【正文】 t o f ly t her e f rom Europe in the holi days. An air host ess would take char ge of m e and I never had an unpl easant exper ience. I am used t o tr avel li ng by ai r 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 city and sl owl y gaini ng hei ght, when the pl ane suddenl y tur ned r ound and fl ew back t o t he ai rpor t. Whi le we were wai ti ng to land, an air hostess tol d us to keep cal m and t o get of f the 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 t her e was a very impor tant per son on board. The poli ce had been tol d that a bomb had been pl ant ed on the pl ane. Af ter we had landed, t he plane was searched thor oughly. Fort unat ely, not hing was f ound and f ive hours l ater we wer e abl e to take off again. Lesson80 The Cryst al Pal ace 水晶宮 Perhaps the most extr aor di nary buil ding of t he ni eent h cent ury was t he Cr yst al Palace, whi ch was built i n Hyde Park for the Gr eat Exhi bi ti on of 1851. The Cr yst al Palace was dif fer ent f rom al l othe r bui ldi ngs i n the wor l d, f or it was made of ir on and gl as. It was one of the bi ggest bui ldings of al t ime and a l ot of people f rom many count ri es came t o see it . A great many goods wer e sent t o the exhibit ion f r om vari ous par ts of the wor ld. There was al so a gr eat deal of m achiner y on display. The most wonderf ul pi ece of machinery on show was Na sm yt h39。 we ar e taking you t o t he macar oni f ields of Calabr ia. Macar oni has been gr own i n thi s area f or over si x hundr ed year s. Two of the leading gr ower s, Giuseppe Moldova and Ri cardo Br abant e, tel l m e that they have been expect ing a splendid cr op this year and har vesti ng has begun earl ier than usual . Her e you can see t wo wor ker s who, bet ween them, have j ust f inished cut ti ng thr ee car t loads of gol den br own macaroni st alks. The whol e vil lage has been wor ki ng day and ni ght gather ing and thr eshi ng this year39。 SOS39。 said t he sheri f f wi t h a sneer . 39。t be too hard on us. I 39。 39。 he shouted: 39。No newspaper men, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。 sai d Glor ia Gl eam. 39。s foot st eps m any years l ater, Si r Malcolm 39。Ci gar et t e Sm oki ng and Your Heal t h39。 sai d the voice of t he t elevisi on announcer,39。 l esson75 SO S 呼救信號(hào) When a li ght passenger pl ane f l ew off course som e ti me ago, it cr ashed i n t he mountai ns and it s pil ot was ki l ed. The onl y passengers, a young wom an and her t wo baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. I t was the mi ddle of wi nter. Snow l ay t hi ck on the gr ound. The woman knew t hat t he near est vil age was mil es away. When it gr ew dar k. she t urned a suit case i nt o a bed and put t he chil dr en i nsi de it , coveri ng t hem wit h al t he cl othes she coul d f i nd. Dur ing t he ni ght , it got ter ri bl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d t o t he chil dren and even tr ied t o get i nto t he case herself, but it was t oo sm al. Ear ly , next m or ning she hear d planes passi ng over head and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal. Then she had an i dea. She st am ped out t he let ers39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 don39。t read !39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you!39。 Bri nksl ey Meer s agr ed. 39。Thi s i s a wonder f ul pl ace f or a piic,39。hour, he had gr eat dif fi cul t y in contr oll ing t he car because a t yr e burst dur i ng t he fi r st r un. Af t er hi s at tem pt, Cam pbel was di sappoi nted t o l ear n t hat hi s aver age speed had been 299 mi l es per hour . However , a f ew days l at er, he was t ol d t hat a mi stake had been m ade. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 m il es per hour. Si nce t hat t im e, r aci ng dri ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 mi les an hour. Foll owing his f ather39。s fi shi ng, or ei ght hours i n a ci nema seei ng t he same f il m over and over agai n, is usual ly as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hit ch hi ked t o Dover and, t owar ds evening, went i nto a boat t o fi nd som ewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next m or ni ng, he discover ed that the boat had, in t he m eant im e, tr avel led t o Cal ai s. No one not iced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi t ch hi ked to Par is i n a l orr y. The dr i ver gave hi m a f ew biscui ts and a cup of cof fee and l ef t hi m just out si de t he ci ty. The next car t he boy st opped di d not t ake hi m int o the cent r e of Par is as he hoped it woul d, but t o Perpi gnan on t he Fr ench Spani sh bor der. There he was pi cked up by a poli cem an and sent back t o England by t he local aut hor it ies. He has sur el y set up a r ecor d for t he t housands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school. Leson74 O ut of t he li meli ght 舞臺(tái)之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dry r i ver bed and a part y of f am ous act or s and act resses got off . Dr essed i n dar k gl ases and old cl ot hes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so that no one shoul d recogni ze them . But as they soon di scovered, di sgui ses can som etim es be t oo per fe ct. 39。t be bet er, Gl ori a, 39。 Meanwhi l e, t wo ot her act ors, Rockwal l Sl i nger and Merl i n Gr eves, had car ri ed t wo lar ge food baskets t o a shady spot under som e t rees. When t hey had al l made t hemselves fort able, a st r anger appeared. He l ooked ver y angr y. 39。m sheri f her e. Do you see t hat noti ce ? It says No Cam pingi n case you can39。sai d Rockwal l,39。 39。m Br i nksley Meer s, and m y ot her nam e is Gl ori a Gl eam. Now you get out of her e f ast !39。To end our speci al news bull eti n, 39。 Leson77 A successful operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m umm y of an Egypti an wom an who di ed i n 800 B. C. has j