【正文】 wom an died of a r ar e di sease. The onl y way t o do t hi s was t o oper at e. The oper at ion, which l ast ed 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 the m umm y and sent it t o a l abor at or y. They al so f ound som ethi ng whi ch t he Xr ay of t he god Duam utef. Thi s god which has t he 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 t he wom an di ed. They f ear ed t hat the m umm y woul d fal t o pi eces when they 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？ Af ter r eading an art i cl e ent it led 39。Ci garet e Sm oki ng and Your Healt h39。 I l it a ci gar et te t o cal m m y ner ves. I sm oked wi th conc ent rati on and pl easur e as I was sur e that this woul d be m y l ast ci gar et te. For a whole wek I di d not smoke at al l and dur ing t his ti m e, my wif e suf f er ed ter i bl y. I had al t he usual sym pt om s of som eone gi vi ng up sm oki ng: a bad t em per and an enorm ous appeti te. My f ri ends kept on off eri ng m e ci gar et tes and cigars. They m ade no ef f or t t o hi de t heir am usem ent whene ver I pr oduced a packet of sweet s fr om m y pocket. Af t er seven days of thi s I went t o a part y. Ever ybody ar ound m e was sm oki ng and I f elt ext remel y unf or t abl e. When m y ol d fr iend Br ian ur ged m e t o acept a ci gar et e, i t was m ore t han I coul d bear . I took one gui lt il y, l it i t and sm oked wi t h sati sfact i on. My wif e was deli ght ed t hat t hi ngs had r et ur ned t o norm al once m ore. Anyway, as Br i an poi nt ed out , it i s the easi est t hi ng i n the wor ld t o gi ve up sm oki ng. He hi msel f has done i t lot s of t im es! Leson79 By ai r 乘飛機(jī) I used t o tr avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used t o l i ve i n 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 take char ge of m e and I never had an unpl easant experi ence. I am used t o t ravel li ng by air and onl y on one occasi on have I ever felt f ri ghtened. Af ter t aki ng of f, we were f l yi ng l ow over t he ci t y and sl owly gai ni ng hei ght, when t he pl ane suddenl y t ur ned round and fl ew back to t he ai r por t. Whi l e we wer e wai ti ng t o land, an ai r host ess t ol d us t o keep cal m and t o get off t he pl ane qui et l y as soon as it had t ouched down. Ever ybody on boar d was wor ri ed and we wer e cur i ous t o fi nd out what had happened. Later we l ear nt t hat t her e was a ver y im por tant per son on boar d. The poli ce had been t ol d t hat a bomb had been pl anted on t he pl ane. Af ter we had l anded, t he plane was sear ched t hor oughl y. For tunat ely, not hi ng was f ound and f i ve hour s l ater we wer e abl e t o t ake off again. Leson80 The Cryst al Pal ace 水晶宮 Per haps t he m ost extr aor dinar y bui ldi ng of t he ni eent h cent ur y was t he Cr yst al Palace, whi ch was bui lt i n Hyde Par k for 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 peopl e f r om many count ri es came t o see it. A gr eat many goods wer e sent t o t he exhibit i on f r om vari ous par ts of t he worl d. Ther e was al so a great deal of m achi ner y on di spl ay. The most wonderf ul pi ece of m achi ner y on show was Na sm yth39。s st eam hamm er. Though i n t hose days, t ravel li ng was not as easy as i t is t oday, st eam boats car ied t housands of vi sit ors acr oss t he Channel f r om Eur ope. On ar ri vi ng i n Engl and, t hey wer e t aken t o the Cr yst al Pal ace by t r ai n. Ther e wer e si x m il li on visit or s i n al l, and t he pr ofi ts f r om t he exhi bi ti on were used t o bui ld m useum s and col l eges. Lat er , the Cr yst al Pal ace was m oved t o Sout h London. I t remai ned one of t he m ost f am ous buil dings i n t he wor ld unti l it was bur nt down i n 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫 逃 When he had kil ed t he guar d, t he pr i soner of war qui ckl y dr agged him i nto t he bushes. Wor ki ng rapidl y i n t he darknes, he soon changed i nt o t he dead m an39。s cl ot hes. Now, dr essed i n a bl ue uni f orm and wi t h a ri fl e over hi s shoul der, t he pri soner m arched bol dl y up and down in f r ont of t he cam p. He coul d hear shouti ng in t he cam p it sel f. Li ght s were bl azi ng and m en were r unni ng here and t her e: they had j ust di scovered t hat a pr isoner had escaped. At t hat m om ent , a lar ge bl ack car wi th f our off icers i nsi de it, st opped at the cam p gates. The of fi cer s got out and t he pr isoner st ood t o at ent i on and salut ed as t hey passed. When t hey had gone, t he dri ver of t he car cam e 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 hai r and cl ear bl ue eyes. The pr isoner f el t sor r y f or him , but t her e was not hi ng el se he coul d do. As t he man cam e near , t he pr isoner knocked him t o t he gr ound wit h 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？ Fi sherm en and sail ors someti mes claim t o have seen monst ers i n t he sea. Though peopl e have of t en l aughed at st ori es t ol d by s eamen, i t is now known that m any of these 39。m onst ers39。 whi ch have at t im es been si ghted ar e sim pl y st range fi sh. Ocasi onal ly, unusual cr eat ur es ar e washed t o t he shor e, but t hey ar e rar el y caught out at sea. Som e t im e ago, however, a peculi ar f i sh was caught near Madagascar . A smal f ishi ng boat was c