【正文】 ot t ake hi m i nto t he cent re of Pari s as he hoped i t woul d, but t o Per pignan on t he Fr ench Spanish bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a poli ceman and sent back to Engl and by the l ocal aut hor it ies. He has sur el y set up a recor d f or the t housands of boys who dream of evadi ng school. Leson74 Out of the lim elight 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus stopped by a dry ri ver bed and a part y of famous act ors and actr esses got off . Dr essed in dark glases and ol d clot hes, they had taken special precaut ions so that no one should recogni ze t hem. But as t hey soon discover ed, disguises can someti mes be too per fect. 39。 Meanwhil e, t wo other act ors, Rockwal l Sl i nger and Mer li n Gr eves, had car ied t wo l ar ge food basket s to a shady spot under some t rees. When t hey had al l made thems el ves f ort abl e, a st ranger appear ed. He looked ver y angr y. 39。said Rockwal ,39。m Br inksl ey Meers, and my ot her name i s Glor ia Gl eam . Now you get out of here f ast ! 39。 Leson77 A successful operat ion 一例成功的手術 The mummy of an Egypti an woman who di ed in 800 B. C. has just had an operati on. The m um my i s that of Shepenm ut who was once a si nger in the Temple of Thebes. As t her e wer e st range mar ks on the X ray pl at es taken of t he mummy, doctor s have been tr ying t o fi nd out whet her t he woman died of a r are di sease. The only way t o do t his was t o oper at e. The operat ion, which l asted f or over f our hours, proved to be ver y dif fi cul t because of t he har d r esin which cover ed the skin. The doct ors r emoved a secti on of the mumm 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 nsi de a mummy. The doct ors have not yet deci ded how the wom an di ed. They f ear ed that the mum my would fal t o pieces when they cut i t open, but f ort unat el y thi s has not happened. The m um my successf ull y sur vived the operat ion. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Aft er readi ng an art icle ent it led 39。 sai d a poli cem an af ter wards, 39。Hul lo, Eli zabeth,39。m going t o.. .39。l l e wi th you,39。Mr Eames,39。 said Glor ia Gl eam. 39。 he shouted: 39。t be too hard on us. I39。 SOS39。To end our special news bullet in,39。 39。m sher if f her e. Do you see t hat noti ce ? It says No Cam ping in case you can39。t be bet er, Gl or i a, 39。 you have just kil ed that chi ld !39。 Ther e39。Woul d you mi nd my i ng wi th you ?39。 I was j ust wonder ing how to spend the m or ningunti l I saw you. You39。t have t o car y him. Of course, we shoul d ar est him , but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et hi m of f thi s tim e.39。 I l it a cigaret te t o cal m my nerves. I smoked wit h concentr ati on and pl easure as I was sure t hat t his woul d be my l ast cigaret te. For a whol e week I did not s moke at al l and duri ng thi s ti me, my wi fe suf fered t er ibl y. I had al t he usual sympt om s of someone giving up sm oki ng: a bad t em per and an enor mous appet it e. My fr iends kept on of fer ing m e ci gar et t es and ci gar s. They m ade no ef f or t t o hi de t hei r am usem ent whenever I pr oduced a packet of sweet s f r om m y pocket . Af t er seven days of t hi s I went t o a par t y. Ever ybody ar ound m e was sm oki ng and I f el t ext r em el y un f or t abl e. When m y ol d f r i end Br i an ur ged m e t o accept a ci gar et t e, i t was m or e t han I coul d bear . I t ook one gui l t i l y, l i t i t and Geof f r ey l oves. He pr epared t he speech car efull y and went to t he weddi ng wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a l arge number of funny stori es in t he speech and, of cour se, it was a gr eat success. As soon as he had f ini shed, Jenny tol d him she want ed to go hom e. Geof fr ey was a li t le di sappoi nted by t his but he di d as his daught er asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny i f she had enjoyed the speech. To his surpr ise, she sai d she hadn39。 SOS39。t be too hard on us. I39。 he shouted: 39。 said Glor ia Gl eam. 39。Mr Eames,39。l l e wi th you,39。m going t o.. .39。Hul lo, Eli zabeth,39。 sai d a poli cem an af ter wards, 39。t . Geof f rey asked her why t hi s was so and she t old hi m t hat she did not li ke to see so many peopl e laughing at him! Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 In l858, a French engi neer, Ai me Thome de Gam ond, ar ived i n England wi th a pl an for a t went yone mi le tunnel across the Engli sh Channel. He said t hat i t would be possi ble t o build a platf orm i n the centr e of the Channel . Thi s platf orm would serve as a por t and a r ail way st ati on. The t unnel would be wel l vent ilat ed if t al l chi mneys wer e buil t above sea level . In 1860, a bet ter plan was put for ward by an Engl ishman, Wil li am Low. He suggest ed t hat a doubl e rail way t unnel should be buil t. Thi s woul d solve t he pr oblem of venti lati on, f or if a t r ai n ent ered t hi s t unnel, it woul d draw in f r esh air behind i t. Fort yt wo year s l at er a t unnel was act ual y begun. If , at t he tim e, t he Br it sh had not f ear ed i nvasi on, i t woul d have been pl et ed. Recent l y, t her e has again been great int er est i n the i dea of a Channel Tunnel . If i t is buil t, it wil connect Br it ai n t o Europe f or t he fi rst ti me i n hist or y. Lesson65 Jum bo versus the poli ce 小象對警察 Last Chr istm as, t he cir cus owner , Ji mm y Gat es, deci ded t o t ake som e present s t o a chil dr en39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hatheld Puf f in i s a modern aer o plane, but it s desi gner , Mr John Wim penny, is f inding i t dif fi cul t o get it off t he ground. The r eason f or t his i s that thi s pl ane is also a bi cycle. I ts pil ot has t o pedal hard t o get it int o the ai r. Af ter Mr Wim penny had the pl ane bui lt, i t was test ed thor oughly. I n 1