【正文】 d Jumbo. He, should have known t hat the pol ice would never al low this sor t of t hing. A poli cem an approached Ji mmy and t old hi m he ought to have gone al ong a si de str et as Jum bo was hol ding up t he tr af ic. Though Jimmy agreed t o go at once, Jumbo r efused to move. Fif teen poli cemen had t o push ver y har d t o get hi m of f the mai n st r eet . The pol ice had a dif fi cul t ti me, but they wer e most am used. 39。 she asked i mpat ientl y. 39。Ci gar et t e Sm oki ng and Your Heal t h39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信號(hào) When a li ght pasenger plane f lew of f cour se some ti me ago, i t cr ashed i n the m ount ai ns and i ts pi lot was kil led. The onl y passengers, a young woman and her t wo baby daughter s, wer e unhur t. I t was the mi ddl e of wi nt er. Snow lay t hick on t he ground. The wom an knew that the near est vil lage was mi les away. When it gr ew dark. she t urned a suit case int o a bed and put t he chi ldr en inside it , coveri ng them wit h al t he cl othes she could fi nd. Dur ing t he ni ght, it got ter ri bl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d t o the chil dren and even t ri ed to get i nt o t he case her sel f, but it was t oo sm al l. Ear l y , next morni ng she heard pl anes pasi ng over head and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an idea. She stamped out the l et ter s39。 don39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you!39。This is a wonderf ul pl ace f or a piic,39。 I conti nued dr ivi ng and af ter some ti me, the examiner tapped loudly. Though t he sound could be heard cl ear ly, it t ook me a l ong tim e to react . I suddenl y pr essed the brake pedal hard and we were both thr own for ward. The exam iner looked at me sadly. 39。 Then I39。m going t o. . .39。 39。Jum bo must wei gh a f ew tons,39。Your si st er wil l be her e in les than an hour and we must be at the stati on to meet her. We are late al ready. 39。hi de gol d. The pir ates would of ten bur y gold i n the cave and then f ai l to coll ect i t. Ar med wi th t he new machine, a search part y went he did not li ke it . She enjoyed herself making the asist ant bri ng almost ever ything i n t he window befor e f inaly buyi ng the dr ess she had fi rst asked for . Lesson58 A blessi ng i n disguise? 是因禍得福嗎？ The t iny vi l age of Fr inley i s sai d to possess a 39。 she asked i mpat ientl y. 39。 of six pret y gir ls, he set off down the mai n st reet of the cit y r iding a baby elephant cal ed Jumbo. He, should have known t hat the pol ice would never al low this sor t of t hing. A poli cem an approached Ji mmy and t old hi m he ought to have gone al ong a si de str et as Jum bo was hol ding up t he tr af ic. Though Jimmy agreed t o go at once, Jumbo r efused to move. Fif teen poli cemen had t o push ver y har d t o get hi m of f the mai n st r eet . The pol ice had a dif fi cul t ti me, but they wer e most am used. 39。Fancy m et ing you here ! 39。 I 39。 39。Just one more t hing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenl y crosses t he road in fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on the wi ndow, I want the car to be st opped i mmediatel y. 39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nem a sei ng the sam e fi lm over and over again, i s usual y as far as they 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 ch hiked t o Dover and, towards evening, went i nt o a boat to f ind somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next mor ning, he di scovered t hat t he boat had, i n the m eanti me, tr avel led to Calais. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. From ther e, he hit ch hiked t o Pari s in a l orr y. The dr iver gave hi m a few bi scui ts and a cup of cof fee and l ef t hi m j ust out side t he ci ty. The next car the boy stopped di d not take him int o the centr e of Par is as he hoped it would, but to Perpi gnan on t he FrenchSpani sh bor der. There 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(tái)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。 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 ree s. When t hey had al l made themsel ves f ort abl e, a st ranger appear ed. He l ooked very angry. 39。sai d Rockwal l, 39。m Bri nksl ey Meers, and m y other nam e is Gl ori a Gl eam. Now you get out of her e f ast !39。 Lesson77 A sucessf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m um my of an Egypti an woman who died i n 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper at ion. The mumm y is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a singer in t he Tem ple of Thebes. As ther e we re str ange marks on t he Xr ay plates t aken of the m ummy, doct ors have been t ryi ng to f ind out whether the wom an di ed of a rar e dis ease. The onl y way t o do thi s was to operat e. The operati on, whi ch lasted f or over four hours, pr oved to be very di f fi cul t be cause of the har d resin whi ch cover ed the skin. The doct or s r em oved a section of t he m um m y and sent it t o a l abor at ory. They al so found something whi ch the X r ay of t he god Duamutef. Thi s god which has the head of a cow was normal ly pl aced i nside a mummy. The doct ors have not yet deci ded how the wom an di ed. They f ear ed that the mumm y would fal t o pieces when the y cut i t open, but f ort unat el y thi s has not happened. The mum m y successf ul l y sur vi ved t he oper at i on. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af t er r eadi ng an ar t i cl e ent i t l ed 39。Wh