【正文】 or thir t y year s now. Mrs Brabant e is t alki ng t o t he m anager of the l ocal factor y where t he cr op i s pr ocessed. This l ast scene shows you what wil l happen at t he end of t he harvest : t he famous Calabri an macar oni eati ng pet it i on ! Si gnor Fr at el i, t he pr esent cham pi on, has won it every year si nce 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull et i n f or t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We ar e now r et urni ng you t o t he st udi o.39。 Leson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m umm y of an Egypti an woman who di ed i n 800 B. C. has just had an operati on. The m um my i s t hat of Shepenm ut who was once a si nger i n t he Tem pl e of Thebes. As there wer e str ange m ar ks on t he Xr ay pl ates t aken of t he m umm y, doct or s have been t ryi ng t o f i nd out whether t he wom an di ed of a r ar e disease. The onl y way t o do t hi s was t o oper at e. The oper at ion, which l ast ed f or over f our hour s, pr oved t o be ver y dif f icult because of t he hard r esi n whi ch covered t he ski n. The doct or s r em oved a sect i on of t he m umm y and sent it t o a l abor at or y. They al so found som et hi ng whi ch t he Xr ay of t he god Duam utef. Thi s god which has t he head of a cow was norm al l y pl aced i nsi de a m umm y. The doct or s have not yet deci ded how t he woman di ed. They f ear ed t hat t he mumm y would f al t o pieces when t he 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 eadi ng an ar ti cl e ent it l ed 39。Ci gar et te Sm oki ng and Your Healt h39。 I lit a ci gar et e t o calm m y ner ves. I sm oked wit h concentr at i on and pl easure as I was sure t hat t his woul d be my l ast ci gar et te. For a whol e wek I di d not smoke at al l and dur i ng t his t im e, m y wif e suff er ed t er ri bl y. I had al l the usual sym ptoms of som eone gi ving up sm oki ng: a bad t em per and an enor mous appeti t e. My fr iends kept on off eri ng me ci gar et t es and cigars. They m ade no ef f or t t o hi de t heir am usem ent whenever I pr oduced a packet of swets f r om m y pocket. Af ter seven days of t his I went t o a par t y. Everybody around me was sm oki ng and I f el t ext r em el y un fort abl e. When m y ol d f ri end Bri an ur ged me t o accept a ci garet e, i t was m or e t han I coul d bear . I took one gui lt il y, l it i t and sm oked wi t h sati sf act i on. My wif e was deli ght ed that thi ngs had r et urned t o nor mal once m or e. Anyway, as Bri an point ed out, i t is t he easi est thi ng i n t he worl d t o gi ve up sm oking. He him self has done it l ot s of tim es! Lesson79 By ai r 乘飛機(jī) 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 unpl easant exper ience. I am used t o tr avel i ng by ai r and onl y on one occasi on have I ever f el t f r ightened. Af t er t aki ng off , we wer e fl yi ng l ow over t he ci t y and sl owly gai ni ng hei ght , when t he pl ane suddenl y t ur ned round and fl ew back to t he air por t. Whi l e we wer e wait ng t o l and, an ai r host ess t ol d us t o keep calm and t o get off t he plane quietl y as soon as i t had t ouched down. Ever ybody on boar d was worr i ed and we were curi ous t o f i nd out what had happened. Lat er we l ear nt t hat t her e was a ver y i m port ant per son on boar d. The poli ce had been t ol d t hat a bomb had been pl anted on t he pl ane. Af ter we had l anded, t he plane was sear ched t hor oughl y. For t unatel y, nothi ng was found and fi ve hour s lat er we were abl e t o t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 Per haps t he most ext raor di nar y buil di ng of the ni ent h cent ur y was t he Crystal Pal ace, whi ch was bui lt 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 ldi 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 wer e sent t o t he exhi bit ion f r om vari ous part s of t he wor l d. There was al so a great deal of m achi ner y on di spl ay. The m ost wonder ful piece of m ac hi ner y on show was Nasm yt h39。s st eam ham mer. Though i n t hose days, tr avel i 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 fr om Eur ope. On ar ri vi ng i n Engl and, t hey were t aken t o t he Cr ystal Pal ace by tr ai n. Ther e wer e si x mi l ion vi si tor s in al l, and t he pr ofit s f rom t he exhibit i on wer e used to buil d 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 r em ai ned one of t he m ost f am ous bui l di ngs i n t he worl d unt il i t was bur nt down i n 1936. Leson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had ki l ed t he guar d, t he pr isoner of war quickl y dr agged him i nt o t he bushes. Wor ki ng r api dl y i n the dar knes, he soon changed i nt o t he dead m an39。s clot hes. Now, dr esed i n a bl ue unif orm and wi th a ri fl e over hi s shoulder, t he pr i soner m arched bol dly up and down in f r ont of t he camp. He could hear shouti ng i n the cam p i tsel f. Li ghts wer e blazing and m en wer e r unni ng her e and t her e: t hey had j ust di scover ed t hat a pri soner had escaped. At t hat m om ent, a l ar ge bl ack car wit h f our of fi cer s i nsi de i t, st opped at the cam p gates. The of fi cer s got out and t he pr i soner st ood t o at ent i on and sal ut ed as t hey passed. When t hey had gone, t he dr iver of the car cam e t owar ds him . The man obviousl y want ed t o t al k. He was r at her el der ly wit