【正文】 . Then she had an idea. She st am ped out the l et er s39。Ci garet te Smoki ng and Your Healt h39。 sai d the voice of t he television announcer, 39。 Oh, i s it ?39。t r ead ! 39。 Bri nksl ey Meer s agreed. 39。 l esson90 Whats for supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Br azil is one of the r ichest countr ies i n t he wor l d, m uch of i t has not yet been devel oped. I t was m ai nl y f or t hi s r eason t hat t he Br azi l i an gover nm ent deci ded t o have a new ci t y bui l t 600 m i l es nor t h west of accur at e as wel . Of f icial s fr om Gr eenwi ch Observatory have t he cl ock checked twi ce a day. On the B. . you can hear the cl ock when i t is actual y str iking because mi crophones are connect ed to the clock tower . Big Ben has r ar ely gone wr ong. Once, however, i t f ail ed to gi ve the corr ect t ime. A pai nt er who had been wor king on t he tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed i t down ! Lesson72 A car cal led Bl uebird “藍(lán)鳥(niǎo)”汽車(chē) The great racing dr iver, Si r Malcolm Campbel, was t he fi rst man t o dri ve at over 300 mil es per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecor d i n Sept ember 1935 at Bonnevil le Sal t Fl ats, Utah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dr iving, had been speci al ly bui lt f or hi m. It was over 30 feet in l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Al t hough Campbel r eached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour , he had gr eat dif f iculty in contr oll ing t he car be cause a tyr e burst dur ing t he fi rst r un. Af ter his at tempt, Campbel was disappoi nted to learn t hat hi s aver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour. However, a f ew days later , he was told that a mis t ake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 m il es per hour . Since that ti me, racing dr ivers have reached speeds of over 400 m il es an hour. Foll owing hi s father 39。 39。 39。 asked t he inspector . 39。fr ee ri des39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane lived t her e, t he policeman on duty told him that si nce hi s def eat , the exPr ime Mi ni ster had gone abroad. On t he f ol l owing day, Crawl ey went t o the house agai n. The same poli ceman was j ust wal ki ng slowl y past the entr ance, when Cr awl ey asked t he same question. Though a li t le suspi ci ous this t im e, t he pol ice man gave hi m the sam e answer . The day af ter, Cr awley went to the house once mor e and asked exactl y the same quest ion. This t ime, the poli cem an lost hi s temper .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 ation. The mumm y is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a singer in t he Tem ple of Thebes. As ther e were str ange marks on t he Xr ay plates t aken of t he m ummy, doct ors have been t ryi ng to f ind out whether the wom an di ed of a rar e disease. 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 dif fi cul t because of the har d resin whi ch cover ed the skin. The doct or s r em oved a section of t he mumm y and sent it to a laborat or y. They al so found som et hing whi ch the X ray of t he god Duam ut ef. This god whi ch has the head of a cow was nor mal y placed inside a m ummy. The doct ors have not yet decided how the woman di ed. They feared t hat he mumm y would f al to pieces when t hey cut i t open, but f or tunatel y thi s has not happened. The mumm y succesf ul ly sur vi ved the operati on. Leson78 The last one? 最后一 枝嗎？ Af t er r eadi ng an art icl e ent i t l ed 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。sai d Rockwal ,39。 Meanwhil e, t wo ot her actor s, 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 m ade 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 seing the sam e fi lm over and over again, is 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 hitch hiked t o Dover and, towards eveni ng, 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 meanti me, tr avel ed to Cal ais. No one noticed t he boy as he cr ept off . From ther e, he hit ch hiked t o Par is in 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 di d not t ake hi m into the cent re of Pari s as he hoped i t woul d, but t o Perpignan on t he French Spani sh bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a pol i cem an and sent back t o Engl and by the l ocal authori ti es. He has sur ely set up a record f or the t housands of boys who dream of evading school. Lesson74 Out of t he li meli ght 舞臺(tái)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。This i s a wonder f ul pl ace f or a piic,39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you! 39。 don39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信號(hào) When a li ght pasenger pl ane f lew of f cour se som e 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 pa senger s, a young woman and her t wo baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. I t was the mi ddl e of wi nt er. Snow l ay 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 night, it got ter ri bl y cold. The woman kept as ne ar as she coul d t o