【正文】 i gnor Fr at el li , the pr esent cham pi on, has won it ever y year si nce 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull et i n for t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st. We ar e now r et ur ni ng you t o t he st udi o. 39。 Lesson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m um my of an Egypti an wom an who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an operati on. The m umm y 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 str ange m ar ks on t he Xr ay pl ates t aken of t he m umm y, doct or s have been t ryi ng to f i nd out whet her t he wom an di ed of a r ar e disease. The onl y way t o do t hi s was t o oper at e. The oper at ion, which l ast ed f or over f our hour s, pr oved t o be ver y dif fi cul t because of t he har d r esi n whi ch covered t he ski n. The doctor s rem oved a sect ion of t he m um m y and sent i t t o a laborat or y. They al so f ound som et hi ng whi ch the X r ay of t he god Duam ut ef. Thi s god whi ch has the head of a cow was norm al ly pl aced i nsi de a m ummy. The doct or s have not yet deci ded how t he woman di ed. They feared t hat t he m umm y woul d f al l t o pi eces when t hey cut it open, but f or t unatel y thi s has not happened. The m umm y succesf ul ly sur vi ved the oper ati on. Leson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Aft er r eadi ng an arti cle enti tl ed 39。Ci gar et t e Sm oki ng and Your Heal t h39。 I li t a ci garet e t o calm m y ner ves. I sm oked wit h concentr at i on and pl easure as I was sure t hat t hi s woul d be m y l ast cigar et e. For a whol e week I did not sm oke at al and duri ng t hi s ti me, m y wi f e suf fer ed t er i bl y. I had al t he usual sym pt om s of som eone gi vi ng up sm oki ng: a bad t em per and an enorm ous appet it e. My f ri ends kept on of f er ing m e ci garet es and ci gar s. They m ade no ef ort t o hi de t hei r am usem ent whenever I produced a packet of sweet s fr om m y pocket. Aft er seven days of t hi s I went t o a part y. Ever ybody ar ound m e was sm oki ng and I felt extr em ely un f or t abl e. When m y old f ri end Bri an ur ged m e to accept a ci gar et te, it was m or e t han I could bear. I t ook one guil ti l y, li t it and sm oked wit h sat isf acti on. My wi fe was deli ghted t hat t hi ngs had r et ur ned t o nor mal once m or e. Anyway, as Br ian poi nt ed out , i t is t he easi est t hi ng in t he worl d t o gi ve up sm oki ng. He him sel f has done i t l ots of t im es! Lesson79 By air 乘飛機 I used to t r avel by ai r a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used to l i ve i n South Am eri ca and I used t o fl y t her e fr om Eur ope in t he hol i days. An air host ess woul d t ake char ge of m e and I never had an unpl easant exper i ence. I am used t o t ravel li ng by air and onl y on one occasi on have I ever felt f ri ght ened. Af ter t aki ng of f, we were f l yi ng l ow over t he ci t y and sl owly gai ni ng hei ght , when t he pl ane suddenl y t ur ned round and fl ew back t o t he air por t. Whil e we wer e wait ing t o l and, an ai r host es t old us t o keep calm and t o get of f t he pl ane qui et ly as soon as it had t ouched down. Ever ybody on boar d was wor ri ed and we wer e cur i ous t o fi nd out what had happened. Lat er we learnt t hat t her e was a ver y im port ant person on board. The pol i ce had been t ol d t hat a bomb had been pl ant ed on t he pl ane. Af ter we had l anded, t he pl ane was sear ched t horoughl y. For t unatel y, not hi ng was f ound and f ive hours l at er we wer e abl e t o take off agai n. Lesson80 The Cryst al Pal ace 水晶宮 Per haps the m ost ext r aor di nar y buil ding of t he ni eent h cent ur y was t he Cr ystal Palace, whi ch was bui lt i n Hyde Par k f or the Gr eat Exhi bi ti on of 1851. The Cr ystal Pal ace was di f fer ent fr om al l ot her buil di ngs i n the wor l d, f or i t was m ade of i r on and gl ass. It was one of the bi ggest buil dings of al l tim e and a l ot of peopl e f rom m any countr i es came t o see i t. A great m any goods wer e sent t o the exhi bit ion f r om var i ous part s of the wor ld. Ther e was also a gr eat deal of m achi ner y on di spl ay. The m ost wonder f ul pi ece of machinery on show wa s Nasm yt h39。s st eam ham m er. Though i n t hose days, tr avel i ng was not as easy as it i s t oday, st eam boat s car ri ed thousands of vi si t or s acr oss t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ar ri ving i n England, t hey were t aken t o t he Crystal Pal ace by tr ai n. Ther e were si x mil li on visit ors i n al , and t he pr of it s fr om t he exhi bi ti on wer e used t o bui l d m useums and coll eges. Lat er , t he Cr yst al Pal ace was moved t o Sout h London. I t remai ned one of t he most f amous bui l di ngs i n t he worl d unt il i t was bur nt down i n 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had ki l ed t he guar d, the pri soner of war qui ckl y dr agged him i nt o t he bushes. Wor ki ng r api dl y i n t he dar kness, he s oon changed i nt o t he dead m an39。s cl ot hes. Now, dr esed i n a bl ue unif orm and wit h a r if le over his shoul der , the pri soner m ar c hed bol dl y up and down i n fr ont of t he cam p. He coul d hear shouti ng i n the cam p i tsel f. Li ght s wer e bl azi ng and men wer e r unni ng her e and t her e: they had j ust di scovered t hat a pr isoner had escaped. At t hat m om ent, a lar ge bl ack car wit h f our of fi cer s i nsi de i t, stopped at t he cam p gat es. The off i cer s got out and t he pri soner st ood t o at tenti on and sal ut ed as t hey pased. When t hey had gone, the dri ver of t he car came t owar ds him. The m an obvi ousl y want ed t o tal k. He was r ather el der l y wit h gr ey hair and cl ear blue eyes. The pri soner f el t sor ry f or hi m, but there was not hi ng else he coul d do. As t he m an cam e near, t he pri soner knocked hi m to t he gr ound wi th a shar p bl ow. Then, j umpi ng i n