【正文】 rds him . I t thr ea t ened t o sur r ound hi m plet el y, but Tazief m anaged to escape j ust i n ti me. He wait ed unt il t he vol cano becam e quiet and he was abl e to r etur n two days l at er. This t ime, he managed to cli mb into the mouth of Ki t ur o so t hat he coul d t ake photographs and measure temperatur es. Tazief has oft en ri sked hi s lif e i n thi s way. He has been abl e t o tel us mor e about acti ve vol canoes than a ny man ali ve. Leson68 Persist ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed t he st reet t o avoi d meeti ng hi m, but he saw me and cam e running t owards me. It was no use pret endi ng that I had not sen hi m, so I waved t o him . I never enj oy meet ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hing t o do. No mat er how busy you ar e, he always i nsi st s on ing wi th you. I had to t hink of a way of pr eventi ng him fr om f oll owing m e around al mor ni ng. 39。Jum bo m ust wei gh a f ew tons, 39。 Lesson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m um my of an Egyptian wom an who died i n 800 . has j ust had an oper at ion. The mumm y is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a singer i n t he Tem pl e of Thebes. As there were str ange m ar ks on the X r ay plates t aken of the m um my, doct or s have been t rying to f ind out whether the woman di ed of a rar e disease. The onl y way to do thi s was to operate. The oper ati on, whi ch last ed f or over four hour s, pr oved t o be very di f icult because of the hard resin whi ch covered t he ski n. The doctor s removed a sect ion of t he mummy and sent it to a laborator y. They also f ound somet hi ng whi ch the X ray of t he god Duam ut ef. This god whi ch has t he head of a cow was nor mal y placed inside a m um my. The doct or s have not yet decided how t he woman died. They feared t hat t he mummy would f al to pi eces when t hey cut it open, but for tunately this has not happened. The mummy successful ly survi ved the oper ati on. Leson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eadi ng an ar ti cle enti tl ed 39。To end our speci al news bull etin, 39。m Bri nksl ey Meer s, and m y other nam e is Gl or i a Gl eam . Now you get out of her e fast !39。 39。sai d Rockwal l, 39。m sheri f here. Do you see that not ice ? I t sa ys No Campi ng in case you can39。 Meanwhil e, t wo other act ors, Rockwal l Slinger and Merl in Greeves, had car ri ed two large f ood baskets t o a shady spot under som e tr es. When t hey had al m ade t hem sel ves f or table, a str anger appeared. He l ooked very angry. 39。t be bet ter, Gl ori a, 39。s f ishing, or eight hours i n a cinema seei ng the same f il m over and over agai n, i s usual y as f ar as t hey get. They have al l been put to shame by a boy who, whi le playing tr uant, t ravel ed 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 morning, he discover ed that he boat had, i n t he meant ime, tr avel led t o Calai s. No one noti ced the boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tchhi ked t o Pari s in a lor ry. The dri ver gave him a f ew biscui ts and a cup of coff e and l eft him just outside t he ci ty. The next car the boy stopped di d not take him int o the centr e of Par is as he hoped it would, but to Perpi gnan on t he FrenchSpani sh bor der. There he was pi cked up by a pol iceman and sent back t o England by t he local authori ti es. He has surely set up a r ecord for t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evading school . Lesson74 Out of t he li meli ght 舞臺(tái)之外 An ancient bus stopped by a dry ri ver bed and a part y of famous actors and actr eses got of f. Dr essed in dar k glases and old cl ot hes, they had take n special precaut ions so that no one should recogni ze them. But as t hey soon di scover ed, di sguises can somet imes be t oo per fe ct. 39。 you have j ust kil led t hat chil d ! 39。Just one m ore t hing, Mr Eame s. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenl y crosses t he road in fr ont of you. As soon as I tap on the wi ndow, I want the car to be st opped im mediatel y. 39。 There39。 39。 he asked, bef ore I had f ini shed speaking. ‘ Not at al,39。 I answered.39。 I was just wonder ing how t o spend t he mor ni ngunt il I saw you. You39。 I sai d. 39。so it was f or tunate t hat we didn39。t he m ai n str eet . The pol ice had a dif f icult ti me, but t hey wer e most amused. 39。t have t o car y him . Of cour se, we shoul d ar est him , but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et hi m of f thi s ti me.39。Fancy meeti ng you her e ! 39。r e not busy doing anythi ng, ar e you ?39。 I 39。 I lied, 39。 Then I 39。s always pl ent y to read in the 39。 I conti nued dr ivi ng and af ter som e ti me, the exam iner tapped loudly. Though t he sound could be heard cl ear ly, it t ook m e a l ong t im e to react . I suddenl y pressed t he brake pedal hard and we were both thrown for ward. The exami ner l ooked at me sa dly. 39。 lesson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Duri ng a bullf ight , a dr unk suddenly wandered i nto t he middl e of the r ing. The cr owd began t o shout , but t he dr unk was unawar e of the danger . The bul l was busy wi th the mat ador at the ti me, but i t suddenl y caught sight of t he drunk who was shouti ng rude r em ar ks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Appar ently sensit ve to cr it ici sm, t he bul l for got al about t he matador and charged at the dr unk. The crowd suddenl y grew quiet. The drunk, however, seem ed qui t e sur e of himself . When the bul l got close to hi m, he clumsil y stepped aside t o l et i t pass. The cr owd broke i nt o cheer s and the drunk bowed. By thi s ti me, however, t hr ee men had e int o the r ing and t hey qui ckl y dragged the dr unk to safety. Even the bul l seemed to feel sor ry f or him, f or i t looked on sym pat het ical y unt il t he drunk was out of t he way befor e once m or e t ur ning i ts at tention to t he matador. Leson71 A f amous clock 一個(gè)著名的大鐘 When you visit Lo