【正文】 t he most extr aordinar y buildi ng of the nieenth centur y was the Cr yst al Pal ace, which was buil t in Hyde Par k for t he Great Exhi bit ion of 1851. The Cr yst al Pal ace was di f er ent f rom al other buil di ngs in t he worl d, f or it was made of ir on and glass. I t was one of t he bi ggest buildi ngs of al t im e and a lot of people fr om many countr ies cam e to see it . A gr eat many goods we re sent t o t he exhibi ti on fr om var ious par ts of t he worl d. There was al so a great deal of machi ner y on display. The most wonderf ul piece of machi ner y on show was Nasmyth39。 Lesson77 A sucessf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m ummy of an Egypti an woman who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper ati on. The mumm y is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in t he Temple of Thebes. As ther e were st range marks on t he Xr ay plates t aken of t he mummy, doct ors have been t ryi ng to fi nd out whether the wom an died of a r ar e disease. 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 ver y dif fi cul t because of the har d resin which cover ed the skin. The doct or s r em oved a secti on of t he mumm y and sent it t o a l abor at or y. They al so found som et hing whi ch the X r ay of t he god Duam utef. Thi s god whi ch has the head of a cow was nor mal y pl aced inside a mummy. The doct ors have not yet deci ded how the woman di ed. They f ear ed that he mumm y would f al t o pieces when t hey cut i t open, but f ort unatel y thi s has not happened. The mum my succesf ul ly sur vi ved the operati on. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Aft er readi ng an art icle ent itl ed 39。 we ar e taking you t o t he macar oni f ields of Calabri a. Macar oni has been gr own i n thi s ar ea for over si x hundr ed year s. Two of the leading gr ower s, Gi useppe Moldova and Ri cardo Br abante, tel l me that they have been expect ing a splendid cr op thi s year and har vest ing has begun earl ier than usual . Her e you can see t wo wor ker s who, bet ween them, have j ust f ini shed cutt ing t hr ee car t loads of gol den br own m acaroni stalks. The whol e vil lage has been wor king day and night gat her ing and t hr eshi ng thi s year39。To end our speci al news bull et in, 39。 SOS39。m Br inksl ey Meers, and my other name is Glor ia Gl eam . Now you get out of her e f ast !39。 sai d the sher i f wi th a sneer. 39。 39。t be t oo har d on us. I39。sai d Rockwal ,39。 39。m sheri f here. Do you see that notice ? It says No Cam pi ng in case you can39。 he shout ed: 39。 Meanwhil e, t wo other act ors, Rockwal l Sl inger and Merl in Gr eeves, had car ri ed two large f ood baskets t o a shady spot under some tr es. When they had al made t hemselves for table, a str anger apeared. He looked very 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 fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nem a seing 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 hitch 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 meanti me, tr avel ed to Calais. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. From ther e, he hit ch hiked t o Par i 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 him just out si de the cit y. The next car t he boy st opped di d not t ake hi m i nto t he cent re of Pari s as he hoped i t woul d, but to Per pignan on the Fr ench Spanish border . Ther e he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to Engl and by the local aut hor it ies. He has sur el y set up a r ecor d f or t he 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 f oot st eps m any years l ater, Si r Malcolm 39。 ti me. Even so, people ar e going t o f ind i t di f icult t o get o wor k. But so f ar , the publi c has expressed i ts gr ati ude to t he student s in let er s to the Pr ess. Only one or two peopl e have objected t hat t he st udents wil l dr ive t oo fast! Lesson85 Never too ol d t o learn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have j ust r eceived a l et er f rom my ol d school inf or mi ng me t hat m y for mer head master, Mr Regm al d Page, wi l be r et ir ing next week. Pupil s of t he school, old and new, wi l be sendi ng hi m a present to mark the occasion. Al t hose who have cont ri buted towar ds the gif t wi l sign t hei r names i n a l ar ge album whi ch wi l be sent to the headm aster 39。f ree r ides39。 but I l ove to hear you say i t ! 39。 I know, 39。Mr Lane was def eat ed in t he el ect ions. He has r eti red f rom polit ical li fe and gone to li ve abr oad ! 39。 I tol d you yest er day and the day bef ore yesterday,39。s Radi cal Progr essive Part y. Af t er t he elect ions, Crawl ey went t o the f orm er Pr im e Mi nister39。monster s39。s steam hammer. Though in t hose days, t ravel li ng was not as easy as i t is t oday, st eam boats car ied t housands of vi si t or s across the Channel f rom Europe. On ar ivi ng in Engl and, they wer e taken to the Cr yst al Palace by t rain. There wer e s ix m il ion vi si tor s in al l, and the pr ofi ts f rom the exhibit ion wer e used t o buil d museum s and col leges. Later, t he Crystal Palace was moved to South London. It r em ai ned one of t he most f amous bui ldi ngs i n t he worl 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 p