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【正文】 and har vesti ng has begun earl ier t han usual. Her e you can se t wo wor ker s who, bet ween them , have j ust f i ni shed cutti ng t hr ee cart loads of gol den br own macaroni st al ks. The whol e vi l age has been wor ki ng day and ni ght gat heri ng and t hr eshi ng t his year39。s cr op befor e the September rai ns. On t he ri ght , you can see Mr s Br abante her self . She has been hel pi ng her husband f or t hi rt y years now. Mr s Br abant e i s t al ki ng t o t he m anager of t he local f act ory wher e t he cr op is pr ocessed. Thi s l ast scene shows you what wi l happen at t he end of t he har vest : t he f am ous Cal abr ian m acar oni eat i ng peti ti on ! Si gnor Frat el li, t he present cham pi on, has won i t ever y year si nce 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bul leti n f or t oday, Thursday, Apr il 1st . We ar e now r etur ni ng you t o t he studi o.39。 Lesson77 A succesf ul operat ion 一例成功的手術(shù) The m umm y of an Egypt ian wom an who died i n 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper at ion. The m umm y is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a si nger i n t he Tem pl e of Thebes. As t her e wer e str ange m ar ks on t he Xr ay plates t aken of t he m um my, doct or s have been t r yi ng to f i nd out whet her t he wom an di ed of a r ar e disease. The onl y way t o do thi s was t o operat e. The oper ati on, whi ch last ed f or over f our hour s, pr oved t o be ver y di f fi cult because of t he har d r esi n whi ch cover ed the skin. The doct ors r em oved a secti on of the m umm y and sent it t o a l abor at or y. They al so f ound som et hi ng which t he Xr ay of the god Duamut ef . Thi s god whi ch has t he head of a cow was norm al y placed insi de a m umm y. The doct or s have not yet deci ded how t he woman di ed. They f ear ed t hat t he mumm y would f al t o pieces when t he y cut i t open, but f ort unat el y t hi s has not happened. The m umm y successf ull y sur vived t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Aft er r eading an art i cl e ent it led 39。Ci garet e Sm oki ng and Your Healt h39。 I l it a ci gar et t e t o calm my ner ves. I sm oked wi t h conc ent r at ion and pleasur e as I was sur e t hat t hi s would be m y l ast ci gar et e. For a whol e week I di d not sm oke at al and duri ng t hi s tim e, m y wi f e suf fer ed t er ibl y. I had al t he usual sym pt om s of som eone gi vi ng up sm oki ng: a bad t em per and an enorm ous appet it e. My f ri ends kept on of f er i ng m e ci gar et es and ci gar 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 t er seven days of t his I went t o a par t y. Ever ybody around me was sm oki ng and I f elt ext r em el y un fort able. When m y ol d f ri end Bri an ur ged me t o accept a cigaret e, i t was mor e than I coul d bear . I took one gui lt il y, l it i t and sm oked wi t h sati sf act i on. My wif e was deli ght ed that thi ngs had r et urned t o nor mal once m or e. Anyway, as Bri an point ed out, i t is t he easiest hi ng i n t he worl d t o gi ve up sm oking. He him self has done it l ot s of tim es! Leson79 By ai r 乘飛機(jī) I used t o tr avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used to l i ve i n South Am eri ca and I used to f l y ther e f r om Eur ope i n t he hol idays. An ai r host ess woul d t ake charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experi ence. I am used to t r avel ing by air and onl y on one occasi on have I ever felt f ri ght ened. Af ter t aki ng of f, we were f l yi ng low over t he ci ty and sl owl y gaini ng hei ght, when t he plane suddenly t ur ned r ound and f lew back t o t he air por t. Whil e we wer e wait ing t o l and, an ai r host es t ol d us t o keep calm and t o get off t he plane qui etl y as soon as it had t ouched down. Ever ybody on boar d was worr ied and we wer e curi ous t o fi nd out what had happened. Lat er we learnt t hat t her e was a ver y im por t ant person on boar d. The pol ice had been t old t hat a bom b had been pl ant ed on t he plane. Aft er we had l anded, t he pl ane was sear ched t hor oughl y. For t unat el y, not hi ng was f ound and fi ve hour s l at er we were abl e t o t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 Per haps t he most ext raor di nar y buil di ng of the ni ent h cent ur y was t he Cryst al Pal ace, whi ch was buil t i n Hyde Par k f or t he Gr eat Exhibit i on of 1851. The Cryst al Pal ace was di f erent fr om al ot her buil di ngs i n t he worl d, f or it was m ade of i r on and gl ass. I t was one of t he biggest buil di ngs of al l tim e and a l ot of peopl e fr om m any countr ies cam e t o se i t. A gre at m any goods wer e sent to t he exhi bi ti on f rom var i ous part s of t he worl d. Ther e was also a gr eat deal of machinery on di spl a y. The m ost wonder ful piece of m achi ner y on show was Nasm yt h39。s st eam hamm er. Though in t hose days, t ravel li ng was not as easy as i t is t oday, steam boats car ied t housands of vi sit or s acr oss t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ar ri vi ng i n Engl and, t hey wer e t aken t o t he Cr yst al Pal ace by t r ai n. Ther e wer e si x m il li on visit or s i n al l, and t he pr ofi ts f r om t he exhi bi ti on were used t o bui ld m useum s and col l eges. Lat er , t he Cr yst al Pal ace was m oved t o Sout h London. It r emai ned one of the m ost f am ous buil dings i n t he worl d unti l it was bur nt down i n 1936. Leson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had ki l ed t he guar d, t he pr isoner of war quickl y dr agged him i nt o t he bushes. Worki ng r apidl y in t he dar kness, he soon changed i nt o t he dead m an39。s cl ot hes. Now, dressed i n a bl ue uni form and wi t h a ri fl e over hi s shoulder, t he pr i soner m arched bol dly up and down i n f ront of t he cam p. He coul d hear shout i ng i n t he cam p it self . Li ghts wer e bl azi ng and m en wer e r unni ng her e and t her