【正文】 To end our speci al news bull eti n, 39。 39。m sheri f her e. Do you see t hat noti ce ? It says No Cam pingi n case you can39。t be bet er, Gl ori a, 39。 you have j ust ki l ed t hat chi l d !39。s cr op bef or e t he Sept em ber r ai ns. On the r ight, you can se Mr s Braba nt e hersel f. She has been hel pi ng her husband for t hi rt y year s now. Mr s Br abante i s tal ki ng t o the m anager of t he l ocal f act or y wher e the cr op i s pr ocessed. Thi s l ast scene shows you what wi l happen at t he end of t he har vest : t he f am ous Cal abr i an m acar oni eati ng pet it on ! Si gnor Fr at el li , the pr esent cham pi on, has won it ever y year si nce 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull etin for t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We ar e now r et urni ng you t o t he st udi o.39。Wel , I39。 Look, sher if f, 39。t we e m or e of t en ?39。s son, Donal d, al so set up a wor l d record. Li ke hi s fat her, he was dr i vi ng a car cal ed Bl uebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play t r uant fr om school are unim agi nat i ve. A qui et day39。 I lit a ci gar ete to calm my ner ves. I sm oked wi th conc ent rat ion and pleasur e as I was sur e that thi s would be m y last ci gar et e. For a whole week I di d not smoke at al and dur ing this t im e, my wif e suff er ed ter ri bly. I had al l the usual sym ptoms of som eone gi vi ng up smoking: a bad temper 殺！ I was bei ng t est ed f or a dr ivi ng l i cence f or t he t hir d t im e. I had been asked t o dr ive i n heavy t r af fi c and had done so successf ul l y. Af ter havi ng been i nst r uct ed t o dr ive out of t own, I began t o acquir e confi dence. Sur e t hat I had passed, I was alm ost begi nni ng t o enj oy m y t est. The exami ner m ust have been pleased wi t h m y perf orm a nce, for he sm il ed and sai d, 39。 SOS39。t be t oo har d on us. I39。 he shout ed: 39。 said Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。Mr Eam es,39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce,39。 It coul dn39。 I39。m Rockwal l Sli nger and t hi s is Merl in Greeves.39。 i n t he snow. Fort unat el y, a pi l ot saw t he si gnal and sent a m essage by r adi o t o t he neare st t own. It was not long befor e a hel i copter ar i ved on t he scene t o rescue t he sur vi vors of t he pl ane cr ash. Leson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。Just one m ore t hi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose that a chi l d suddenl y cr osses t he r oad i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on t he wi ndow, I want t he car t o be st opped i mm edi at el y.39。s fi shi ng, or ei ght hours i n a ci nema seei ng t he same f il m over and over agai n, is usual ly as f ar as t hey 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 c h hi ked t o Dover and, t owar ds evening, went i nto a boat t o fi nd som ewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next m or ni ng, he discover ed that the boat had, in t he m eant im e, tr avel led t o Cal ai s. No one not iced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi t ch hi ked to Par is i n a l orr y. The dr i ver gave hi m a f ew biscui ts and a cup of cof fee and l ef t hi m just out si de t he ci ty. The next car t he boy s t opped di d not t ake hi m int o the cent r e of Par is as he hoped it woul d, but t o Perpi gnan on t he Fr ench Spani sh bor der. There he was pi cked up by a poli cem an and sent back t o England by t he local aut hor it ies. He has sur el y set up a r ecor d for t he t housands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school. Leson74 O ut of t he li meli ght 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dry r i ver bed and a part y of f am ous act or s and act resses got off . Dr essed i n dar k gl ases and old cl ot hes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so that no one shoul d recogni ze them . But as they soon di scovered, di sgui ses can som etim es be t oo per fect. 39。 Meanwhi l e, t wo ot her act ors, Rockwal l Sl i nger and Merl i n Gr eves, had car ri ed t wo lar ge food baskets t o a shady spot under som e t rees. When t hey had al l made t hemselves fort able, a st r anger appeared. He l ooked ver y angr y. 39。sai d Rockwal l,39。m Br i nksley Meer s, and m y ot her nam e is Gl ori a Gl eam. Now you get out of her e f ast !39。 Leson77 A successful operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m umm y of an Egypti an wom an who di ed 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 singer i n t he Tem ple of Thebes. As t her e wer e st range m ar ks on t he X ray pl at es t aken of t he mumm y, doctor s have been tr ying t o fi nd out whet her t he wom an di ed of a rare di sease. The only way to do this was t o operate. The oper ation, which 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 m ummy and sent i t to a labor ator y. They also f ound somethi ng which t he X ray of the god Duamut ef . This god whi ch has t he head of a cow was nor mal y placed inside a mum my. The doctor 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 t his has not happened. The mummy successful ly survi ved t he oper ation. Lesson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eading an ar ti cl e enti tl ed 39。 l eson70 Red f or danger 危險的紅色 Dur ing a bul lf ight, a dr unk suddenl y wander ed i nt o t he m iddle of t he ri ng. The cr owd began t o shout , but t he dr unk was unawar e of t he danger. The bull was busy wi th t he mat ador at t he ti me, but i t suddenl y caught sight of t he dr unk who was shouti ng r ude r em arks and waving a r ed cap. Appar entl y sensit i ve t o cri ti ci sm , t he bull f or got al l about t he m at ador and charged at the dr unk. The crowd suddenl y gr ew qui et . The dr unk, however, seem ed qui te sur e of hi msel f. When t he bull got close to hi