【正文】 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 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 bom b had been pl ant ed on the plane. Aft er we had landed, the pl ane was searc hed 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 Per haps the most ext raordi nar y buil di ng of the ni enth centur y was the Cr ystal Pal ace, which was bui lt in Hyde Par k f or t he Gr eat Exhibit ion of 1851. The Cr ystal Pal ace was di f erent fr om al ot her buil dings in t he wor ld, for it was m ade of i ron a nd glass. I t was one of t he biggest buil di ngs of al l tim e and a lot of peopl e fr om m any countr ies cam e to see i t. A gr eat many goods were sent to t he exhi bi ti on fr om var ious par ts of t he worl d. Ther e 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 sucessf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m um my of an Egypti an woman who died i n 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper at ion. The mumm y is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a singer in t he Tem ple of Thebes. As ther e were str ange marks on t he Xr ay plates t aken of the m ummy, doct ors have been t ryi ng to f ind out whether the woman di ed of a rar e disease. 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 reading an ar ti cl e ent it led 39。 we ar e t aki ng you to t he macar oni f iel ds of Cal abr ia. Macaroni has been grown in t his area f or over six hundred years. Two of the l eadi ng gr owers, Gi us eppe Moldova and Ricardo Br abant e, t el me t hat t hey have been expecting a spl endi d crop t hi s year and harvest ing has begun ear li er t han usual. Here you can see two workers who, between t hem, have just fi ni shed cutt ing 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 speci al news bull eti n, 39。 SOS39。m Br i nksley Meer s, and my other name is Gl ori a Gleam. Now you get out of her e 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 that not ice ? I t says No Campingi n case you can39。 he shouted: 39。 Meanwhi le, 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 fi lm f ans! Why don39。t be bet t er , Gl or ia,39。 said Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。s hom e. We shal l al l r em em ber Mr Page f or hi s 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 coff ee and l eft him j ust out side t he ci ty. The next car t he boy stopped di d not take him i nt o t he centr e of Par is as he hoped it woul d, but t o Per pi gnan on t he Fr enchSpani sh bor der. There he was pi cked up by a pol icem an and sent back t o England by t he l ocal aut hori ti es. He has surel y set up a r ecor d f or t he t housands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school . Lesson74 O ut of t he li m eli ght 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dr y r iver bed and a par ty of f am ous act or s and act resses got of f. Dressed i n dar k gl asses and ol d cl ot hes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecognize t hem. But as t hey soon di scover ed, di sgui ses can som et im es be t oo perf ect . 39。 t o people on their way t o wor k. Thi s wil l reli eve pr esure on the t rains t o som e ext ent . Meanwhil e, a number of uni ver si ty st udents have volunteered t o dri ve buses whi le t he st ri ke lasts. Al t he young men a r e exper t dr ivers, but bef or e t hey dr ive any of the buses, they wi l have to pass a special test. The student s are going to t ake t he test in t wo days39。 Lesson84 O n strike 罷工 Busmen have deci ded to go on st ri ke next week. The str ike i s due to begin on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong it wi l l ast. The busmen have st at ed that the str ike wi l conti nue unt il gener al agreement is r eached about pay and wor king condit ions. Most peopl e bel ieve t hat t he st ri ke wil l last f or at l east a week. Many owner s of pr i vat e car s are going t o of fer 39。 answer ed Cr awl ey,39。 39。 he shout ed, 39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane l ived t her e, t he pol ic eman on duty told hi m that si nce hi s def eat , the exPr ime Mi ni ster had gone abr oad. On t he fol lowi ng day, Cr awl ey went to t he house agai n. The same poli cem an was just wal king slowl y past t he ent rance, when Cr awley asked the sam e questi on.