【正文】 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 nt o t he car, he dr ove of f as qui ckl y as he coul d. Leson82 Monster or f ish? 是妖還是魚？ Fisher men and sai l or s som et im es cl ai m t o have sen m onst er s in t he sea. Though people have oft en l aughed at st or ies t ol d by s eam en, it i s now known t hat m any of t hese 39。m onst er s39。 whi ch have at tim es been si ght ed ar e sim pl y str ange f ish. Occasional y, unusual creatur es ar e washed t o the shore, but t hey ar e r ar ely caught out at sea. Som e tim e ago, however , a pecul iar fi sh was caught near Madagascar. A sm al l fi shi ng boat was car ied mi l es out t o sea by t he power f ul f ish as it pull ed on t he l i ne. Real i zi ng that this was no or di nar y fi sh, t he f i sherm an m ade ever y ef or t not t o damage it i n any way. When it was event ual l y br ought t o shor e, i t was f ound t o be over t hi r teen f et long. It had a head li ke a hor se, bi g blue eyes, shi ning sil ver ski n, and a bri ght r ed t ai l, The fi sh, whi ch has si nce been sent t o a m useum wher e it i s bei ng exami ned by a sci ent ist, i s cal led an oarf ish. Such cr eat ures have r ar el y been seen al i ve by man a s they li ve at a dept h of si x hundr ed f et. Lesson83 Af t er t he electi ons 大選之后 The f orm er Pr im e Mi nister, Mr Went wor t h Lane, was defeat ed i n the r ecent el ect i ons. He is now reti ri ng fr om pol it ical if e and ha s gone abr oad. My f ri end, Cr awley, has al ways been a f anati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。s Radi cal Pr ogr esi ve Par ty. Af ter t he el ecti ons, Cr awley went to t he f or mer Pri me Mini st er 39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane l ived t her e, t he pol icem an on duty t old hi m t hat si nce hi s def eat , t he exPri m e Mi ni st er had gone abroad. On t he f oll owing day, Crawl ey went t o t he house agai n. The sam e poli cem an was j ust wal ki ng slowl y past t he entr ance, when Cr awl ey asked t he sam e quest i on. Though a li t le suspi ci ous t his t im e, t he pol icem an gave hi m the sam e answer. The day af ter, Cr awley went t o the house once m or e and asked exactl y t he same quest i on. This t im e, t he pol icem an l ost hi s t em per .39。 I t ol d you yest er day and t he day bef ore yest er day,39。 he shout ed, 39。Mr Lane was def eat ed i n t he el ect ions. He has r eti red f r om pol it ical li fe and gone t o l i ve abr oad ! 39。 I know,39。 answer ed Cr awl ey, 39。 but I l ove t o hear you say it ! 39。 Lesson84 O n stri ke 罷工 Busmen have deci ded t o go on st ri ke next week. The str ike i s due to begin on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong it wi l l ast. The busmen have st at ed that the str ike wi l conti nue unt il gener al agreement is r eached about pay and wor king condit ions. Most peopl e bel ieve t hat the st ri ke wil l last f or at l east a week. M op i s pr ocessed. This l ast scene shows you what wi l l happen at t he end of t he har vest : the f amous Cal abri an macar oni eati ng pet it ion ! Si gnor Frat el li , the present champion, has won it ever y year since 1961. And that ends our special bul le t in f or today, Thursday, Apr il 1st. We ar e now r etur ni ng you to the studio. 39。 Lesson77 A successful operat ion 一例成功的手術(shù) The mumm y of an Egypt ian woman who died in 800 . has just had an operat ion. The m ummy i s that of Shepenmut who was once a si nger i n the Templ e of Thebes. As t here wer e str ange mar ks on the X ray pl at es taken of the mumm y, doctor s have been tr ying t o f ind out whet her t he woman died of a r are di sease. The only way to do t his was t o oper ate. The oper at ion, which l ast ed for over f our hour s, proved t o be ver y dif f icult because of t he har d r esi n which covered t he ski n. The doctors re moved a sect ion of the m um my and sent i 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 doct or s have not yet deci ded how the wom an di ed. They f ear ed that the mumm y would fal t o pieces when they cut i t open, but f ort unatel y thi s has not happened. The mum my succesf ully sur vive d the operati on. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Aft er readi ng an art icle ent itl ed 39。Ci gar et e Smoking and Your Health39。 I li t a cigaret e t o cal m m y nerves. I smoked wit h concentr ati on and pl easure as I was sure t hat t his would be my l ast cigaret e. For a whol e week I did not smoke at al and duri ng thi s ti me, my wi fe suf fered t er ibly. I had al the usual symptom s of someone giving up smoki ng: a bad t em per and an enor mous appet ite. My fr iends kept on of feri ng me ci gar et tes and cigars. They made no ef or t to hi de their amusement whenever I pr oduced a packet of sweets f r om my pocket. Af ter seven days of t his I went to a par ty. Ever ybody ar ound me was smoking and I f el t ext remel y unf ort abl e. When my ol d fr iend Br ian ur ged me to accept a ci gar et e, i t was more t han I could bear . I t ook one gui lt il y, l it it and smoked wit h satisf act ion. My wi fe was del ighted t hat t hi ngs had r eturned t o normal once more. Anyway, as Br ian point ed out , it is the easi est thi ng in t he worl d t o give up smoking. He him sel f has done it l ot s of ti mes! Lesson79 By ai r 乘飛機 I used t o tr avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used to l ive i n South Am eri ca and I used to f l y there fr om Eur ope i n t he hol idays. An ai rhostes woul d t ake charge of me and I never had an unpleasa nt experi ence. I am used to t ravel ing by air and only on one occasi on have I ever f elt f ri ght ened. Af ter taking of f, we wer e f lying l ow ove