第二章 项目背景及必要性
松原市属中温带大陆性季风气候区。春季干旱少雨，升温较快；夏季炎热，降水集中；秋季凉爽，变温快，温差大，天气晴朗；冬季漫长，降雪量小，寒冷干燥。年平均气温4.5℃，气候温和，雨量充沛，光照充足，发展优质稻谷的潜力很大。 2.2.1项目建设的意义
该项目的实施，有利于科技推广，可使先进的科技成果迅速得到推广应用，从而提高农产品的科技含量和附加值。通过增加科技投入，实现集约经营。同时为广大农科人员提供广阔的用武之地，使他们把全部精力投入到农业技术推广工作中去，真正做到学有所用，通过配套建设，实施机械化作业，不仅可以改善农业生产条件，增加耕地有效面积，提高劳动生产率，而且可以实现节水栽培的目的。实施该项目，可使一部分农民在不减少收入的前提下，从土地中解放出来，通过发展其它种养业或到城市从事二、三产业，进一步提高收入水平。为促进农村产业结构调整和农村剩余劳动力的转移，有效解决“三农”问题找到了切入点和突破口。同时，进一步促进当地农业产品健康有序发展，使农民脱贫致富，更好的增加国家、地方财政收入，使企业具有良好的经济效益、社会效益及环境效益。
n laughed at stories told by seamen, it is now own that many of these 'monsters' which have at times been sighted are simply strange fish. Occasionally, unusual creatures are washed to the shore, but they are rarel caught out at sea. Some time ago, however, a peculiar o
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第三章 项目建设条件
3.1项目区概况
3.1.1地理位置及区域范围
松原市位于吉林省中西部，介于东经123°6′至126°11′，北纬43°59′至45°32′之间，东西长240公里，南北宽172.4公里，总幅员面积22034平方公里。南与长春、四平市为邻，西与白城市、内蒙古哲盟接壤，北隔松花江与黑龙江省相望。松原市地处松嫩平原，地势平坦开阔，起伏和缓。地形主要由松嫩冲击平原、松辽分水岭台地平原组成，海拔高度在130米至266米之间。全市幅员面积2．2万平方公里，辖宁江区、扶余县、前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县(简称前郭县)、长岭县、乾安县和3个省级经济开发区(松原经济技术开发区、松原农业高新技术开发区和查干湖旅游经济开发区)，总人口278万人。 3.1.2自然资源状况
松原幅员辽阔，地上地下资源富集，素有“粮仓、肉库、渔乡、油海”之美誉。资源特点可以用“一黑、一黄、一绿、一白”来概括。一黑，就是地下有以石油为主的丰富的矿产资源，其中石油总储量达26亿吨，已探明储量10.8亿吨，天然气储量185亿立方米，油母页岩储量80亿吨，中国陆上第六大油田—吉林
temperatures. Tazieff has often risked his life in this way. He has been able to tell us more about active volcanoes than any man alive. Lesson68 Persistent 纠缠不休 I crossed the street to avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came running towards me. It was no use pretending that I had not seen him, so I waved to him. I never enjoymeeting Bert Dyes. He never has anything to do. No matter how busy you are, he always insists on coming with you. I had to thinof a way of preventing him from following me around all morning. 'Hullo, Bert,' I said. 'Fancy meeting you here !' 'Hullo, Elizabeth,' Bert answered. ' I was just wondering how to spend the morning--until I saw you. You're not busy doing anything, are you ?' ' No, not at all,' I answered.' I'm going to.. .' 'Would you mind my coming with you ?' he asked, before I had finished speaking. ‘ Not at all,' I lied, 'but I'm going to the dentist.' ' Then I'll come with you,' he answered.' There's always plenty to read in the 'waiting room !' lesson69 But not murder! 并非谋杀！ I was being tested for a driving licence for the third time. I had been asked to drive in heavy traffic and had done so successfully. After having been instructed to drive out of town, I began to acquire confidence. Sure that I had passed, I was almost beginning to enjoy my test. The examiner must have been pleased with my performance, for he smiled and said, 'Just one more thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a child suddenly crosses the road in front of you. As soon as I tap on the window, I want the car to be stopped immediately.' I continued driving and after some time, the examiner tapped loudly. Though the sound could be heard clearly, it too me a long time to react. I suddenly pressed the brae pedal hard and we were both thrown forward. The examiner looed at me sadly. 'Mr Eames,' he said, in a mournful voice,' you have just killed that child !' lesson70 Red for danger 危险的红色 During a bullfight, a drunsuddenly wandered into the middle of the ring. The crowd began to shout, but the drunk was unaware of the danger. The bull was busy with the matador at the time, but it suddenly caught sight of the drun who was shouting rude remarks and waving a red cap. Apparently sensitive to criticism, the bull forgot all about the matador and charged at the drun. The crowd suddenly grew quiet. The drunhowever, seemed quite sure of himself. When the bull got close to him, he clumsily stepped aside to let it pass. The crowd broe into cheers and the drun bowed. By this time, however, three men had come into the ring and they quicly dragged the drun to safety. Even the bull seemed to feel sorry for him, for it looed on sympathetically until the drun was out of the way before once more turning its attention to the matador. Lesson71 A famous clock 一个著名的大钟 When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous cloc which can be heard all over the world on the B.B.C. If the Houses of Parliament had hot been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected. Big Ben taes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the cloc when the new Houses of Parliament were being built. It is not only of immense size, but is extremely accurate as well. Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day. On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower. Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. Once, however, it failed to give the correct time. A painter who had been woring on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down ! Lesson72 A car called Bluebird “蓝鸟”汽车 The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was the first man to drive at over 300 miles per hour. He set up a new world record in September 1935 at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. Bluebird, the car he was driving, had been specially built for him. It was oer 30 feet in length and had a 2500 horse-power engine. Although Campbell reached a speed of over 304 miles per hour,he had great difficulty in controlling the car because a tre burst during the first run. After his attempt, Campbell was disappointed to learn that his average speed had been 299 miles per hour. However, a few days later, he was told that a mistae had been made. His average speed had been 301 miles per hour. Since that time, racing drivers have reached speeds of over 400 miles an hour. Following is father's footsteps many years later, Sir Malcolm's son, Donald, also set up a world record. Like his father, he was driving a car called Bluebird. Lesson73 The record-holder 纪录保持者 Little boys who play truant from school are unimaginative. A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get. They have all been put to shame by a bo who, while playing truant, travelled 1600 miles. He hitch- hiked to Dover and, towards evening, went into a boat to find somewhere to sleep. When he woe up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais. No one noticed the boy as he crept off. From there, he hitch-hiked to Paris in a lorry. The driver gave him a few biscuits and a cup of coffee and left him just outside the city. The next car the boy stopped did not tae him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border. There he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to England by the local authorities. He has surely set up a record for the thousands of boys who dream of evading school. Lesson74 Out of the limelight 舞台之外 An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a part of famous actors and actresses got off. Dressed in dar glasses and old clothes, they had taken special precautions so that no one should recognize them. But as they soon discovered, disguises can sometimes be too perfect. 'This is a wonderful place for a picnic,' said Gloria Gleam. ' It couldn't be better, Gloria,' Brinsley Meers agreed. 'No newspaper men, no film fans! Why don't we come more often ?' Meanwhile, two other actors, Rocwall Slinger and Merlin Greeves, had carried two large food baskets to a shady spot under some trees. When they had all made themselves comfortable, a stranger appeared. He looked very angry. 'Now ou gut out of here, all of you!' he shouted: ' I'm sheriff here. Do ou see that notice ? It says\ou can't read !' ' Look, sheriff, 'said Rocwall,' don't be too hard on us. I'm Rockwall Slinger and this is Merlin Greeves.' ' Oh, is it ?' said the sheriff with a sneer. 'Well, I'm Brinksley Meers, and my other name is Gloria Gleam. Now you get out of here fast !' lesson75 SOS 呼救信号 When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed. The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were unhurt. It was the middle of winter. Snow lay thic on the ground. The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away. When it grew dark. she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find. During the night, it got terribly cold. The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small. Early ,next morning she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an idea. She stamped out the letters' SOS' in the snow. Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town. It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash. Lesson76 April Fools Day愚人节'To end our special news bulletin,' said the voice of the television announcer,' we are taking you to the macaroni fields of Calabria. Macaroni has been grown in this area for over six hundred years. Two of the leading growers, Giuseppe Moldova and Ricardo Brabante, tell me that they have been expecting a splendid crop this year and harvesting has begun earlier than usual. Here you can see two workers who, between them, have just finished cutting three cart-loads of golden brown macaroni stalks. The whole village has been woring day and night gathering and threshing this year's crop before the September rains. On the right, you can see Mrs Brabante herself. She has been helping her husband for thirty years now. Mrs Brabante is talking to the manager of the local factory where the crop is processed. This last scene shows you what will happen at the end of the harvest : the famous Calabrian macaroni-eating competition ! Signor Fratelli, the present champion, has won it every year since 1961. And that ends our special bulletin for today, Thursday, April 1st. We are now returning you to the studio.' Lesson77 A successful operation 一例成功的手术 The mummy of an Egptian woman who died in 800 B.C. has just had an operation. The mummy is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in the Temple of Thebes. As there were strange marks on the X-ray plates taken of the mummy, doctors have been trying to find out whether the woman died of a rare disease. The only way to do this was to operate. The operation, which lasted for over four hours, proved to be very difficult because of the hard resin which covered the skin. The doctors removed a section of the mummy and sent it to a laboratory. They also found something which the X-ray of the god Duamutef. This god which has the head of a cow was normally placed inside a mummy. The doctors have not yet decided how the woman died. They feared that the mummy would fall to pieces when they cut it open, but fortunately this has not happened. The mummy successfully survived the operation. Lesson78 The last one? 