【正文】 she coul d f i nd. Dur ing t he ni ght , it got ter ri bl y cold. The woman kept as nea r as she coul d t o t he chil dren and even tr ied t o get i nto t he case herself, but it was t oo sm al. Ear ly , next m or ning she hear d planes passi ng over head and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal. Then she had an i dea. She st am ped out t he let ers39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 don39。t read !39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you!39。 Bri nksl ey Meer s agr ed. 39。Thi s i s a wonder f ul pl ace f or a piic,39。 said Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。No newspaper men, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。 he shout ed: 39。 39。t be t oo har d on us. I39。 sai d t he sheri f wi t h a sneer. 39。 SOS39。 we are t aki ng you t o t he macar oni fi el ds of Cal abr i a. Macar oni has been gr own in t his ar ea f or over si x hundr ed years. Two of t he leadi ng gr ower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ri car do Br abante, tel m e that they have been expecti ng a splendi d cr op this year and har vesti ng has begun earli er than usual. Her e you can se t wo wor ker s who, bet ween them , have j ust fi nished cut ti ng t hr ee car t loads of gol den br own m acaroni st alks. The whol e vil lage has been wor ki ng day and night gat her i ng and t hreshi ng t hi s year39。 I li t a cigaret e t o calm m y nerves. I smoked wit h conc entr ati on and pl easur e as I was sur e 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 suf f er ed t er ri bl y. I had al l t he usual sym pt oms of som eone gi vi ng up smoki ng: a bad tem per and an enorm ous appet it e. My f ri ends kept on of f er i ng m e cigaret es and ci gar s. They m ade no ef fort t o hi de t hei r am usem ent whenever I produced a packet of sweet s f rom m y 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 elt extr emel 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 t e, it was m or e t han I coul d bear. I t ook one guil ti l y, li t it and sm oked wit h sat isf acti on. My wi f e was del ighted t hat t hi ngs had r et ur ned t o norm al once mor e. Anyway, as Bri an poi nt ed out, it i s t he easi est t hi ng i n the wor l d t o gi ve up sm oki ng. He hi msel f has done i t lots of t im es! Lesson79 By air 乘飛機(jī) I used to t r avel by ai r a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ents, used t o li ve i n Sout h Am er ica and I used t o f ly t her e f r om Eur ope i n t he holi days. An air host es woul d take char ge of m e and I never had an unpl easant experi ence. I am used t o t ravel li ng by air and only on one occasi on have I ever f elt f ri ght ened. Aft er taking of f, we wer e f lyi ng l ow over t he cit y and slowl y gai ni ng hei ght, when t he pl ane suddenl y t ur ned r ound and fl ew back t o the air port. Whil e we wer e wait i ng t o l and, an air host ess t ol d us t o keep calm and t o get of f t he pl ane qui et l y as soon as it had t ouched down. Ever ybody on board was wor ri ed and we wer e curi ous t o fi nd out what had happened. Lat er we lear nt t hat t her e was a very i mport ant per son on boar d. The poli ce had been t ol d t hat a bomb ha d been planted on t he pl ane. Af t er we had l anded, the pl ane was sear ched t horoughl y. For t unat el y, not hi ng was f ound and fi ve hour s l at er we wer e abl e t o t ake off agai n. Lesson80 The Cryst al Pal ace 水晶宮 Per haps t he m ost ext r aor di nary buil di ng of t he ni eent h cent ur y was t he Cr yst al Pal ace, whi ch was buil t i n Hyde Par k f or t he Gr eat Exhi bit ion of 1851. The Cr yst al Pal ace was di f erent fr om al ot her buil dings i n the wor ld, f or i t was m ade of i r 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 wer e sent t o t he exhi bit ion f r om var ious par t s of t he worl d. Ther e was also a gr eat deal of m achiner y on di spl ay. The m ost wonderf ul pi ece of m achiner y on show was Nasm yt h39。 which have at t imes been sighted are si mply st range fi sh. Occasi onal y, unusual cr eatur es ar e washed t o t he shore, but t hey are r arely caught out at sea. Some ti me ago, however, a pecul iar m eant i m e, t ravel ed to Cal ai s. No one not iced the boy as he crept off . From there, he hit ch hiked to Par is i n a l or r y. The dr iver gave him a f ew bi scuit s and a cup of coff ee and lef t hi m j ust outside t he cit y. The next car the boy stopped did not t ake hi m i nto t he centr e of Pari s as he hoped it 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 t he local aut hor it ies. He has surel y set up a r ecor d f or t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school. Leson74 Out of the l im el ight 舞臺(tái)之外 An anci ent bus stopped by a dry r iver bed and a par ty of f amous act ors and act r esses got off . Dressed i n dark gl ases and ol d clot hes, they had taken special precaut ions so that no one should r ecognize t hem . But as t hey soon discover ed, disguises can someti mes be too perf ect. 39。t be bet er , Gl or ia, 39。 Meanwhil e, t wo ot her actor s, Rockwal l Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eves, had car r ied two lar ge food baskets t o a shady spot under som e tr ees. When t hey had al l made themsel ves f ort abl e, a str anger appear ed. He l ooked very angr y. 39。m sheri f her e. Do you see that notice ? It says No Cam pi ng in case you can39。sai d Rockwal ,39。 39。m Br inksl ey Meers, and my other name is Glor ia Gl eam . Now you get out of her e f ast ! 39。To end our special news bul leti n,39。 Leson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The mummy of an Egypti an woman who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper ati on. The mum my i s that of Shepenm ut who was once a singer