【正文】 we ar e taking you t o t he macar oni f ields of Calabr ia. Macar oni has been gr own i n thi s a rea f or over si x hundr e。To end our speci al news bull et in, 39。 SOS39。m Bri nksley Meer s, and m y other nam e is Gl ori a Gl eam. Now you get out of her e fast !39。 said the sher if f wit h a sneer . 39。 39。t be t oo har d on us. I 39。sai d Rockwal l, 39。 39。m sheri f here. Do you see that not ice ? I t says No Campi ng i n case you can39。 he shout ed: 39。 Meanwhil e, two ot her actor s, Rockwal Sli nger and Mer li n Gr eves, had car r ied two lar ge food baskets t o a shady spot under some tr es. When they had al made t hem selves for table, a str anger appeared. He l ooked very angry. 39。No newspaper men, no fi lm fans! Why don39。t be bet ter , Gl ori a,39。 sai d Gl ori a Gleam. 39。s f ishing, or ei ght hours i n a cinema seeing t he same f il m over and over again, is usual ly as f ar as t hey ge t . They have al been put to shame by a boy who, whi le pl ayi ng tr uant , tr avel ed 1600 mil es. He hi tch hi ked to Dover and, t owar ds eveni ng, went into a boat t o fi nd som ewher e to sl eep. When he woke up next morni ng, he discover ed that the boat had, in t he meant ime, t ravel ed to Cal ai s. No one not iced the boy as he crept off . Fr om there, he hitch hi ked to Par i s i n a lorr y. The dri ver gave hi m a few biscui ts and a cup of cof f e and l ef t him just out si de the ci ty. The next car t he boy st opped di d not take him into the cent r e of Par is as he hoped i t would, but t o Perpi gnan on t he French Spani sh bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a poli cem an and sent back t o England by the l ocal authori ti es. He has sur ely set up a record for the t housands of boys who dr eam of evading school . Lesson74 Out of t he li meli ght 舞臺之外 An ancient bus st opped by a dr y r iver bed and a part y of f am ous actor s and actr ese s got of f. Dr esed in dar k glasses and old cl othes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d recogni ze them. But as they soon di scovered, di sgui ses can som et imes be t oo per f ect. 39。s footsteps many year s lat er , Sir Mal col m39。 you have j ust kil led t hat chil d !39。Mr Eames,39。Just one mor e thi ng, Mr Eames. 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 the car t o be stopped im medi ately. 39。wai ti ng room !39。 There39。l l e wit h you, 39。 39。but I39。 he asked, bef ore I had f ini shed speaking. ‘ Not at al l,39。m goi ng to. . 39。 I answered.39。 39。 I was just wonder ing how t o spend t he mor ni ng unt il I saw you. You39。 Hul l o, El izabet h,39。 I sai d. 39。 Lesson66 Sweet as honey! 像蜜一 樣甜！ The Hat hel d Puff in i s a modern aer oplane, but i ts desi gner , Mr John Wi mpenny, is f inding it dif fi cul t to get it of f the ground. The reason f or this is t hat thi s plane is al so a bi cycl e. I ts pi lot has t o pedal hard to get it i nt o t he ai r. Af ter Mr Wi mpenny had t he pl ane bui lt , i t was tested t hor oughl y. I n 1961, i t was the f ir st man power ed ai rcr aft to fl y half a mi le. Whi le being f l own by a cham pi on amateur cycl ist in 1963, t he plane crashed on an ai rf ield. Si nce t hen, Mr Wim penny has had it r ebuil t. He has had the l engt h of the wi ngs increased so t hat t hey now measur e 93 feetal most as l ong as t hose of a Dakota. Many peopl e have shown i nterest in t his new and unusual spor t. But though air cycl ists m ay learn how t o f l y over shor t di st ances, and may, eventual y, even get acr oss t he Engl ish Channel , it is doubtf ul whet her t hey wil l ever cycl e acr oss t he Atl antic. Leson67 Volcanoes 火山 Haroun Tazief t he Polish scienti st , has spent his lif et im e st udyi ng act ive volcanoes and deep caves in al l par ts of t he worl d. I n 1948, he went to lake Kivu in t he Congo to obser ve a new volcano which he l ater nam ed Kit uro. Tazi ef f was able t o s et up hi s camp ver y close to the volcano whil e it was erupt ing viol ent ly. Though he managed to take a number of br il li ant phot ographs, he coul d not st ay near t he vol cano f or ver y long. He noti ced t hat a ri ver of li qui d r ock was i ng towar ds him. I t thre atened to sur round him pletel y, but Tazi ef f managed t o escape just in t im e. He wait ed unt il the vol cano became qui et and he was able t o r et urn t wo days lat er . This t ime, he managed t o cli mb i nt o t he mouth of Ki tur o so that he coul d take phot ographs and m easure t emper atures. Tazi ef f has of ten r isked his l if e in this way. He has been abl e to tel us m or e about act ive volcanoes t han any man alive. Lesson68 Persistent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed the str eet o avoi d m eti ng him , but he saw me and came r unni ng towar ds m e. I t was no use pr etendi ng that I had not seen hi m, so I waved to hi m. I never enjoy meeti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anything to do. No m at ter how busy you ar e, he al ways insists on i ng wit h you. I had t o thi nk of a way of prevent ing hi m f rom fol lowi ng me ar ound al m or ning. 39。so it was f or tunate t hat we didn39。Jumbo must weigh a f ew t ons,39。monst ers39。s steam hamm er. Though in t hose days, t ravel li ng was not as easy as i t is t oday, st eam boat s car ied t housands of visit ors across the Channel f rom Europe. On ar ivi ng in Engl and, they wer e taken to t he Cr yst al Palace by tr ain. Ther e wer e six m il ion vi si tor s in al l, and the pr of it s f rom the exhibit ion wer e used t o buil d museum s and col leges. Later, t he Crystal Pal ace was moved to South London. It r em ai ned one of t he most f amous bui ldi ngs i n the wor l d unt il i t was bur nt down in 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil led t he guar d, t he pri soner of war qui ckl y dragged him into the bushes. Worki ng rapidl y in the darknes, he soon change