【正文】 I l it a cigaret te t o cal m my nerves. I smoked wi th concentr ati on and pl easure as I was sure that his woul d be my l ast cigaret te. For a whol e week I did not smoke at al l and dur ing t hi s ti me, my wi fe suf fer ed t er ibl y. I had al t he usual sympt om s of someone givin。 Lesson77 A sucesf ul operat ion 一例成功的手術(shù) The mum my of an Egypt ian wom an who died i n 800 . has just had an oper at ion. The mummy is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a singer i n t he Tem pl e of Thebes. As there wer e str ange m ar ks on the X r ay plates taken of the m um my, doct or s have been t rying to f ind out whether the woman di ed of a rar e disease. The only way to do this was to operate. The oper ati on, whi ch last ed for over four hour s, pr oved t o be very di f icult because of the hard resin whi ch covered t he ski n. The doctor s removed a sect ion of t he mummy and sent i t to a laborator y. They also f ound somet hi ng which t he X ray of the god Duamut ef . This god whi ch has t he head of a cow was nor mal y placed inside a m ummy. The doctor s have not yet decided how t he woman died. They feared t hat t he mummy woul d f al l to pi eces when t he y cut it open, but for tunately this has not happened. The mummy successful ly survi ved t he oper ati on. Leson78 The last one? 最后 一 枝嗎？ Af ter reading an art icl e ent it led 39。 we are t aki ng you to the macaroni fi el ds of Cal abri a. Macaroni has been gr own in this ar ea for over six hundred years. Two of t he leadi ng grower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ri car do Brabante, tel me that hey have been expecti ng a spl endi d crop t his year and harvesti ng has begun ear li er t han usual. Her e you can see two worker s who, between t hem , have just fi nished cut ti ng thr e cart l oads of golden br own macar oni st al ks. The whole vi l age has been worki ng day and ni ght gatheri ng and thr eshing t his year 39。To end our special news bul leti n,39。 SOS39。m Bri nksl ey Meers, and my other nam e is Gl or ia Gl eam . Now you get out of her e f ast !39。 said t he sher if f wi t h a sneer . 39。 39。t be too har d on us. I 39。said Rockwal l, 39。 39。m sher if f here. Do you se that not ice ? I t sa ys No Campingi n case you can39。 he shouted: 39。 Meanwhile, t wo other act ors, Rockwal l Sl inger and Merl in Gr eeves, had car ri ed two l arge f ood basket s to a shady spot under some tr es. When they had al made t hemselves for table, a str anger appeared. He looked ver y angry. 39。No newspaper m en, no f il m f ans! Why don39。t be bet er, Gl or ia, 39。 said Glor ia Gl eam . 39。s f ishing, or ei ght hours i n a ci nema seeing t he same fi lm over and over again, is usual ly as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put t o shame by a boy who, whi le pl ayi ng tr uant , tr avel ed 1600 mil es. He hi tch hiked to Dover and, t owards eveni ng, went int o a boat t o f ind somewher e t o sl eep. When he woke up next mor ni ng, he di scover ed that the boat had, in the meanti me, t ravel ed to Cal ai s. No one not iced the boy as he crept off . From there, he hit ch hi ked to Par is i n a l or r y. The dr iver gave him a f ew bi scuit s and a cup of coff ee and left hi m j ust outside t he cit y. The next car the boy stopped did not take him i nto t he centr e of Pari s as he hoped it woul d, but to Per pignan on the Fr enchSpanish border . There he was pi cked up by a pol iceman and sent back to Engl and by t he local aut hor it ies. He has surel y set up a recor d f or the thousands of boys who dream of evadi ng school. Leson74 Out of the l im el ight 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus stopped by a dry ri ver bed and a par ty of famous act ors and actr esses got off . Dressed in dark gl ases and ol d clot hes, they had take n special precaut ions so that no one should r ecognize t hem . But as t hey soon discover ed, disguises can someti mes be too per fe ct. 39。s footst eps many years l at er, Sir Malcolm39。 you have just kil led that child !39。Mr Eames,39。Just one mor e thi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenly cr osses the r oad in f ront of you. As soon as I tap on t he window, I want t he car t o be stopped imm edi at ely.39。wait ing r oom ! 39。 Ther e39。l l e wi th you,39。m going to the dentist.39。 I lied, 39。Would you mind my i ng wi th you ?39。m going t o.. .39。 I answer ed. 39。 39。 I was j ust wonderi ng how to spend the m orningunti l I saw you. You39。Hul lo, Eli zabeth, 39。Fancy meet ing you here !39。Hul l o, Ber t, 39。t have t o car r y hi m. Of course, we shoul d ar r est hi m, but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et him off t his t im e.39。 sai d a pol i ceman aft er war ds, 39。s st eam ham m er . Though i n t hose days, t r avel l i ng was not as easy as i t i s t oday, st eam boat s car r i ed t housands of vi si t o r s acr oss t he Channel f r om Eur ope. On ar r i vi ng i n Engl and, t hey wer e t aken t o t he Cr yst al Pal ace by t r ai n. Ther e wer e si x m i l l i on vi si t or s i n al l , and t he pr of i t s f r om t he exhi bi t i on wer e used t o bui l d m useum s t he mai n st r et. The poli ce had a di f fi cult t im e, but t hey wer e m ost am used. 39。Cigar et te Smoki ng and Your Heal th39。s crop befor e the September r ai ns. On the r ight, you can see Mrs Br abant e her sel f. She has been helping her husband f or t hir ty years now. Mrs Br abante is t al king t o the m anager of t he local f act ory wher e the cr op is pr ocessed. Thi s last scene shows you what wi l happen at the end of the har vest : t he f am ous Cal abr ian macaroni eat ing peti ti on ! Signor Fratel i, t he present cham pi on, has won i t every year since 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull eti n for t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We ar e now r et urning you t o t he st udi o. 39。 said the voi ce of the t el evision announcer, 39。 in t he snow. For tunat ely, a pil ot saw t he signal and sent a messa