【正文】 mummy woul d fal to pieces when they cut it open, but f or tunately t hi s has not happened. The mummy succesfully survived t he oper at ion. Leson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter eading an art icle ent itl ed 39。 we are taking you to t he macar oni fi elds of Calabria. Macaroni has been grown in t hi s area for over six hundr ed years. Two of the leading grower s, Giuseppe Mol dova and Ricar do Br abant e, tel me that t hey have been expecting a spl endi d cr op this year and harvest ing has begun ear li er than usual. Here you can see two worker s who, between t hem, have j ust fi ni shed cutti ng t hr e cart loads of golden br own macaroni stalks. The whol e vi l age has been wor ki ng day and night gat heri ng and threshing this year 39。To end our speci al news bulleti n, 39。 SOS39。m Bri nksl ey Mers, and my ot her name is Gl or ia Gleam. Now you get out of her e f ast !39。 said t he sher if wi th a sneer . 39。 39。t be too har d on us. I 39。said Rockwal ,39。 39。m sheri f here. Do you se that notice ? It says No Campi ng in case you can39。 he shouted: 39。 Meanwhile, two other act or s, Rockwal l Sl i nger and Mer lin Gr eves, had car ied two large f ood baskets to a shady spot under some tr es. When they had al made t hems el ves for tabl e, a st ranger appear ed. He looked very angr y. 39。No newspaper men, no f il m fans! Why don39。t be bet ter, Glori a, 39。 sai d Gloria Gl eam. 39。s f ishi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nema seing the same fi lm over and over again, is usual ly as f ar as they get. They have al l been put t o shame by a boy who, whil e playing tr uant, travel led 1600 miles. He hitch hiked to Dover and, t owards eveni ng, went into a boat to f ind somewhere to sleep. When he woke up next mor ni ng, he discover ed t hat the boat had, in t he meanti me, tr aveled to Calais. No one not iced the boy as he cr ept off. From t here, he hit chhiked to Par is in a l or ry. The driver gave him a few biscuit s and a cup of coffee and l ef t him just out si de t he city. The next car the boy stopped di d not take him into the centr e of Par is as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the Fr ench Spani sh border . Ther e he was picked up by a pol iceman and sent back t o England by t he l ocal aut hor it es. He has urely set up a r ecord f or the thousands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school . Leson74 Out of the li mel ight 舞臺之外 An ancient bus stopped by a dr y ri ver bed and a par ty of famous actors and actr esses got of f. Dresed in dar k gl asses and old clothes, t hey had t aken special pr ecaut ions so that no one shoul d recogni ze t hem. But as t hey soon discovered, disgui ses can sometimes be t oo perf ect. 39。s foot st eps many years l at er , Sir Malcolm39。 you ha ve j ust ki led that child ! 39。Mr Eames, 39。Just one more t hi ng, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a child suddenly cr osses the road i n fr ont of you. As soon as I tap on t he wi ndow, I want the car to be st opped i mmediately.39。wait ing room !39。 There39。l l e with you, 39。 39。but I39。 he asked, before I had f inished speaking. ‘ Not at al l,39。m going t o. . 39。 I answer ed.39。 39。 I was just wondering how to spend the mor ni ngunt il I saw you. You39。Hullo, Elizabeth,39。Fancy meet ing you her e !39。Hullo, Ber t,39。t have to car ry him. Of cour se, we should ar est hi m, but as he has a good record, we shal l et him of f t hi s time.39。 sai d a poli ceman af ter war ds, 39。 of six pret y gir ls, he set off down t he main st r et of the ci ty ri di ng a baby el phant cal led Jumbo. He, should have known that t he pol ice woul d never al low t hi s ort of t hi ng. A poli ceman approached Jimmy and t ol d him he ought t o have gone al ong a si destr et as Jumbo was hol di ng up t he t rafi c. Though Jimm y agreed t o go at once, Jumbo ref used t o m ove. Fi f t een pol icemen had t o push very har d to get him of f the m ain str et. The poli ce had a dif fi cult ti me, but they wer e most a mused. 39。s hospi tal. Dresed up as Father Chri stm as and ac panied by a 39。Geof f r ey l oves. He pr epar ed the speech carefull y and went to the wedding wit h Jenny. He had incl uded a l ar ge number of f unny st or ies in the speech and, of course, it was a gr eat success. As soon as he had f inished, Jenny t old him she wanted to go home. Geof fr ey was a lit tl e di sappointed by t hi s but he did as hi s daughter asked. On t he way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his sur pr ise, she said she hadn39。t . Geoffr ey asked her why this was so and she told hi m that she did not l ike to se so many people laughing at him! Lesson64 The Channel Tunel 海峽隧道 I n l858, aFrench engineer, Aime Thome de Gamond, ar ived i n England with a plan for a twent y one mil e tunnel across the Engl ish Channel. He said that i t would be possible t o buil d a pl at form in the centr e of the Channel. This pl at form would ser ve as a por t and a railway st at ion. The tunnel woul d be wel venti lated if tal chi mneys were built above sea level. In 1860, a bet er plan was put f or war d by an Engl ishman, Wi li am Low. He suggest ed t hat a double r ai l way tunnel should be buil t. Thi s would sol ve t he pr oblem of vent il at ion, f or if atr ai n enter ed t his t unnel, i t would draw i n f resh air behi nd it . Fort y t wo years l at er atunnel was act ual y begun. I f, at he t ime, t he Br it sh had not fear ed i nvasi on, i t would have been pleted. Recent ly, t her e has agai n been gr eat inte rest i n t he i dea of a Channel Tunnel . I f it is bui lt, it wil l connect Bri tain t o Eur ope for t he f ir st tim e in hist ory. Leson65 Jumbo versus t he pol ice 小象對警察 Last Chr istm as, the ci rcus owner, Jimmy Gates, decided t o take som e pr esents t o a chil dr en39。guar d of honour39。Jumbo must weigh a few tons, 39。so it was for tunate t hat we didn39。 Lesson66 Swet as honey! 像蜜一樣甜！ The Hat held Puffi n is a modern aer