【正文】 s cr op bef ore t he Sept ember r ains. On the r ight, you can se Mr s Brabant e herself . She has been hel pi ng her husband f or thi rt y year s now. Mrs Brabant e is talking to t he manager of the l ocal factor y where t he cr op i s pr ocessed. This l ast scene shows you what wi l l happen at t he end of t he har vest : the f amous Cal abri an macar oni eati ng pet it ion ! Si gnor Frat el li , the present champion, has won it ever y year since 1961. And that ends our special bul le t in f or t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We are now ret ur ning you t o the st udi o.39。Wel l, I 39。 Look, sheri f , 39。t we e mor e oft en ?39。s son, Donald, also set up a wor ld record. Like hi s father , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who pl ay tr uant f rom school ar e unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。 said the i nspect or, 39。 39。 answered t he man.39。 t im e. Even so, people ar e goi ng to fi nd it dif fi cul t to get to work. But so far , t he publ ic has expr esed it s grat it ude t o t he st udents i n l et ter s to t he Press. Onl y one or t wo people have obj ect ed that the students wi l dri ve too f ast ! Leson85 Never t oo old to l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just received a let ter fr om m y old school i nfor ming m e that my f orm er head m ast er , Mr Regmald Page, wil l be reti ri ng next week. Pupi ls of the school , ol d and new, wil l be sending him a pr esent to m ar k t he occasi on. Al l those who have contr ibut ed towards t he gif t wi l l si gn their names in a large al bum which wi l l be sent to t he headmaster39。 he shouted, 39。 I l it a ci gar et te to calm my ner ves. I sm oked wi th concent rat ion and pleasur e as I was sur e that thi s woul d be my last ci gar ete. For a whole week I di d not smoke at al and dur ing t his t ime, my wif e suf f er ed ter ri bl y. I had al l t he usual sym pt oms of som eone gi vi ng up smoking: a bad temper and an enorm ous appeti te. My f ri ends kept on off er ing m e cigaret es and ci gar s. They made no ef for t o hide t hei r amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweet s f rom my pocket . Af t er seven days of thi s I went t o a part y. Ever ybody around me was sm oki ng and I felt extr emely unfor table. When m y old f ri end Bri an urged me to accept a cigaret te, it was mor e than I coul d bear. I took one guil ti ly, li t it and sm oked wi th sat isfacti on. My wif e was deli ght ed that things had r et urned to nor mal once m ore. Anyway, as Br ian pointed out , i t is t he easiest thing i n t he worl d to gi ve up smoking. He him self has done it lot s of ti mes! Leson79 By ai r 乘飛機(jī) I used to tr avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used to l ive i n Sout h Am er ica and I used to f l y t her e f r om Eur ope in t he hol idays. An ai rhostess would t ake charge of me and I never had an unpleasant exper ience. I am used to tr avel ing by ai r and onl y on one occasi on have I ever felt f ri ghtened. Af ter taking of f , we were f lyi ng low over t he ci ty and slowl y gaining he i ght , when the plane suddenly t urned r ound and f lew back t o the ai rport . Whil e we wer e wai ting to l and, an air hostes t old us t o keep cal m and t o get of f the plane quietl y as soon as i t had t ouched down. Ever ybody on board was worr ied and we wer e curi ous to f ind out what had happened. Lat er we learnt t hat ther e was a ver y i mport ant person on boar d. The pol ice had been told that a bomb had been pl ant ed on the plane. Aft er we had landed, the pl ane was searched thoroughly. Fort unatel y, nothi ng was found and f ive hour s l at er we were abl e to t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 Per haps the most ext raordi nar y buil di ng of the ni enth centur y was the Cr ystal Pal ace, which was buil t in Hyde Par k f or t he Gr eat Exhibit ion of 1851. The Cr ystal Pal ace was di f erent fr om al ot her buil dings in t he wor ld, for it was m ade of ir on and glas. It was one of the bi ggest bui ldi ngs of al t ime and a lot of people f rom many count ri es came to see it . A gr eat many goods wer e sent t o the exhibi tion fr om vari ous par ts of the wor l d. There was al so a great deal of m achi ner y on display. The most wonderf ul pi ece of m achiner y on show was Nasm yth39。 SOS39。t be t oo har d on us. I39。 he shout ed: 39。 sai d Gl or i a Gleam. 39。s son, Donald, also set up a wor ld record. Like hi s father , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who pl ay tr uant f rom school ar e unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。t we e mor e oft en ?39。 Look, sheri f , 39。Wel l, I 39。s cr op bef ore t he Sept ember r ains. On the r ight, you can se Mr s Brabant e herself . She has been hel pi ng her husband f or thi rt y year s now. Mrs Brabant e is talking to t he manager of the l ocal factor y where t he cr op i s pr ocessed. This l ast scene shows you what wi l l happen at t he end of t he har vest : the f amous Cal abri an macar oni eati ng pet it ion ! Si gnor Frat el li , the present champion, has won it ever y year since 1961. And that ends our special bul le t in f or t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We are now ret ur ning you t o the st udi o.39。s Radical Progressi ve Part y. Af ter t he el ect ions, Cr awley went t o the f ormer Pr ime Mini st er39。 Lesson84 On st rike 罷工 Busmen have deci ded t o go on str ike next week. The str ike i s due t o begin on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong it wi l last. The busm en have stat ed that he str ike wi l cont inue unti l general agreement i s reached about pay and wor king condi ti ons. Most people bel ieve that the str ike wi l l ast f or at l east a week. Many owners of pr ivate cars ar e going t o off er 39。Do you always cat ch such an earl y t rain ?39。 I suppose it woul d, but I never cat ch a lat er t rai n. 39。