最后一枝吗？ After reading an article entitled 'Cigarette Smoing and Your Health' I lit a cigarette to calm my nerves. I smoked with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette. For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time, my wife suffered terribly. I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoing: a bad temper and an enormous appetite. My friends ept on offering me cigarettes and cigars. They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket. After seven days of this I went to a party. Everybod around me was smoking and I felt extremely uncomfortable. When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear. I too one guiltily, lit it and smoed with satisfaction. My wife was delighted that things had returned to normal once more. Anway, as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoing. He himself has done it lots of times! Lesson79 By air 乘飞机 I used to travel by air a great deal when I was a boy. My parents, used to live in South America and I used to fly there from Europe in the holidays. An airhostess would tae charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experience. I am used to travelling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened. After taking off, we were flying low over the city and slowly gaining height, when the plane suddenlyturned round and flew bac to the airport. While we were waiting to land, an air-hostess told us to eep calm and to get off the plane quietly as soon as it had touched down. Everybody on board was worried and we were curious to find out what had happened. Later we learnt that there was a very important person on board. The police had been told that a bomb had been planted on the plane. After we had landed, the plane was searched thoroughly. Fortunately, nothing was found and five hours later we were able to tae off again. Lesson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宫 Perhaps the most extraordinary building of the nineteenth century was the Crystal Palace, which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Crystal Palace was different from all other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass. It was one of the biggest buildings of all time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it. A great man goods were sent to the exhibition from various parts of the world. There was also a great deal of machinery on display. The most wonderful piece of machinery on show was Nasmyth's steam hammer. Though in those days, travelling was not as easy as it is today, steam boats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe. On arriving in England, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train. There were six million visitors in all, and the profits from the exhibition were used to build museums and colleges. Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to South London. It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脱逃 When he had killed the guard, the prisoner of war quickly dragged him into the bushes. Woring rapidly in the darkness, he soon changed into the dead man's clothes. Now, dressed in a blue uniform and with a rifle over his shoulder, the prisoner marched boldly up and down in front of the camp. He could hear shouting in the camp itself. Lights were blazing and men were running here and there: they had just discovered that a prisoner had escaped. At that moment, a large black car with four officers inside it, stopped at the camp gates. The officers got out and the prisoner stood to attention and saluted as they passed. When they had gone, the driver of the car came towards him. The man obviously wanted to talk. He was rather elderly with grey hair and clear blue eyes. The prisoner felt sorry for him, but there was nothing else he could do. As the man came near, the prisoner knoced him to the ground with a sharp blow. Then, jumping into the car, he drove off as quickly as he could. Lesson82 Monster or fish? 是妖还是鱼？ Fishermen and sailors sometimes claim to have seen monsters in the sea. Though people have often laughed at stories told by seamen, it is now nown that many of these 'monsters' which have at times been sighted are simply strange fish. Occasionally, unusual creatures are washed to the shore, but they are rarelycaught out at sea. Some time ago, however, a peculiar ic. Though Jimmy agreed to go
