【正文】 WE ARE TAKI NG YOU TO THE MACARONI FI ELDS OF CALABRI A. MACARONI HAS BEEN GROWN I N THI S AREA FOR OVER SI X HUNDRED YEARS. TWO OF THE LEADI NG GROWERS, GI USEPPE MOLDOVA AND RI CARDO BRABANTE, TELL ME THAT THEY HAVE BEEN EXPECTI NG A SPLENDI D CROP THI S YEAR AND HARVESTI NG HAS BEGUN EARLI ER。TO END OUR SPECI AL NEWS BULLETI N,39。 SOS39。 M BRI NKSLEY MEERS, AND MY OTHER NAME IS GLORI A GLEAM. NOW YOU GET OUT OF HERE FAST !39。 SAI D THE SHERI FF WI TH A SNEER. 39。 39。T BE TOO HARD ON US. I39。SAI D ROCKWALL,39。 39。M SHERI FF HERE. DO YOU SEE THAT NOTI CE ? I T SAYS NO CAMPI NGI N CASE YOU CAN39。 HE SHOUTED: 39。 MEANWHI LE, TWO OTHER ACTORS, ROCKWALL SLI NGER AND MERLI N GREEVES, HAD CARRI ED TWO LARGE FOOD BASKETS TO A SHADY SPOT UNDER SOME TREES. WHEN THEY HAD ALL MADE THEMSELVES COMFORTABLE, A STRANGER APPEARED. HE LOOKED VERY ANGRY. 39。NO NEWSPAPER MEN, NO FI LM FANS! WHY DON39。T BE BETTER, GLORI A,39。 SAI D GLORI A GLEAM. 39。s clot hes. Now, dressed i n a blue unif orm and wi th a r i fl e over his shoulder, the pr isoner m ar ched bol dl y up and down i n fr ont of t he cam p. He could hear shout ing i n the camp i tself . Lights wer e blazing and men we re E HOPED I T WOULD, BUT TO PERPI GNAN ON THE FRENCH SPANI SH BORDER. THERE HE WAS PI CKED UP BY A POLI CEMAN AND SENT BACK TO ENGLAND BY THE LOCAL AUTHORI TI ES. HE HAS SURELY SET UP A RECORD FOR THE THOUSANDS OF BOYS WHO DREAM OF EVADI NG SCHOOL. LESSO N74 O UT O F TH E LIMELIGH T 舞臺(tái)之外 AN ANCI ENT BUS STOPPED BY A DRY RI VER BED AND A PARTY OF FAMOUS ACTORS AND ACTRESSES GOT OFF. DRESSED I N DARK GLASSES AND OLD CLOTHES, THEY HAD TAKEN SPECI AL PRECAUTI ONS SO THAT NO ONE SHOULD RECOGNI ZE THEM. BUT AS THEY SOON DI SCOVERED, DI SGUI SES CAN SOMETI MES BE TOO PERFECT. 39。 I li t a cigaret e t o calm m y nerves. I smoked wit h conc entr ati on and pl easur e as I was sur e t hat t his woul d be my l ast ci gar et te. For a whol e wek I di d not smoke at al l and dur ing t hi s ti m e, my wif e suf f er ed ter i bl y. I had al t he usual sym pt om s of som eone gi vi ng up sm oking: a bad temper and an enorm ous appeti e. My f ri ends kept on off er i ng m e ci gar et tes and ci gar s. They m ade no ef f or t to hi de their amusem ent whenever I pr oduced a packet of sweets f r om m y pocket . Aft er seven days of t hi s I went to a par ty. Ever ybody ar ound m e was smoking and I f el t ext r em el y unf ort abl e. When my ol d f ri end Bri an ur ged me t o accept a cigaret e, i t was mor e than I coul d bear . I took one gui lt il y, l it i t and sm oked wi t h sati sfact i on. My wif e was deli ght ed that thi ngs had r et urned t o nor mal once m ore. Anyway, as Br ian point ed out, i t is t he easi est thi ng i n t he worl d t o gi ve up sm oking. He him self has done it l ot s of tim es! Lesson79 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 t o l i ve i n South Am eri ca and I used t o fl y t her e fr om Eur ope i n t he hol i days. An ai r hostess woul d t ake char ge of m e and I never had an unpleasant experi ence. I am used t o t r avel i ng by ai r and onl y on one occasi on have I ever f elt f ri ghtened. Af t er t aki ng off, we wer e f l yi ng l ow over t he ci t y and sl owl y gai ni ng hei ght , when the pl ane suddenl y tur ned r ound and f l ew back t o t he ai r port . Whi le we were wai ti ng t o l and, an air hostess t ol d us to keep cal m and t o get of f t he pl ane qui et l y as soon as it had t ouched down. Ever ybody on boar d was wor ri ed and we wer e cur i ous t o fi nd out what had happened. Later we l ear nt t hat there was a ver y im por t ant person on boar d. The pol ice had been t ol d t hat a bom b had been pl ant ed on the pl ane. Aft er we had landed, t he pl ane was sear ched t hor oughl y. Fort unat el y, not hi ng was f ound and f i ve hours l ater we wer e abl e t o take off again. Leson80 The Cryst al Pal ace 水晶宮 Per haps t he m ost extr aor dinar y bui ldi ng of t he nieent h cent ur y was the Cr yst al Pal ace, which was buil t in Hyde Par k f or t he Gr eat Exhi bit i on of 1851. The Cr yst al Pal ace was di f erent fr om al ot her buil dings i n t he wor ld, f or i t was m ade of i r on and gl ass. It was one of the bi ggest buil di ngs of al ti me and a l ot of people f r om many count ri es cam e t o see it . A gr eat many goods were sent t o t he exhi bi ti on fr om vari ous par ts of t he worl d. Ther e was al so a gr eat deal of machi nery on di spl ay. The m ost wonder f ul pi ece of machi ner y on show was Nasm yt h39。 Leson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m um m y of an Egypti an woman who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an operati on. The m umm y i s t hat of Shepenm ut who was once a si nger i n t he Tem pl e of Thebes. As t here wer e st r ange m ar ks on the X r ay pl at es taken of the m umm y, doct or s have been tr yi ng t o f ind out whet her t he wom an di ed of a rar e di sease. The onl y way t o do thi s was t o operat e. The oper ati on, whi ch last ed f or over f our hour s, pr oved t o be ver y di f fi cult because of t he har d r esin whi ch cover ed the skin. The doct or s r em oved a secti on of t he m umm y and sent it t o a l abor at ory. They al so f ound som et hi ng whi ch t he X r ay of the god Duamut ef . Thi s god whi ch has t he head of a cow was norm al l y pl aced i nsi de a m umm y. The doct or s have not yet decided how t he woman di ed. They feared t hat t he m um m y woul d f al l t o pi eces when t hey cut it open, but f or t unatel y this has not happened. The mumm y succesf ul ly sur vi ved the oper ati on. Leson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Aft er r eadi ng an arti cle enti tl ed 39。 we ar e t aki ng you t o t he m acar oni f iel ds of Cal abri a. Macar oni has been gr own i n t hi s area f or over si x hundr ed year s. Two of the l eadi ng gr owers, Gi useppe Moldova and Ricardo Br abant e,