【正文】 l oc al factor y wher e t he cr op i s procesed. This last scene shows you what wil l happen at the end of t he harvest : the famous Cal abr ia n macar oni eat ing peti ti on ! Signor Frat el li , t he present champion, has won i t ever y year since 1961. And that ends our special bul leti n f or t oday, Thursday, Apri l 1st . We ar e now ret ur ning you t o t he studio. 39。 Lesson77 A successful operati on 一例成功的手術 The mummy of an Egypt ian woman who died in 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper ati on. The mummy i s t hat of Shepenmut who was once a si nger in the Temple of Thebes. As ther e wer e str ange marks on t he X ray plates taken of t he mum my, doct ors have been tr yi ng t o fi nd out whether t he woman died of a r are disease. The only way to do t his was to oper ate. The oper at ion, whi ch l asted for over f our hour s, proved t o be ver y dif fi cul t because of t he hard resin which cover ed the ski n. The doctor s r em oved a sect ion of the mumm y and sent it to a l abor atory. They also f ound something which the Xr ay of the god Duamutef. This god which has the head of a cow was nor mal y pl aced i nside a m ummy. The doct or s have not yet decided how the woman di ed. They feared that t he mum my woul d f al to pi eces when t he y cut it open, but for tunately thi s has not happened. The mummy successful ly sur vived t he operati on. Leson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af t er reading an art icle ent it led 39。Ci gar et te Smoking and Your Healt h39。 I l it a ci gar et t e t o calm m y nerves. I smoked wi th concentr ation and pl easur e as I was sur e t hat this would be m y l ast ci gar et te. For a whole week I did not sm oke at al and dur ing thi s ti me, my wi fe suf f er ed t er r ibly. I had al the usual sym pt oms of someone gi ving up smoking: a bad temper and an enor mous appet it e. My f ri ends kept on off er ing me ci garet es and cigar s. They made no ef for t t o hi de their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweet s f rom m y pocket . Af ter seven days of t hi s I went to a par ty. Everybody ar ound me was smoking and I f elt extr emely unf ort abl e. When my ol d f r iend Br ian urged m e t o accept a cigaret te, i t was m or e than I could bear . I took one gui lt il y, li t it and smoked wi th sat isfacti on. My wif e was delight ed that t hings had r etur ned to normal once more. Anyway, as Br ian pointed out , i t is the easiest thi ng i n t he wor ld to give up smoki ng. He hi mself has done it l ots of ti mes! Lesson79 By ai r 乘飛機 I used to tr avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used to li ve i n South Amer ica and I used to f ly there f rom Europe in the hol idays. An ai rhostes would take charge of me and I never had an unpl easant experi ence. I am used t o t ravel ing by air and only on one occasi on have I ever f el t f ri ght ened. Af t er taking of f , we were fl ying low over the ci ty and slowl y gaini ng height, when the plane suddenl y t ur ned r ound and f lew back to t he air por t. Whi le we wer e wai ti ng t o l and, an air hostes tol d us to keep cal m and t o get off the plane quietl y as soon as it had touched down. Everybody on boar d was worr ied a nd we were cur ious to fi nd out what had happened. Later we l ear nt that t her e was a ver y i mport ant per son on board. The pol ice had ben tol d t hat a bomb had been planted on t he pl ane. Af ter we had l anded, the plane was searched t hor oughl y. Fort unat el y, not hing was f ound and f ive hour s l at er we were abl e t o t ake off agai n. Lesson80 The Cryst al Palace 水晶宮 Per haps the most ext raordi nar y bui lding of the nieenth centur y was the Crystal Pal ace, whi ch was buil t i n Hyde Par k for t he Gr eat Exhibit ion of 1851. The Cr yst al Pal ace was di f er ent fr om al ot her bui ldi ngs in the worl d, for it was made of i ron and glass. It was one of t he bi ggest buil di ngs of al ti me and a l ot of peopl e f r om many count ri es cam e t o see i t. A gr eat many goods wer e sent to the exhi bi ti on f rom var ious part s of t he wor ld. Ther e was al so a gr eat deal of machi ner y on display. The most wonder ful pi ece of machi ner y on show was Nasmyth39。s st eam hammer . Though i n t hose days, tr avel li ng was not as easy as it is today, st eam boats car ri ed thousands of visit or s acr oss t he Channel f rom Eur ope. On ar ri vi ng i n Engl and, t hey were t aken to the Cr ystal Palace by tr ain. There were six mil li on vi si tor s i n al , and t he pr of it s f r om t he exhibi tion were used to buil d m useums and col leges. Lat er , t he Cr yst al Pal ace was m oved to Sout h London. It remai ned one of t he most f am ous buildi ngs in t he wor ld unt il it was bur nt down in 1936. Leson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil led the guar d, the pr isoner of war qui ckl y dr agged hi m int o t he bushes. Wor king rapidl y i n t he darknes, he soon changed i nt o the dead man39。s clot hes. Now, dr esed i n a blue uni for m and wi th a ri fl e over his shoulder, the pr isoner marched bol dl y up and down in fr ont of t he camp. He coul d hear shout ing in the camp it sel f. Lights were blazi ng and men wer e r unning her e and t her e: t hey had just di scover ed t hat a pr isoner had escaped. At that moment , a l arge bl ack car wi t h f our of fi cer s i nsi de i t, stopped at t he camp gat es. The off icers got out and the pri soner stood t o at tenti on and salut ed as t hey pased. When t hey had gone, the dri ver of the car came towar ds him . The m an obvi ousl y want ed to t al k. He was r at her elderl y wi th grey hai r and cl ear bl ue eyes. The pri soner f el t sorr y for hi m, but t her e was not hing el se he could do. As the m an came near, the pr isoner knocked hi m to the gr ound wi th a sharp blow. Then, j umping into t he car , he dr ove of f as quickly as he coul d.