【正文】 m eant im e, tr avel led t o Calai s. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tch hi ked t o Pari s i n a lor ry. The dri ver gave hi m a f ew biscui ts and a cup of coff ee and l eft him j ust out side t he ci ty. The next car t he boy stopped di d not take him i nt o t he centr e of Par is as he hoped it woul d, but t o Per pi gnan on t he Fr enchSpani sh bor der. There he was pi cked up by a pol icem an and sent back t o England by t he l ocal aut hori ti es. He has surel y set up a r ecor d f or t he t housands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school . Lesson74 O ut of t he li m eli ght 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dr y r iver bed and a par ty of f am ous act or s and act resses got of f. Dressed i n dar k gl asses and ol d cl ot hes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecognize t hem. But as t hey soon di scover ed, di sgui ses can som et im es be t oo perf ect . 39。Thi s is a wonderf ul pl ace for a pi i c,39。 said Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。 It couldn39。t be bet t er , Gl or ia,39。 Br inksl ey Mers agr eed. 39。No newspaper m en, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。t we e m ore of ten ?39。 Meanwhi le, t wo ot her act ors, Rockwal Sl inger and Merl in Gr eeves, had car ri ed two l arge f ood basket s to a shady spot under some t r es. When they had al made t hemselves for table, a str anger appeared. He looke d ver y angry. 39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you!39。 he shouted: 39。 I39。m sher if f her e. Do you se that not ice ? I t says No Camping i n case you can39。t read ! 39。 39。 Look, sher if f, 39。said Rockwal l, 39。 don39。t be too har d on us. I 39。m Rockwal l Slinger and this i s Mer li n Gr eves. 39。 39。 Oh, is i t ?39。 said t he sher if f wit h a sneer . 39。Wel l, I39。m Br i nksley Meer s, and my other name is Gl ori a Gleam. Now you get out of her e fast !39。 leson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a l ight passenger plane fl ew of f cour se some t im e ago, it cr ashed in the mountains and i ts pil ot was ki l ed. The only pa ssengers, a young wom an and her t wo baby daughter s, were unhur t. It was t he middl e of wint er . Snow lay t hi ck on the gr ound. The woman knew t hat t he near est vil lage was mi les away. When it grew dar k. she t ur ned a sui tcase into a bed and put the chil dren i nsi de it , coveri ng t hem wi t h al t he cl othes she could fi nd. Dur ing t he ni ght, it got ter ri bl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d t o the chil dren and even tr ied to get i nt o t he case her sel f, but it was t oo sm al l. Earl y , next mor ni ng she heard planes passi ng over head and wondered how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an idea. She stam ped out the l eter s39。 SOS39。 in the snow. For tunately, a pil ot saw the signal and sent a m esage by radio t o t he near est town. It was not long befor e a heli copter ar ri ved on t he scene to rescue t he sur vivors of t he plane cr ash. Leson76 April Fools Day 愚人 節(jié) 39。To end our speci al news bull eti n, 39。 said the voice of the t elevision announcer, 39。 we ar e t aki ng you to t he macar oni f iel ds of Cal abr ia. Macaroni has been grown in t his area f or over six hundred years. Two of the l eadi ng gr owers, Gi useppe Moldova and Ricardo Br abant e, t el me t hat t hey have been expecting a spl endi d crop t hi s year and harvest ing has begun ear li er t han usual. Here you can see two workers who, between t hem, have just fi ni shed cutt i ng t hr ee car t loads of gol den br own macaroni st alks. The whol e vil lage has been wor ki ng day and ni ght gat her ing and thr eshi ng this year39。s cr op befor e the September rains. On t he ri ght , you can see Mr s Br abante her self . She has been hel ping her husband for t hi rt y years now. Mr s Br abante i s tal ki ng to the manager of t he local f actor y where the crop i s procesed. Thi s last scene shows you what wil l happen at the end of the harvest : t he famous Calabri an macar oni eat ing peti tion ! Si gnor Fr atel i, the pr esent champi on, has won it every year si nce 1961. And t hat ends our special bull et in for today, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We are now ret ur ning you t o the st udi o. 39。 Lesson77 A sucessf ul operati on 一例成功的手術 The m um my of an Egypti an woman who died i n 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper at ion. The mumm y is t hat of Shepenmut who was onc e a singer in t he Tem ple of Thebes. As ther e were str ange marks on t he Xr ay plates t aken of the m ummy, doct ors have been t ryi ng to f ind out whether the woman di ed of a rar e disease. The onl y way to do t his was t o oper ate. The oper at ion, which l ast ed for over f our hour s, proved t o be ver y dif f icult because of t he har d r esi n which covered t he skin. The doctors r emoved a secti on of the m um my and sent i t to a l abor atory. They also f ound somethi ng which t he Xr ay of the god Duamutef . Thi s god which has the head of a cow was norm al ly pl aced i nsi de a mumm y. The doctor s have not yet deci ded how t he woman died. They f ear ed that the m um my woul d fal l to pi eces when the y cut it open, but fort unat ely t his has not happened. The m ummy successf ull y sur vived t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter reading an ar ti cl e ent it led 39。Ci garet e Smoking and Your Healt h39。 I l it a cigar et te t o calm my nerves. I smoked wi th conc ent rati on and pleasur e as I was sur e that this woul d be my last ci gar et te. For a whole week I did not smoke at al l and dur ing t his t ime, my wi f e suf fer ed ter ibl y. I had al t he usual sympt oms of som eone givi ng up smoki ng: a bad t emper and an enorm ous appet it e. My f r i ends kept on of fer ing me ci gar et es and cigar s. They made no ef ort t o hide t hei r am usement whenever I pr oduced a packet of sweet s fr om m y pocket. Af ter seven days of this I went to a par ty. Everybody around me was smoking and I f elt