【正文】 An air hostes woul d take charge of me and I never had an unpleasant exper ience. I am used to tr aveli ng by air and onl y on one occasion have I ever felt f rightened. Af ter t aking off , we were f lying low over the ci ty and slowly gai ni ng height , when the pl ane suddenly turned round and f lew back to t he air por t. Whi le we were wait ng t o land, an air hostes t ol d us t o keep calm and to get of f t he plane qui et ly as soon as it had t ouched down. Ever ybody on boar d was worr ied and we wer e curi ous to f ind out what had happened. Later we lear nt that here was a very i mpor tant per son on boar d. The poli ce had been t ol d that a bomb had been pl anted on t he plane. Aft er we had l anded, t he plane was searched thoroughly. Fort unately, nothing was f ound and fi ve hour s later we were abl e to take of f agai n. Lesson80 The Cryst al Palace 水晶宮 Per haps t he most extraordinar y bui lding of the ni enth century was the Cr ystal Pal ce, which was bui lt in Hyde Park f or the Great Exhi bi ti on of 1851. The Cr ystal Palace was di f er ent fr om al l other buildings in the world, for it was made of ir on and gl ass. It was one of t he biggest buildings of al tim e and a lot of peopl e fr om many countri es came t o see it. A gr eat many goods were sent to the exhibit ion fr om vari ous par ts of t he worl d. Ther e was al so a great deal of machi nery on display. The most wonder ful pi ece of machinery on show was Nasmyt h39。 we ar e taki ng you to the macaroni f ields of Cal abr ia. Macar oni has been gr own i n this area for over six hundred years. Two of t he l eading gr owers, Giuseppe Moldova and Ri cardo Brabante, t el l me t hat they have been expect ing a splendid crop this year and har vesting has begun earl ier than usual. Her e you can se t wo wor kers who, bet wen them, have just f inished cut ting three car tl oads of gol den brown macaroni stalks. The whol e vi l age has been wor ki ng day and night gat heri ng and threshing t hi s year 39。 SOS39。 said t he sheri f wit h a sneer . 39。t be too har d on us. I 39。 39。 he shouted: 39。No newspaper men, no fi lm fans! Why don39。 said Glor ia Gleam. 39。s f ootsteps many years later, Sir Malcol m39。Mr Eames, 39。wait ng r oom ! 39。l e wi th you,39。but I39。 39。 No, not at al ,39。Hul lo, El izabeth,39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。 I sai d. 39。 Bert answer ed. 39。 I answered.39。Would you mi nd my ing wit h you ?39。m going to t he dent ist .39。 he answered.39。 l esson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being test ed f or a dri vi ng l icence f or t he t hi rd ti me. I had been asked t o dr ive in heavy tr af fic and had done so successfull y. Af ter havi ng been i nstr ucted to dri ve out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sure t hat I had pased, I was almost beginning to enj oy my t est. The examiner must have been pleased wi th my per form ance, for he smiled and sai d, 39。 he said, in a mour nf ul voi ce,39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a wor ld r ecor d. Like his father, he was dr iving acar cal ed Bl uebi rd. Leson73 The record holder 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tle boys who pl ay t ruant fr om school ar e unimaginat ive. A qui et day39。 I t coul dn39。t we e mor e of ten ?39。 I39。 Look, sher if , 39。m Rockwal Sl inger and thi s i s Mer li n Greeves.39。Wel l, I39。 i n the snow. Fortunat el y, a pilot saw t he signal and sent a mesage by radio to t he near est own. It was not l ong bef or e a heli copter ar ived on the scene t o rescue t he survivor s of t he plane crash. Lesson76 Apri l Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。s cr op before the September r ai ns. On t he r ight , you can se Mr s Br abant e hersel f. She has been helping her husband f or t hi rt y year s now. Mrs Brabante i s t al ki ng to the manager of t he l ocal fact or y wher e t he crop i s processed. This last scene shows you what wi l happen at he end of the har vest : the famous Calabr ian macar oni eat ing peti ti on ! Signor Frateli , t he pr esent champi on, has won i t ever y year since 1961. And t hat ends our special bull et in for today, Thursday, Apri l 1st. We ar e now r et ur ning you to t he studi o.39。s steam hammer. Though i n those days, tr avel ing was not as easy as it is today, steam boats car ri ed t housands of visit or s across t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ar iving in Engl and, t hey were taken t o the Cr ystal Palace by t rain. Ther e wer e si x mil ion vi si tors in al , and the pr of it s f rom t he exhi bi tion were used to bui ld museums and coll eges. Lat er , t he Cr ystal Palace was moved to South London. I t r emained one of t he most f amous buil di ngs in t he worl d unti l i t was bur nt down i n 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil led the guard, t he pr isoner of war qui ckly dragged him i nt o the bushes. Working rapidly i n the darkness, he soon changed into t he dead man39。s Radica l Pr ogresive Par ty. Af ter the el ctions, Crawley went to the for mer Pri me Minister39。Mr Lane was defeated in the el ecti ons. He has r et ired f rom pol it cal lif e and gone to l ive abroad !39。 but I love t o hear you say it !39。 time. Even so, peopl e ar e going to f ind it di f icul t o get to work. But so f ar , t he publ ic has expr essed it s gr ati tude t o the st udent s in let er s t o the Pres. Only one or two people have obj ected that he students wil l dri ve t oo f ast! Lesson85 Never t oo old t o learn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have j ust received a l et ter from m y ol d school i nf orming me that my f or mer head master, Mr Regmald Page, wi l be r et ir ng next week. Pupils of the school, old and new, wil l be sendi ng hi m a present to mark t he occasi on. Al those who have cont ri buted towar ds t he gif t wil si gn thei r names in a l ar ge album which wil be sent to t he headmaster39。Fancy meti ng you here ! 39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。m going to.. .39。 I l ied, 39。 Then I 39。s always pl enty t o read i n the 39。 I conti nued dr iving and after some ti me, the examiner