【正文】 rhostes woul d take charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experi ence. I am used to t raveli ng by air and only on one occasi on have I ever f elt f ri ght ened. Af ter taking of f, we wer e f lying l ow over the cit y and slowl y gai ning height, when t he plane suddenl y t urned r ound and f lew back t o the ai rport . Whil e we wer e wai ting to l and, an air hostes t old us t o keep cal m and t o get of f the plane quietl y as soon as i t had touched down. Ever ybody on board was worr ied and we wer e curi ous to f ind out what had happened. Lat er we learnt t hat ther e was a ver y i mport ant person on boar d. The pol ice had been told that a bomb had been pl ant ed on the plane. Aft er we had landed, the pl ane was searched thoroughly. Fort unatel y, nothi ng was found and f ive hour s l at er we were abl e to t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 Perhaps the most extr aor dinary bui lding of t he nieent h cent ury was t he Cr yst al Palace, whi ch was bui lt i n Hyde Park for the Gr eat Exhi bi ti on of 1851. The Cr ystal Palace was dif fer ent f rom al l other bui ldings i n the wor ld, f or i t was made of ir on and gl as. It was one of the bi ggest bui ldings of al ti me and a l ot of people f rom many count ri es came t o se it . A great many goods wer e sent to the exhibit ion f rom vari ous part s of the wor ld. There was al so a gr eat deal of machinery on di spl ay. The most wonder ful piece of machi ner y on show was Nasmyth39。 Lesson77 A succesf ul operat ion 一例成功的手術(shù) The mummy of an Egypti an woman who di ed in 800 B. C. has just had an operati on. The m um my i s that of Shepenm ut who was once a si nger in the Temple of Thebes. As t her e wer e st range mar ks on the X ray pl at es taken of t he mummy, doctor s have been tr ying t o fi nd out whet her t he woman died of a r are di sease. The onl y way to do t his was t o oper ate. The oper at ion, which l ast ed for over f our hour s, proved t o be ver y dif f icult because of t he har d r esi n which covered t he skin. The doctors r emoved a secti on of the m um my and sent i t to a l abor atory. They also f ound somethi ng which t he Xr ay of the god Duamutef . Thi s god which has the head of a cow was norm al ly pl aced i nsi de a mumm y. The doctor s have not yet deci ded how t he woman died. They f ear ed that the m um my woul d fal l to pi eces when the y cut it open, but fort unat ely t his has not happened. The m ummy successf ull y sur vived t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eadi ng an ar ti cle enti tl ed 39。 we ar e taking you t o the m acar 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 t he leading gr ower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ri car do Br abante, tel l m e that they have been expect ing a splendid cr op this year and har vesti ng 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 cutti ng t hr ee car t loads of gol den br own macaroni st alks. The whol e vil lage has been wor ki ng day and ni ght gat her ing and thr eshi ng this year39。To end our special news bull et in,39。 SOS39。m Br inksl ey Meers, and my other name i s Glor ia Gl eam . Now you get out of her e f ast ! 39。 sai d the sheri f wi th a sneer. 39。 39。t be too hard on us. I39。said Rockwal ,39。 39。m sher if f her e. Do you see t hat noti ce ? It says No Camping i n case you can39。 he shouted: 39。 Meanwhi l e, t wo ot her act ors, Rockwal Sl inger and Merl in Gr eeves, had car ri ed two l arge f ood basket s to a shady spot under some t r 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 ilm f ans! Why don39。t be bet er, Gl ori a,39。 sai d Gl or i a Gleam. 39。s f ishi ng, or eight hour s i n a cinema seei ng the same f il m over and over agai n, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al l been put to shame by a boy who, whil e playing tr uant, t raveled 1600 m iles. He hit ch hi ked t o Dover and, towar ds evening, went i nto a boat to fi nd somewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next m orning, he discover ed tha t he boat had, i n t he m eant im e, tr avel led t o Calai s. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tch hi ked t o Pari s i n a lor ry. The dri ver gave hi m a f ew biscui ts and a cup of cof f ee and l eft him j ust out si de t he ci ty. The next car t he boy st opped di d not take him i nt o t he cent r e of Par is as he hoped i t woul d, but t o Per pi gnan on t he Fr enchSpani sh bor der. There he was pi cked up by a poli cem an and sent back t o England by t he l ocal authori ti es. He has sur el y set up a r ecor d for t he t housands of boys who dr eam of evading school. Lesson74 O ut of t he li m el ight 舞臺之外 An ancient bus st opped by a dr y ri ver bed and a part y of f am ous actor s and actr eses got of f. Dr esed i n dar k glasses and old cl ot hes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecaut i ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecogni ze them . But as t hey soon di scover ed, di sgui ses can som et im es be t oo per f ect. 39。s footsteps many years l at er, Sir Malcolm39。s Radi cal Pr ogr esive Par ty. Aft er the electi ons, Cr awl ey went to t he for mer Pri me Minister 39。m onst ers39。s st eam ham mer. Though i n those days, tr avel i ng was not as easy as it i s t oday, st eam boat s car ri ed t housands of visit ors acr oss t he Channel f r om Eur ope. On ar 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 were si x m il li on visit ors i n al , and t he pr of it s fr om t he exhi bi ti on wer e used t o buil d museum s and coll eges. Lat er, t he Cr ystal Pal ace was m oved to Sout h London. It r em ai ned one of t he m ost fam ous buil di ngs in t he worl d unti l it was bur nt down i n 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When