【正文】 Ci gar et e Sm oki ng and Your Healt h39。 but I l ove to he ar you say i t !39。s Radi cal Pr ogr esive Par ty. Aft er the electi ons, Cr awl ey went to t he for mer Pri me Minister 39。s crop befor e the September r ai ns. On t he ri ght, you can see Mrs Br abante her sel f. She has been helping her husband f or t hir ty years now. Mrs Br abante is t al king t o the m anager of t he local f act ory wher e the cr op is pr ocessed. Thi s last scene shows you what wi l happen at the end of the harvest : t he fam ous Cal abr ian macaroni eat ing peti ti on ! Signor Fratel i, t he present cham pi on, has won i t every year since 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull e ti n for t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We ar e now r et urning you t o t he st udi o.39。 I know, 39。m onst ers39。have j ust fi nished cut ti ng t hr ee cart l oads of gol den br own macar oni st al ks. The whol e vi l age has been wor ki ng day and ni ght gat heri ng and t hr eshi ng t his year39。 whi ch have at t im es been si ghted ar e sim pl y st range fi sh. Occasi onal y, unusual cr eat ur es ar e washed t o t he shor e, but they are r arel y caught out at sea. Som e ti me ago, however, a pecul i ar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al l fi shi ng boat was car i ed m il es out t o sea by t he power f ul f ish as it pull ed on t he l i ne. Real i zi ng that this was no or di nar y fi sh, t he f i sherm an m ade ever y ef f or t not t o dam age it i n any way. When it was event ual ly br ought t o s hor e, i t was found t o be over t hi rt een feet l ong. I t had a head l i ke a hor se, big bl ue eyes, shi ni ng si l ver ski n, and a bri ght r ed tail , The fi sh, whi ch has si nce been sent to a m useum wher e i t i s being exam i ned by a scienti st , is cal ed an oar fi sh. Such c reatur es have r ar el y been sen ali ve by man as t hey l i ve at a dept h of six hundr ed f eet . Lesson83 Aft er t he el ect ions 大選之后 The f orm er Pr im e Mi nister, Mr Went wor t h Lane, was def eat ed i n the r ecent el ect i ons. He is now reti ri ng f rom pol it ical if e and has gone abr oad. My f r iend, Cr awl ey, has al ways been a f anati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。 answered Cr awl ey,39。 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 woman died of a r ar e disease. The onl y way t o do t hi s was to oper at e. The operat ion, whi ch lasted f or over f our hours, proved to be ver y dif fi cul t because of t he hard r esi n which covered t he ski n. The doctors removed a sect ion of the m um my and sent i t to a l abor atory. The y also f ound somethi ng which t he Xr ay of the god Duamutef . Thi s god which has t he head of a cow was norm al ly pl aced i nsi de a mumm y. The doctor s have not yet decided how t he woman died. They f ear ed that the m ummy woul d fal l to pi eces when the y cut it open, but for tunat ely t his has not happened. The mummy successfull y survived t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eading an ar ti cl e ent it led 39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane l ived there, the pol icem an on duty t old hi m t hat since his defeat, t he ex Pri me Minist er had gone abr oad. On the f ol lowi ng day, Cr awley went to the house again. The sam e pol ic eman was just walki ng sl owly past the entr ance, when Crawl ey asked the same quest ion. Though a l it tl e suspicious t hi s ti me, the poli cem an gave him t he same answer. The day aft er , Crawl ey went t o t he house once m ore and asked exact ly the sam e questi on. Thi s ti me, the poli ceman l ost his t emper. 39。 Lesson84 On stri ke 罷工 Busmen have decided to go on st ri ke next week. The st ri ke is due t o begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how long i t wi l l ast . The busmen have st ated t hat the st ri ke wil l conti nue unt il gener al agr ement is r eached about pay and worki ng condit ions. Most people beli eve t hat t he st ri ke wi l last for at least a week. Many owner s of pri vat e cars are goi ng to of fer 39。 I l it a ci gar et e t o calm m y ner ves. I sm oked wit h concentr at i on and pl easure as I was sure t hat t his woul d be my l ast ci gar et te. For a whole wek I di d not sm oke at al l and dur i ng t his t im e, m y wif e suff ered t er ri bly. I had al l t he usual sym pt om s of someone gi vi ng up sm oki ng: a bad t em per and an enorm ous appet it e. My f ri ends kept on of f er i ng m e cigaret es and ci gar s. They m ade no ef f or t o hi de their amusem ent whenever I pr oduced a packet of swets f r om m y pocket. Af ter seven days of t his I went t o a part y. Ever ybody ar ound m e was sm oki ng and I felt extr em ely unf or t abl e. When m y ol d fr iend Br ian ur ged m e t o accept a ci gar et t e, it was m or e t han I coul d bear. I t ook one gui lti l y, l it it and smoked wit h sat i sf acti on. My wi f e was del ight ed t hat t hi ngs had ret ur ned t o norm al once m or e. Anyway, as Bri an poi nted out, it i s t he easi est t hi ng i n t he wor l d to gi ve up sm oki ng. He hi mself has done i t lot s of t im es! Leson79 By air 乘飛機 I used t o t r avel by ai r a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used t o l ive i n Sout h Am er i ca and I used to f l y there f r om Eur ope i n t he holi days. An ai rhost es woul d t ake char ge of me and I never had an unpl easant experi ence. I am used to t r aveli ng by air and onl y on one occasi on have I ever felt f ri ght ened. Af ter t aki ng of f, we were f l yi ng low over t he ci ty and sl owl y gaini ng hei ght , when t he pl ane suddenl y t ur ned r ound and f l ew back t o t he ai rport . Whi le we