【正文】 t o a pa rt y. Ever ybody around me was sm oki ng and I felt extr emely unfor table. When m y old f ri end Bri an urged me t o accept a cigaret te, it was mor e than I coul d bear . I took one guil ti ly, li t i t and sm oked wi th sati sfacti on. My wif e was del i ght ed that things had ret ur ned to nor mal once m or e. Anyway, as Bri an pointed out, i t is t he easiest hing i n the wor ld to gi ve up sm oki ng. He himself has done i t lot s of t im es! Leson79 By air 乘飛機(jī) I used to t r avel by air a great deal when I was a boy. My parents, used t o l ive in Sout h Am er ica and I used t o f ly t her e f rom Europe i n the holi days. An air host ess would take char ge of me and I never had an unpl easant exper ience. I am used t o tr avel li ng by air and onl y on one occasion have I ever f el t fr ightened. Af t er t aki ng off , we wer e fl ying l ow over t he cit y and sl owly gai ni ng hei ght, when the pl ane suddenl y tur ned round and fl ew back to t he ai r por t. Whi le we were wai ti ng to land, an ai r hostess tol d us to keep calm and to get off t he pl ane qui et ly as soon as it had touched down. Everybody on boar d was wor ri ed and we were cur ious to fi nd out what had happened. Later we l ear nt t hat her e was a very impor ta nt per son on board. The poli ce had been tol d that a bomb had been planted on t he pl ane. Af ter we had l anded, t he plane was sear ched t hor oughl y. For t unat el y, not hi ng was f ound and f ive hours l at er we wer e abl e to take off agai n. Lesson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 Perhaps the most ext raor di nar y buil ding of the ni ent h cent ur y was t he Crystal Palace, whi ch was bui lt in Hyde Par k f or the Gr eat Exhibi ti on of 1851. The Crystal Pal ace was di f erent fr om al l ot her buil dings in the wor ld, for i t was made of i ron and gl ass. I t was one of the biggest buil dings of al l ti me and a l ot of peopl e fr om many countr ies came t o see i t. A great m a ny goods wer e sent to t he exhi bit ion f rom var ious part s of the wor ld. Ther e was also a gr eat deal of machinery on di spl ay. The most wonder ful piece of machi ner y on show was Nasmyt h39。 we are t aki ng you to the macaroni fi el ds of Cal abri a. Macaroni has been gr own in this ar ea for over six hundred years. Two of t he leadi ng grower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ri car do Brabante, tel me that hey have been expecti ng a spl endi d crop t his year and harvesti ng has begun ear li er t han usual. Her e you can see two worker s who, between t hem , have j ust fi nished cut ti ng thr e cart l oads of golden br own macar oni st al ks. The whole vi l age has been worki ng day and ni ght gatheri ng and thr eshing t his year 39。 SOS39。 sai d the sheri f wi th a sneer. 39。t be t oo hard 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 many year s later , Si r Malcol m39。Mr Eames,39。wai ti ng r oom !39。l l e wit h you,39。but I39。 39。 No, not at al ,39。Hull o, El izabet h,39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。 I sai d. 39。 Bert answer ed. 39。 I answer ed. 39。Woul d you mi nd my i ng wit h you ?39。m going to the dentist.39。 he answer ed. 39。 lesson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng t ested f or a dri ving l icence f or the t hi rd ti me. I had been asked t o dri ve in heavy tr af f ic and had done so successf ull y. Af t er having been instr uct ed to dr ive out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sur e that I had passed, I was almost begi nni ng to enj oy my t est. The examiner must have been pleased wi th m y perf ormance, f or he sm iled and said, 39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce, 39。s son, Donald, also set up a worl d r ecord. Li ke hi s fat her , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record holder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play t ruant f r om school are unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。 I t couldn39。t we e mor e of t en ?39。 I 39。 Look, sheri f , 39。m Rockwal Sl inger and t hi s is Merl in Gr eeves.39。Wel , I 39。 i n the snow. For tunatel y, a pi lot saw the signal and sent a mesage by radio to t he near est town. I t was not l ong bef ore a heli copt er ar ri ved on the scene t o r escue the survivor s of t he plane crash. Lesson76 April Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。s cr op bef ore t he Sept ember r ains. On the r ight , you can se Mr s Brabant e herself . She has been hel pi ng her husband for thi rt y year s now. Mr s Brabant e i s talki ng to t he manager of the l ocal factor y wher e t he crop i s procesed. Thi s last scene shows you what wil l happen at he end of the harvest : t he famous Calabri an macar oni eati ng pet it ion ! Si gnor Fr at el i, the pr esent champion, has won it every year si nce 1961. And that ends our special bull et in f or today, Thur sday, Apr i l 1st. We are now retur ning you t o the studi o. 39。s st eam hammer. Though in those days, t ravel ing was not as easy as it i s today, steam boats car ied t housands of vi si tor s acr oss t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ar ri ving i n Engl and, t hey wer e t aken t o the Cr yst al Pal ace by t rai n. There were six mil li on visit ors i n al , and t he pr ofi ts f r om t he exhibi ti on were used to bui ld museums a nd col leges. Later , the Cr yst al Palace was moved to Sout h London. I t r em ai ned one of t he most f amous bui ldi ngs i n the wor l 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 hi m into the bushe s. Worki ng rapidl y in the darknes, he soon changed i nto t he dead m an39。Hul l o, Ber t,39。Hull o, Eli zabeth,39。 39。m goi ng to.. .39。 I lied, 39。 Then I 39。s al ways pl ent y t o read i n the 39。 I conti nued dr i vi ng and af ter som e ti me, the exam i ner tapped loudly. Though t he sound could be hear d cl ear l y, it t ook m e a l ong tim e t o react . I suddenl y pr essed the br ake pedal har d an