【正文】 eventing him f rom f ollowing me ar ound al mor ni ng. 39。 Lesson77 A succesful operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The mummy of an Egypti an woman who died in 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper at ion. The mummy i s that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in t he Temple of Thebes. As ther e wer e str ange mar ks on the Xr ay plates taken of t he mummy, doct ors have been trying to f ind out whet her the woman di ed of arare disease. The onl y way t o do t hi s was to oper at e. The oper at ion, which last ed f or over four hour s, proved to be ver y di f icul t because of t he hard resin which covered the ski n. The doct or s removed a sect ion of the mummy and sent it to a labor at or y. They also found something which the X ray of t he god Duamutef. Thi s god whi ch has t he head of a cow was normal y pl aced inside a mummy. The doct or s have not yet deci ded how the woman died. They feared that the mummy would f al l to pieces when they cut i t open, but fort unately this has not happened. The mummy successf ul ly sur vi ved the operati on. Leson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Aft er r eadi ng an arti cl e enti tled 39。 we are t aking you t o the macar oni fi el ds of Cal abri a. Macaroni has been grown in t hi s ar ea f or over si x hundr ed year s. Two of the leadi ng growers, Gi useppe Moldova and Ricardo Brabant e, tel me that hey have been expecti ng a spl endid crop this year and har vest ing has begun earl ier t han usual . Here you can see two workers who, between them, have just fi ni shed cutt ing three cart loads of golden br own macar oni st al ks. The whol e vil lage has been working day and ni ght gathering and t hr eshing this year39。To end our speci al news bul letin,39。 SOS39。m Br inksley Meer s, and my other name is Glori a Gleam. Now you get out of here f ast !39。 said the sheri f wit h a sneer. 39。 39。t be too hard on us. I39。said Rockwal, 39。 39。m sher if f here. Do you see that not ice ? It says No Camping in case you can39。 he shouted: 39。 Meanwhil e, two other actors, Rockwal Sl inger and Merl in Greeves, had cari ed t wo large food baskets to a shady spot under some trees. When t hey had al made themselves fort able, a str anger apear ed. He l ooked very angry. 39。No newspaper men, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。t be beter , Gl or ia,39。 said Glori a Gleam. 39。s f ishing, or ei ght hours i n a cinema seei ng t he same f il m over and over again, i s usual y as f ar as t hey get . They have al been put to shame by a boy who, whi le playi ng t ruant , t ravel ed 1600 mi les. He hi tch hiked t o Dover and, towards evening, went i nt o a boat o fi nd somewher e to sl ep. When he woke up next morning, he di scovered that he boat had, i n the meantime, travel led to Calai s. No one noticed 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 cit y. 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 to England by t he l ocal aut hor it es. He has surely set up a record f or t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evading school. Leson74 Out of t he l imelight 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dry r iver bed and a party of famous act or s and act reses got off . Dr essed in dark glases and old clothes, they had taken speci al precautions so that no one should r ecognize them. But as they soon discover ed, di sguises can someti mes be too perf ect. 39。s f ootsteps many years later, Sir Malcol m39。 you have j ust ki led that child ! 39。Mr Eames, 39。Just one more t hi ng, Mr Eames. Let us suppose t hat a child suddenl y 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。m goi ng t o the dentist. 39。 I li ed, 39。 Would you mind my i ng wi th you ?39。 I39。 No, not at al l, 39。r e not busy doing anything, are you ?39。 Ber t answered. 39。 39。 I said. 39。have shown interest in t hi s new and unusual sport . But t hough air cycli st s may l earn how to f ly over short di st ances, and may, eventualy, even get across t he Engl ish Channel, it is doubtful whether t hey wil l ever cycle acr oss the Atl anti c. Lesson67 Volcanoes 火山 Har oun Tazief the Pol ish scientist, has spent his li fet ime st udying acti ve volcanoes and deep caves i n al l part s of the wor ld. In 1948, he went to l ake Kivu in t he Congo to observe anew volcano which he later named Kituro. Tazief was able to set up hi s camp ver y cl ose to the vol cano whi le it was erupting violent ly. Though he managed to t ake a number of br il iant photographs, he could not stay near t he volcano for very l ong. He noticed that a ri ver of l iqui d rock was ing towards hi m. I t threat ened t o surr ound him pl et el y, but Tazief managed t o escape just in t ime. He waited unt il the volcano became quiet and he was abl e t o return t wo days l at er . This t ime, he mana ged to cli mb into t he mouth of Ki turo so that he could take phot ogr aphs and measure temper at ur es. Tazief has often ri sked hi s l if e in this way. He has been abl e to tel us mor e about acti ve volcanoes than any man al ive. Leson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I cr ossed the st reet to avoi d meti ng him, but he saw me and came running towards me. It was no use pretendi ng t hat I had not seen him, so I waved t o hi m. I never enjoy meti ng Bert Dykes. He never has anyt hi ng t o do. No mat ter how busy you are, he always i nsis ts on ing wit h you. I had t o think of a way of preventing him f rom f ollowing me ar ound al mor ni ng. 39。Hullo, Ber t,39。Fancy meeting you here !39。Hull o, Elizabeth,39。 I was just wonderi ng how to spend the mor ni ngunt il I saw you. You39。 39。 I answer ed.39。m goi ng t o. . 39。 h