【正文】 al ais. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hit ch hi ked t o Pari s in a l orr y. The dr i ver gave hi m a few bi scui ts and a cup of cof f e and l ef t him j ust out si de t he cit y. The next car t he boy st opped di d not t ake hi m int o the cent r e of Par is as he hoped i t would, but t o Per pi gnan on t he French Spani sh bor der . Ther e he was pi cked up by a poli cem an and sent back t o Engl and by t he l ocal authori ti es. He has sur ely set up a r ecor d for t he t housands of boys who dr eam of evading school. Lesson74 O ut of t he li meli ght 舞臺(tái)之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dr y ri ver bed and a part y of f am ous act or s and actr esses got of f. Dr esed i n dar k gl asses and ol d cl othes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecogni ze t hem. But as they soon di scovered, di sgui ses can som et im es be t oo perf ect. 39。 Meanwhi le, t wo ot her act or s, Rockwal Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eeves, had car ied t wo l ar ge f ood basket s to a shady spot under som e t rees. When t hey had al l made t hemsel ves f ort abl e, a st r anger appear ed. He looked ver y angr y. 39。sai d Rockwal ,39。m Br i nksley Meer s, and m y ot her name i s Gl or i a Gleam . Now you get out of her e fast ! 39。 Leson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m umm y of an Egypti an woman who di ed i n 800 B. C. has just had an operati on. The m um my i s t hat of Shepenm ut who was once a si nger i n t he Tem pl e of Thebes. As there wer e str ange m ar ks on t he Xr ay pl ates t aken of t he m umm y, doct or s have been t ryi ng t o f i nd out whether t he wom an di ed of a r ar e disease. The onl y way t o do t hi s was t o oper at e. The oper at ion, which l ast ed f or over f our hour s, pr oved t o be ver y dif f icult because of t he hard r esi n whi ch covered t he ski n. The doct or s r em oved a sect i on of t he m umm y and sent it t o a l abor at or y. They al so found som et hi ng whi ch t he Xr ay of t he god Duam utef. Thi s god which has t he head of a cow was norm al l y pl aced i nsi de a m umm y. The doct or s have not yet deci ded how t he woman di ed. They f ear ed t hat t he mumm y would f al t o pieces when t he y cut i t open, but f ort unat el y t hi s has not happened. The m um my successf ull y sur vi ved t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eadi ng an ar ti cl e ent it l ed 39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane li ved there, the poli cem an on dut y t ol d him t hat since his defeat, t he ex Pri me Minister had gone abr oad. On the f ol lowi ng day, Cr awl ey went to the house again. The same pol iceman was just walking sl owl y past he entr ance, when Cr awl ey asked the same quest ion. Though a l it tl e suspicious t hi s ti me, the poli cem an gave him t he same answer. The day af ter , Crawl ey went t o t he house once m or e and asked exact ly t he sam e questi on. Thi s ti me, t he policeman l ost his t emper .39。 said Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。 he shouted: 39。t be t oo hard on us. I 39。 SOS39。 I li t a cigaret e t o calm my ner ves. I smoked wit h concent rati on and pl easure as I was sur e t hat thi s would be m y l ast ci gar et e. For a whol e week I did not sm oke at al and dur ing thi s t ime, m y wi f e suff ered t er ibl y. I had al the usual sym ptoms of som eone gi ving up smoking: a bad t em per and an enormous appeti te. My f ri ends kept on off e ri ng me cigaret tes and ci gar s. They made no ef ort t o hi de t hei r amusem ent whenever I pr oduced a packet of sweets fr om my pocket. Af ter seven days of t his I went to a par ty. Ever ybody ar ound me was smoking and I f elt ext remely unfort able. When my old fr iend Bri an urged me to accept a ci gar et te, i t was more than I coul d bear. I took one guil til y, li t i t and smoked wi th sat isf acti on. My wi fe was deli ght ed t hat things had returned t o nor m al once mor e. Anyway, as Bri an point ed out, i t i s t he easi est t hing in the worl d t o gi ve up sm oki ng. He hi msel f has done i t l ot s of tim es! Leson79 By air 乘飛機(jī) I used to tr avel by air a great deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used t o live in South Ameri ca and I used to fl y there fr om Europe i n the hol idays. An air host es would take charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experi ence. I am used to t ravel li ng by air and onl y on one occasion have I ever fel t f ri ght ened. Af ter t aki ng of f, we wer e f lyi ng l ow over t he cit y and sl owly gaining hei ght, when the pl ane suddenly tur ned r ound and f lew back to the ai r por t. Whil e we wer e wai ti ng to l and, an ai r host ess told us t o keep calm and to get off the pl ane quietl y as soon as it had touched down. Ever ybody on board was wor r ied and we wer e cur ious t o f ind out what had happened. Later we learnt that ther e was a very impor tant person on boar d. The pol ice had been t ol d t hat a bom b had been pl ant ed on the plane. Aft er we had landed, the pl ane was sear ched thor oughly. For tunately, not hi ng was found and fi ve hours later we wer e able to t ake off again. Leson80 The Crystal Pal ace 水晶宮 Perhaps t he most extr aor dinary buil di ng of the ni eent h century was the Cr ystal Palace, which was buil t in Hyde Par k f or t he Gr eat Exhi biti on of 1851. The Crystal Palace was dif fer ent f r om al l other buil dings i n t he wor ld, f or i t was m ade of i ron and glas. I t was one of t he biggest bui ldi ngs of al t im e and a lot of peopl e f rom many countr ies came to see i t. A gr eat m any goods were sent t o the exhibi tion f rom vari ous par ts of t he wor ld. There was also a gr eat deal of machinery on di spl ay. The most wonderf ul piece of machi ner y on show was Nasmyt h39。 he shout ed, 39。 which have at ti mes been sighted are si mply str ange fi sh. Occasional ly, unusual cr eat ur es ar e