【正文】 Her e you can see t wo wor ker s who, bet ween t hem , have j ust fi nished cut ti ng thr ee cart l oads of gol den br own macar oni st al ks. The whol e vi l age has been wor ki ng day and ni ght gat heri ng and t hr eshi ng t his year39。 Lesson77 A successf ul operat ion 一例成功的手術 The mumm y of an Egypt ian wom an who di ed i n 800 B. C. has just had an operati on. The m um my i s t hat of Shepenm ut who was once a si nger i n t he Tem pl e of Thebes. As t here wer e st r ange m ar ks on the X r ay pl at es taken of t he m umm y, doct or s have been tr ying t o fi nd out whet her t he woman di ed of a r are di sease. The only way to do t his was t o oper ate. The oper at i on, whi ch l ast ed for over f our hour s, pr oved t o be ver y di f icult because of t he hard r esi n whi ch covered t he ski n. The doctor s removed a secti on of t he m um my and sent i t to a l abor ator y. They also f ound somet hi ng which t he Xr ay of t he god Duam ut ef . Thi s god whi ch has t he head of a cow was norm al l y pl aced i nsi de a m umm y. The doct or s have not yet decided how t he wom an died. They feared t hat t he m um my woul d f al l to pi eces when t hey cut it open, but f or tunat ely t his has not happened. The m ummy successfull y sur vi ved 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。 I l it a cigar et te t o calm my nerves. I smoked wi th concent rati on and pleasur e as I was sur e that this woul d be my last ci gar et te. For a whole week I did not smoke at al l and dur ing t his t ime, my wi f e suf fer ed ter ibl y. I had al t he usual sympt oms of som eone givi ng up smoki ng: a bad t emper and an enorm ous appet it e. My f ri ends kept on of f er ing m e cigaret es and ci gar s. They made no ef ort t o hide t hei r am usement whenever I pr oduced a packet of sweet s fr om m y pocket. Af t er seven days of this I went t o a part y. Everybody around me was smoki ng and I f elt extr em el y un for table. When my ol d f ri end Bri an urged me t o accept a cigaret e, i t was mor e than I coul d bear . I took one guil til y, lit i t and Geof f r ey l oves. He pr epar ed t he speech caref ul ly and went t o t he wedding wi th Jenny. He had included a lar ge number of f unny stor ies i n t he speech and, of course, i t was a great succes. As soon as he had fi nished, Jenny t ol d hi m she wanted to go home. Geof fr ey was a l it le disappoi nt ed by thi s but he di d as hi s daught er asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny i f she had enjoyed t he speech. To his surpr ise, she sai d she hadn39。s hospital . Dr essed up as Fat her Chri stmas and acpani ed by a 39。 of si x pr ety gir ls, he set of f down the main st reet of t he ci ty ri di ng a baby elephant cal led Jumbo. He, shoul d have known that t he poli ce would never al low t hi s sort of thi ng. A pol iceman approached Ji mm y and t old him he ought t o have gone al ong a si de str et as Jumbo was holdi ng up the tr af fi c. Though Jimmy agreed t o go at once, Jumbo ref used to move. Fif teen poli cemen had t o push very har d t o get him of f t he m ai n str eet . The pol ice had a di f icult t im e, but they wer e m ost am used. 39。 sai d a pol icem an af ter war ds, 39。t have t o car y him . Of cour se, we shoul d ar r est him, but a s he has a good r ecor d, we shal l et him of f t hi s t im e. 39。Hul l o, Bert ,39。Fancy meet ing you here !39。Hul lo, El izabet h,39。 I was j ust wonder ing how t o spend t he mor ning until I saw you. You39。 39。 I answer ed. 39。m goi ng t o.. . 39。 he asked, before I had fi nished speaking. ‘ Not at al l,39。but I39。 39。l l e wit h you,39。 Ther e39。wait ing room ! 39。Just one more thi ng, Mr Eam es. Let us suppose that a chi ld suddenly cr osses t he r oad in f ront of you. As soon as I t ap on the window, I want the car to be stopped i mmediate l y. 39。Mr Eames,39。 you have just kil led that child ! 39。s footsteps m any year s l at er, Si r Mal col m39。s fi shi ng, or ei ght hour s i n a cinema seeing the same f ilm over and over again, i s usual ly as f ar as they get . They have al been put to shame by a boy who, whi le playing tr uant , tr avel led 1600 mil es. He hi tch hiked to Dover and, t owards evening, went i nt o a boat to fi nd somewhere to sleep. When he woke up next morning, he discovered that t he boat had, i n the meanti me, t raveled to Calai s. No one not iced t he boy as he crept of f. Fr om there, he hit ch hiked t o Par is in a l orr y. The dr iver gave him a f ew bi scuit s and a cup of cof fee and l ef t hi m j ust out si de t he cit y. The next car the boy stopped did not take hi m int o t he centr e of Par is as he hoped i t would, but t o Per pi gnan on t he Fr enchSpanish bor der . There he was picked up by a pol iceman and sent back t o England by t he local authori ti es. He has surely set up a record for the thousands of boys who dream of evadi ng school . Lesson74 Out of the li meli ght 舞臺之外 An ancient bus st opped by a dr y ri ver bed and a par ty of f am ous act ors and act resses got of f . Dr essed in dark glasses and old cl othes, they had taken special pr ecauti ons so t hat no one should recogni ze them. But as they soon discovered, disguises can someti mes be too per fect. 39。 sai d Glor ia Gleam. 39。t be bet er, Gl ori a,39。No newspaper men, no fi lm fans! Why don39。 Meanwhil e, two other actor s, Rockwal Slinger and Merl in Gr eves, had car ri ed t wo large food basket s t o a shady spot under some t rees. When they had al l made t hemsel ves for table, a st ranger appear ed. He l ooked very angr y. 39。 he shouted: 39。m sheri f her e. Do you se that noti ce ? It says No Camping i n case you can39。 39。sai d Rockwal ,39。t be too har d on us. I39。 39。 sai d t he sher if f wi th a sneer. 39。m Br inksley Meer s, and my other name is Glor ia Gl eam. Now you get out of here fast !