【正文】 ened to surr ound hi m pl et ely, but Tazief f managed to escape just i n t ime. He wai ted unti l the volcano became quiet and he was a bl e to retur n t wo days l ater. Thi s ti me, he managed to cl imb int o the mout h of Kit uro so t hat he could t ake phot ogr aphs and measur e temper at ures. Tazief f has of ten r isked hi s li fe in t his way. He has been able t o t el l us more about acti ve volcanoes than any m an ali ve. Leson68 Persist ent 糾纏不休 I crossed t he st reet to avoid m eet ing hi m, but he saw m e and came r unning t owar ds me. It was no use pretending t hat I had not seen him , so I waved to him. I never enjoy m et ing Ber t Dykes. He never has anythi ng to do. No mater how busy you are, he always insists on i ng wi th you. I had t o t hi nk of a way of prevent ing hi m fr om f ollowi ng me ar ound al l morni ng. 39。A relat ion of your s is i ng to see you. She wi l l be ar ri ving t hi s eveni ng and i ntends to st ay for a f ew days. The moment you leave this t ent , you wil l get a bi g sur pri se. A woman you know wel wi l r ush t owards you. She wi l l speak to you and t hen she wi l lead you away f rom this pl ace. That i s al .39。s cl osest f ri ends asked hi m to m ake a speech at a wedding r ecepti on. Thi s is t he sor t of t hing t hat Geof fr ey loves. He pr epar ed the speech car ef ul l y and went to the wedding wi th Jenny. He had i ncl uded a large number of funny stor ies in the speech and, of cour se, i t was a great success. As soon as he had fi nished, Jenny t old hi m she wanted t o go home. Geof fr ey was a li t le di sappointed by this but he did as hi s daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enj oyed t he speech. To hi s sur pr ise, she said she hadn39。 I was just wonder ing how to spend the mor ning until I saw you. You39。 There39。t be bet ter , Gl or ia,39。 39。. Because the t ree was m ent ioned in a newspaper , the number of vi si tor s to Fr inl ey has now increased. The tr e was pl ant ed near a church f if ty years ago, but i t is only in r ecent year s that it has gai ned an evil r eput at ion. It i s sai d that if anyone touches t he tr e, he wil l have bad l uck。guard of honour 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 at ion. The mumm y is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a singer in t he Tem ple of Thebes. As ther e we re str ange marks on t he Xr ay plates t aken of the m ummy, doct ors have been t ryi ng to f ind out whether the wom an di ed of a rar e dis ease. 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 di f fi cul t be cause of the har d resin whi ch cover ed the skin. The doct or s r em oved a section of t he m um m 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 nside a mummy. The doct ors have not yet deci ded how the wom an di ed. They f ear ed that the mumm y would fal t o pieces when the y cut i t open, but f ort unat el y thi s has not happened. The mum m y successf ul l y sur vi ved t he oper at i on. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af t er r eadi ng an ar t i cl e ent i t l ed 39。sai d Rockwal l, 39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nem a sei ng the sam e fi lm over and over again, i s 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 hit ch hiked t o Dover and, towards evening, 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 m eanti me, tr avel led to Calais. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. From ther e, he hit ch hiked t o Pari s in a l orr y. The dr iver gave hi m a few bi scui ts and a cup of cof fee and l ef t hi m j ust out side 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 O ut of t he li meli ght 舞臺之外 An ancient bus st opped by a dr y r iver bed and a par ty of f am ous actor s and act resses got of f. Dr esed i n dar k glasses and old cl othes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecognize them. But as they soon di scovered, di sgui ses can som et im es be t oo perf ect . 39。 39。Fancy m et ing you here ! 39。 she asked i mpat ientl y. 39。Your si st er wil l be her e in les than an hour and we must be at the stati on to meet her. We are late al ready. 39。 39。 Then I39。This is a wonderf ul pl ace f or a piic,39。 don39。Ci gar et t e Sm oki ng and Your Heal t h39。 of six pret y gir ls, he set off down the mai n st reet of the cit y r iding a ba by elephant cal ed Jumbo. He, should have known t hat the pol ice would never al low this sor t of t hing. A poli cem an approached Ji mmy and t old hi m he ought to have gone al ong a si de str et as Jum bo was hol ding up t he tr af ic. Though Jimmy agreed t o go at once, Jumbo r efused to move. Fif teen poli cemen had t o push ver y har d t o get hi m of f the mai n st r eet . The pol ice had a dif fi cul t ti me, but they wer e most am used. 39。cur sed t ree39。m Rockwal Sli nger and thi s is Merl in Gr eeves.39。 It couldn39。 he answer ed. 39。 Bert answer ed. 39。cl ock this evening. By that ti me, the Astr a wi l have been f lyi ng thr ough space f or seventeen hour s and wil l have cir cled t he ear th a gr eat m any t im es. When t he fi rst radio mesages have been r ecei ved, the r esul ts of the t ri p wi l be announced im medi ately. Leson62 Af ter t he fi re 大火之后