【正文】 we are t aki ng you to the macaroni fi el ds of Cal abr ia. Macaroni has been grown in t his ar ea f or over six hundred years. Two of the l eadi ng grower s, Gi useppe Moldova and Ri car do Brabant e, t el me t hat hey have been expecti ng a spl endi d crop t his year and harvesting has begun ear li er t han usual. Her e you can see two workers who, between t hem , have just fi nished cut ti ng three cart l oads of golden b。To end our special news bul leti n,39。 SOS39。m Br i nksley Mer s, and my ot her name is Gl ori a Gleam. Now you get out of here fast ! 39。 said t he sher if f wit h a sneer . 39。 39。t be too har d on us. I 39。said Rockwal l,39。 39。m sher if f her e. Do you se t hat not ice ? I t says No Camping i n case you can39。 he shouted: 39。 Meanwhil e, t wo other act ors, Rockwal l Sl inger and Merl in Greeves, had car ri ed two large f ood baskets t o a shady spot under some tr es. When they had al m ade 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 ori a, 39。 sai d Glor ia Gl eam. 39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nem a seing the same fi lm over and over again, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al been put t o shame by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hitch hiked t o Dover and, towards eveni ng, 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, in the meanti me, tr avel ed to Cal ais. No one not iced t he boy as he cr ept off . From there, he hit ch hiked to Par is i n a l orr y. The dr iver gave hi m a f ew bi scuit s and a cup of cof fee and lef t hi m just out si de the cit y. The next car t he boy st opped did not t ake hi m i nto t he cent re of Pari s as he hoped i t woul d, but t o Per pignan on the Fr ench Spanish bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a poli ceman and sent back to Engl and by the l ocal aut hor it ies. He has sur el y set up a recor d f or the t housands of boys who dream of evadi ng school. Leson74 Out of the l im elight 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus stopped by a dry ri ver bed and a part y of famous act ors and actr esses got off . Dr essed in dark glases and ol d clot hes, they had taken special precaut ions so that no one should recogni ze t hem. But as t hey soon discover ed, disguises can someti mes be too per fect. 39。s foot st eps m any years l ater, Si r Malcolm 39。 you have j ust kil led t hat chil d !39。Mr Eames ,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 tap on the wi ndow, I want t he car to 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。 39。 I 39。 No, not at al ,39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。 Bert answer ed. 39。Fancy meeti ng you her e ! 39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。t have t o car ry hi m. Of cour se, we should ar r est hi m, but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l l et him off t his t im e.39。 sai d a pol i ceman aft er war ds, 39。 whi ch have at t i m es been si ght ed ar e si m pl y st r ange f i sh. Occasi onal l y, unusual cr eat ur es ar e washed t o t he shor e, but t hey ar e r ar el y caught out at sea. Som e t i m e ago, however , a pecul i ar at once, Jum bo r ef used t o m ove. Fi ft een pol icemen had t o push ver y har d t o get him off t he mai n st r et. The poli ce had a di f i cult t im e, but they wer e m ost am used. 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 pr isoner m arched bol dly up and down i n f ront 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 esca ped. At t hat m oment , a lar ge bl ack car wi th f our of f icers i nsi de i t , st opped at t he camp gat es. The off icers got out and t he pri soner st ood to at tenti on and salut ed as t hey passed. When t hey had gone, the dri ver of t he car came t owar ds him. The man obvious ly want ed to t alk. He was r at her el der ly wi t h grey hair and clear blue eyes. The pri soner felt sorr y f or hi m, but t her e was nothi ng el se he coul d do. As t he m an cam e near , t he pr i soner knocked hi m t o t he gr ound wi t h a shar p bl ow. Then, j um pi ng i nt o t he car , he dr ove of f as qui ckl y as he coul d. Lesson82 Monst er or f i sh? 是妖還是魚？ Fi sher m en and sai l or s som et i m es cl ai m t o have seen m onst er s i n t he sea. Though peopl e have of t en l aughed at st or i es t ol d by seam en, i t i s now known t hat m any of t hese 39。 I li t a cigaret e to cal m m y ner ves. I smoked wit h concentr at ion and pl easure as I was sur e t hat t hi s would be my l ast cigaret e. For a whol e week I di d not sm oke at al and duri ng thi s ti me, m y wi fe suff ered t er r ibly. I had al l the usual symptoms of someone gi ving up smoking: a bad temper and an enor mous appeti te. My fr iends kept on off eri ng me cigar et tes and cigars. They made no ef f or t to hi de their amusem ent whenever I produced a packet of sweets f rom my pocket . Af ter seven days of t hi s I went to a par ty. Ever ybody ar ound me was smoking and I fel t ext remely unf ort abl e. When my old fr iend Br ian ur ged m e to accept a ci gar et te, it was m or e t han I could bear. I t ook one gui lti ly, l it it and smoked wit h sat isf acti on. My wi fe was de l ighted t hat t hi ngs had r etur ned t o normal once more. Anyway, as Br ian poi nt ed out , it i s the easi est thi ng in the wor ld t o give up smoking. He hi msel f has done it l ots of ti mes! Lesson79 By ai r 乘飛機 I used t o tr avel by ai r a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used to li ve in South Ameri