【正文】 or m and wi th a r ifl e over his shoulder , the pr isoner marched bol dly up and down i n front of the camp. He coul d hear shouting i n the camp itself. Lights wer e bl azing and men wer e runni ng here and t here: they had j ust di scovered that a pri soner had escaped. At that moment, a large black car wit h four off icer s insi de i t, st opped at he camp gates. The of ficers got out and t he pri soner st ood to at enti on and saluted as t hey pased. When t hey had gone, the dr iver of t he car came towar ds him. The man obviously wanted to talk. He was rather elderly wi th grey hair and clear blue eyes. The pr isoner f el t sorry f or him, but there was nothing else he could do. As the man came near, the pr isoner knocked him to the ground wit h a sharp blow. Then, jumpi ng i nto the car, he dr ove off as quickl y as he could. Lesson82 Monster or f ish? 是妖還是魚？ Fishermen and sai lors sometim es claim t o have seen monster s i n the sea. Though peopl e have oft en l aughed at stori es told by s eamen, it is now known that many of these 39。 Leson77 A sucessf ul operation 一例成功的手術(shù) The mummy of an Egypt ian woman who died in 800 . has just had an operation. The mummy is that of Shepenmut who was once asi nger i n the Temple of Thebes. As there wer e st range marks on t he X ray pl at es t aken of the mum my, doctors have been tr yi ng t o fi nd out whet her the wom an died of a r ar e di sease. The only way to do this was t o operate. The operati on, whi ch lasted for over f our hours, proved t o be very dif ficult because of the hard r esin which cover ed t he skin. The doctors removed a section of t he m um m y and sent it to a labor at or y. They also found something which the X ray of t he god Duamutef. Thi s god whi ch has t he head of a cow was normal y pl aced inside a mummy. The doct or s have not yet deci ded how the woman died. They feared that the mummy would f al l to pieces when they cut i t open, but fort unately this has not happened. The mummy successf ul ly sur vi ved the operati on. Leson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Aft er r eadi ng an arti cl e enti tled 39。To end our speci al news bulleti n, 39。m Br inksley Meer s, and my other name is Glori a Gleam. Now you get out of here f ast ! 39。 39。said Rockwal l, 39。m sher if f here. Do you see that not ice ? It says No Camping in case you can39。 Meanwhil e, two other act or s, Rockwal l Sl inger and Merl in Greeves, had car ri ed t wo large food basket s to a shady spot under some t rees. When t hey had al made themselves f ortable, a str anger appeared. He l ooked ver y angr y. 39。t be beter, Glori a, 39。s f ishi ng, or eight hour s i n a ci nema seeing the same fil m over and over again, i s usual y as f ar as they get . They have al been put to shame by a boy who, while playing truant , t ravel ed 1600 mi les. He hi tch hiked to Dover and, t owards eveni ng, went into a boat to fi nd somewher e to sleep. When he woke up next morning, he discover ed that he boat had, in the meanti me, tr aveled to Calais. No one noti ced the boy as he crept off . From ther e, he hit ch hi ked to Paris i n a lorry. The dri ver gave hi m a few biscuit s and a cup of coff e and l ef t hi m just outsi de t he cit y. The next car t he boy stopped di d not take him into t he centr e of Paris as he hoped it woul d, but to Perpignan on the Fr ench Spani sh border . There he was picked up by a pol iceman and sent back to Engl and by t he l ocal author it es. He has surely set up a record f or t he t housands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school. Leson74 Out of the li mel ight 舞臺(tái)之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dr y ri ver bed and a par ty of famous act or s and actr esses got off. Dr essed in dar k gl asses and old clothes , they had taken speci al pr ecaut ions so that no one should recognize them. But as they soon discover ed, di sgui ses can sometimes be too perf ect. 39。accurate as wel l. Ofi ci al s fr om Greenwich Obser vat or y have t he cl ock checked t wice a day. On t he B. B. C. you can hear t he clock when it is act ual y str iking because mi cr ophones ar e connect ed t o the cl ock t ower. Bi g Ben has r arel y gone wrong. Once, however, it fail ed t o gi ve t he cor rect tim e. A painter who had been wor ki ng on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and sl owed it down ! Leson72 A car cal led Bluebi rd “藍(lán)鳥”汽車 The great r acing dri ver, Si r Mal colm Cam pbel l, was t he fi rst m an t o dr ive at over 300 mil es per hour . He set up a new worl d recor d i n Septem ber 1935 at Bonnevil le Sal t Fl at s, Utah. Bl uebi rd, t he car he was dri vi ng, had been speci al ly bui lt f or him . It was over 30 f eet in l engt h and had a 2500 horse power engi ne. Al though Cam pbel l r eached a speed of over 304 m il es per hour, he had great di f icul ty i n cont r ol ing the car be cause a t yr e burst duri ng t he f ir st run. Af ter hi s at empt, Cam pbel l was di sappoi nt ed t o l ear n t hat hi s aver age speed had been 299 mil es per hour . However, a f ew days later, he was t ol d that amistake had been made. His average speed had been 301 mi les per hour. Since that ime, r acing dri vers have reached speeds of over 400 mil es an hour. Fol lowing his f at her39。This i s a wonderf ul place f or a pii c, 39。 Br inksley Meer s agreed. 39。Now you gut out of here, al of you! 39。t read ! 39。 don39。 Oh, is i t ?39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信號(hào) When a l ight passenger pl ane fl ew of f cour se some t ime ago, it cr ashed in t he mount ai ns and its pil ot was kil led. The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. It was the m iddl e of winter. Snow lay thick on the gr ound. The woman knew that he near est vil lage was mil es away. When it grew dar k. she t ur ned a suit case i nt o a bed and put t he children inside it, cover ing them wit h al l t he clothes he coul d fi nd. Dur ing the ni ght, it got t e