【正文】 guard of honour 39。cl ock this evening. By that ti me, the Astr a wi l have been f lyi ng thr ough space f or seventeen hour s and wil l have cir cled t he ear th a gr eat m any t im es. When t he fi rst radio mesages have been r ecei ved, the r esul ts of the t ri p wi l be announced im medi ately. Leson62 Af ter t he fi re 大火之后 Fir emen had been f ight ing t he for est fi re f or near ly t hree weeks bef ore t hey coul d get i t under cont rol . A shor t ti me befor e, gr eat tr ees had covered t he countr ysi de for mi les around. Now, sm oke sti l r ose up fr om t he warm ground over t he desolat e hil s. Wint er was i ng on and the hi l l s t hreatened the surr ounding vi l ages wi th destr uct ion, for heavy rain woul d not onl y wash away the soil but would cause seri ous f loods as wel . When the f ir e had at last been put out , t he for est authori ti es or der ed several t ons of a speci al t ype of gr as seed which woul d grow qui ckl y. The seed was spr ayed over the gr ound i n huge quant it es by aer opl anes. The planes had been pla nti ng seed f or nearl y a mont h when it began to r ain. By t hen, however , i n many places the gr ass had alr eady t aken r oot . In pl ace of t he great r es whi ch had been growi ng there for cent uri es, pat ches of green had begun t o appear i n the bl ackened soil . Lesson63 She was not amused 她并不覺得好笑 Geof fr ey Hampden has a large ci rcle of f ri ends and i s ver y popul ar at part ies. Ever ybody admi res him for hi s fi ne sense of humor ever ybody, that is, except hi s si xyear old daught er, Jenny. Recentl y, one of Geoff rey39。Wher e have you been hidi ng ?39。. Because the t ree was m ent ioned in a newspaper , the number of vi si tor s to Fr inl ey has now increased. The tr e was pl ant ed near a church f if ty years ago, but i t is only in r ecent year s that it has gai ned an evil r eput at ion. It i s sai d that if anyone touches t he tr e, he wil l have bad l uck。 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 at ion. The mumm y is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a singer in t he Tem ple of Thebes. As ther e we re str ange marks on t he Xr ay plates t aken of the m ummy, doct ors have been t ryi ng to f ind out whether the wom an di ed of a rar e dis ease. 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 di f fi cul t be cause of the har d resin whi ch cover ed the skin. The doct or s r em oved a section of t he m um m y and sent it t o a l abor at ory. They al so found something whi ch the X r ay of t he god Duamutef. Thi s god which has the head of a cow was normal ly pl aced i nside a mummy. The doct ors have not yet deci ded how the wom an di ed. They f ear ed that the mumm y would fal t o pieces when the y cut i t open, but f ort unat el y thi s has not happened. The mum m y successf ul l y sur vi ved t he oper at i on. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af t er r eadi ng an ar t i cl e ent i t l ed 39。To end our speci al news bull etin, 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 f ast !39。 39。sai d Rockwal l, 39。m sheri f here. Do you see that not ice ? I t says No Campi ng in case you can39。 Meanwhi le, two ot her actor s, Rockwal Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eeves, had car ied t wo l ar ge food basket s to a shady spot under some t ree s. When t hey had al l made themsel ves f ort abl e, a st ranger appear ed. He l ooked very angry. 39。t be bet ter , Gl or ia,39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nem a sei ng the sam e fi lm over and over again, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hit ch hiked t o Dover and, towards evening, went i nt o a boat to f ind somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next mor ning, he di scovered t hat t he boat had, i n the m eanti me, tr avel led to Calais. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. From ther e, he hit ch hiked t o Pari s in a l orr y. The dr iver gave hi m a few bi scui ts and a cup of cof fee and l ef t hi m j ust out side t he ci ty. The next car the boy stopped di d not take him int o the centr e of Par is as he hoped it would, but to Perpi gnan on t he FrenchSpani sh bor der. There he was pi cked up by a pol iceman and sent back t o England by t he local authori ti es. He has surely set up a r ecord for t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evading school . Lesson74 O ut of t he li meli ght 舞臺(tái)之外 An ancient bus st opped by a dr y r iver bed and a par ty of f am ous actor s and act resses got of f. Dr esed i n dar k glasses and old cl othes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecognize them. But as they soon di scovered, di sgui ses can som et im es be t oo perf ect . 39。 you have j ust ki l ed that chil d ! 39。Just one more t hing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenl y crosses t he road in fr ont of you. As soon as I t ap on the wi ndow, I want the car to be st opped i mmediatel y. 39。 There39。 39。 he asked, befor e I had fi ni shed speaki ng. ‘ Not at al l, 39。 I 39。 I was just wonder ing how to spend the mor ning until I saw you. You39。Fancy m et ing you here ! 39。t have t o car r y him. Of course, we shoul d ar est him , but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et hi m of f this tim e. 39。 of six pret y gir ls, he set off down the mai n st reet of the cit y r iding a baby elephant cal ed Jumbo. He, should have known t hat the pol ice would never al low this sor t of t hing. A poli cem an approached Ji mmy and t old hi m he ought to have gone al ong a si de str et as Jum bo was hol ding up t he tr af ic. Though Jimmy agreed t o go at once, Jumbo r efused to move. Fif teen poli cemen had t o push ver y har d t o get h