【正文】 i n Sout h Am er i ca and I used t o f l y t her e f r om Eur ope i n t he hol i days. An ai r host ess woul d t ake char ge of m e and I never had an unpl easant exper i ence. I am used t o t r avel l i ng by ai r and onl y on one occasi on have I ever f el t f r i ght e ned. Af t er t aki ng of f , we wer e f l yi ng l ow over t he ci t y and sl owl y t em perat ur es. Tazi ef has oft en ri sked hi s l if e i n t hi s way. He has been abl e t o tel us m or e about acti ve vol canoes than any man ali ve. Leson68 Persist ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed t he st reet to avoid m eet ing him , but he saw m e and came r unni ng t owar ds m e. It was no use pretending t hat I had not seen him, so I waved t o hi m. I never enjoy m eeti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng t o do. No m at t er how busy you are, he al ways i nsists on i ng wit h you. I had t o t hi nk of a way of prevent i ng him f r om f ol l owi ng me ar ound al l m or ni ng. 39。 39。but I39。wai ti ng r oom !39。s f oot steps m any year s lat er , Si r Mal colm 39。No newspaper men, no fi lm fans! Why don39。 39。 said the sher if f wit h a sneer . 39。 we ar e t aki ng you to t he macar oni f iel ds of Cal abr ia. Macar oni has been grown i n t hi s area f or over six hundred year s. Two of the l eading gr owers, Giuseppe Moldova and Ricardo Br abant e, t el l me t hat t hey have been expect ing a spl endid cr op thi s year and harvest ing has begun earl ier t han usual . Here you can se two wor kers who, between them, have just f i ni shed cutt ing t hree cart l oads of golden brown m acar oni stalks. The whole vi lage has been wor king day and night gat her ing and t hreshi ng thi s year 39。 Hul l o, El i zabet h,39。m goi ng t o. . 39。l l e wit h you,39。Mr Eames, 39。Just one more thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenl y crosses t he road i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on the wi ndow, I want t he car to be st opped i mmediat el y.39。 39。 I answer ed.39。 I sai d. 39。To end our speci al news bull etin, 39。 39。m sher if f her e. Do you see t hat noti ce ? It says No Camping in case you can39。t be bet ter , Gl or ia,39。 you have just ki l ed that chi ld ! 39。 Ther e39。 he asked, befor e I had fi ni shed speaki ng. ‘ Not at all,39。 I was j ust wonder i ng how to spend the m or ning unt il I saw you. You39。 Leson77 A successful operat ion 一例成功的手術(shù) The mumm y of an Egypt ian woman who di ed in 800 . has just had an operati on. The m ummy i s that of Shepenmut who was once a si nger i n the Templ e of Thebes. As t her e wer e str ange mar ks on the X ray pl at es taken of the mumm y, doctor s have been tr ying t o fi nd out whet her t he woman died of a r are di sease. The only way to do t his wa s t o oper ate. The oper at ion, which l ast ed for over f our hour s, proved t o be ver y dif f icult because of t he har d r esi n which covered t he ski n. The doctors removed a secti on of the m um my and sent i t to a l abor atory. They also f ound somethi ng which t he Xr ay of the god Duamutef . Thi s god which has the head of a cow was norm al ly pl aced i nsi de a mumm y. The doctor s have not yet decided how t he woman died. They f ear ed that the m um my woul d fal l to pi eces when they cut it open, but fort unat ely t his has not happened. The mum m y successf ul l y sur vi ved t he oper at i on. Leson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af t er r eadi ng an ar ti cle enti tl ed 39。m Bri nksley Meer s, and m y other nam e is Gl ori a Gl eam. Now you get out of her e fast !39。said Rockwal ,39。 Meanwhi le, two ot her actor s, Rockwal Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eeves, had car ied t wo l ar ge food basket s to a shady spot under some t rees. When they had al l made themsel ves f ort abl e, a st ranger appear ed. He looked ver y angr y. 39。s fi shi ng, or ei ght hours i n a ci nema seei ng t he same f ilm over and over agai n, i s usual y as f ar as t hey get. They have al l been put t o sham e by a boy who, whil e pl ayi ng t r uant, t ravel ed 1600 mi l es. He hit ch hi ked t o Dover and, t owar ds eveni ng, went i nt o a boat t o fi nd som ewher e t o sl eep. When he woke up next m orni ng, he discover ed that he boat had, i n t he m eant im e, t ravel l ed t o Cal ai s. No one noti ced the boy as he crept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tch hi ked t o Pari s i n a l or r y. The dri ver gave him a f ew biscui ts and a cup of coff ee and l eft him j ust outside t he ci t y. The next car the boy stopped di d not take him i nt o t he centr e of Par is as he hoped it woul d, but to Per pi gnan on t he 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 local authori ti es. He has surely set up a r ecord for t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evading school . Lesson74 O ut of t he li meli ght 舞臺之外 An ancient bus st opped by a dr y r iver bed and a par ty of f am ous actor s and act resses got of f. Dr esed i n dar k glasses and old cl othes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecognize them. But as they soon di scovered, di sgui ses can som et im es be t oo perf ect . 39。Just one more thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenl y crosses t he road i n fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on the wi ndow, I want t he car to be st opped i mmediat el y.39。 39。 I answer ed.39。 I sai d. 39。 Bert answer ed. 39。 Woul d you mi nd m y i ng wit h you ?39。 he answer ed.39。 he said, in a mournf ul voi ce,39。 It couldn39。 I 39。m Rockwal l Sli nger and thi s is Mer li n Gr eeves.39。 in t he snow. For tunat ely, a pil ot saw t he signal and sent a m essage by r adio t o the nearest town. It was not long bef or e a hel i copt er ar ived on t he scene to rescue t he sur vivors of t he pl ane cr ash. Leson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。Hul l o, Bert ,39。 No, not at al ,39。m going to the dentist.39。 l esson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng t est ed f or a dr ivi ng