【正文】 ding 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 the main st reet . The pol ice had a di f f i cult time, but they were most amused. 39。 Leson84 On st ri ke 罷工 Busmen have deci ded to go on str ike next week. The str ike is due t o begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong it wi l last. The busmen have st at ed t hat the str ike wil l cont inue until general agreement i s r eached about pay and wor ki ng condit ions. Most peopl e beli eve that t he stri ke wi l last for at l east a wek. Many owners of pr ivat e cars are goi ng t o of fer 39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane l ived t he re, the poli ceman on dut y told him that si nce his def eat, the ex Pr ime Mi ni st er had gone abr oad. On t he f ol lowing day, Cr awl ey went to t he house agai n. The same poli ceman was just walking sl owl y past t he ent rance, when Cr awl ey asked the same quest ion. Though a l it le suspicious this t ime, t he policeman gave him t he same answer. The day af ter, Crawley went to the house once more and as ked exact ly the same question. This ti me, the pol iceman lost his temper .39。 Leson77 A successf ul operat ion 一例成功的手術(shù) The m um m y of an Egyptian woman who died i n 800 . has just had an oper at ion. The mummy is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a singer in t he Templ e of Thebes. As t here were str ange m ar ks on the Xr ay plates taken of t he mummy, doct or s have been t rying to f ind out whether t he woman di ed of a rare disease. The onl y way t o do t hi s was to oper at e. The oper at ion, which lasted for over four hour s, pr oved to be very dif fi cult because of the har d resi n whi ch covered the skin. The doctor s r emoved a secti on of the mummy and sent i t o a laborator y. They also f ound something whi ch t he X ray of t he god Duamut ef . This god whi ch has t he head of a cow was normal y pl aced i nside amummy. The doct or s have not yet deci ded how the woman di ed. They fear ed t hat the mummy would f al l t o pi eces when they cut i t open, but fortunat el y this has not happened. The mummy successf ul ly sur vi ved the operati on. Lesson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Aft er readi ng an ar ti cl e ntit led 39。m Br inksley Meer s, and my other name i s Glori a Gl eam. Now you get out of here f ast ! 39。said Rockwal l,39。 Meanwhil e, two other act or s, Rockwal l Sl inger and Merl in Greeves, had car ri ed t wo large food basket s to a shady spot under some t rees. When they had al made themselves f ortable, a str anger appeared. He l ooked ver y angry. 39。s f ishi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nema seing the same fi lm over and over again, is usual ly as f ar as they get. They have al l been put to shame by a boy who, while playing tr uant , travel led 1600 miles. He hitch hiked to Dover and, t owards eveni ng, went into a boat to f ind somewhere to sleep. When he woke up next mor ni ng, he discover ed t hat the boat had, in t he meanti me, tr aveled to Calais. No one noti ced the boy as he crept off . Fr om ther e, he hi tch hi ked to Pari s i n a lorr y. The dri ver gave hi m a few biscui ts and a cup of coff e and left hi m j ust outside the ci ty. The next car t he boy stopped did not take hi m into t he cent re of Pari s as he hoped it woul d, but t o Perpignan on the FrenchSpanish border. There he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to Engl and by the local authorit ies. He has surely set up a recor d for t he t housands of boys who dream of evading school. Lesson74 Out of t he l i mel ight 舞臺(tái)之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dr y ri ver bed and a par ty of famous act or s and actr esses got off. Dr essed in dar k gl asses and old clothes, they had taken speci al pr ecaut ions so that no one should recognize t hem. But as they soon discover ed, disgui ses can sometimes be too perf ect. 39。Just one mor e thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenl y cr osses the road in fr ont of you. As soon as I tap on the window, I want t he car t o be stopped immedi at el y. 39。 39。 I 39。 I sai d. 39。guard of honour39。 said a policeman aft er war ds, 39。 Bert answer ed. 39。Would you mi nd my ing with you ?39。 he answered. 39。 he sai d, in a mournful voice,39。 It couldn39。 I 39。m Rockwal l Sli nger and this is Merl in Gr eves.39。 i n the snow. Fortunat el y, a pilot saw the signal and sent a mesage by radi o to t he neares t own. It was not l ong bef or e a heli copt er ar ived on the scene t o rescue t he sur vivor s of the plane crash. Leson76 Apri l Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。s st eam hammer. Though in those days, t ravel ing was not as easy as it is today, st eam boats car ri ed t housands of visit or s across t he Channel f rom Eur ope. On ar riving in England, they were taken t o the Cryst al Pal ace by t rain. Ther e wer e si x mil ion visi tors in al , and the pr of it s from t he exhi bi tion were used to build museums and col leges. Lat er , t he Cr ystal Palace was moved to Sout h London. I t remai ned one of the most f amous buil di ngs in t he worl d unt il it was bur nt down in 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had ki led the guard, the pr isoner of war qui ckly dragged him i nt o the bushes. Working r apidly i n the darkness, he soon changed i nt o the dead man39。Mr Lane was def eated in the elect ions. He has r et ir ed f rom polit ical li fe and gone t o live abr oad !39。 t ime. Even so, people are goi ng t o fi nd i t dif fi cult to get o wor k. But so far, the publi c has expresed i ts grati ude to t he students in l et ters to t he Pr ess. Onl y one or two peopl e have objected t hat the st udent s wi l drive too fast! Leson85 Never too ol d to l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just r ecei ved a let er f rom my old school infor ming me that my for mer head mast er , Mr Regmal d Page, wil l be reti ring next wek. Pupi ls of t he school , old and new, wil be sending him a pr esent to mar