【正文】 g tr uant , t r avel ed 1600 m il es. He hi tch hi ked t o Dover and, t owards eveni ng, went i nt o a boat t o f ind som ewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next m or ning, he di scovered t hat t he boat had, i n t he m eant im e, tr avel led t o Calai s. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tch hi ked t o Pari s i n a lor ry. The dri ver gave hi m a f ew biscui ts and a cup of cof f ee and l eft him j ust out si de t he ci ty. The next car t he boy st opped di d not take him i nt o t he cent r e of Par is as he hoped i t woul d, but t o Per pi gnan on t he Fr enchSpani sh bor der. There he was pi cked up by a poli cem an and sent back t o England by t he l ocal authori ti es. He has sur el y set up a r ecor d for t he t housands of boys who dr eam of evading school. Lesson74 O ut of t he li m el ight 舞臺之外 An ancient bus st opped by a dr y ri ver bed and a part y of f am ous actor s and actr eses got of f. Dr esed i n dar k glasses and old cl ot hes, t hey had t ake n speci al pr ecaut i ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecogni ze them . But as t hey soon di scover ed, di sgui ses can som et im es be t oo per f ect. 39。t be bet er, Gl ori a,39。 Meanwhi l e, t wo ot her act or s, Rockwal Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eeves, had car ied t wo l ar ge f ood basket s to a shady spot under some t r es. When they had al l made t hemselves for table, a st r anger appeared. He l ooked ver y angry. 39。m sher if f here. Do you see that not ice ? I t sa ys No Cam pi ngi n case you can39。sai d Rockwal l,39。 39。m Bri nksl ey Meers, and m y ot her nam e is Glori a Gl eam. Now you get out of her e f ast !39。To end our speci al news bull eti n, 39。 Lesson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m umm y of an Egypt ian wom an who died i n 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper at ion. The m umm y is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a si nger i n t he Tem pl e of Thebes. As ther e wer e str ange m ar ks on t he Xr ay pl ates t aken of t he m um my, doct or s have been t ryi ng to f i nd out whether the wom an di ed of a r ar e disease. The onl y way t o do t hi s was t o oper at e. The operati on, whi ch l asted f or over f our hours, proved t o be ver y dif fi cul t because of t he har d r esi n which cover ed t he ski n. The doct ors r em oved a secti on of t he m umm y and sent i t to a l abor ator y. They also f ound somet hi ng whi ch t he X ray of t he god Duam ut ef . This god whi ch has t he head of a cow was nor mal y placed i nside a m um my. The doct or s have not yet deci ded how the wom an di ed. They f ear ed t hat he m umm y woul d fal t o pieces when t hey cut i t open, but f ort unat el y t hi s has not happened. The m um my successf ull y sur vi ved t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Aft er r eadi ng an ar ti cle enti tl ed 39。s cl othes. Now, dr esed i n a bl ue unif orm and wit h a r if le over his shoul der , t he pr isoner m ar ched bol dl y up and down i n fr ont of t he cam p. He coul d hear shout i ng i n t he cam p it self . Li ght s were bl azi ng and m en were r unni ng here and t her e: t hey had just di scovered t hat a pr isoner had escaped. At t hat m om ent, a l ar ge bl ack car wit h f our of fi cer s i nsi de i t, stopped at t he cam p gat es. The off i cer s got out and t he pri soner st ood t o at tenti on and sal ut ed as t hey pased. When t hey had gone, the dri ver of t he car came t owar ds him. The m an obvi ousl y want ed t o tal k. He was r ather el der l y wit h gr ey hair and cl ear bl ue eyes. The pri soner f el t sor ry f or him, but t her e was not hi ng else he coul d do. As t he m an cam e near, t he pri soner knocke d hi m to t he gr ound wi th a shar p bl ow. Then, j um pi ng i nt o t he car, he dr ove of f as qui ckl y as he coul d. Lesson82 Monst er or fi sh? 是妖還是魚？ Fisherm en and sai l or s som et im es cl ai m to have seen m onst er s in t he sea. Though people have oft en laughed at stori es t ol d by s eam en, it i s now known t hat many of t hese 39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane li ved there, the pol icem an on dut y t ol d hi m t hat hour , he had great di f icult y i n cont roll ing t he car because a t yre burst duri ng the f ir st r un. Af t er hi s at tempt , Cam pbel l was di sappointed t o l ear n that his aver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour . However , a few days l at er, he was tol d that a mi st ake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 m iles per hour . Since that ti me, racing dri vers have reached speeds of over 400 m iles an hour. Foll owing his f ather39。Thi s i s a wonder f ul pl ace f or a pi i c,39。 Br i nksl ey Meer s agr eed. 39。Now you gut out of here, al of you! 39。t read !39。 don39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 l esson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a l ight passenger plane fl ew of f cour se some t im e ago, it cr ashed in t he mountains and i ts pil ot was ki l ed. The only pa ssengers, a young wom an and her t wo baby daughters, were unhurt . It was t he middl e of winter . Snow l ay thi ck on the gr ound. The woman knew t hat t he nearest vi l age was mil es away. When i t grew dar k. she tur ned a sui tcase i nto a bed and put the chil dren i nside i t, cover ing t hem wi t h al t he cl othes she could fi 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 the chil dren and even tr ied to get i nt o t he case her sel f, but it was t oo sm al l. Earl y , next mor ni ng she heard planes passi ng over head and wondered how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an idea. She stam ped out the l eter s39。 said t he voi ce of the tel evi si on announcer ,39。Cigar et te Sm oki ng and Your Heal th39。m onst er s39。s footst eps many year s l at er , Sir Mal col m39。 sai d Gl or i a Gleam. 39。No newspaper m en, no f ilm f ans! Why don39。 he shout ed: 39。 39。t be t oo har d on us. I 39。 sai d t he sher if f wit h a sneer . 39。 SOS39。 we are t aki ng you t o t