【正文】 ight 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dry r i ver bed and a par t y of f am ous act or s and act r esses got off . Dr essed i n dark gl ases and ol d clot hes, t hey had taken speci al precauti ons so that no one should r ecogni ze t hem. But as t hey soon discover ed, disgui ses can som etim es be too perf ect . 39。Thi s is a wonder ful place f or a pi i c,39。 sai d Glori a Gl eam . 39。 It coul dn39。t be bet er , Gl or ia,39。 Br i nksley Mer s agr eed. 39。No newspaper m en, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。t we e m or e of t en ?39。 Meanwhi l e, t wo other act ors, Rockwal Sl inger and Merl in Greeves, had car ri ed t wo l arge f ood basket s t o a shady spot under som e t r es. When t hey had al m ade t hem sel ves f or table, a st r anger appeared. He l ooked very angry. 39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you!39。 he shout ed: 39。 I39。m sheri f here. Do you see that not ice ? I t says No Campi ng in case you can39。t read ! 39。 39。 Look, sheri f , 39。sai d Rockwal l, 39。 don39。t be t oo har d on us. I 39。m Rockwal l Sli nger and thi s is Mer li n Gr eeves.39。 39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 said the sher if f wi th a sneer . 39。Wel l, I 39。m Bri nksl ey Meers, and m y other nam e is Gl ori a Gl eam. Now you get out of her e fast !39。 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 gr ew dar k. she t urned a suit case int o a bed and put t he chi ldr en insi 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 i nt o t he case her sel f, but it was t oo sm al l. Ear l 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 sta mped out the l et ter s39。 SOS39。 in t he snow. For tunat ely, a pil ot saw t he signal and sent a m essage by radio t o t he nearest town. It was not long befor e a heli copter ar ived on t he scene to rescue t he sur vivors of t he pl ane cr ash. Leson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。To end our speci al news bull etin, 39。 said the voice of the t el evision announcer, 39。 we ar e t aki ng you to t he macar oni f iel ds of Cal abr ia. Macar oni has be en grown i n t hi s area f or over six hundred year s. Two of the l eading gr owers, Giuseppe Moldova and Ricardo Br abant e, t el l me t hat t hey have been expect ing a spl endid cr op thi s year and harvest ing has begun earl ier t han usual . Here you can se two wor kers who, between them, have just f i ni shed cutt ing t hree cart l oads of golden brown m acar oni stalks. The whole vi lage has been wor king day and night gat her ing and t hreshi ng thi s year 39。s crop bef or e t he September r ai ns. On the r ight, you can see Mrs Br abant e her sel f. She has been helpi ng her husband f or t hir ty years now. Mrs Br abant e is t al king t o the m anager of t he local f act ory wher e the cr op is pr ocessed. This l ast scene shows you what wi l happen at the end of the har vest : the f am ous Cal abr ian m acaroni eat ing peti ti on ! Signor Fratel li, t he present cham pi on, has won i t ever y year since 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bul le ti n for t oday, Thur sday, Apr il 1st . We ar e now r et urni ng you to t he st udi o.39。 Leson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The mummy of an Egypti an woman who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper ati on. The m um my i s that of Shepenm ut who was once a singer in the Temple of Thebes. As t her e were st range marks on t he X ray plat es t aken of t he mummy, doctors have been tr yi ng to fi nd out whet her t he woman died of a r ar e disease. The onl y way t o do t hi s was to oper at e. The operat ion, which l asted f or over f our hours, proved to be ver y dif fi cul t because of t he har d r esin which cover ed the skin. The doct ors r emoved a secti on of the mumm y and sent it t o a l abor at ory. They al so f ound somethi ng which t he Xr ay of the god Duamut ef . This god which has t he head of a cow was norm aly placed i nsi de a mumm y. The doctor s have not yet decided how t he woman died. They f eared t hat the m ummy woul d f al l to pi eces when the y cut it open, but for tunat ely t his has not happened. The mummy successfull y survived t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eading an ar ti cl e entit led 39。Ci garet te Smoki ng and Your Healt h39。 I l it a ci gar et te to calm my ner ves. I sm oked wi th conc ent rat ion and pleasur e as I was sur e that thi s woul d be my last ci gar et te. For a whole week I di d not smoke at al l and dur ing t his t ime, my wif e suf f er ed ter ri bl y. I had al l t he usual sym pt oms of som eone gi vi ng up smoking: a bad temper and an enorm ous appeti e. My f ri ends kept on of f er ing m e cigaret es and ci gar s. They made no ef for t o hide t hei r amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweet s fr om my pocket . Af t er seven days of thi s I went t o a part y. Ever ybody around me was sm oki ng and I felt extr emely unfor table. When m y old f r iend Br ian urged m e to accept a cigar et te, it was mor e than I could bear. I took one guil ti ly, li t it and sm oked wi t h sat isfacti on. My wi fe was deli ght ed that thi ngs had r et urned t o normal once more. Anyway, as Br ian point ed out , it is t he easiest thi ng in t he worl d t o give up smoking. He him sel f has done it l ot s of ti mes! 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 ive i n South Am eri ca and I used to f ly there f r om Eur ope i n t he ho