【正文】 give up smoking. He hi msel f has done it l ots of ti mes! Lesson79 By ai r 乘飛機 I used t o tr avel by ai r a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ents, used to li ve in South Ameri ca and I used to fl y ther e fr om Eur ope in t he hol idays. An ai rhostess would t ake charge of me and I never had an unpleasant exper ience. I am used to t ravel ing by ai r and only on one oc casi on have I ever felt f ri ghtened. Af ter ta。 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 mum my i s that of Shepenm ut who was once a singer in t he Temple of Thebes. As t her e were st range marks on t he X ray plat es t aken of t he mummy, doct ors have been tr yi ng to fi nd out whether t he wom an di ed of a rare di sease. The only way to do this was t o operate. The oper ation, which l ast ed for over four hour s, pr oved t o be very di f icult because of the hard r esi n whi ch covered t he ski n. The doctor s removed a sect ion of t he m ummy and sent i t to a labor ator y. They also f ound somethi ng which t he X ray of the god Duamut ef . This god whi ch has t he head of a cow was nor mal y placed inside a mum my. The doctor s have not yet decided how t he woman died. They feared t hat t he mummy woul d f al l to pi eces when t hey cut it open, but for tunately t his has not happened. The mummy successful ly survi ved t he oper ation. Lesson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eading an ar ti cl e enti tl ed 39。To end our special news bul leti n,39。m Br inksl ey Meers, and my other name is Glor ia Gl eam . Now you get out of her e f ast ! 39。 39。sai d Rockwal ,39。m sheri f her e. Do you see that notice ? It says No Cam pi ng in case you can39。 Meanwhil e, t wo ot her actor s, Rockwal l Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eves, had car r ied two lar ge food baskets t o a shady spot under som e tr ees. When t hey had al l made themsel ves f ort abl e, a str anger appear ed. He l ooked very angr y. 39。t be bet er , Gl or ia, 39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nem a seeing t he sam e fi lm over and over again, is usualy as far as they 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 hi tch hiked to Dover and, towards eveni ng, went int o a boat o f ind somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next mor ning, he di scovered t hat t he boat had, in the m eant i m e, t ravel ed to Cal ai s. No one not iced the boy as he crept off . From there, he hit ch hiked to Par is i n a l or r y. The dr iver gave him a f ew bi scuit s and a cup of coff ee and lef t hi m j ust outside t he cit y. The next car the boy stopped did not t ake hi m i nto t he centr e of Pari s as he hoped it woul d, but to Per pignan on the Fr ench Spanish border . Ther e he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to Engl and by t he local aut hor it ies. 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 Out of the l im el ight 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus stopped by a dry r iver bed and a par ty of f amous act ors and act r esses got off . Dressed i n dark gl ases and ol d clot hes, they had taken special precaut ions so that no one should r ecognize t hem . But as t hey soon discover ed, disguises can someti mes be too perf ect. 39。 you have just ki l ed that chi ld ! 39。Just one more thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenl y crosses t he road i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on the wi ndow, I want t he car to be st opped i mmediat el y.39。 Ther e39。m goi ng to t he dent ist. 39。Would you mind my ing wi th you ?39。 I answer ed.39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how t o spend t he morni ngunti l I saw you. You39。Fancy meet ing you her e !39。s steam hammer . Though i n those days, tr avel ing was not as easy as it i s today, st eam boat s car ri ed thousands of vi sitor s acr oss t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ar r iving i n England, t hey were t aken t o t he Crystal Pal ace by tr ai n. Ther e were si x mi l ion visit ors i n al , and t he prof it s fr om t he exhi bi ti on were used t o bui ld museums and coll eges. Lat er , the Cr yst al Pal ace was m oved t o Sout h London. I t remained one of the m ost f am ous buil dings in the wor ld unt il it was burnt down i n 1936. Leson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil led the guard, t he pr isoner of war quickly dr agged hi m i nto t he bushes. Working r apidly in t he dar kness, he soon changed int o the dead man39。s cr op bef or e t he Sept em ber r ai ns. On the r ight, you can se Mr s Brabant e hersel f. She has been hel pi ng her husband for t hi rt y year s now. Mr s Br abante i s tal 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 i an m acar oni eati ng pet it on ! Si gnor Fr at el li , the pr esent cham pi on, has won it ever y year si nce 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull et i n for t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We ar e now r et urni ng you t o t he 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 long befor e a hel i copter ar i ved on t he scene t o rescue t he sur vi vors of t he pl ane cr ash. Leson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。Wel , I39。m Rockwal l Sli nger and t hi s is Merl in 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 wor l d record. Li ke hi s fat her, he was dr i vi ng a car cal ed Bl uebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play t r uant fr om school are unim agi nat i ve. A qui et day39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce,39。 l eson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng t est ed f or a dr ivi ng l i cence f or t he t hir d t im e. I had been asked t o dr ive i n heavy