【正文】 i n the snow. Fortunat el y, a pilot saw the signal and sent a mesage by radi o to t he nearest own. It was not l ong bef or e a heli copter ar ived on the scene t o rescue t he survivor s of the plane crash. Leson76 Apri l Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。m Rockwal l Sl inger and this i s Mer lin Gr eves.39。 I39。 I t coul dn39。 he said, i n a mour nf ul voi ce,39。 he answered. 39。 39。 Bert answer ed. 39。 said a policeman aft er war ds, 39。 Leson77 A sucessf ul operat ion 一例成功的手術(shù) The m ummy of an Egypti an woman who died in 800 . has just had an operation. The mummy is that of Shepenmut who was once asi nger i n the Temple of Thebes. As there wer e st range marks on t he X ray pl at es t aken of the mummy, doctors have been tr yi ng t o fi nd out whet her the woman died of a r ar e di sease. The only way to do this wa s t o operate. The operati on, whi ch lasted for over f our hours, proved t o be very dif ficult because of the hard r esin which cover ed t he skin. The doctors removed a section of t he mummy and sent it to a l aboratory. They also found somet hi ng which the Xr ay of the god Duamutef. This god which has the head of a cow was nor mal ly placed insi de a mummy. The doctors have not yet decided how the woman died. They f eared that he mummy woul d fal to pieces when t hey cut it open, but f or tunately t hi s has not happened. The mummy succesfull y survived t he oper at ion. Leson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter eading an art icle ent itl ed 39。m Br inksl ey Meer s, and my other name is Glori a Gleam. Now you get out of here f ast ! 39。said Rockwal, 39。 Meanwhil e, two other actors, Rockwal Sl inger and Merl in Gr eves, had cari ed t wo large food baskets to a shady spot under some trees. When t hey had al made themselves fort able, a str anger appear ed. He l ooked very angry. 39。s fi shing, or ei ght hours in a cinema seing the same f ilm over and over agai n, is usualy as far as they get. They have al l been put t o shame by a boy who, whil e pl aying tr uant, tr avel led 1600 mil es. He hit ch hi ked to Dover and, towar ds evening, went into a boat to f ind somewhere t o sl ep. When he woke up next mor ni ng, he discovered that the boat had, in t he meant ime, t ravel ed t o Cal ai s. No one not iced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om there, he hitchhiked t o Pari s in a lorr y. The dr iver gave him a f ew bi scui ts and a cup of cof fee and left him j ust outside the ci ty. The next car t he boy st opped did not t ake him i nt o the centre of Par is as he hoped i t would, but t o Per pi gnan on t he FrenchSpanish bor der. Ther e he was pi cked up by a poli ceman and sent back t o England by the local authori ties. He has sur el y set up a r ecor d for the thousands of boys who dream of evading school. Lesson74 Out of t he limeli ght 舞臺之外 An ancient bus stopped by a dry r iver bed and a part y of f amous actors and act r esses got off . Dr essed in dark glases and old clothes, they had taken speci al precautions so that no one should r ecognize them. But as they soon discover ed, di sguises can someti mes be too perf ect. 39。Just one more thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenly crosses t he r oad in f ront of you. As soon as I t ap on the window, I want the car to be stopped immediately.39。m going to the denti st .39。 I answered. 39。 I sai d. 39。guard of honour 39。 of si x pr et ty girl s, he set of f down the mai n st reet of t he cit y riding a baby elephant cal ed Jumbo. He, shoul d have known t hat the poli ce would neve r al ow this sor t of thing. A policeman appr oached Ji mmy and told him he ought to have gone al ong a side st reet as Jumbo was holding up the tr af fic. Though Jimmy agr ed to go at once, Jumbo r ef used to move. Fi ft en poli cemen had to push ver y har d to get him off t he main street. The pol ice had a dif icul t time, but they were most amused. 39。Fancy meti ng you here ! 39。 I 39。 Then I 39。 I cont inued drivi ng and aft er some t ime, t he exami ner tapped loudly. Though the sound could be hear d cl earl y, it t ook me a long t ime t o react. I suddenl y pr essed the brake pedal hard and we were both thrown f or war d. The exami ner looked at me sa dly. 39。Thi s i s a wonder ful place for a piic,39。Now you gut out of here, al of you!39。 don39。 l esson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a l ight passenger pl ane fl ew of f cour se some t ime ago, it cr ashed i n t he mount ai ns and i ts pilot was kil led. The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. It was t he mi ddl e of winter. Snow lay thick on the gr ound. The woman knew that he near est vil lage was miles away. When it grew dar k. she t ur ned a suit case i nt o a bed and put t he chi ldren insi de i t, cover ing them wit h al l t he clothes she coul d fi nd. Dur ing the ni ght, it got ter ribly cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d to the chi ldren and even tr ied to get into t he case her self, but i t was too smal . Early , next mor ni ng she hear d pl anes pasing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal . Then she had an i dea. She st amped out the l et ters39。Ci gar et te Smoking and Your Heal th39。so i t was fort unate that we didn39。 I was j ust wonder ing how t o spend the morningunti l I saw you. You39。Woul d you mi nd my ing with you ?39。 Ther e39。 you have just kil led that chi ld !39。t be bet er , Gl or ia,39。m sher if f here. Do you see that not ice ? It says No Camping in case you can39。 39。To end our special news bull et in,39。 SOS39。t be too hard on us. I39。 he shouted: 39。 said Glori a Gleam. 39。Mr Eames, 39。l e wit h you,39。m going to.. .39。 Hul lo, Eli zabet h, 39。Jumbo m ust wei gh a f ew tons,39。s crop before t he Sept ember ai ns. On the right, you can se Mr s Brabante her self . She has been helping her husband for thirt y years now. Mr s Br abant e is talking to t he manager of t he l ocal factory wher e the cr op i s pr ocesed. This l ast scene