【導(dǎo)讀】haveshowninterestinthisnewandunusualsport.Butthoughaircyclistsmaylearnhowtoflyovershortdistances,andmay,eventually,evengetacrosstheEnglishChannel,itisdoubtfulwhethertheywilevercycleacrosstheAtlantic.Leson67Volcanoes火山HarounTaziefthePolishscientist,hasspenthislife-timestudyingactivevolcanoesanddeepcavesinalpartsoftheworld.In1948,hewenttolakeKivuintheCongotoobserveanewvolcanowhichhelaternamedKituro.

　　

【正文】 ere f ast ! 39。 l eson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a l ight passenger pl ane fl ew off course some t ime ago, it crashed in t he mountains and it s pil ot was ki l ed. The only passenger s, a young wom an and her two baby daught ers, were unhurt . I t was the m iddle of wi nter. Snow l ay thick on the ground. The woman knew that the nearest vi l age was m il es away. When i t gr ew dark. she tur ned a suit case i nt o a bed and put the childr 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 she hear d planes passi ng over head and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an i dea. She st am ped 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 radio to t he near est t own. I t was not l ong bef ore a heli copt er ar ri ved on the scene t o r escue the survivor s of the plane crash. Lesson76 April 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 aki ng you to the macaroni fi el ds of Calabri a. Macaroni has been gr own in t hi s ar ea f or over si x hundr ed year s. Two of the l eading gr owers, Giuseppe Moldova and Ricardo Br abant e, t el l me t hat they ha ve been expect ing a splendid cr op thi s year and har vest ing has begun earl ier than usual . Here you can se t wo wor kers who, bet ween them, have just f ini shed cutt ing t hr ee car t loads of gol den brown m acaroni stalks. The whol e vil lage has been wor king day and night gat her ing and t hreshi ng thi s year 39。s crop befor e the September rai ns. On t he ri ght, you can see Mrs Br abante her sel f. She has been helping her husband f or t hir ty years now. Mrs Br abante is t al king t o the manager of t he local f act ory wher e the cr op is pr ocessed. Thi s last scene shows you what wi l happen at the end of the harvest : t he famous Cal abr ian macaroni eat ing peti ti on ! Signor Fr atel i, t he pr esent champi on, has won i t every year since 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull eti n for t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We ar e now r et urning you t o t he st udi o.39。 Lesson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m ummy of an Egypti an woman who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper ati on. The mumm y is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in t he Temple of Thebes. As t her e were st range marks on t he Xr ay plates t aken of t he mummy, doct ors have been t ryi ng to fi nd out whether the wom an died of a r ar 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 ver y dif fi cul t because of t he har d resin which cover ed the skin. The doct or s r em oved a secti on of t he mumm y and sent it t o a laborat or y. They al so found som et hing whi ch the X r ay of t he god Duam utef. This god whi ch has the head of a cow was nor mal y placed inside a mummy. The doct ors have not yet deci ded how the woman di ed. They f ear ed that he mummy would f al t o pieces when t hey cut i t open, but f ort unatel y thi s has not happened. The mummy succesf ul ly sur vi ved the operati on. Lesson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Aft er eadi ng an art icle ent itl ed 39。Ci gar et t e Smoking and Your Healt h39。 I l it a cigaret te t o cal m my nerves. I smoked wit h concentr ati on and pl easure as I was sure t hat t his woul d be my l ast cigaret te. For a whol e week I did not smoke at al l and duri ng thi 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 bad t em per and an enor mous appet it e. My fr iends kept on of fer ing me ci gar et es and cigars. They made no ef ort to hide thei r am usement whenever I pr oduc ed a packet of sweets fr om my pocket. Af ter seven days of t his I went to a par ty. Everybody ar ound me was smoking and I f el t ext remel y unf ort abl e. When my ol d fr i 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, it i s the easi est 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 r avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used to li ve in South Ameri ca and I used to fl y ther e fr om Eur ope in t he hol idays. An ai rhostess would t ake charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experi ence. I am used to t ravel ing by ai r and only on one occasi on have I ever felt f ri ghtened. Af ter taking of f, we were f lyi ng low over the ci ty and slowl y gaining height , when t he plane suddenly t urned r ound and f lew back t o the air port . Whil e we wer e wait ing t o l and, an air host es t old us t o keep cal m and t o get of f the plane quietl y as soon as i t had t ouched down. Ever ybody on board was worr ied and we wer e curi ous t o f ind out what had happened. Lat er we learnt that there was a ver y i mport ant person on boar d. The pol ice had been told that a bom b had been plant ed on the plane. Af t er we had landed, the pl ane was sear ched thoroughly. Fort unatel y, nothi ng was found and fi ve hour s lat er we were able to t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 Per haps t he most ext r aor di nary bui lding of t he ni eent h cent ury was t he Cr ystal Palace, whi ch was bui lt i n Hyde Park f or the Gr eat Exhi bi ti on of 1851. The Crystal Palace was dif ferent fr om al l other bui ldings i n the wor ld, f or i t was made of ir on and gl as. It was one of the biggest bui ldings of al ti me and a l ot of peop