【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 s he has of ten r em ar ked, one i s never too ol d to lear n. Lesson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he man t ri ed to swi ng the speedboat round, t he steer i ng wheel came away in his hands. He waved desperatel y to hi s pani on, who had been water skii ng for the l ast f if teen mi nut es. Both men had har dly had t im e to r eal ize what was happening when t hey were t hrown vi ol ent1y 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 m en had just begun to swi m towards t he shor e. when t hey not iced wi th di smay t hat t he speed boat was moving i n a cir cle. It now came str aight towards t hem at tr em endous speed. I n l ess t han a minut e, i t r oared past t hem only a few f eet away. Aft er it had passed, t hey swam on as qui ckl y as they coul d because they knew t hat t he boat would soon ret urn. They had j ust had enough t im e to swi m out of danger when the boat again pl et ed a cir cle. On t hi s occasion, however, i t had slowed down considerably. The pet rol had near ly al l been used up. Bef or e l ong, the noi se dr opped plet el y and the boat began to dri ft gent ly acr oss t he water. Leson87 A perf ect ali bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。At the t im e the mur der was m it ed, I was t ravel ing on t he 8. 0 o39。clock t rai n to London,39。 sai d the m an. 39。Do you al ways cat ch such an earl y tr ain ?39。 asked the i nspector . 39。Of cour se I do, 39。 answered t he man. 39。 I must be at work at o39。cl ock. My employer wil l conf ir m t hat I was t her e on t ime.39。 39。 Woul d a lat er t rai n get you t o work on ti me ?39。 asked the i nspector. 39。 I suppose it would, but I never cat ch a later t rain. 39。 At what chi l dr en inside i t, cover ing t hem wi th al l t he clothes she coul d fi nd. Dur ing t he night, i t got t er ri bly cold. The woman kept as near as she could t o t he chi ldren and even tr ied t o get i nto t he case herself , but i t was t oo smal . Ear ly , next mor ning s he hear d planes passi ng over head and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an i dea. She st amped out t he let er s39。 SOS39。 i n the snow. For tunatel y, a pi lot saw the signal and sent a mesage by radi o to t he near est t own. I t was not l ong bef ore a he li copt er ar ri ved on the scene t o r escue the survivor s of the plane crash. Lesson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。To end our special news bul leti n,39。 sai d the voi ce of t he televisi on announcer ,39。 we are t aking you to the macaroni fi elds of Calabri a. Macaroni has been gr own in this ar ea for over six hundr ed years. Two of t he leadi ng grower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ri car do Brabante, tel me that they 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 t wo wor ker s who, bet ween them, have j ust f inished cut ti ng thr ee car t loads of gol den br own macaroni st alks. The whol e vil lage has been wor ki ng day and ni ght gather ing and thr eshing this year39。s cr op befor e the September rains. On t he ri ght , you can see Mr s Br abante herself . She has been hel ping her husband for t hi rt y year s now. Mr s Br abante i s talki ng to the manager of the l ocal factor y where the crop i s procesed. Thi s last scene shows you what wil l happen at the end of the harvest : t he famous Calabri an macar oni eat ing peti ion ! Si gnor Fr atel i, the pr esent champi on, has won it every year si nce 1961. And that ends our special bull et in for toda y, Thur sday, Apri l 1st. We are now retur ning you t o the studi o. 39。 Lesson77 A sucesf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m um my of an Egyptian wom an 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 i n t he Temple of Thebes. As there were str ange marks on t he X r ay plates t aken 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 onl y way to do thi s 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 it to a laborator y. They also f ound somet hi ng whi ch the X ray of t he god Duam ut ef. This god whi ch has t he head of a cow was nor mal y placed inside a m um my. The doct or s have not yet decided how t he woman di ed. They feared t hat t he mummy would f al to pi eces when t he y cut it open, but for tunately this has not happened. The mumm y succesful ly survi ved the oper ati on. Leson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af t er r eadi ng an ar ti cle enti tl ed 39。Ci gar et te Sm oki ng and Your Heal th39。 I li t a ci gar et e to calm my ner ves. I smoked wi t h conc entr at ion and pleasur e as I was sur e t hat thi s would be m y last ci gar et e. For a whole week I di d not sm oke at al l and dur ing t hi 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 ba d t em per and an enor mous appet it e. My fr iends kept on of fer ing me ci gar et es and cigar s. They made no ef ort t o hide t hei r am usement whenever I pr oduced a packet of sweet s fr om m y pocket. Af ter seven days of t his I went to a par ty. Everybody around me was smoking and I f elt ext re mel y unf ort abl e. When my ol d f ri end Br ian ur ged me t o acept a ci gar et e, i t was more t han I coul d bear . I t ook one gui lt il y, l it i t and smoked wi th sati sf act ion. My wi f e was del ighted t hat t hings had retur ned to nor mal once mor e. Anyway, as Bri an poi nted out, i t i s the easiest t hing i n the wor ld to gi ve up sm oki ng. He hi mself has done i t lots of t imes! Lesson79 By air 乘飛機(jī) I used to t ravel by ai r a great deal when I was a boy. My parents, used t o li ve in Sout h Amer ica