【正文】 mes be t oo per f ect. 39。 Meanwhi le, t wo ot her act or s, Rockwal Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eeves, had car i ed t wo l ar ge f ood basket s t o a shady spot under some t r es. When t hey had al made t hemsel ves f or table, a st r anger appeared. He l ooked ver y a ngr y. 39。said Rockwal ,39。m Bri nksl ey Meers, and m y ot her nam e is Glori a Gl eam. Now you get out of her e f ast !39。 Leson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m um m y of an Egypti an woman who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an operati on. The m umm y i s t hat of Shepenm ut who was once a si nger i n t he Tem pl e of Thebes. As t here wer e st r ange m ar ks on the X r ay pl at es taken of the m umm y, doct or s have been tr yi ng t o f ind out whet her t he wom an di ed of a rar e di sease. The onl y way t o do thi s was t o operat e. The oper ati on, whi ch last ed f or over f our hour s, pr oved t o be ver y di f fi cult because of t he har d r esin whi ch cover ed the skin. The doct or s r em oved a secti on of t he m umm y and sent it t o a l abor at ory. They al so f ound som et hi ng whi ch t he X r ay of the god Duamut ef . Thi s god whi ch has t he head of a cow was norm al l y pl aced i nsi de a m umm y. The doct or s have not yet decided how t he woman di ed. They feared t hat t he m um m y woul d f al l t o pi eces when t hey cut it open, but f or t unatel y this has not happened. The mumm y succesf ul ly sur vi ved the oper ati on. Leson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Aft er r eadi ng an arti cle enti tl ed 39。T BE BETTER, GLORI A,39。M SHERI FF HERE. DO YOU SEE THAT NOTI CE ? I T SAYS NO CAMPI NGI N CASE YOU CAN39。 39。TO END OUR SPECI AL NEWS BULLETI N,39。 SOS39。T BE TOO HARD ON US. I39。 HE SHOUTED: 39。 SAI D GLORI A GLEAM. 39。 we ar e t aki ng you t o t he m acar oni f iel ds of Cal abri a. Macar oni has been gr own i n t hi s area f or over si x hundr ed year s. Two of the l eadi ng gr owers, Gi useppe Moldova and Ricardo Br abant e, t el l m e t hat t hey have been expect i ng a spl endi d cr op t hi s year and har vest ing has begun earl i er t han usual . Here you ca n see t wo workers who, bet ween t hem, have just f i ni shed cutt i ng t hree cart l oads of gol den brown m acar oni stal ks. The whole vil l age has been wor ki ng day and ni ght gat her i ng and t hreshi ng t hi s year39。 said t he sher if f wit h a sneer . 39。 39。No newspaper men, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。 I li t a ci gar et e to calm m y ner ves. I smoked wit h conc entr at ion and pleasur e as I was sur e t hat t hi s would be m y last ci gar et e. For a whol e week I di d not sm oke at al and duri ng this tim e, m y wi fe suff ered t er ri bly. I had al l the usual symptoms of someone gi ving up smoking: a bad temper and an enor mous appeti te. My fr iends kept on off eri ng me cigar et tes and cigars. They m ade no ef for t to hi de their amusem ent whenever I produced a packet of sweets f rom my pocket . Aft er seve n days of t hi s I went to a par ty. Ever ybody ar ound m e was smoking and I fel t ext remely unf ort abl e. When my ol d f r i end Br ian urged m e to accept a cigar et te, it was mor e than I could bear. I t ook one guil ti ly, li t it and smoked wi t h sat isfacti on. My wi fe was deli ghted that thi ngs had r eturned t o normal once more. Anyway, as Br ian point ed out , it is the easi est thi ng in t he worl d t o give up smoking. He him sel f has done it l ot s of ti mes! Lesson79 By ai r 乘飛機(jī) I used t o tr avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used to l ive i n South Am eri ca and I used to fl y there fr om Eur ope i n t he hol idays. An ai rhostes woul d t ake charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experi ence. I am used to t ravel ing by air and only on one occasi on have I ever felt f ri ght ened. Af ter taking of f, we wer e f lying low over the cit y and slowl y gai ning height, when t he plane suddenly t urned round and f lew back to the air port . Whil e we wer e wait ing t o land, an ai r host es t old us t o keep calm and to get off t he 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 t o f ind out what had happened. Lat er we l ear nt t hat t her e was a very i mport ant person on board. The police had been tol d that a bom b had been pl ant ed on the pl ane. Aft er we had landed, t he pl ane was searched thor oughly. Fort unat el y, not hi ng was f ound and f ive hours l at er we were abl e to take off a gai n. Lesson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 Perhaps the most ext raordi nar y buil ding of the ni enth cent ur y was t he Crystal Palace, whi ch was bui lt in Hyde Par k f or the Gr eat Exhibi tion of 1851. The Crystal Pal ace was di f erent fr om al l ot her buil dings in the wor ld, for i t was m ade of i ron and gl ass. I t was one of t he biggest buil dings of al l ti me and a lot of peopl e fr om many countr ie s came t o see i t. A great m any goods were sent to t he exhi bit ion f rom var ious part s of the wor ld. Ther e was also a gr eat deal of machinery on di spl ay. The most wonder ful piece of machi ner y on show was Nasmyth39。 SOS39。t be too hard on us. I 39。 he shouted: 39。 said Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。 we ar e t aki ng you t o t he m acar oni f iel ds of Cal abri a. Macar oni has been gr own i n t hi s area f or over si x hundr ed year s. Two of the l eadi ng gr owe rs, Gi useppe Moldova and Ricardo Br abant e, t el l m e t hat t hey have been expect i ng a spl endi d cr op t hi s year and har vest ing has begun earl i er t han usual . Here you can see t wo workers who, bet ween t hem, have just f i ni shed cutt i ng t hree cart l oads of gol den brown m acar oni stal ks. The whole vil l age has been wor ki ng day and ni ght gat her i ng and t hreshi ng t hi s year39。 said t he sher if f wit h a sneer . 39。 39。No newspaper men, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。Thi s i s a wonder f ul pl ace f or a pi i c,39