【正文】 ri soner of war qui ckl y dragged him into the bushes. Wor ki ng rapidl y i n the darknes, he soon changed i nto t he dead man39。Ci gar et e Smoking and Your Health39。s crop befor e the September rai ns. On t he ri ght, you can see Mr s Br abante her self . She has been hel pi ng her husband for t hir ty years now. Mr s Br abante i s tal king t o the m anager of t he local f act or y wher e the crop is procesed. Thi s last scene shows you what wi l happen at the end of the harvest : t he famous Calabr ian macaroni eat ing peti ti on ! Signor Fr atel i, t he pr esent champi on, has won i t every year since 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull e tin for t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We are now ret urning you t o t he st udi o.39。 said t he voi ce of the t el evi si on announcer ,39。 in t he snow. Fort unat el y, a pil ot saw t he si gnal and sent a message by r adi o t o the nearest own. It was not long before a hel icopter ar ived on t he scene to r escue the sur vi vor s of the pl ane cr ash. Lesson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信號(hào) When a li ght passenger pl ane f lew off cour se som e ti me ago, i t cr ashed i n the m ount ai ns and it s pi lot was kil led. The onl y pa senger s, a young woman and her two baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. I t was the mi ddle of wi nt er. Snow l ay thick on t he ground. The wom an knew that the near est vi lage was miles away. When it gr ew dark. she turned a suit case int o a bed and put t he chi ldr en inside i t, cover ing t hem wi th al t he clothes she could fi nd. Dur ing t he night, it got ter ri bly cold. The woman kept as ne ar as she coul d t o the chil dren and even tr ied t o get i nto t he case herself , but it was t oo smal l. Ear ly , next mor ni ng she hear d planes passi ng overhead and wonder ed how she coul d send a si gnal. Then she had an idea. She stamped out the let ters39。Wel, I 39。 Oh, i s it ?39。m Rockwal Sli nger and t hi s is Merl in Gr eeves.39。 don39。 Look, sheri f , 39。t r ead ! 39。 I 39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you! 39。t we e more of ten ?39。 Br inksley Mer s agr eed. 39。 I t couldn39。Thi s is a wonder ful place for a pi i c, 39。s son, Donald, also set up a wor l d record. Like hi s father , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play tr uant f rom school ar e unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。t ol d t hat a mi st ake had been made. His average speed had been 301 m il es per hour . Since that ti me, racing dr ivers have reache d speeds of over 400 m il es an hour. Foll owing hi s father 39。s f oot st eps m any years l ater, Si r Malcolm 39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nem a seing the sam e fi lm over and over again, i s usual y 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 hitch hiked t o Dover and, towards evening, 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, i n the meanti me, tr avel ed to Calais. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. From ther e, he hit ch hiked t o Par i s in a l orr y. The dr iver gave hi m a few bi scui ts and a cup of cof fee and l ef t him just out si de the cit y. The next car t he boy st opped di d not t ake hi m i nto t he cent re of Pari s as he hoped i t woul d, but to Per pignan on the Fr ench Spanish border . Ther e he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to Engl and by the local aut hor it ies. He has sur el y set up a r ecor d f or t he thousands of boys who dream of evadi ng school. Leson74 Out of the l im el ight 舞臺(tái)之外 An anci ent bus stopped by a dry ri ver bed and a par ty of famous act ors and actr esses got off . Dressed in dark gl ases and ol d clot hes, they had taken special precaut ions so that no one should r ecognize t hem . But as t hey soon discover ed, disguises can someti mes be too per fect. 39。 said Glor ia Gl eam . 39。t be bet er, Gl or ia, 39。No newspaper m en, no f il m f ans! Why don39。 Meanwhil e, t wo other act ors, Rockwal l Sl inger and Merl in Gr eeves, had car ri ed two large f ood baskets t o a shady spot under some tr es. When they had al made t hemselves for table, a str anger appeared. He looked very angry. 39。 he shout ed: 39。m sheri f here. Do you see that notice ? It says No Cam pi ng in case you can39。 39。sai d Rockwal ,39。t be t oo har d on us. I39。 39。 sai d the sher i f wi th a sneer. 39。m Br inksl ey Meers, and my other name is Glor ia Gl eam . Now you get out of her e f ast !39。 SOS39。To end our speci al news bull et in, 39。 we ar e taking you t o t he macar oni f ields of Calabri a. Macar oni has been gr own i n thi s ar ea for over si x hundr ed year s. Two of the leading gr ower s, Gi useppe Moldova and Ri cardo Br abante, tel l me that they ha ve been expect ing a splendid cr op thi s year and har vest ing has begun earl ier than usual . Her e you can see t wo wor ker s who, bet ween them, have j ust f ini shed cutt ing t hr ee car t loads of gol den br own m acaroni stalks. The whol e vil lage has been wor king day and night gat her ing and t hr eshi ng thi s year39。 Lesson77 A sucessf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m ummy of an Egypti an woman who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper ati on. The mumm y is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in t he Temple of Thebes. As ther e were st range marks on t he Xr ay plates t aken of t he mummy, doct ors have been t ryi ng to fi nd out whether the wom an died of a r ar e disease. The onl y way t o do thi s was to operat e. The operati on, whi ch lasted f or over four hours, pr oved to be ver y dif fi cul t because of the har d resin which cover ed the skin. The doct or s r em oved a secti on of t he mumm y and sent it t o a l abor at 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 h