【正文】 l asted f or over f our hours, proved t o be ver y dif fi cul t because of t he har d r esi n which cover ed t he ski n. The doct ors r em oved a secti on of t he m umm y and sent i t to a l abor ator y. They also f ound somet hi ng whi ch t he X ray of t he god Duam ut ef . This god whi ch has t he head of a cow was nor mal y placed i nside a m um my. The doct or s have not yet deci ded how the wom an di ed. They f ear ed t hat he m umm y woul d fal t o pieces when t hey cut i t open, but f ort unat el y t hi s has not happened. The m um my successf ull y sur vi ved t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Aft er r eadi ng an ar ti 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 nerves. I smoked wit h concentr ati on and pl easure as I was sure t hat t his woul d be my l ast ci gar et te. For a whol e wek I di d not smoke at al l and dur ing t hi s ti m e, m y wif e suf f er ed ter ri bl y. I had al t he usual sym pt om s of som eone gi vi ng up sm oking: a bad temper and an enorm ous appeti te. My f r iends kept on off eri ng me ci gar et tes and cigars. They m ade no ef f or t to hi de t heir am usem ent whenever I pr oduced a packet of swets f r om m y pocket . Af ter seven days of t hi s I went to a par ty. Ever ybody ar ound m e was smoking and I f el t ext r em el y unf ort abl e. When my ol d fr i end Br i an ur ged m e t o acept a ci gar et e, i t was m ore t han I coul d bear . I t ook one gui lt il y, l it i t and sm oked wit h sati sf act i on. My wif e was del i ght ed t hat t hings had ret ur ned to norm al once m or e. Anyway, as Bri an poi nted out, i t i s t he easiest t hing i n t he wor l d to gi ve up sm oki ng. He hi mself has done i t l ot s of t im es! Lesson79 By air 乘飛機(jī) I used t o t ravel by ai r a great deal when I was a boy. My parents, used t o li ve in Sout h Ameri ca and I used t o fl y t her e fr om Eur ope i n t he holi days. An air host ess woul d t ake char ge of m e and I never had an unpl easant exper ience. I am used t o tr avel i ng by ai r and onl y on one occasion have I ever f el t fr i ght ened. Aft er t aki ng off , we wer e fl yi ng l ow over t he cit y and sl owl y gai ni ng hei ght, when t he pl ane suddenl y t ur ned round and fl ew back to t he air por t. Whi l e we wer e wait ng t o land, an ai r host ess t ol d us t o keep calm and to get off t he pl ane qui etl y as soon as it had t ouched down. Ever ybody on board was wor ri ed and we wer e cur i ous t o fi nd out what had happened. Lat er we l ear nt that there was a ver y im por t ant per son on boar d. The poli ce had been t old t hat a bom b had been plant ed on t he plane. Aft er we had l anded, the pl ane was sear ched t horoughl y. For t unatel y, not hi ng was found and fi ve hour s l at er we were able t o t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Cryst al Pal ace 水晶宮 Per haps t he m ost extr aor di nary buil di ng of t he ni eent h cent ury was t he Cr yst al Palace, whi ch was bui lt i n Hyde Par k f or t he Great Exhi bi ti on of 1851. The Cr yst al Palace was dif fer ent f rom al l other bui ldi ngs i n t he wor l d, f or i t was made of ir on and gl as. It was one of t he bi ggest bui ldi ngs of al ti me and a l ot of people f r om many count ri es cam e t o see it . A gr eat many goods wer e sent t o t he exhibit i on fr om vari ous par ts of t he wor l d. There was al so a great deal of m achi ner y on di spl ay. The m ost wonder ful piece of m achi ner y on show was Nas myt h39。s st eam ham mer. Though i n those days, tr avel i ng was not as easy as it i s t oday, st eam boat s car ri ed t housands of visit ors acr oss t he Channel f r om Eur ope. On ar i vi ng i n Engl and, t hey wer e t aken t o t he Cr yst al Pal ace by t r ai n. Ther e were si x m il 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 buil d museum s and coll eges. Lat er, t he Cr ystal Pal ace was m oved to Sout h London. It r em ai ned one of t he m ost fam ous buil di ngs in t he worl d unti l it was bur nt down i n 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had ki l ed t he guard, t he pr isoner of war quickl y dr agged him i nto t he bushes. Worki ng rapidl y i n t he darknes, he soon changed i nt o t he dead m an39。s cl othes. Now, dr esed i n a bl ue unif orm and wit h a r if le over his shoul der , t he pr isoner m ar ched bol dl y up and down i n fr ont of t he cam p. He coul d hear shout i ng i n t he cam p it self . Li ght s were bl azi ng and m en were r unni ng here and t her e: t hey had just di scovered t hat a pr isoner had escaped. At t hat m om ent, a l ar 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 bl ue eyes. The pri soner f el t sor ry f or him, but t her e was not hi ng else he coul d do. As t he m an cam e near, t he pri soner knocke d hi m to t he gr ound wi th a shar p bl ow. Then, j um pi ng i nt o t he car, he dr ove of f as qui ckl y as he coul d. Lesson82 Monst er or fi sh? 是妖還是魚？ Fisherm en and sai l or s som et im es cl ai m to have seen m onst er s in t he sea. Though people have oft en laughed at stori es t ol d by s eam en, it i s now known t hat many of t hese 39。m onst ers39。 which have at t im es been si ghted ar e sim pl y st range fi sh. Ocasi onal y, unusual cr eat ur es ar e washed t o t he shore, but t hey ar e r ar el y caught out at sea. Som e tim e ago, however, a pecul iar fi sh was caught near Madagascar . A sm al l f ishingboat was car ri ed mil es out t o sea by t he powerf ul f ish as i t pul led on t he line. Real izi ng that this was no or dinary fi sh, the f isherman m ade every e