【正文】 the chil dren and even tr ied to get i nt o t he case her sel f, but it was t oo sm al l. Earl y , next mor ni ng she heard planes passi ng over head and wondered how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an idea. She st am ped out the l et er s39。Ci garet te Smoki ng and Your Healt h39。 I told you yester day and t he day bef or e yest erday, 39。 to people on t hei r way t o work. This wi l l r eli eve pr esure on t he tr ains to som e ext ent . Meanwhi le, a number of univer si t y st udent s have vol unt er ed to dr ive buses whi le the str ike l asts. Al l t he young m en ar e exper t dri ver s, but bef ore t hey dri ve any of t he buses, t hey wi l l have to pass a speci al t est . The students ar e goi ng to take the t est in two days39。Of course I do,39。At what ti me did you ar ri ve at he st ati on ?39。I suggest, 39。s foot st eps m any years l ater, Si r Malcolm 39。No newspaper men, no f il m fans! Why don39。 39。 said the sher if f wi th a sneer . 39。 we are t aki ng you to the macaroni fi el ds of Cal abr ia. Macaroni has been grown in t his ar ea f or over six hundred years. Two of the l eadi ng grower s, Gi useppe Moldova and Ri car do Brabant e, tel me that hey have been expecti ng a spl endi d crop t his year and harvesti ng has begun ear li er t han usual. Her e you can see two worker s who, betwe en t hem , have just fi nished cut ti ng three cart l oads of golden brown macar oni st al ks. The whole vi l age has been worki ng day and ni ght gatheri ng and threshing t his year 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 labora t 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 icle 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 unde r 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 drea m 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。t hat you are not t el li ng the t rut h. I suggest that you di d not cat ch the o39。At ten to ei ght. I bought a paper and wait ed for t he tr ai n.39。 I must be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。s hom e. We shal l al l remember Mr Page for hi s pat ience and understanding and f or t he kindly encouragement he gave us when we went so unwi l ingly to school . A gr eat many f or mer pupi ls wi l l be at tending a f ar ewel dinner in hi s honour next Thursday. I t is a cur i ous coincidence that the day bef ore hi s ret ir em ent , Mr Page wil l have been teachi ng for a t otal of for ty years. Aft er he has r et ir ed, he wi l devote him sel f to gardening. For hi m, thi s wil l be an ent ir ely new hobby. But t his does not mat ter, f or, as he has of ten r emarked, one i s never too ol d to learn. Lesson86 O ut of cont rol 失控 As t he man t ri ed to swi ng the speed boat round, the steeri ng wheel came away i n his hands. He waved desperat el y to his pani on, who had been water skii ng for t he last f if teen mi nut es. Bot h men had har dly had t im e to r ealize what was happening when t hey were t hrown vi olent1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but i t cont inued to m ove ver y quickly across the wat er. Both men had just begun to swi m towar ds t he shor e. when t hey not iced wi th di sm ay that he speedboat was moving i n a cir cl e. I t now came str aight towards t hem at tr em endous speed. I n l ess t han a minute, it r oar ed past t hem only a f ew f eet away. Aft er it had passed, they swam on as qui ckl y as they coul d because they knew t hat the boat would