【正文】 abor ator y. They a lso f ound somethi ng which t he X ray of the god Duamut ef . This god whi ch has t he head of a cow was nor mal y placed inside a mum my. The doctor s have not yet decided how t he woman died. They feared t hat t he mummy woul d f al l to pi eces when t hey cut it open, but for tunately t his has not happened. The mummy successful ly survi ved t he oper ation. Lesson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eading an ar ti cl e enti tl ed 39。Ci garet te Sm oki ng and Your Heal th39。 I lit a ci gar ete to calm my ner ves. I sm oked wi th concent rat ion and pleasur e as I was sur e that thi s would be m y last ci gar et e. For a whole week I di d not smoke at al and dur ing this t im e, my wif e suff er ed ter ri bly. I had al l the usual sym ptoms of som eone gi vi ng up smoking: a bad temper and an enor mous appeti te. My fr iends kept on off eri ng me cigar et tes and cigars. They made no ef f or t to hi de their amusem ent whenever I produced a packet of sweets f rom my pocket . Af ter seven days of t hi s I went to a par ty. Ever ybody ar ound me was smoking and I f el t ext remely unf ort abl e. When my old fr iend Br ian 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 gui lti ly, l it it and smoked wit h sat isf acti on. My wi fe was del ighted t hat t hi ngs had r etur ned t o normal once more. Anyway, as Br ian poi nt ed out , it i s the easi est thi ng in the wor ld t o give up smoking. He hi msel f has done it l ots of ti mes! Lesson79 By ai r 乘飛機(jī) I used t o tr avel by ai r a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ents, used to li ve in South Ameri ca and I used to fl y ther e fr om Eur ope in t he hol idays. An ai rhostess would t ake charge of me and I never had an unpleasant exper ience. I am used to t ravel ing by ai r and only on one occasi on have I ever felt f ri ghtened. Af ter taking of f, we were f lyi ng low over the ci ty and slowl y gai ni ng height , when t he plane suddenly t urned r ound and f lew back t o the air port . Whil e we wer e wait ing t o l and, an air host es t old us t o keep calm and to get of f the plane quietl y as soon as i t had t ouched down. Ever ybody on board was worr ied and we wer e curi ous t o f ind out what had happened. Lat er we learnt that there was a ver y i mport ant person on boar d. The pol ice had been told that a bom b had been plant ed on the plane. Af t er we had landed, the pl ane was sear ched thoroughly. For t unatel y, nothi ng was found and fi ve hour s lat er we were able to t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 Per haps t he most ext raordi nar y buil di ng of the nieenth centur y was the Cr ystal Pal ace, which was buil t in Hyde Par k f or t he Gr eat Exhibit ion of 1851. The Cr yst al Pal ace was di f er ent f r om al ot her buil di ngs in t he worl d, for it was m ade of i ron and glass. I t was one of t he biggest buil di ngs of al l t im e and a lot of people fr om m any countr ies cam e to see i t. A gr eat m any goods were sent t o t he exhi bi ti on fr om var i ous part s of the wor ld. There was also a gr eat deal of m achinery on display. The m ost wonderf ul pi ece of machinery on show was Nasmyt h39。s steam hammer . Though i n those days, tr avel ing was not as easy as it i s today, st eam boat s car ri ed thousands of vi sitor s acr oss t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ar r iving i n England, t hey were t aken t o t he Crystal Pal ace by tr ai n. Ther e were si x mi l ion visit ors i n al , and t he prof it s fr om t he exhi bi ti on were used t o bui ld museums and coll eges. Lat er , the Cr yst al Pal ace was m oved t o Sout h London. I t remained one of the m ost f am ous buil dings in the wor ld unt il it was burnt down i n 1936. Leson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil led the guard, t he pr isoner of war quickly dr agged hi m i nto t he bushes. Working r apidly in t he dar kness, he soon changed int o the dead man39。s clot hes. Now, dressed i n a blue uni form and wi th a ri fl e over his shoulder, 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 ing i n the camp i tself . Lights wer e blazing and men wer e第一章 總論 hour , he had great di f icult y i n cont roll ing t he car because a t yre burst duri ng the f ir st r un. Af t er hi s at tempt , Cam pbel l was di sappointed t o l ear n that his aver age speed had been 299 mi les per hour . However , a few days l at er, he was tol d that a mi st ake had been made. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 m iles per hour . Since that ti me, racing dri vers have reached speeds of over 400 m iles an hour. Foll owing hi s father39。s foot st eps m any years l ater, Si r Malcolm 39。s son, Donald, al so set up a wor ld record. Like hi s father, he was dr iving a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The recordhol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who pl ay tr uant f rom school ar e unimagi nat ive. A quiet day39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a ci nem a seeing t he sam e fi lm over and over again, is usualy as far as they get . They have al been put t o sham e by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hi tch hiked to Dover and, towards eveni ng, went int o a boat o f ind somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next mor ning, he di scovered t hat t he boat had, in the m eant i m e, t ravel ed to Cal ai s. No one not iced the boy as he crept off . From there, he hit ch hiked to Par is i n a l or r y. The dr iver gave him a f ew bi scuit s and a cup of coff ee and lef t hi m j ust outside t he cit y. The next car the boy stopped did not t ake hi m i nto t he centr e of Pari s as he hoped it woul d, but to Per pignan on the Fr ench Spanish border . Ther e he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to Engl and by t he local aut hor it ies. He has surel y set up a r ecor d f or t he thousands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school. Leson74