【正文】 i n t he snow. Fort unat el y, a pi lot saw t he si gnal and sent a message by r adi o to the near est t own. I t was not l ong bef ore a hel icopter ar r ived on the scene to r escue the survi vor s of the pl ane cr ash. Lesson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。m Rockwal Sl inger and t his i s Merl in Greeves.39。 I 39。 I t coul dn39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce, 39。 he answer ed. 39。 39。 Ber t answered. 39。so it was for tunate t hat we di dn39。Ci gar et e Smoking and Your Healt h39。 l esson75 SO S 呼救信號 When a li ght passenger pl ane f lew off course som e ti me ago, it crashed i n t he mount ains and it s pilot was kil led. The onl y pasenger s, a young woman and her two baby daught er s, wer e unhurt . I t was the middle of wi nter. Snow l ay thick on the ground. The woman knew that the nearest vi l age was mil es away. When i t gr ew dark. she turned a suit case i nt o a bed and put t he childr en inside i t, cover ing t hem wi th al l t he clothes she coul d f i nd. Duri ng the ni ght , i t got t er ibly col d. The wom an kept as near as she could to t he chi ldr en and even t ri ed to get into the case her self , but i t was too smal . Ear ly ,next m orning she hear d pl anes passing overhead and wonder ed how she could send a signal. Then she had an i dea. She stamped out t he let ters39。 don39。Now you gut out of here, al of you! 39。Thi s is a wonder ful place for a pi i c, 39。 I cont inued dri ving and aft er some t im e, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though the sound coul d be hear d clearl y, i t took me a long ti me t o r eact. I suddenly pr esed the br ake pedal har d and we wer e bot h t hr own f orwar d. The examiner looked at me sadl y. 39。 Then I39。 I 39。 39。Jum bo must wei gh a f ew tons,39。s hospi t al. Dressed up as Father Chri st mas and apani ed by a 39。Hul l o, Ber t, 39。 39。 I lied, 39。wai t ing r oom ! 39。s f oot st eps m any years later, Si r Malcolm 39。No newspaper m en, no f il m f ans! Why don39。 39。 sai d the sheri f wi th a sneer. 39。 we ar e taking you t o the m acaroni 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 inished cut ti ng thr ee car t loads of gol den br own m acar oni stal ks. The whole vi l age has been working day and night gatheri ng and threshing t hi s year 39。 of si x pr et ty gi rl s, he set of f down t he m ai n str eet of t he ci ty r i di ng a baby el ephant cal ed Jum bo. He, shoul d have known t hat t he pol i ce woul d never al ow t hi s sor t of thi ng. A pol icem an appr oached Jimm y and tol d hi m he ought t o have gone along a si dest reet as Jum bo was hol di ng up the t raf i c. Though Ji mm y agr eed t o go at once, Jum bo ref used t o m ove. Fi f t een poli cem en had t o push ver y hard t o get hi m of f the m ai n str et . The pol ice had a dif fi cul t ti me, but t hey wer e most am used. 39。Fancy meet ing you here ! 39。 I answer ed. 39。m going to t he dent ist. 39。Just one mor e thi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenly cr osses the r oad i n f ront of you. As soon as I tap on t he window, I want t he car t o be stopped imm edi at ely.39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nem a sei ng the sam e fi lm over and over again, i s usual y 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 hit ch hiked t o Dover and, towar ds evening, went i nt o a boat to f ind somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next mor ning, he di scovered t hat t he boat had, i n the meanti me, tr avel led to Calais. No one not i ced t he boy as he cr ept off . From there, he hit ch hiked to Par is i n a l orr y. The dr iver gave hi m a few bi scuit s and a cup of cof fee and lef t hi m just out si de the cit y. The next car t he boy st opped did not t ake hi m i nto t he cent re of Pari s as he hoped i t woul d, but t o Per pignan on t he Fr ench Spanish bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a poli ceman and sent back to Engl and by the l ocal aut hor it ies. He has sur el y set up a recor d f or the t housands of boys who dream of evadi ng school. Leson74 Out of the lim elight 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus stopped by a dry ri ver bed and a part y of famous act ors and actr esses got off . Dr essed in dark glases and ol d clot hes, they had taken special precaut ions so that no one should recogni ze t hem. But as t hey soon discover ed, disguises can someti mes be too per fect. 39。 Meanwhil e, t wo other act ors, Rockwal l Sl i nger and Mer li n Gr eves, had car ied t wo l ar ge food basket s to a shady spot under some t rees. When t hey had al l made themsel ves f ort abl e, a st ranger appear ed. He looked ver y angr y. 39。said Rockwal ,39。m Br inksl ey Meers, and my ot her name i s Glor ia Gl eam . Now you get out of here f ast !39。 we ar e taking you t o the m acaroni f ields of Calabri a. Macar oni has been gr own i n thi s ar ea for。 sai d the sheri f wi th a sneer. 39。 39。No newspaper m en, no f il m f ans! Why don39。s f oot st eps m any years later, Si r Malcolm 39。wai t ing r oom ! 39。 I lied, 39。 39。Hul l o, Ber t, 39。s hospi t al. Dresse d up as Father Chri st mas and apani ed by a 39。To end our special news bullet in,39。 39。m sher if f her e. Do you see t hat noti ce ? It says No Cam ping in case you can39。t be bet er, Gl or i a, 39。 you ha ve just kil ed that chi ld !39。 Ther e39。Woul d you mi nd my i ng wi th you ?39。 I was j ust wonder ing how to spend the m or ningunti l I saw you. You39。t have t o car y him. Of course, we shoul d ar est him , but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et hi m of f thi s tim e.39。Geof f r ey l oves. He pr epared t he sp