【正文】 d Gl or i a Gleam. 39。 he shout ed: 39。t be t oo har d on us. I 39。 SOS39。 I l it a cigar et te t o calm my nerves. I smoked wi th conc ent rati on and pleasur e as I was sur e that this woul d be my last cigar et te. For a whole week I did not smoke at al l and dur ing t his t ime, my wi f e suf fer ed ter ibl y. I had al t he usual sympt oms of someone givi ng up sm oki ng: a bad t emper and an enorm ous appet it e. My f ri ends kept on of fer ing m e ci garet es and ci gar s. They made no ef ort t o hide t hei r am usement whenever I pr oduced a packet of swet s fr om m y pocket. Af ter seven days of this I went t o a part y. Everybody around me was smoki ng and I f elt extr em el y un for table. When my ol d f ri end Bri an ur ged me t o accept a cigaret e, i t was more than I coul d bear . I took one guilt il y, lit i t and smoked wi th sati sf act ion. My wif e was delight ed that things had ret ur ned to nor mal once mor e. Anyway, as Bri an pointed out, i t is t he easiest hing i n the wor ld to gi ve up smoki ng. He himself has done i t lot s of t i m es! 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 1第一章 項目摘要 擬 建設(shè) 項目內(nèi)容 項目名稱： ＸＸ 大型肉制品冷藏、冷凍及加工項目 建設(shè)單位： ＸＸ 公司 建設(shè)性質(zhì)： 新 建 建設(shè)地點： ＸＸ 市 建設(shè)內(nèi)容： 庫體建筑與保溫； 制冷及變配電房； 電氣工程； 制冷系統(tǒng)及設(shè)備 。 Bert answer ed. 39。 Woul d you mi nd m y i ng wit h you ?39。 he answer ed.39。 he sai d, i n a mour nf ul voi ce,39。 I cont inued dri vi ng and aft er some t im e, t he exami ner t apped l oudl y. Though t he sound coul d be hear d clearl y, i t t ook m e a l ong t im e to r eact. I suddenl y pressed t he brake pedal ha rd and we were bot h thr own f or war d. The exami ner looked at m e sadl y. 39。 Then I39。 I 39。Fancy m eti ng you here ! 39。 Lesson77 A succesf ul operat ion 一例成功的手術(shù) The mum my of an Egypt ian wom an who died i n 800 . has just had an oper at ion. The mummy is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a singer i n t he Tem pl e of Thebes. As there wer e str ange m ar ks on the X r ay plates taken of the m um my, doct or s have been t rying to f ind out whether the woman di ed of a rar e disease. The only way to do this was to operate. The oper ati on, whi ch last ed for over four hour s, pr oved t o be very di f icult because of the hard resin whi ch covered t he ski n. The doctor s removed a sect ion of t he mummy and sent it to a laborator y. They also f ound somet hi ng which t he X ray of t he god Duamut ef. This god whi ch has t he head of a cow was nor mal y placed inside a mummy. The doct or s have not yet decided how t he woman died. They feared t hat t he mummy woul d f al to pi eces when t he y cut it open, but for tunately this has not happened. The m ummy successf ull y sur vived t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter reading an ar ticl e ent it led 39。m Bri nksl ey Meer s, and m y other nam e is Gl ori a Gl eam. Now you get out of her e fast !39。sai d Rockwal l, 39。 Meanwhil e, t wo ot her actors, Rockwal l Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eves, had car ri ed two lar ge food baskets t o a shady spot under som e tr ees. When t hey had al l made t hemsel ves f ort abl e, a str anger appear ed. He l ooked very angr y. 39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nem a seeing t he sam e fi lm over and over again, is usualy as far as they get . They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, tr ave l led 1600 mi les. He hi tch hiked t o Dover and, towards eveni ng, went i nt o a boat o 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 ed to Cal ais. No one noticed t he boy as he cr ept off . From there, he hit ch hiked to Par is i n a l orr y. The dr iver gave hi m a few bi scuit s and a cup of cof fee and lef t hi m just out si de the cit y. The next car t he boy st opped did not t ake hi m i nto t he cent re of Pari s as he hoped i t woul d, but t o Per pi gnan on t he French Spani sh bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a poli cem an and sent back t o Engl and by the l ocal authori ti es. He has sur ely set up a re cord f or the t housands of boys who dream of evading school. Lesson74 Out of t he li meli ght 舞臺之外 An ancient bus stopped by a dr y ri ver bed and a part y of famous actor s and actr eses got of f. Dr esed in dar k glasses and old cl ot hes, they had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d recogni ze them. But as they soon di scover ed, di sguises can somet imes be t oo per fect. 39。Just one m ore 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 tap on the wi ndow, I want the car to be st opped i mmediatel y. 39。 39。 I answer ed.39。 I sai d. 39。To end our special news bul l eti n,39。 39。m sher i f here. Do you see that not ice ? I t says No Cam pi ngi n case you can39。t be bet er, Gl or i a,39。 you have j ust ki l ed t hat chi l d !39。 Ther e39。 he asked, befor e I had fi ni shed speaki ng. ‘ Not at al l,39。 I was j ust wonder i ng how to spend the m or ning unt il I saw you. You39。Hul l o, Bert ,39。 No, not at al ,39。m going t o t he denti st .39。 l esson69 But not m urder! 并非謀殺！ I was bei ng t est ed f or a dri vi ng li cence f or t he t hi r d t im e. I had been asked t o dri ve i n heavy tr af ic and had done so succesf ul y. Aft er havi ng been i nst ructed t o dri ve out of t own, I began t o acquir e conf i dence. Sur e t hat I had passed, I was al most begi nni ng t o enj oy m y t est. The exam i ner must have been pl eased wi th m y perf orm anc