【正文】 SOS39。t be t oo har d on us. I 39。 he shout ed: 39。 sai d Gl or i a Gleam. 39。m onst er s39。 said t he voi ce of the tel evi si on announcer ,39。 Oh, i s it ?39。t read !39。 Br i nksl ey Meer s agr eed. 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。 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。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。sai d Rockwal l,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。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s i n a ci nem a seei ng the sam e fi lm over and over agai n, i s usual y as f ar as t hey get. They have al l been put t o shame by a boy who, whi le pl ayi ng 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。Thi s i s a wonder f ul pl ace f or a pi i c,39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you! 39。 don39。 l esson75 SO S 呼救信號 When a l i ght pasenger plane fl ew of f cour se some t im e ago, it cr ashed i n the m ount ai ns and i ts pi lot was kil led. The onl y pa senger s, a young woman and her t wo baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. I t was the mi ddle of wi nt er. Snow l ay t hick on t he gr ound. The wom an knew t hat the near est vi l age was m il es away. When it gr ew dar k. she tur ned a suit case i nt o a bed and put the chil dr en i nsi de i t, cover i ng t hem wi t h al l t he cl ot hes she coul d f i nd. Duri ng t he ni ght , it got t er i bl y col d. The wom an kept as near as she coul d t o the chil dr en and even t ri ed t o get i nt o t he case hersel f, but it was t oo sm al l. Earl y , next m or ni ng she hear d planes passi ng over head and wonder ed how she could send a si gnal. Then she had an i dea. She st am ped out t he let ers39。Ci gar et t e Sm oki ng and Your Heal t h39。s footsteps many years l at er, Sir Malcolm39。No newspaper m en, no f ilm f ans! Why don39。 39。 sai d the sheri f wi th a sneer. 39。 we ar e taking you t o the m acar oni f ields of Calabri a. Macar oni has been gr own i n thi s ar ea for over si x hundr ed year s. Two of t he leading gr ower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ri car do Br abante, 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 ini shed cutti ng t hr 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 gat her ing and thr eshi ng this year39。 whi ch have at ti mes been si ght ed ar e sim pl y str ange f ish. Occasional y, unusual creatures are washed to t he shor e, but they are rarel y caught out at sea. Some t ime ago, however, a peculi ar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al l f ishingboat was car ri ed mil es out t o sea by t he powerf ul f ish as i t pul led on t he line. Real izi ng that this was no or dinary fi sh, the f isherman m ade every ef for t not t o dam age it in any way. When i t was eventual y brought to shore, it was f ound t o be over thir teen f et long. It had a head li ke a hor se, bi g blue eyes