open, but for tunat ely t his has not happened. The mummy successfull y survived t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eading an ar ti cl e entit led 39。Ci garet te Smoki ng and Your Healt h39。 I l it a ci gar et te to ca lm my ner ves. I sm oked wi th concent rat ion and pleasur e as I was sur e that thi s woul d be my last ci gar et te. For a whole week I di d not smoke at al l and dur ing t his t ime, my wif e suf f er ed ter ri bl y. I had al l t he usual sym pt oms of som eone gi vi ng up smoking: a bad temper and an enorm ous appeti te. My f ri ends kept on off er ing m e cigaret es and ci gar s. They made no ef for t o hide t hei r amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweet s fr om my pocket . Af t er seven days of thi s I went t o a par t y. Everybody around me was smoki ng and I f elt extr em el y un for table. When my ol d f ri end Bri an urged me t o accept a cigaret e, i t was more than I coul d bear . I took one guilt il y, lit i t and smoked wi th sati sf act ion. My wif e was deli ght ed that things had ret ur ned to nor mal once m or e. Anyway, as Bri an pointed out, i t is t he easiest hing i n the wor l d to gi ve up sm oki ng. He himself has done i t lot s of t im es! Leson79 By air 乘飛機(jī) I used to tr avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My parents, used t o l ive in Sout h Am er ica and I used t o f ly t her e f rom Europe i n the holi days. An air host ess would take char ge of me and I never had an unpl easant exper ience. I am used t o tr avel li ng by air and onl y on one occasion have I ever f el t fr ight ened. Af t er t aki ng off , we wer e fl ying l ow over t he cit y and sl owly gai ni ng height, when the pl ane suddenl y tur ned round and fl ew back to t he air por t. Whi le we were wai ti ng to land, an ai r hostess tol d us to keep calm and to get off t he pl ane qui et ly as soon as it had t ouched down. Ever ybody on boar d was wor ri ed and we were cur ious to f i nd out what had happened. Later we l ear nt t hat t her e was a very impor tant per son on board. The poli ce had been tol d that a bomb had been pl ant ed on the pl ane. Af ter we had landed, t he plane was searched thor oughly. Fort unat el y, not hing was f ound and f ive hours l ater we wer e abl e to take off again. Lesson80 The Crystal Pal ace 水晶宮 Perhaps the m ost ext raor di nar y buil ding of t he ni eent h cent ur y was t he Crystal Palace, whi ch was bui lt i n Hyde Park f or the Gr eat Exhibi ti on of 1851. The Crysta l Palace was dif ferent fr om al l ot her bui ldings in the wor ld, for i t was made of i ron and gl ass. It was one of the biggest buil dings of al l ti me and a l ot of peopl e f rom many countr ies came t o se i t. A great many goods wer e sent to the exhi bit ion f rom var ious part s of the wor ld. Ther e was also a gr eat deal of machinery on di spl ay. The m ost wonder ful pi ece of machinery on show was Nas myt h39。s st eam hammer . Though in those days, tr avel ing was not as easy as it i s t oday, st eam boat s car ri ed thousands of visit or s acr oss the Channel f rom Europe. On ar iving i n England, they were t aken to t he Crystal Palace by tr ain. Ther e were si x mi l ion visi tors in al , and the prof it s fr om t he exhi biti on wer e used t o build museums and coll eges. Lat er, the Cr yst al Pal ace was m oved t o South London. I t remai ned one of the m ost f am ous bui ldings i n the wor ld unt il it was bur nt down i n 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil led t he guar d, t he pr isoner of war quickly dr agged hi m i nto t he bushes. Worki ng rapidly in