【正文】 167。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 pri soner marched bol dly up and down i n f ront of the camp. He coul d hear shout ing i n t he camp it self . Lights wer e blazing and m en wer e 1 生豬養(yǎng)殖場生產(chǎn)線可行性研究報(bào)告 目 錄 第 1 章 總 論 . ７ 167。 I l it a cigaret te t o cal m my nerves. I sm oked 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 ri bly. 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 for 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 del ighted t hat t hi ngs had r etur ned t o norm al 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(jī) I used t o tr avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used to l i ve i n Sout h Amer ica and I used t o f ly t her e f rom Europe in the holi days . An air host ess would take char ge of m e and I never had an unpl easant exper ience. I am used t o tr avel li ng by ai r and onl y on one occasion have I ever f el t fr ightened. Af t er t aki ng off , we wer e fl ying l ow over t he city and sl owl y gaini ng hei ght, when the pl ane suddenl y tur ned r ound and fl ew back t o t he ai rpor t. Whi le we were wai ti ng to land, an air hostess tol d us to keep cal m and t o get of f the pl ane qui et ly as soon as it had touched down. Everybody on boar d was wor ri ed and we were cur ious to fi nd out what had happened. Later we l ear nt t hat t her e was a very impor tant per son on board. The poli ce had been tol d that a bomb had been pl ant ed on the pl ane. Af ter we had landed, t he plane was searched thor oughly. Fort unat ely, not hing was f ound and f ive hours l ater we wer e abl e to take off again. Lesson80 The Cryst al Pal ace 水晶宮 Perhaps the most extr aor di nary buil ding of t he ni eent h cent ury was t he Cr yst al Palace, whi ch was built i n Hyde Park for the Gr eat Exhi bi ti on of 1851. The Cr yst al Palace was dif fer ent f rom al l other bui ldi ngs i n the wor l d, f or it was made of ir on and gl as. It was one of the bi ggest bui ldings of al t ime and a l ot of people f rom many count ri es came t o see it . A great many goods wer e sent t o the exhibit ion f r om vari ous par ts of the wor ld. There was al so a gr eat deal of m achiner y on display. The most wonderf ul pi ece of machinery on show was Nasm yt h39。 Lesson77 A sucesf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m um my of an Egyptian wom an who died i n 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper at i on. The mum my i s that of Shepenm ut who was once a singer in t he Temple of Thebes. As t her e were st range marks on t he X ray plat es t aken of t he mummy, doct ors have been tr yi ng to fi nd out whet her t he wom an died of a r ar e disease. The onl y way t o do t hi s was to oper at e. The operat ion, whi ch lasted f or over f our hours, proved to be ver y dif fi cul t because of t he har d r esin which cover ed the skin. The doct ors r em oved a secti on of the mumm y and sent it t o a l abor at ory. They al so found som ething whi ch the X r ay of t he god Duamutef. Thi s god which has the head of a cow was normal ly pl aced i nside a mummy. The doct ors have not yet deci ded how the woman di ed. They f ear ed that the mummy would fal t o pieces when the y cut i t open, but f ort unat el y thi s has not happened. The mummy successf ully sur vived the operati on. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Aft er readi ng an art icle ent it led 39。 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 area f or over si x hundr ed year s. Two of the leading gr ower s, Giuseppe Moldova and Ri cardo Br abant e, 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 inished cut ti ng thr 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 gather ing and thr eshi ng this year39。To end our speci al news bull et in, 39。 SOS39。m Br inksley Mer s, and my ot her name i s Gl or ia Gleam. Now you get out of here fast ! 39。 said t he sheri f f wi t h a sneer . 39。 39。t be too hard on us. I 39。said Rockwal l,39。 39。m sher if f her e. Do you se t hat noti ce ? I t says No Camping i n case you can39。 he shouted: 39。 Me anwhi le, two other act or s, Rockwal Sl inger and Merl in Gr eeves, had car ied t wo l arge f ood basket s to a shady spot under some t rees. When they had al made themselves for table, a st ranger appear ed. He looked ver y angry. 39。No newspaper men, no fi lm 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 seeing t he sam e fi lm over and over again, is usualy 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 hi tch hiked to Dover and, towards eveni ng, went int o a boat o f ind somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next m or ni ng, he di scovered t hat the 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 ive