【正文】 Ci garet te Smoki ng and Your Healt h39。 sai d the voice of t he television announcer, 39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信號(hào) When a li ght pasenger pl ane f lew of f cour se som e ti me ago, i t cr ashed i n the m ount ai ns and i ts pi lot was kil led. The onl y pa senger s, a young woman and her t wo baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. I t was the mi ddl e of wi nt er. Snow l ay t hick on t he ground. The wom an knew that the near est vil lage was mi les away. When it gr ew dark. she t urned a suit case int o a bed and put t he chi ldr en inside it , coveri ng them wit h al t he cl othes she could fi nd. Dur ing t he night, it got ter ri bl y cold. The woman kept a s near as she coul d t o the chil dren and even tr ied to get i nt o t he case her sel f, but it was t oo sm al l. Earl y , next mor ni ng she heard planes passi ng over head and wondered how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an idea. She st am ped out the l et er s39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 don39。t r ead ! 39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you! 39。 Bri nksl ey Meer s agreed. 39。This i s a wonder f ul pl ace f or a piic,39。 l esson90 Whats for supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Br azil is one of the r ichest countr ies i n t he wor l d, m uch of i t has not yet been devel oped. I t was m ai nl y f or t hi s r eason t hat t he Br azi l i an gover nm ent deci ded t o have a new ci t y bui l t 600 m i l es nor t h west of accur at e as wel . Of f icial s fr om Gr eenwi ch Observatory have t he cl ock checked twi ce a day. On the B. . you can hear the cl ock when i t is actual y str iking because mi crophones are connect ed to the clock tower . Big Ben has r ar ely gone wr ong. Once, however, i t f ail ed to gi ve the corr ect t ime. A pai nt er who had been wor king on t he tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed i t down ! Lesson72 A car cal led Bl uebird “藍(lán)鳥(niǎo)”汽車(chē) The great racing dr iver, Si r Malcolm Campbel, was t he fi rst man t o dri ve at over 300 mil es per hour. He set up a new wor ld r ecor d i n Sept ember 1935 at Bonnevil le Sal t Fl ats, Utah. Bluebir d, t he car he was dr iving, had been speci al ly bui lt f or hi m. It was over 30 feet in l engt h and had a 2500 hor se power engine. Al t hough Campbel r eached a speed of over 304 mi les per hour , he had gr eat dif f iculty in contr oll ing t he car be cause a tyr e burst dur ing t he fi rst r un. Af ter his at tempt, Campbel was disappoi nted to learn t hat hi s aver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour. However, a f ew days later , he was told that a mis t ake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 m il es per hour . Since that ti me, racing dr ivers have reached speeds of over 400 m il es an hour. Foll owing hi s father 39。cl ock tr ai n, but t hat you caught the which would st il l get you to work on tim e. You see, on the mor ning of t he m ur der , the o39。 39。 39。 39。clock. My employer wi l conf ir m that I was t her e on t im e. 39。 asked t he inspector . 39。At t he tim e the m ur der was m it ted, I was tr avel ing on t he o39。fr ee ri des39。 I know,39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane lived t her e, t he policeman on duty told him that si nce hi s def eat , the exPr ime Mi ni ster had gone abroad. On t he f ol l owing day, Crawl ey went t o the house agai n. The same poli ceman was j ust wal ki ng slowl y past the entr ance, when Cr awl ey asked t he same question. Though a li t le suspi ci ous this t im e, t he pol ice man gave hi m the sam e answer . The day af ter, Cr awley went to the house once mor e and asked exactl y the same quest ion. This t ime, the poli cem an lost hi s temper .39。s cl ot hes. Now, dressed i n a bl ue uni for m and wi th a ri fl e over hi s shoulder, t he pri soner marched bol dly up and down i n f r ont of t he cam p. He coul d hear shout ing i n the camp i tself . Lights wer e blazing and men wer e r unni ng her e and there: they had j ust discover ed that a pr isoner had escaped. At t hat m oment , a lar ge bl ack car wi th f our of f icers i nsi de it, stopped at he cam p gates. The of fi cer s got out and the pri soner stood to at tenti on and sal ut ed as they pased. When they had gone, the dr iver of the car came t owards him . The m an obvi ously wanted to talk. He was r ather el der ly wit h grey hai r and cl ear blue eyes. The pri soner fel t sor ry f or him, but there was not hi ng else he coul d do. As the m an came near, t he pri soner knocked hi m to t he ground wi th a sharp bl ow. Then, jumpi ng int o the car, he dr ove of f as qui ckl y as he coul d. Leson82 Monster or f ish? 是妖還是魚(yú)？ Fisherm en and sail ors someti mes cl aim to have sen m onst er s in the sea. Though people have oft en laughed at stor ies tol d by sea men, it i s now known that many of these 39。 Lesson77 A sucessf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m um my of an Egypti an woman who died i n 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper ation. The mumm y is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a singer in t he Tem ple of Thebes. As ther e were str ange marks on t he Xr ay plates t aken of t he m ummy, doct ors have been t ryi ng to f ind out whether the wom an di ed of a rar 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 very dif fi cul t because of the har d resin whi ch cover ed the skin. The doct or s r em oved a section of t he mumm y and sent it to a laborat or y. They al so found som et hing whi ch the X ray of t he god Duam ut ef. This god whi ch has the head of a cow was nor mal y placed inside a m ummy. The doct ors have not yet decided how the woman di ed. They feared t hat he mumm y would f al to pieces when t hey cut i t open, but f or tunatel y thi s has not happened. The mumm y succesf ul ly sur vi ved the operati on. Leson78 The last one? 最后一 枝嗎？ Af t er r eadi ng an art icl e ent i t l ed 39。To end our special news bul leti n,39。m Bri nks