【正文】 t he woman died. They feared t hat t he mummy would f al to pi eces when t hey cut it open, but for tunately this has not happened. The mummy successful ly survi ved the oper ati on. Leson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eadi ng an ar ti cle enti tl ed 39。m Bri nksl ey Meer s, and m y other nam e is Gl or i a Gl eam . Now you get out of her e fast !39。sai d Rockwal l, 39。 Meanwhil e, t wo other act ors, Rockwal l Slinger and Merl in Greeves, had car ri ed two large f ood baskets t o a shady spot under som e tr es. When t hey had al m ade t hem sel ves f or table, a str anger appeared. He l ooked very angry. 39。s f ishing, or eight hours i n a cinema seei ng the same f il m over and over agai n, i s usual y as f ar as t hey get. They have al l been put to shame by a boy who, whi le playing tr uant, t ravel ed 1600 m iles. He hit ch hi ked t o Dover and, towar ds evening, went i nto a boat to fi nd somewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next morning, he discover ed that he boat had, i n t he meant ime, tr avel led t o Calai s. No one noti ced the boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tchhi ked t o Pari s in a lor ry. The dri ver gave him a f ew biscui ts and a cup of coff e and l eft him just outside t he ci ty. The next car the boy stopped di d not take him int o the centr e of Par is as he hoped it would, but to Perpi gnan on t he FrenchSpani sh bor der. There he was pi cked up by a pol iceman and sent back t o England by t he local authori ti es. He has surely set up a r ecord for t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evading school . Lesson74 Out of t he li meli ght 舞臺之外 An ancient bus stopped by a dry ri ver bed and a part y of famous actors and actr eses got of f. Dr essed in dar k glases and old cl ot hes, they had take n special precaut ions so that no one should recogni ze them. But as t hey soon di scover ed, di sguises can somet imes be t oo per fe ct. 39。Just one m ore t hing, Mr Eame s. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenl y crosses t he road in fr ont of you. As soon as I tap on the wi ndow, I want the car to be st opped im mediatel y. 39。 39。 I answered.39。 I sai d. 39。t he m ai n str eet . The pol ice had a dif f icult ti me, but t hey wer e most amused. 39。Fancy meeti ng you her e ! 39。 I 39。 Then I 39。 I conti nued dr ivi ng and af ter som e ti me, the exam iner tapped loudly. Though t he sound could be heard cl ear ly, it t ook m e a l ong t im e to react . I suddenl y pressed t he brake pedal hard and we were both thrown for ward. The exami ner l ooked at me sa dly. 39。Thi s i s a wonder ful place f or a pi i c,39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you!39。 don39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a li ght pasenger plane f lew of f cour se some tim e ago, i t cr ashed in the mountai ns and i ts pi lot was kil led. The onl y passengers, a young woman and her t wo baby daughter s, wer e unhur t. I t was t he mi ddl e of wint er . Snow lay t hick on t he gr ound. The wom an knew that he near est vil lage was mi les away. When it grew dar k. she t urned a suit case int o a bed and put t he chi ldren i nsi de it , coveri ng them wit h al t he cl othes she could f ind. Dur ing t he ni ght , it got ter ibl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d to the chil dr en and even t ri ed to get int o the case her sel f, but it was too sm al l. Earl y ,next morni ng she heard pl anes pasi ng over head and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an idea. She stamped out the l et ter s39。Cigar et te Smoki ng and Your Heal th39。Hul l o, Ber t, 39。 39。 I lied, 39。wait ing r oom ! 39。s footst eps many years l at er, Sir Malcolm39。No newspaper m en, no f il m f ans! Why don39。 39。 said t he sher if f wi t h a sneer . 39。 we are t aki ng you to the macaroni fi el ds of Cal abri a. Macaroni has been gr own in this ar ea for over six hundred years. Two of t he leadi ng grower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ri car do Brabante, 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, between t hem , have just fi nished cut ti ng thr e cart l oads of golden br own macar oni st al ks. The whole vi l age has been worki ng day and ni ght gatheri ng and thr eshing t his year 39。 Lesson77 A sucesf ul operat ion 一例成功的手術(shù) The mum my of an Egypt ian wom an who died i n 800 . has just had an oper at ion. The mummy is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a singer i n t he Tem pl e of Thebes. As there wer e str ange m ar ks on the X r ay plates taken of the m um my, doct or s have been t rying to f ind out whether the woman di ed of a rar e disease. The only way to do this was to operate. The oper ati on, whi ch last ed for over four hour s, pr oved t o be very di f icult because of the hard resin whi ch covered t he ski n. The doctor s removed a sect ion of t he mummy and sent i t to a laborator y. They also f ound somet hi ng which t he X ray of the god Duamut ef . This god whi ch has t he head of a cow was nor mal y placed inside a m ummy. The doctor s have not yet decided how t he woman died. They feared t hat t he mummy woul d f al l to pi eces when t he y cut it open, but for tunately this has not happened. The mummy successful ly survi ved t he oper ati on. Leson78 The last one? 最后 一 枝嗎？ Af ter reading an art icl e ent it led 39。m Bri nksl ey Meers, and my other nam e is Gl or ia Gl eam . Now you get out of her e f ast !39。said Rockwal l, 39。 Meanwhile, t wo other act ors, Rockwal l Sl inger and Merl in Gr eeves, had car ri ed two l arge f ood basket s to a shady spot under some tr es. When they had al made t hemselves for table, a str anger appeared. He looked ver y angry. 39。s f ishing, or ei ght hours i n a ci nema seeing t he same fi lm over and over again, is usual ly as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put t o shame by a boy who, whi le pl ayi ng tr uant , tr avel ed 1600 mil es. He hi tch hike