【正文】 t to a l abor atory. They also f ound somethi ng which t he Xr ay of the god Duamutef . Thi s god which has the head of a cow was norm al ly pl aced i nsi de a mumm y. The doctor s have not yet deci ded how t he woman died. They f ear ed that the m um my woul d fal l to pi eces when they cut it open, but fort unat ely t his has not happened. The m ummy successf ull y sur vived 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。Ci garet e Smoking and Your Healt h39。 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 r i ends kept on of fer ing me ci gar et es and cigar 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 ter seven days of this I went to a par ty. Everybody around me was smoking and I f elt extr em el y un for table. When my ol d f ri end Br i an ur ged me t o acept a cigaret e, i t was more than I coul d bear . I took one gui lt il y, l it i t and smoked wi th sati sf act ion. My wif e was del ight ed that hings had ret ur ned to nor mal once mor e. Anyway, as Bri an poi nted out, i t i s the easiest t hing i n the wor ld to gi ve up sm oki ng. He hi mself has done i t lots of t im es! Lesson79 By air 乘飛機(jī) I used to t ravel by ai r a great deal when I was a boy. My parents, used t o li ve in Sout h Amer ica and I used t o f ly t her e f rom Europe in the holi days. An air host ess would take char ge of me and I never had an unpl easant exper ience. I am used t o tr avel li ng by ai r and onl y on one occasion have I ever f el t fr ightened. Af t er t aki ng off , we wer e fl ying l ow over t he city and sl owl y gaini ng hei ght, when the pl ane suddenl y t urned r ound and f lew back t o the ai rport . Whil e we wer e wai ting to l and, an air hostes t old us t o keep cal m and t o get of f the plane quietl y as soon as i t had touched down. Ever ybody on board was worr ied and we wer e curi ous to f ind out what had happened. Lat er we learnt t hat ther e was a ver y i mport ant person on boar d. The pol ice had been told that a bom b had been pl ant ed on the plane. Aft er we had landed, the pl ane was searched thoroughly. Fort unatel y, nothi ng was found and f ive hour s l at er we were abl e to t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 Per haps the most ext raordi nar y buil di ng of the ni enth centur y was the Cr ystal Pal ace, which was bui lt in Hyde Par k f or t he Gr eat Exhibit ion of 1851. The Cr ysta l Pal ace was di f erent fr om al ot her buil dings in t he wor ld, for it was m ade of i ron and glass. I t was one of t he biggest buil di ngs of al l tim e and a lot of peopl e fr om m any countr ies cam e to see i t. A gr eat many goods were sent to t he exhi bi ti on fr om var ious par ts of t he worl d. Ther e was al so a gr eat deal of machinery on di spl ay. The most wonder ful piece of machi ner y on show was Nas myth39。s st eam hammer. Though in those days, t ravel ing was not as easy as it i s today, steam boats car ied t housands of vi si tor s acr oss t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ar ri ving i n Engl and, t hey wer e t aken t o the Cr yst al Pal ace by t rai n. There were six mil li on visit ors i n al , and t he pr ofi ts f rom t he exhibi ti on were used to bui ld m useums and col leges. Later , the Cr yst al Palace was moved to Sout h London. I t r emained one of the most famous buil di ngs in t he worl d unti l it was burnt down in 1936. Leson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had ki l ed the guard, the pr isoner of war quickly dr agged him i nt o t he bushes. Wor king r api dly i n t he dar kness, he soon changed into the dead man39。s clothes. Now, dr esed in a blue unif orm and wit h a r if le over his shoul der , the pr isoner mar ched boldl y up and down in fr ont of t he camp. He could hear shouti ng in the camp i tsel f. Li ght s were bl azi ng and men wer e running here and t her e: they had j ust di scover ed that a pri soner had escaped. At that moment, a lar ge black car wi th four off icers i nsi de it , st opped at the camp gates. The of fi cer s got out and the pr isoner stood t o at ent ion and sal uted as they pased. When they had gone, the dr iver of the car came t owards him . The man obvi ousl y wanted t o talk. He was rather elderl y wi th gr ey hai r and cl ear blue eyes. The pr isoner f el t sor ry for him, but there was not hing else he could do. As the m an came near , t he pri soner knocked him to t he ground wi th a sharp bl ow. Then, jum pi ng int o the 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？ Fi sherm en and sail ors someti mes claim to have seen monst er s in the sea. Though people have of ten laughed at stor ies t ol d by s eam en, it i s now known t hat many of these 39。monsters39。 which have at im es been sighted ar e si mply st range fi sh. Occasi onal ly, unusual cr eat ur es ar e washed t o t he shor e, but they are r arely caught out at sea. Som e ti me ago, however, a pecul iar f ish 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 ef for t not t o dam age it in any way. When i t was eventual y brought to shore, it was f ound t o be over thir teen f et long. It had a head li ke a hor se, bi g blue eyes, shi ning sil ver skin, and a bri ght r ed tai l, The fi sh, whi ch has since been sent to a museum wher e i t is being examined by a scienti st , is cal ed an oar fi sh. Such cr eatures have rar el y bee