【正文】 ca and I used to fl y ther e fr om Eur ope in t he hol idays. An ai rhostess would t ake char ge of me and I never had an unpl easant experi ence. I am used t o tr avel li ng by air and only on one occasion have I ever f e lt fr ight ened. Aft er t aking off , we wer e fl ying l ow over the cit y and sl owly gai ni ng height, when t he pl ane suddenl y tur ned round and fl ew ba ck to t he air por t. While we were wait ng to land, an ai r host ess tol d us to keep calm and to get off t he pl ane qui etly as soon as it had touched down. Everybody on boar d was wor ri ed and we wer e cur ious to fi nd out what had happened. Later we l ear nt that here was a ver y impor tant per son on boar d. The poli ce had been t ol d t hat a bomb had been planted on t he pl ane. Af ter we had l anded, t he plane was sear ched t hor oughl y. For tunately, nothing was f ound and f i ve hour s later we wer e able t o take off again. Leson80 The Cryst al Pal ace 水晶宮 Per haps the most extr aor dinary bui lding of t he nieent h cent ury was the 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 ld, f or it 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 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 succesf ul operat ion 一例成功的手術(shù) The mum my of an Egypt ian wom an who died i n 800 . has just had an oper at ion. The mummy is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a singer i n t he Tem pl e of Thebes. As there wer e str ange m ar ks on the X r ay plates taken of the m um my, doct or s have been t rying to f ind out whether the woman di ed of a rar e disease. The only way to do this was to operate. The oper ati on, whi ch last ed for over four hour s, pr oved t o be very di f icult because of the hard resin whi ch covered t he ski n. The doctor s removed a sect ion of t he mummy and sent it to a laborator y. They also f ound somet hi ng which t he X ray of t he god Duamut ef. This god whi ch has t he head of a cow was nor mal y placed inside a m ummy. The doct or s have not yet decided how t he woman died. They feared t hat t he mummy woul d f al to pi eces when t hey cut it open, but for tunately this has not happened. The mummy successful ly survi ved t he oper ati on. Leson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af t er r eadi ng an art icle enti tl ed 39。 we are t aki ng you to the macaroni fi el ds of Cal abr ia. Macaroni has been grown in t his ar ea f or over six hundred years. Two of the l eadi ng grower s, Gi useppe Moldova and Ri car do Brabant e, t el me t hat hey have been expecti ng a spl endi d crop t his year a nd harvesting has begun ear li er t han usual. Her e you can see two workers who, between t hem , have just fi nished cut ti ng three cart l oads of golden brown macar oni stal ks. The whole vi l age has been worki ng day and ni ght gatheri ng and threshing t his year 39。To end our special news bul leti n,39。 SOS39。m Br i nksley Mer s, and my ot her name is Gl ori a Gleam. Now you get out of here 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 t hat not ice ? I t says No Camping i n case you can39。 he shouted: 39。 Meanwhil e, t wo other act ors, Rockwal l Sl inger and Merl in Greeves, had car ri ed two large f ood baskets t o a shady spot under some tr es. When they had al m ade t hemselves for table, a str anger appeared. He looked ver y angry. 39。No newspaper m en, no f il m 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 seing the same fi lm over and over again, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al been put t o shame by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hitch hiked t o Dover and, towards eveni ng, 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, 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 iver gave hi m a f ew bi scuit s and a cup of cof fee and lef t hi m just out si de the cit y. The next car t he boy st opped did not t ake hi m i nto t he cent re of Pari s as he hoped i t woul d, but t o Per pignan on the Fr ench Spanish bor der . Ther e he was picked up by a poli ceman and sent back to Engl and by the l ocal aut hor it ies. He has sur el y set up a recor d f or the t housands of boys who dream of evadi ng school. Leson74 Out of the l im elight 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus stopped by a dry ri ver bed and a part y of famous act ors and actr esses got off . Dr essed in dark glases and ol d clot hes, they had taken special precaut ions so that no one should recogni ze t hem. But as t hey soon discover ed, disguises can someti mes be too per fect. 39。s foot st eps m any years l ater, Si r Malcolm 39。 you have j ust kil led t hat chil d !39。Mr Eames,39。Just one more t hing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenl y crosses t he road in fr ont of you. As soon as I tap on the wi ndow, I want t he car to be stopped im medi ately. 39。wai ti ng room !39。 There39。l l e wit h you,39。 39。but I39。 he asked, bef ore I had f ini shed speaking. ‘ Not at al l,39。 39。 I 39。 No, not at al ,39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。 Bert answer ed. 39。Fancy meeti ng you her e ! 39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。t have t o car ry hi m. Of cour se, we should ar r est hi m, but as he has a good r ecor d, we shal l l et him off t his t im e.39。 sai d a pol i ceman aft er war ds, 39。at once, Jum bo r ef