【正文】 ti on. My wi fe was deli ght ed that thi ngs had r et urned t o normal once more. Anyway, as Br ian point ed out , it is t he easiest thi ng in t he worl d t o give up smoking. He him sel f has done it l ot s of ti mes! Leson79 By ai r 乘飛機 I used t o tr avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used to l ive i n South Am eri ca and I used to f ly there f r om Eur ope i n t he hol。 Leson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The mummy of an Egypti an woman who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper ati on. The m um my i s that of Shepenm ut who was once a singer in the Temple of Thebes. As t her e were st range marks on t he X ray plat es t aken of t he mummy, doctors have been tr yi ng to fi nd out whet her t he woman died of a r ar e disease. The onl y way t o do t hi s was to oper at e. The operat ion, which l asted f or over f our hours, proved to be ver y dif fi cul t because of t he har d r esin which cover ed the skin. The doct ors r emoved a secti on of the mumm y and sent it t o a l abor at ory. They al so f ound somethi ng which t he Xr ay of the god Duamut ef . This god which has t he head of a cow was norm aly placed i nsi de a mumm y. The doctor s have not yet decided how t he woman died. They f eared t hat the m ummy woul d f al l to pi eces when the y cut it open, but for tunat ely t his has not happened. The mummy successfull y survived t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eading an ar ti cl e entit led 39。To end our speci al news bull etin, 39。m Bri nksl ey Meers, and m y other nam e is Gl ori 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 says No Campi ng in case you can39。 Meanwhi l e, t wo other act ors, Rockwal Sl inger and Merl in Greeves, had car ri ed t wo l arge f ood basket s t o a shady spot under som e t r es. When t hey had al m ade t hem sel ves f or table, a st r anger appeared. He l ooked very angry. 39。t be bet er , Gl or ia,39。s f ishing, or ei ght hours i n a cinema seeing t he same f il m over and over agai n, is usual ly as f ar as t hey get . They have al l been put to shame by a boy who, whi le pl ayi ng tr uant , t ravel ed 1600 m il es. He hi tch hi ked to Dover and, t owar ds evening, went into a boat t o fi nd som ewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next morni ng, he discover ed that the boat had, in t he meant ime, t raveled t o Calai s. No one not iced the boy as he crept of f . Fr om t her e, he hi tchhi ked to Par is i n a lor ry. The dri ver gave him a f ew biscuits and a cup of coff ee and l eft him j ust outsi de t he ci t y. The next car t he boy st opped did not t ake him i nt o t he centr e of Par i s as he hoped it woul d, but to Per pi gnan on the Fr ench Spanish bor der. Ther e he was pi cked up by a pol iceman and sent back t o Engl and by t he local aut hor it es. He has surel y set up a r ecor d f or t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school . Leson74 O ut of t he l im el ight 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dry r i ver bed and a par t y of f am ous act or s and act r esses got off . Dr essed i n dark gl ases and ol d clot hes, t hey had taken speci al precauti ons so that no one should r ecogni ze t hem. But as t hey soon discover ed, disgui ses can som etim es be too perf ect . 39。 you have just ki l ed that chi ld ! 39。Just one mor e thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chil d suddenly cr osses t he road i n f ront of you. As soon as I t ap on the wi ndow, I want t he car t o be st opped i mmediat el y.39。 There39。m goi ng t o the dent i st. 39。Woul d you m i nd m y i ng wi t h you ?39。 I answered.39。 I was just wonderi ng how t o spend t he mor ni ngunt il I saw you. You39。Fancy meeti ng you her e !39。s st eam hamm er . Though i n t hose days, tr avel i ng was not as easy as i t is t oday, st eam boat s car r ied t housands of visit ors acr oss t he Channel f r om Eur ope. On ar ri vi ng i n Engl and, t hey wer e t aken t o t he Cr yst al Palace by t rain. There wer e six m il ion vi si tor s in al l, and the pr ofi ts f rom the exhibit ion wer e used t o buil d museum s and col leges. Later, t he Crystal Palace was moved to South London. It r em ai ned one of t he most f amous bui ldi ngs i n t he worl d unt il i t was bur nt down in 1936. Lesson81 Es cape 脫逃 When he had ki led t he guar d, t he pri soner of war qui ckl y dragged him int o the bushes. Wor ki ng rapi dl y i n the darknes, he soon changed i nto t he dead m an39。s cr op bef ore t he Sept em ber r ains. On t he r i ght, you can see Mr s Brabant e hersel f. She has been hel ping her husband f or t hi rt y year s now. Mr s Br abante i s t al ki ng t o the m anager of t he l ocal f act or y wher e the cr op i s pr ocessed. Thi s l ast scene shows you what wi l happen at t he end of t he har vest : t he f am ous Cal abr ian m acar oni eat i ng peti ti on ! Si gnor Frat el li, t he present cham pi on, has won i t ever y year si nce 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bul leti n f or t oday, Thursday, Apr il 1st. We ar e now r et ur ni ng you t o the st udi o.39。 i n t he snow. Fort unat el y, a pi l ot saw t he si gnal and sent a m essage by r adi o t o t he nearest t own. It was not l ong befor e a hel icopter ar ived on t he scene to r escue t he sur vi vors of t he pl ane cr ash. Leson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。Wel , I39。m Rockwal l Sli nger and t hi s is Merli n Greeves.39。 Look, sher if f, 39。 I39。t we e m or e of t en ?39。 It coul dn39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a worl d r ecor d. Li ke his f at her, he was dri ving a car cal led Bl uebi rd. Leson73 The record hol der 紀錄保持者 Li t le boys who pl ay t r uant fr om school ar e uni magi nati ve. A qui et day39。 he sai d, in a m our nf ul voice,39。 lesson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng t est ed f or a dri vi ng l i cence for t he t hir d t im e. I had been asked t o dr i