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油田就座落在松原，2004年原油产量达到505万吨。一黄，就是松原地处世界黄金玉米带上，是全国重要的商品粮基地，盛产玉米、大豆等作物，常年粮食产量在500万吨以上，最高年产量达580万吨。一绿，就是松原地处世界三大草原之一的科尔沁草原和松嫩平原的交汇处，是欧亚草原带延伸的东端，也是吉林省草原比较集中、面积较大的地区之一，全市有草原面积53万公顷。一白，就是境内有“三江、一河、一湖”（第一松花江、第二松花江、嫩江、拉林河、查干湖），江河总径流量398亿立方米，总流域面积8012平方公里，有可养鱼水面100万亩。 3.1.3社会经济状况
近年来松原市工业发展较快，财政收入超过34亿元，但农村经济还相对较弱。为了加快发展农业生产，扎扎实实推动新农村建设，全市通过工业反哺加大了对农业的投入。目前为止，仅投入农村基础设施建设的资金就超过4300万元，共新建乡村道路近200公里，打抗旱井1000多眼，购置各种农机具近1600台套，还新建和完善了乡村的排水、提水、沼气等设施。同时，投入3000多万元发展特色、绿色产业，建成各类专业村屯41个，新建牧业小区33个、蔬菜大棚1000多栋，生产绿色有机农产品3000多万公斤，实现产值1亿多元。特别是政府和企业联手加大了对农民的培训力度，全年投入近1亿元，培训农民20多万人次，大大提高了农民生产致富的能力。
n laughed at stories told by seamen, it is now own that many of these 'monsters' which have at times been sighted are simply strange fish. Occasionally, unusual creatures are washed to the shore, but they are rarel caught out at sea. Some time ago, however, a peculiar o
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产业带动是松原市新农村建设的最大亮点。全市狠抓农业产业化经营，根据当地农产品资源和市场情况，全力培育发展农产品加工业。几年来，全市规模以上农业产业化龙头企业已发展到380多家，2006年农产品转化量已达到350万吨，比上一年增长20%。龙头企业带动农户达到30万户，基地种植面积达到近500万亩，分别比上一年增长25%和20%。同时，不少村镇还因地制宜建起了水稻、玉米、秸秆、蔬菜等小型加工厂，大大提高了农产品的转化增值能力。今年全市农业产业化经营可实现产值44亿多元，比去年激增83%。记者听到农民说的最多最开心的话是“我们的苞米成了金豆子，所有农产品不再是负担，都成了抢手货”。市农委负责人算了一笔帐：目前全市的玉米加工量已达到300万吨，带动玉米价格每公斤增长0.4元左右，按当地农民出售7.5亿公斤计算，就可为全市农民增收3亿多元。 3.1.4项目建设地点选择
公司位于松原市宁江区江南铁西街，这里交通便利，地处一级公路302国道与203国道交汇处，距松原火车站货运站1500米。公司地处松嫩平原、松花江流域境内，土壤肥沃、稻谷栽培技术优良，生产历史悠久，自然环境秀美，交通便利畅通。 3.1.5项目关联产业的发展现状
松原市水稻资源丰富，年产量近100万吨左右，是项目区的
temperatures. Tazieff has often risked his life in this way. He has been able to tell us more about active volcanoes than any man alive. Lesson68 Persistent 纠缠不休 I crossed the street to avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came running towards me. It was no use pretending that I had not seen him, so I waved to him. I never enjoymeeting Bert Dyes. He never has anything to do. No matter how busy you are, he always insists on coming with you. I had to thinof a way of preventing him from following me around all morning. 'Hullo, Bert,' I said. 'Fancy meeting you here !' 'Hullo, Elizabeth,' Bert answered. ' I was just wondering how to spend the morning--until I saw you. You're not busy doing anything, are you ?' ' No, not at all,' I answered.' I'm going to.. .' 'Would you mind my coming with you ?' he asked, before I had finished speaking. ‘ Not at all,' I lied, 'but I'm going to the dentist.' ' Then I'll come with you,' he answered.' There's always plenty to read in the 'waiting room !' lesson69 But not murder! 并非谋杀！ I was being tested for a driving licence for the third time. I had been asked to drive in heavy traffic and had done so successfully. After having been instructed to drive out of town, I began to acquire confidence. Sure that I had passed, I was almost beginning to enjoy my test. The examiner must have been pleased with my performance, for he smiled and said, 'Just one more thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose that a child suddenly crosses the road in front of you. As soon as I tap on the window, I want the car to be stopped immediately.' I continued driving and after some time, the examiner tapped loudly. Though the sound could be heard clearly, it too me a long time to react. I suddenly pressed the brae pedal hard and we were both thrown forward. The examiner looed at me sadly. 'Mr Eames,' he said, in a mournful voice,' you have just killed that child !' lesson70 Red for danger 危险的红色 During a bullfight, a drunsuddenly wandered into the middle of the ring. The crowd began to shout, but the drunk was unaware of the danger. The bull was busy with the matador at the time, but it suddenly caught sight of the drun who was shouting rude remarks and waving a red cap. Apparently sensitive to criticism, the bull forgot all about the matador and charged at the drun. The crowd suddenly grew quiet. The drunhowever, seemed quite sure of himself. When the bull got close to him, he clumsily stepped aside to let it pass. The crowd broe into cheers and the drun bowed. By this time, however, three men had come into the ring and they quicly dragged the drun to safety. Even the bull seemed to feel sorry for him, for it looed on sympathetically until the drun was out of the way before once more turning its attention to the matador. Lesson71 A famous clock 一个著名的大钟 When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous cloc which can be heard all over the world on the B.B.C. If the Houses of Parliament had hot been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected. Big Ben taes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the cloc when the new Houses of Parliament were being built. It is not only of immense size, but is extremely accurate as well. Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day. On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower. Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. Once, however, it failed to give the correct time. A painter who had been woring on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down ! Lesson72 A car called Bluebird “蓝鸟”汽车 The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was the first man to drive at over 300 miles per hour. He set up a new world record in September 1935 at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. Bluebird, the car he was driving, had been specially built for him. It was oer 30 feet in length and had a 2500 horse-power engine. Although Campbell reached a speed of over 304 miles per hour,he had great difficulty in controlling the car because a tre burst during the first run. After his attempt, Campbell was disappointed to learn that his average speed had been 299 miles per hour. However, a few days later, he was told that a mistae had been made. His average speed had been 301 miles per hour. Since that time, racing drivers have reached speeds of over 400 miles an hour. Following is father's footsteps many years later, Sir Malcolm's son, Donald, also set up a world record. Like his father, he was driving a car called Bluebird. Lesson73 The record-holder 纪录保持者 Little boys who play truant from school are unimaginative. A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get. They have all been put to shame by a bo who, while playing truant, travelled 1600 miles. He hitch- hiked to Dover and, towards evening, went into a boat to find somewhere to sleep. When he woe up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais. No one noticed the boy as he crept off. From there, he hitch-hiked to Paris in a lorry. The driver gave him a few biscuits and a cup of coffee and left him just outside the city. The next car the boy stopped did not tae him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border. There he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to England by the local authorities. He has surely set up a record for the thousands of boys who dream of evading school. Lesson74 Out of the limelight 舞台之外 An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a part of famous actors and actresses got off. Dressed in dar glasses and old clothes, they had taken special precautions so that no one should recognize them. But as they soon discovered, disguises can sometimes be too perfect. 'This is a wonderful place for a picnic,' said Gloria Gleam. ' It couldn't be better, Gloria,' Brinsley Meers agreed. 'No newspaper men, no film fans! Why don't we come more often ?' Meanwhile, two other actors, Rocwall Slinger and Merlin Greeves, had carried two large food baskets to a shady spot under some trees. When they had all made themselves comfortable, a stranger appeared. He looked very angry. 'Now ou gut out of here, all of you!' he shouted: ' I'm sheriff here. Do ou see that notice ? It says\ou can't read !' ' Look, sheriff, 'said Rocwall,' don't be too hard on us. I'm Rockwall Slinger and this is Merlin Greeves.' ' Oh, is it ?' said the sheriff with a sneer. 'Well, I'm Brinksley Meers, and my other name is Gloria Gleam. Now you get out of here fast !' lesson75 SOS 呼救信号 When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed. The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were unhurt. It was the middle of winter. Snow lay thic on the ground. The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away. When it grew dark. she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find. During the night, it got terribly cold. The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small. Early ,next morning she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an idea. She stamped out the letters' SOS' in the snow. Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town. It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash. Lesson76 April Fools Day愚人节'To end our special news bulletin,' said the voice of the television announcer,' we are taking you to the macaroni fields of Calabria. Macaroni has been grown in this area for over six hundred years. Two of the leading growers, Giuseppe Moldova and Ricardo Brabante, tell me that they have been expecting a splendid crop this year and harvesting has begun earlier than usual. Here you can see two workers who, between them, have just finished cutting three cart-loads of golden brown macaroni stalks. The whole village has been woring day and night gathering and threshing this year's crop before the September rains. On the right, you can see Mrs Brabante herself. She has been helping her husband for thirty years now. Mrs Brabante is talking to the manager of the local factory where the crop is processed. This last scene shows you what will happen at the end of the harvest : the famous Calabrian macaroni-eating competition ! Signor Fratelli, the present champion, has won it every year since 1961. And that ends our special bulletin for today, Thursday, April 1st. We are now returning you to the studio.' Lesson77 A successful operation 一例成功的手术 The mummy of an Egptian woman who died in 800 B.C. has just had an operation. The mummy is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in the Temple of Thebes. As there were strange marks on the X-ray plates taken of the mummy, doctors have been trying to find out whether the woman died of a rare disease. The only way to do this was to operate. The operation, which lasted for over four hours, proved to be very difficult because of the hard resin which covered the skin. The doctors removed a section of the mummy and sent it to a laboratory. They also found something which the X-ray of the god Duamutef. This god which has the head of a cow was normally placed inside a mummy. The doctors have not yet decided how the woman died. They feared that the mummy would fall to pieces when they cut it open, but fortunately this has not happened. The mummy successfully survived the operation. Lesson78 The last one? 