【正文】 s r et ir ed, he wi l devot e him sel f t o gardening. For hi m, thi s wil l be an ent ir el y new hobby. But t hi s does not mat ter, f or, as he has of ten r em ar ked, one i s never too ol d to lear n. Lesson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he man t ri ed to swi ng the speedboat round, t he steer i ng wheel came away in his hands. He waved desperatel y to hi s pani on, who had been water skii ng for the l ast f if teen mi nut es. Both men had har dly had t im e to r eal ize what was happening when t hey were t hrown vi ol ent1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but i t cont inued to m ove ver y quickly across the wat er . Both m en had just begun to swi m towards t he shor e. when t hey not iced wi th di smay t hat t he chi l dr en inside i t, cover ing t hem wi th al l t he clothes she coul d fi nd. Dur ing t he night, i t got t er ri bly cold. The woman kept as near as she could t o t he chi ldren and even tr ied t o get i nto t he case herself , but i t was t oo smal . Ear ly , next mor ning she hear d planes passi ng over head and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an i dea. She st amped out t he let er s39。 t o people on t hei r way t o wor k. Thi s wil l reli eve pr esur e on the t rai ns t o som e ext ent . Meanwhil e, a num ber of uni ver sit y st udent s have vol unt er ed t o dr ive buses whi le t he st ri ke l asts. Al t he young m en are exper t dri ver s, but bef or e t hey dri ve any of t he buses, t hey wil l have t o pas a speci al t est . The st udent s ar e going t o t ake t he test i n t wo days39。 Lesson84 O n st ri ke 罷工 Busm en have deci ded t o go on st ri ke next week. The str i ke i s due to begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong it wi l l ast. The busm en have st at ed t hat the str i ke wi l conti nue unti l gener al agr ement i s r eached about pa y and worki ng condit ions. Most peopl e bel i eve t hat t he st ri ke wil l last f or at l east a week. Many owner s of pri vat e car s are goi ng t o of fer 39。 answer ed Cr awl ey, 39。Mr Lane was def eat ed i n t he el ect ions. He has r et ir ed f rom pol it ical if e and gone to l i ve abr oad ! 39。 I tol d you yest er day and t he day bef ore yest erday, 39。s Radical Pr ogressi ve Par t y. Af t er t he el ect ions, Cr awl ey went t o t he f orm er Pr im e Mi ni st er39。m onst ers39。s steam hamm er . Though i n t hose days, tr avel li ng was not as easy as i t is t oday, steam boats car ied t housands of vi si tor s acr oss t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ar ri ving i n England, t hey were t aken t o t he Cr ystal Pal ace by tr ai n. Ther e wer e si x mi ll ion vi si tor s in al , and the pr of it s f rom the exhi bit i on wer e used t o buil d m useum s and col leges. Later, t he Cr yst al Palace was m oved t o Sout h London. It r emai ned one of t he m ost f am ous buil dings i n the wor ld unt il it was bur nt down i n 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil l ed t he guar d, t he pri soner of war qui ckl y dr agged him i nt o t he bushes. Wor king r api dl y i n t he dar kness, he soon changed i nt o t he dead man39。Ci gar et t e Sm oki ng and Your Heal t h39。s cr op bef or e t he Sept em ber r ai ns. On the r ight, you can se Mr s Brabant e hersel f. She has been hel pi ng her husband for t hi rt y year s now. Mr s Br abante i s tal ki ng t o the m anager of t he l ocal f act or y wher e the cr op i s pr ocessed. Thi s l ast scene shows you what wi l happen at t he end of t he har vest : t he f am ous Cal abr i an m acar oni eati ng pet it on ! Si gnor Fr at el li , the pr esent cham pi on, has won it ever y year si nce 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull et i n for t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We ar e now r et urni ng you t o t he st udi o.39。 sai d the voice of t he t elevisi on announcer,39。 i n t he snow. Fort unat el y, a pi l ot saw t he si gnal and sent a m essage by r adi o t o t he nearest t own. It was not long befor e a hel i copter ar i ved on t he scene t o rescue t he sur vi vors of t he pl ane cr ash. Leson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。chil dr en i nsi de it , coveri ng t hem wit h al t he cl othes she coul d f i nd. Dur ing t he ni ght , it got ter ri bl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d t o t he chil dren and even tr ied t o get i nto t he case herself, but it was t oo sm al. Ear ly , next m or ning she hear d planes passi ng over head and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal. Then she had an i dea. She st am ped out t he let ers39。 SOS39。To end our speci al news bull eti n, 39。 we are t aki ng you t o t he macar oni fi el ds of Cal abr i a. Macar oni has been gr own in t his ar ea f or over si x hundr ed years. Two of t he leadi ng gr ower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ricar do Br abante, tel m e that they have been expecti ng a splendi d cr op this year and har vesti ng has begun earli er than usual. Her e you can se t wo wor ker s who, bet ween them , have j ust fi nished cut ti ng t hr ee car t loads of gol den br own m acaroni st alks. The whol e vil lage has been wor ki ng day and night gat her i ng and t hreshi ng t hi s year39。 Leson77 A successful operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m umm y of an Egypti an wom an who di ed i n 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper at ion. The m umm y is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a singer i n t he Tem ple of Thebes. As t her e wer e st range m ar ks on t he X ray pl at es t aken of t he mumm y, doctor s have been tr ying t o fi nd out whet her t he wom an died of a r ar e di sease. The onl y way t o do t his was t o oper at e. The oper at i on, which l ast ed for over f our hour s, pr oved t o be ver y di f icult because of the har d r esi n whi ch cover ed t he ski n. The doct or s r em oved a sect i on of t he m umm y and sent it t o a l aborat 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 norm al ly pl aced i nsi de a m umm