【正文】 wl y gaining height , when t he plane suddenly t urned r ound and f lew back t o the air port . Whil e we wer e wait ing t o l and, an air hostes t old us t o keep cal m and t o get of f the plane quietl y as soon as i t had t ouched down. Ever ybody on board was worr ied and we wer e cur i ous t o f ind out what had happened. Lat er we learnt that there was a ver y i mport ant person on boar d. The pol ice ha d been t old t hat a bomb had been planted on t he plane. Af t er we had landed, the pl ane was sear ched thoroughly. For tunately, nothi ng was found and fi ve hour s lat er we were able to t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Cryst al Palace 水晶宮 Per haps t he most extr aordinar y buildi ng of the nieenth centur y was the Cr yst al Pal ace, which was buil t in Hyde Par k for t he Great Exhi bit ion of 1851. The Cr yst a l Pal ace was di f er ent f rom al other buil di ngs in t he worl d, f or it was made of ir on and glass. I t was one of t he bi ggest buildi ngs of al t im e and a lot of people fr om many countr ies cam e to see it . A gr eat many goods were sent t o t he exhibi ti on fr om var ious par ts of t he worl d. There was al so a great deal of machi ner y on display. The most wonderf ul piece of machi ner y on show was Nasmyth39。 we ar e taking you t o t he macar oni f ields of Calabri a. Macar oni has been gr own i n thi s ar ea for over si x hundr ed year s. Two of the leading gr ower s, Gi useppe Moldova and Ri cardo Br abante, tel l me that they ha ve been expect ing a splendid cr op thi s year and har vest ing has begun earl ier than usual . Her e you can see t wo wor ker s who, bet ween them, have j ust f ini shed cutt ing t hr ee car t loads of gol den br own m acaroni stalks. The whol e vil lage has been wor king day and night gat her ing and t hr eshi ng thi s year39。 SOS39。 sai d the sher i f wi th a sneer. 39。t be t oo har d on us. I39。 39。 he shout ed: 39。No newspaper m en, no f il m f ans! Why don39。 said Glor ia Gl eam . 39。s f oot st eps m any years l ater, Si r Malcolm 39。s son, Donald, also set up a wor l d record. Like hi s father , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play tr uant f rom school ar e unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。 I t couldn39。t we e more of ten ?39。 I 39。 Look, sheri f , 39。m Rockwal Sli nger and t hi s is Merl in Gr eeves.39。Wel, I 39。 in t he snow. Fort unat el y, a pil ot saw t he si gnal and sent a message by r adi o t o the nearest own. It was not long before a hel icopter ar ived on t he scene to r escue the sur vi vor s of the pl ane cr ash. Lesson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。s crop befor e the September rai ns. On t he ri ght, you can see Mr s Br abante her self . She has been hel pi ng her husband for t hir ty years now. Mr s Br abante i s tal king t o the m anager of t he local f act or y wher e the crop is procesed. Thi s last scene shows you what wi l happen at the end of the harvest : t he famous Calabr ian macaroni eat ing peti ti on ! Signor Fr atel i, t he pr esent champi on, has won i t every year since 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull e tin for t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We are now ret urning you t o t he st udi o.39。s steam hammer. Though in t hose days, t ravel li ng was not as easy as i t is t oday, st eam boats car ied t housands of vi si t or s across the Channel f rom Europe. On ar ivi ng in Engl and, they wer e taken to the Cr yst al Palace by t rain. There wer e s ix m il ion vi si tor s in al l, and the pr ofi ts f rom the exhibit ion wer e used t o buil d museum s and col leges. Later, t he Crystal Palace was moved to South London. It r em ai ned one of t he most f amous bui ldi ngs i n t he worl d unt il i t was bur nt down in 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil led t he guar d, t he pri soner of war qui ckl y dragged him into the bushes. Wor ki ng rapidl y i n the darknes, he soon changed i nto t he dead man39。s Radi cal Progr essive Part y. Af t er t he elect ions, Crawl ey went t o the f orm er Pr im e Mi nister39。Mr Lane was def eat ed in t he el ect ions. He has r eti red f rom polit ical li fe and gone to li ve abr oad ! 39。 but I l ove to hear you say i t ! 39。 ti me. Even so, people ar e going t o f ind i t di f icult t o get o wor k. But so f ar , the publi c has expressed i ts gr ati ude to t he student s in let er s to the Pr ess. Only one or two peopl e have objected t hat t he st udents wil l dr ive t oo fast! Lesson85 Never too ol d t o learn 活到老學到老 I have j ust r eceived a l et er f rom my ol d school inf or mi ng me t hat m y for mer head master, Mr Regm al d Page, wi l be r et ir ing next week. Pupil s of t he school, old and new, wi l be sendi ng hi m a present to mark the occasion. Al t hose who have cont ri buted towar ds the gif t wi l sign t hei r names i n a l ar ge album whi ch wi l be sent to the headm aster 39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nem a seing the sam e fi lm over and over again, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hitch hiked t o Dover and, towards evening, went i nt o a boat to f ind somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next mor ning, he di scovered t hat t he boat had, i n the meanti me, tr avel ed to Calais. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. From ther e, he hit ch hiked t o Par i s in a l orr y. The dr iver gave hi m a few bi scui ts and a cup of cof fee and l ef t him just out si de the cit y. The next car t he boy st opped di d not t ake hi m i nto t he cent re of Pari s as he hoped i t woul d, but to Per pignan on the Fr ench Spanish border . Ther e he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to Engl and by the local aut hor it ies. He has sur el y set up a r ecor d f or t he thousands of boys who dream of evadi ng school. Leson74 Out of the l im el ight 舞臺之外 An anci ent