最后一枝吗？ After reading an article entitled 'Cigarette Smoing and Your Health' I lit a cigarette to calm my nerves. I smoked with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette. For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time, my wife suffered terribly. I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoing: a bad temper and an enormous appetite. My friends ept on offering me cigarettes and cigars. They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket. After seven days of this I went to a party. Everybod around me was smoking and I felt extremely uncomfortable. When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear. I too one guiltily, lit it and smoed with satisfaction. My wife was delighted that things had returned to normal once more. Anway, as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoing. He himself has done it lots of times! Lesson79 By air 乘飞机 I used to travel by air a great deal when I was a boy. My parents, used to live in South America and I used to fly there from Europe in the holidays. An airhostess would tae charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experience. I am used to travelling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened. After taking off, we were flying low over the city and slowly gaining height, when the plane suddenlyturned round and flew bac to the airport. While we were waiting to land, an air-hostess told us to eep calm and to get off the plane quietly as soon as it had touched down. Everybody on board was worried and we were curious to find out what had happened. Later we learnt that there was a very important person on board. The police had been told that a bomb had been planted on the plane. After we had landed, the plane was searched thoroughly. Fortunately, nothing was found and five hours later we were able to tae off again. Lesson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宫 Perhaps the most extraordinary building of the nineteenth century was the Crystal Palace, which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Crystal Palace was different from all other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass. It was one of the biggest buildings of all time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it. A great man goods were sent to the exhibition from various parts of the world. There was also a great deal of machinery on display. The most wonderful piece of machinery on show was Nasmyth's steam hammer. Though in those days, travelling was not as easy as it is today, steam boats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe. On arriving in England, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train. There were six million visitors in all, and the profits from the exhibition were used to build museums and colleges. Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to South London. It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脱逃 When he had killed the guard, the prisoner of war quickly dragged him into the bushes. Woring rapidly in the darkness, he soon changed into the dead man's clothes. Now, dressed in a blue uniform and with a rifle over his shoulder, the prisoner marched boldly up and down in front of the camp. He could hear shouting in the camp itself. Lights were blazing and men were running here and there: they had just discovered that a prisoner had escaped. At that moment, a large black car with four officers inside it, stopped at the camp gates. The officers got out and the prisoner stood to attention and saluted as they passed. When they had gone, the driver of the car came towards him. The man obviously wanted to talk. He was rather elderly with grey hair and clear blue eyes. The prisoner felt sorry for him, but there was nothing else he could do. As the man came near, the prisoner knoced him to the ground with a sharp blow. Then, jumping into the car, he drove off as quickly as he could. Lesson82 Monster or fish? 是妖还是鱼？ Fishermen and sailors sometimes claim to have seen monsters in the sea. Though people have often laughed at stories told by seamen, it is now nown that many of these 'monsters' which have at times been sighted are simply strange fish. Occasionally, unusual creatures are washed to the shore, but they are rarelycaught out at sea. Some time ago, however, a peculiar ic. Though Jimmy agreed to go
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