【正文】 i n the snow. Fortunat el y, a pilot saw t he signal and sent a mesage by radio to t he near est own. It was not l ong bef or e a heli copter ar ived on t he scene t o rescue the survivor s of t he plane crash. Lesson76 Apri l Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。m Rockwal Slinger and t hi s is Merl in Greeves. 39。 I 39。 It couldn39。 he said, i n a mour nf ul voi ce,39。 he answered. 39。Woul d you mi nd my ing with you ?39。 Bert answer ed. 39。 said a pol iceman afterwards, 39。 Leson77 A successf ul operat ion 一例成功的手術(shù) The mummy of an Egypti an woman who died in 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper at ion. The mummy i s that of Shepenmut who was once a singer i n the Temple of Thebes. As ther e wer e st range mar ks on the Xr ay pl ates taken of the mummy, doctors have been trying t o find out whet her the woman died of a rare disease. The only way t o do this was t o oper ate. The oper ation, which last ed f or over four hour s, proved to be ver y di f icul t because of t he hard r esin which cover ed t he ski n. The doct or s removed a sect ion of t he mummy and sent it to a labor at or y. They also found something which the Xray of the god Duamutef. Thi s god whi ch has the head of a cow was normal y pl aced 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 the y cut it open, but for tunately t hi s has not happened. The mummy succesfully 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 Bri nksley Mers, and my other name i s Gl or ia Gl eam. Now you get out of her e fast !39。sai d Rockwal ,39。 Meanwhile, two other act or s, Rockwal l Sli nger and Merli n Greeves, had car ried two l ar ge f ood basket s t o a shady spot under some t rees. When they had al l made themselves f or tabl e, a stranger appeared. He looked ver y angry. 39。s f ishi ng, or eight hours i n a ci nema seei ng t he same fil m over and over again, i s usual y as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put to shame by a boy who, whi le playi ng t ruant , t ravel ed 1600 mi les. He hi tch hiked t o Dover and, towards evening, went i nt o a boat o fi nd somewher e to sleep. When he woke up next morning, he discovered that he boat had, i n the meantime, tr avel led to Calais. No one noticed the boy as he crept off. From t here, he hit chhiked to Par is in a l or ry. The dri ver gave him a few biscuit s and a cup of coff e and l ef t him just out si de t he cit y. The next car the boy stopped di d not take him into t he cent r e of Par is as he hoped it would, but to Per pignan on the Fr ench Spani sh border . Ther e he was pi cked up by a pol iceman and sent back t o England by t he l ocal aut hor it es. He has urely set up a r ecord f or the thousands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng s chool . Leson74 Out of the li mel ight 舞臺(tái)之外 An ancient bus stopped by a dr y ri ver bed and a par ty of famous actor s and actr esses got of f. Dresed in dar k gl asses and old clothes, they had t aken special pr ecaut ions so that no one shoul d recogni ze t hem. But as t hey soon discovered, disgui ses can sometimes be t oo 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。 39。 I 39。 I sai d. 39。guard of honour39。 of six pret y gi rl s, he set off down t he main str et of the city r iding a baby el ephant cal ed Jumbo. He, should have known t hat the poli ce woul d never alow t hi s sort of t hi ng. A pol iceman approached Jimmy and told him he ought to have gone al ong a si de str et as Jumbo was holding up the traf ic. Though Ji mmy agr ed to go at once, Jumbo r ef used t o move. Fi fteen poli cemen had to push ver y hard t o get hi m off t he m ain st reet . The pol ice had a di f icul t ime, but t hey were most am used. 39。Fancy meti ng you here ! 39。m going to.. .39。 Then I 39。 I cont inued driving and aft er some t ime, t he exami ner tapped l oudly. Though the sound coul d be hear d cl earl y, it took me a long t ime to r eact. I suddenl y pr essed the brake pedal hard and we were both thrown for war d. The exami ner looked at me sadly. 39。This is a wonderf ul place f or a pii c, 39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you! 39。 don39。 leson75 SOS 呼救信號(hào) When a li ght pasenger plane f lew off course some ti me ago, i t crashed in the mountains and i ts pi lot was kil ed. The onl y pa ssengers, a young woman and her t wo baby daughters, were unhur t. It was the mi ddle of winter. Snow lay thick on t he ground. The woman knew that the nearest vil age was mi les away. When it gr ew dark. she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the chi ldren insi de i t, cover ing them with al the cl othes she could f ind. Duri ng t he night, it got ter ibly col d. The woman kept as near as she could t o the chil dr en and even t ri ed t o get into the case hersel f, but it was t oo smal. Ear ly , next morning she heard planes passi ng over head and wondered how she coul d send a signal. Then she had an i dea. She st amped out the leters39。Ci gar et e Smoking and Your Heal th39。so it was fortunat e that we didn39。 I was j ust wonder ing how t o spend the morningunti l I saw you. You39。 he asked, bef or e I had fi ni shed speaking. ‘Not at al ,39。 Ther e39。 you have just kil led that chi ld !39。t be bet ter, Glori a, 39。m sher if her e. Do you se t hat noti ce ? I t says No Campingi n case you can39。 39。To end our special news bull et in,39。 SOS39。t be t oo hard on us. I39。 he shout ed: 39。 sai d Gloria Gl eam. 39。Mr Eames,39。l e wi th you,39。 39。 Hul lo, El izabet h, 39。Jumbo must wei gh a f ew tons,39。s cr op before the September r ains. On t he r ight , you can see Mr s Br abant e hersel f. She has been hel ping her husband f or t hi rty year s now. Mrs Brabante i s t al ki ng t o the manager of t he l ocal fact or y wher e t he cr