【正文】 ret ur ned to norm al once m or e. Anyway, as Bri an poi nted out, i t i s t he easiest t hing i n t he wor l d to gi ve up sm oki ng. He hi mself has done i t l ot s of t im es! Lesson79 By air 乘飛機(jī) I used t o t ravel by ai r a great deal when I was a boy. My parents, used t o li ve in Sout h Ameri ca and I used t o fl y t her e fr om Eur ope i n t he holi days. An air host ess 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 occasion have I ever f el t fr i ght ened. Aft er t aki ng off , we wer e fl yi ng l ow over t he cit y and sl owl y 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 land, an ai r host ess t ol d us t o keep calm and to get off t he pl ane qui etl y as soon as it had t ouched down. Ever ybody on board was wor ri ed and we wer e cur i ous t o fi nd out what had happened. Lat er we l ear nt that there was a ver y im por t ant per son on boar d. The poli ce had been t old t hat a bom b had been plant ed on t he plane. Aft er we had l anded, the pl ane was sear ched t horoughl y. For t unatel y, not hi ng was found and fi ve hour s l at er we were able t o t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Cryst al Pal ace 水晶宮 Per haps t he m ost extr aor di nary buil di ng of t he ni eent h cent ury was t he Cr yst al Palace, whi ch was bui lt i n Hyde Par k f or t he Great Exhi bi ti on of 1851. The Cr yst al Palace was dif fer ent f rom al l other 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 ti me and a l ot of people f r om many count ri es cam e t o see it . A gr eat many goods wer e sent t o t he exhibit i on fr om vari ous par ts 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 achi ner y on show was Nas myt h39。 we are t aki ng you t o t he m acaroni fi el ds of Cal abr i a. Macar oni has been gr own i n t his ar ea for over si x hundr ed year s. Two of t he leadi ng gr ower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ricar do Br abante, t el m e t hat t hey have been expect ing a splendid cr op t hi s year and har vest ing has begun earl ier t han usual . Here you can see t wo workers who, bet ween t hem, have j ust fi ni shed cutt i ng t hr e cart l oads of gol den br own m acar oni st al ks. The whol e vi l age has been wor ki ng day and ni ght gatheri ng and thr eshing t hi s year 39。 SOS39。 sai d t he sher if f wit h a sneer . 39。t be t oo har d on us. I 39。 39。 he shout ed: 39。No newspaper m en, no f ilm f ans! Why don39。 sai d Gl or i a Gleam. 39。s footst eps many year s l at er , Sir Mal col m39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a wor l d recor d. Like hi s fat her, he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebi r d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Li t l e boys who pl ay tr uant f r om school ar e unim agi nati ve. A quiet day39。 I t coul dn39。t we e mor e oft en ?39。 I39。 Look, sher if f, 39。m Rockwal l Sli nger and t hi s is Mer li n Gr eeves.39。Wel l, I39。 i n t he snow. Fort unat el y, a pi l ot saw t he si gnal and sent a m essage by r adi o t o t he nearest own. It was not l ong bef or e a heli copt er ar i ved on t he scene t o rescue t he sur vivors of t he plane crash. Lesson76 April Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。s cr op bef ore t he Sept em ber r ains. On t he r i ght, you can see Mr s Br abant e herself . She has been hel pi ng her husband for t hi rt y year s now. Mr s Br abant e i s tal ki ng to t he manager of t he l ocal factor y where t he cr op i s pr ocessed. This l ast scene shows you what wil happen at t he end of t he har vest : t he f am ous Calabri an m acar oni eati ng pet it ion ! Si gnor Fr at el li , t he pr esent champi on, has won it ever y year si nce 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull et in f or t oday, Thur sday, April 1st. We are now ret ur ning you t o t he st udi o. 39。s st eam ham mer. Though i n those days, tr avel i ng was not as easy as it i s t oday, st eam boat s car ri ed 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 t he Cr yst al Pal ace by t r ai n. Ther e were si x m il li on visit ors i n al , and t he pr of it s fr om t he exhi bi ti on wer e used t o buil d museum s and coll eges. Lat er, t he Cr ystal Pal ace was m oved to Sout h London. It r em ai ned one of t he m ost fam ous buil di ngs in t he worl d unti l it was bur nt down i n 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had ki l ed t he guard, t he pr isoner of war quickl y dr agged him i nto t he bushes. Worki ng rapidl y i n t he darknes, he soon changed i nt o t he dead m an39。s Radi cal Pr ogr esive Par ty. Aft er the electi ons, Cr awl ey went to t he for mer Pri me Minister 39。s f ishi ng, or eight hour s i n a cinema seei ng the same f il m over and over agai n, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al l been put to shame by a boy who, whil e playing tr uant, t raveled 1600 m iles. He hit ch hi ked t o Dover and, towar ds evening, went i nto a boat to fi nd somewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next m orning, he discover ed tha t he boat had, i n t he 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 cof f ee and l eft him j ust out si de t he ci ty. The next car t he boy st opped di d not take him i nt o t he cent r e of Par is as he hoped i t woul d, but t o Per pi gnan on t he Fr enchSpani sh bor der. There he was pi cked up by a poli cem an and sent back t o England by t he l ocal authori ti es. He has sur el y set up a r ecor d for t he t housands of boys who dr eam of evading school. Lesson74 O ut of t he li m el ight 舞臺(tái)之外 An ancient bus st opped by a dr y ri ver bed and a part y of f am ous actor s and actr