【正文】 Lesson77 A succesful operat ion 一例成功的手術(shù) The mum my of an Egypt ian wom an who died i n 800 . has just had an operat ion. The mummy is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a si nger i n the Tem pl e of Thebes. As there wer e str ange m ar ks on the X r ay pl ates taken of the mum my, doctor s have been tr ying t o f ind out whether the woman di ed of a rare di sease. The only way to do this was t o operate. The oper ati on, whi ch 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 mummy and sent i t to a labor ator y. They also f ound somethi 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 woul d f al l to pi eces when t hey cut it open, but for tunately this has not happened. The mumm y successful ly survi ved t he oper ati on. Leson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eadi ng an ar ti cle enti tl ed 39。m Br inksley Mer s, and my ot her name i s Gl or ia Gleam. Now you get out of here fast ! 39。said Rockwal l,39。 Meanwhi le, two ot her actor s, Rockwal Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eves, had car ied t wo lar 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。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a cinema sei ng the same f ilm over and over agai n, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al l been put to 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 nto a boat to f ind somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next mor ning, he discovered t hat t he boat had, i n the meanti me, tr avel led to Calais. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hit chhiked t o Pari s in a lorr y. The dr iver gave hi m a few bi scui ts and a cup of cof fee and l ef t him just out si de the cit y. The next car t he boy st opped di d not take him int o the centr e of Par is as he hoped it would, but to Perpi gnan on the FrenchSpani sh border. There he was pi cked up by a pol iceman and sent back t o England by t he local authori ti es. He has surely set up a r ecord for t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evading school . Lesson74 O ut of t he li meli ght 舞臺之外 An ancient bus st opped by a dr y r iver bed and a par ty of f am ous actor s and act reses got of f. Dr esed i n dar k glasses and old cl othes, t hey had t ake n speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecognize them. But as they soon di scovered, di sgui ses can som et im es be t oo perf ect . 39。 Leson84 On st ri ke 罷工 Busmen have decided t o go on str ike next week. The st ri ke is due t o begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how long i t wil l last . The busmen have stated t hat t he st ri ke wil l cont inue until gener al agr eem ent is reached about pay and worki ng condi tions. Most people beli eve that he str ike wi l l ast for at least a week. Many owners of pri vat e cars are goi ng to of f er 39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane l ived there, t he pol iceman on duty t old hi m t hat since his def eat , t he ex Pri me Mini st er had gone abr oad. On the f ollowi ng day, Cr awley went to the house again. The same pol iceman was j ust walki ng sl owly past the entr ance, when Crawl ey asked the same quest ion. Though a l it tl e suspici ous t his t ime, the poli ceman gave hi m t he same answer. The day aft er , Crawl ey went to t he house once more and asked exact ly the same quest i on. Thi s ti me, the poli ceman l ost hi s temper. 39。 Lesson77 A succesful operat ion 一例成功的手術(shù) The mum my of an Egypt ian wom an who died i n 800 . has just had an operat ion. The mummy is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a si nger i n the Tem pl e of Thebes. As there wer e str ange m ar ks on the X r ay pl ates taken of the mum my, doctor s have been tr ying t o f ind out whether the woman di ed of a rare di sease. The only way to do this was t o operate. The oper ati on, whi ch 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 mummy and sent i t to a labor ator y. They also f ound somethi 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 woul d f al l to pi eces when t hey cut it open, but for tunately this has not happened. The mumm y successful ly survi ved t he oper ati on. Leson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eadi ng an ar ti cle enti tl ed 39。m Br inksley Mer s, and my ot her name i s Gl or ia Gleam. Now you get out of here fast ! 39。said Rockwal l,39。 Meanwhi le, two ot her actor s, Rockwal Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eves, had car ied t wo lar 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。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a cinema sei ng the same f ilm over and over agai n, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al l been put to 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 nto a boat to f ind somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next mor ning, he discovered t hat t he boat had, i n the meanti me, tr avel led to Calais. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hit chhiked t o Pari s in a lorr y. The dr iver gave hi m a few bi scui ts and a cup of cof fee and l ef t him just out si de the cit y. The next car t he boy st opped di d not take him int o the centr e of Par is as he hoped it would, but to Perpi gn