【正文】 en wor ki ng day and ni ght gat her ing and t hr eshi ng thi s year39。s cr op bef or e t he Septem ber r ai ns. On t he ri ght , you can see Mrs Br abant e her sel f. She has been helpi ng her husband f or t hir t y years now. Mrs Br abant e is t al king t o t he m anager of t he l ocal f act or y wher e t he cr op is pr ocessed. This l ast scene shows you what wi l happen at t he end of t he har vest : t he f am ous Cal abri an m acar oni eati ng pet it ion ! Si gnor Fr at el li , t he pr esent champi on, has won it every year si nce 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull et i n for t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st. We ar e now r et ur ni ng you t o t he st udi o. 39。 Lesson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m um my of an Egypti an wom an who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an operati on. The m umm y i s t hat of Shepenm ut who was once a si nger i n the Tem pl e of Thebes. As t her e wer e st r ange m ar ks on the X r ay pl at es taken of the m umm y, doct or s have been tr yi ng t o f ind out whet her the wom an di ed of a rar e di sease. The onl y way t o do t hi s was t o oper at e. The operati on, whi ch l asted f or over f our hours, pr oved to be ver y dif fi cul t because of t he har d r esi n whi ch cover ed the skin. The doct ors r em oved a secti on of t he m umm y and sent it t o a l abor at ory. They al so f ound som et hi ng whi ch t he Xr ay of t he god Duam utef. Thi s god which has the head of a cow was norm al ly pl aced i nsi de a m umm y. The doct ors have not yet deci ded how t he wom an di ed. They f ear ed t hat the m umm y woul d fal t o pi eces when the y cut i t open, but f ort unat el y t hi s has not happened. The m um my successf ull y sur vi ved t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eading an art i cl e ent it led 39。Ci garet e Sm oki ng and Your Healt h39。 I l it a ci gar et te t o calm my ner ves. I sm oked wi th conc ent rati on and pleasur e as I was sur e that thi s woul d be m y last ci gar et t e. For a whole wek I di d not sm oke at al l and dur i ng t his t im e, m y wif e suf f er ed ter ri bl y. I had al t he usual sym pt om s of som eone gi vi ng up sm oking: a bad temper and an enorm ous appeti e. My f ri ends kept on off eri ng m e ci gar et tes and ci gars. They m ade no ef f or t to hi de their amusem ent whenever I pr oduced a packet of sweets f r om my pocket . Aft er seven days of t hi s I went t o a part y. Ever ybody ar ound m e was sm oki ng and I f el t ext remel y unf or t abl e. When m y ol d fr iend Br ian ur ged m e t o accept a ci gar et te, it was m or e t han I could bear. I t ook one guil ti l y, li t it and sm oked wit h sat isf acti on. My wi fe was deli ghted t hat t hi ngs had r et ur ned t o norm al once m or e. Anyway, as Br i an poi nt ed out , it i s t he easi est t hi ng in t he worl d t o give up smoki ng. He him sel f has done it l ot s of ti mes! Lesson79 By ai r 乘飛機 I used t o tr avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used t o l i ve i n Sout h Am eri ca and I used t o fl y t her e fr om Eur ope i n t he hol i days. An ai r hostess woul d t ake char ge of m e and I never had an unpleasant experi ence. I am used to t r avel ing by ai r and onl y on one occasi on have I ever felt f ri ght ened. Af ter t aki ng of f, we were f l yi ng low over t he ci ty and sl owl y gai ni ng hei ght, when t he plane suddenly t ur ned r ound and f l ew back t o t he ai r port . Whi le we were wai ti ng t o l and, an air host ess t ol d us t o keep cal m and to get off t he pl ane qui et l y as soon as it had t ouched down. Ever ybody on boar d was worr ied and we wer e curi ous t o f ind out what had happened. Lat er we lear nt t hat t her e was a very i mport ant person on board. The pol i ce had been t ol d t hat a bom b had been pl ant ed on t he pl ane. Af ter we had l anded, t he plane was sear ched t hor oughl y. For tunat ely, not hi ng was f ound and fi ve hour s lat er we wer e able t o t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Cryst al Palace 水晶宮 Per haps t he most ext raordi nar y bui l di ng of the ni ent h cent ur y was t he Crystal Pal ace, whi ch was buil t i n Hyde Par k f or t he Gr eat Exhi bi ti on of 1851. The Cr ystal Pal ace was di f fer ent fr om al l ot her bui ldi ngs i n t he wor l d, f or i t was made of ir on and gl as. It was one of t he bi ggest bui l di ngs of al t im e and a lot of peopl e fr om m any countr ies cam e t o see i t. A gr eat m any goods we r e sent to t he exhi bi ti on f rom var i ous part s of t he wor ld. Ther e was also a gr eat deal of m achi ner y on display. The m ost wonderf ul pi ece of m achi ner y on show was Nasm yt h39。s steam hamm er . Though i n t hose days, tr avel li ng was not as easy as i t is t oday, st eam boat s car ied t housands of visit ors acr oss t he Channel f r om Eur ope. On ar i vi ng i n Engl and, t hey wer e t aken t o the Cr yst al Pa l ace by t rai n. There wer e si x m il li on vi sit or s i n al l, and t he pr ofi ts f r om t he exhi bi ti on were used t o bui ld m useum s and col l eges. Lat er , the Cr yst al Pal ace was m oved t o Sout h London. I t remai ned one of t he m ost f am ous buil dings i n the wor ld unti l it was bur nt down i n 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil led t he guar d, t he pri soner of war qui ckl y dragged hi m i nt o t he bushes. Wor ki ng r api dl y i n the dar knes, he soon changed i nto t he dead m an39。s cl othes. Now, dr essed in a bl ue uni f or m and wit h a r if le over hi s shoul der , the pri soner mar ched bol dl y up and down i n fr ont of t he cam p. He coul d hear shouti ng i n the cam p i tsel f. Li ght s wer e bl azi ng and men wer e r unni ng her e and t here: t hey had j ust di scover ed t hat a pri soner had escaped. At that m om ent, a l ar ge black car wit h f our off i cer s i nsi de it , st opped at t he cam p gat es. The off icers got out and