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i stalks. The whol e vil lage has been wor king day and night gat her ing and t hreshi ng thi s year 39。Cigar et te Sm oki ng and Your Heal th39。m onst er s39。 I told you yesterday and t he day befor e yest er day, 39。 answered Cr awl ey, 39。 to people on t hei r way to work. This wi l r eli eve pr essure on t he tr ains to some ext ent . Meanwhi le, a number of univer si ty students have vol unteered t o dri ve buses whil e the s tr ike l ast s. Al l the young men are expert dri vers, but befor e they dri ve any of the buses, they wil l have t o pas a speci al test . The st udent s ar e going t o take t he test i n t wo days39。clock tr ain t o London, 39。Of cour se I do, 39。 Woul d a l at er tr ai n get you t o wor k on ti me ?39。At what tim e did you ar ri ve at t he st ati on ?39。And you di dn39。 39。cl ock tr ai n, but that you caught the whi ch would st il l get you to work on t im e. You see, on the mor ning of the m urder, the 8. 0 o39。 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 died of a r ar e disease . The onl y way t o do t hi s was to oper at e. The oper at i on, whi ch last ed for over four hour s, pr oved t o be very di f icult because of the hard resin whi ch covered t he ski n. The doctor s removed a sect ion of t he mummy and sent it to a laborator y. They also f ound somet hi ng whi ch t he X ray of t he god Duamut ef. This god whi ch has t he head of a cow was nor mal y placed inside a m um my. The doct or s have not yet decided how t he woman died. They feared t hat t he mummy would f al to pi eces when t he y cut it open, but for tunately this has not happened. The mumm y successful ly survi ved the oper ati on. Leson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎? Af t er r eadi ng an ar ti cle enti tl ed 39。s cl othes. Now, dr essed in a bl ue uni for m and wi th a ri fl e over hi s shoulder , t he pri soner marched boldly up and down in f ront of the camp. He coul d hear shouting in t he camp it sel f. Light s were bl azing and men were r unni ng her e and ther e: t hey had j ust discover ed that a pri soner had escaped. At that moment, a l ar ge black car wi th four off icers i nsi de it , st opped at the camp gates. The of fi cer s got out and the pr isoner stood t o at ent ion and sal uted as they passed. When they had gone, t he dr iver of the car came towards hi m. The man obviousl y wanted t o tal k. He was rather elderl y wi th gr ey hai r and cl ear bl ue eyes. The pr isoner f elt sorr y for hi m, but t her e was nothing el se he could do. As t he man came near , the pr isoner knocked him t o the gr ound wi t h a shar p blow. Then, j umping i nto t he car , he drove off as quickly as he could. Lesson82 Monst er or fi sh? 是妖還是魚? Fisher men and sai lor s somet imes clai m t o have seen monsters i n t he sea. Though peopl e have of ten l aughed at st ori es t old by seamen, i t is now known t hat m any of t hese 39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane l ived t her e, t he pol iceman on duty told hi m that si nce hi s def eat , the e xPr ime Mini st er had gone abroad. On the f oll owing day, Cr awl ey went t o the house again. The same poli ceman was j ust wal ki ng slowl y past the entr ance, when Cr awl ey asked t he same quest ion. Though a li tl e suspi ci ous t his t im e, t he pol iceman gave hi m t he same answer. The day aft er, Cr awl ey went to t he house once more and asked exactl y the same quest ion. Thi s ti me, the poli ceman lost hi s temper. 39。 I know, 39。f r ee ri des39。At t he ti me t he murder was mi t ed, I was tr avel li ng on the o39。 asked t he inspector . 39。clock. My employer wil l conf ir m that I was t her e on t ime. 39。 I suppose it woul d, but I never cat ch a lat er t rai n. 39。At t en to ei ght. I bought a paper and wait ed for t he tr ai n.39。 39。 said the i nspect or, 39。 Leson88 Trapped in a mine 困在礦井里 Six men have been tr apped i n a mi ne for seventeen hours. If t hey ar e not br ought t o the surf ace soon t hey may lose their l ive s. However, r escue oper ations are pr oving di f icult . I f expl osi ves ar e used, vibrat ions wil l cause the r oof of t he mi ne to coll apse. Rescue worker s ar e t her ef ore dr il li ng a hole on t he nor th si de of t he m ine. They i ntend to br ing t he men up i n a speci al capsule. I f there had not been a har d layer of r ock beneath t he soi l, they woul d have pl et ed the j ob in a few hour s. As i t is, they have been dri l ing f or si xteen hour s and they sti l have a long way t o go. Meanwhi le, a mi cr ophone, whic h was l owered i nt o t he mine t wo hours ago, has enabl ed the m en to keep in touch wit h the cl osest r elati ves. Though t hey ar e r unni ng out of f ood and dr ink, the m en ar e cheer ful and conf ident t hat t hey wil l get out soon. They have been told that r escue operati ons ar e progr essing smoothly. I f they knew how di f icult i t was t o dr il t hrough the har d rock, they would l ose heart . Lesson89 A sli p of the t ongue 口誤 Peopl e wil l do anyt hi ng to see a f r e show even if i t i s a bad one. When the news got r ound that a var iet y show would be pr esented at our l ocal cinema by t he P. and U. Bi r d Sed Company, we al r ushed to see i t. We had to queue for hours t o get i n and there must have been sever al hundred people pr esent j ust be for e the show began. Unf ort unatel y, t he show was one of t he dul lest we have ever sen. Those who f ai led to get i n need not have felt disappoi nted as many of the ar tist es who should have appear ed di d not 丹江口庫區(qū)及上游水土保持工程 項(xiàng)目區(qū)可行性研究報(bào)告 綜合說明 縣位于 省東南部的秦巴山區(qū), 市境內(nèi),