【正文】 head of a cow was norm al l y pl aced i nsi de a m umm y. The doct or s have not yet decided how t he wom an died. They feared t hat t he m um my woul d f al l to pi eces when t hey cut it open, but f or tunat ely t his has not happened. The m umm y successfull y sur vi ved t he oper at i on. Leson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af t er r eadi ng an ar ti cl e entit l ed 39。Ci gar et te Sm oki ng and Your Healt h39。 I l it a ci gar et e to calm m y ner ves. I sm oked wi t h concent r at ion and pl easur e as I was sur e t hat t hi s would be m y l ast ci gar et e. For a whol e week I di d not sm oke at al and duri ng this t im e, m y wif e suff ered t er ri bly. I had al l the usual sym ptoms of som eone gi ving up smoki ng: a bad tem per and an enorm ous appeti te. My fr iends kept on off eri ng m e ci gar et tes and ci gars. They m ade no ef f or t to hi de their amusem ent whenever I pr oduced a packet of sweets f r om my pocket . Aft er seven days of t hi s I went to a par ty. Ever ybody ar ound m e was sm oking and I f el t ext remel y unf ort abl e. When m y ol d fr iend Br ian ur ged m e t o acept a ci gar et t e, it was m ore t han I coul d bear . I t ook one gui lt il y, l it it and sm oked wit h sati sf act ion. 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, it i s t he easi est t hi ng i n t he wor l d t o gi ve up sm oki ng. He hi msel f has done i t lot s of t im es! Lesson79 By air 乘飛機(jī) I used to t r avel by ai r a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My parents, used t o li ve i n Sout h Am er ica and I used t o f ly t her e f r om Europe i n the holi days. An air host ess woul d take char ge of m e and I never had an unpl easant exper i ence. I am used t o tr avel li ng by ai r and onl y on one occasi on have I ever f el t fr i ght ened. Aft er t aki ng off , we wer e fl ying 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 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 calm and to get off t he pl ane qui et l 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 pol ice had been t ol d t hat a bom b had been pl ant ed on the pl ane. Aft er we had landed, t he pl ane was searched t hor oughl y. Fort unat el y, not hi ng was f ound and f ive hours l at er we wer e abl e t o take off 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 ur y was t he Cr yst al Pal ace, whi ch was built i n Hyde Par k f or t he Great Exhi biti on of 1851. The Cr yst al Pal ace was dif f er ent f r om al ot her buil di ngs i n t he worl d, f or it was m ade of i ron and gl ass. I t was one of t he biggest buil di ngs of al l tim e and a l ot of peopl e fr om m any countr i es cam e t o se i t. A great m any goods wer e sent t o the exhi bit ion f r om vari ous part s of t he wor l d. There was al so a gr eat deal of m achi ner y on display. The m ost wonderf ul pi ece of m achi ner y on show was Nasm yt h39。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 or s acr oss t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ar ri 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 wer e si x mi l ion vi sit or s i n al , and the pr of it s fr om t he exhi bit ion wer e used t o buil d m useum s and col 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. Leson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had ki l ed t he guar d, t he pr isoner of war quickl y dr agged him i nto t he bushes. Wor ki ng rapi dl y i n t he darknes, he soon changed i nt o t he dead m an39。s cl othes. Now, dr essed in a bl ue uni f or m and wit h a r if le over hi s shoul der , the pri soner m ar ched bol dl y up and down i n fr ont of t he cam p. He coul d hear shouti ng i n t he camp i tself . Li ghts wer e blazing and m en wer e r unni ng her e and t her e: t hey had j ust discover ed that a pri soner had escaped. At t hat m oment, a l ar ge black car wit h f our off i cer s i nsi de it , st opped at t he cam p gat es. The off icers got out and t he pri soner st ood to at tenti on and sal ut ed as t hey pased. When t hey had gone, t he dr iver of t he car came t owards him . The m an obvi ousl y wanted t o t al k. He was rat her elderl y wi th gr ey hai r and cl ear bl ue eyes. The pr i soner felt sorr y f or him , but t her e was not hi ng el se he coul d do. As the m an came near, t he pr i soner knocke d hi m t o t he ground 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？ Fi sherm en and sail or s 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 tol 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 y, unusual cr eat ur es ar e washed t o t he shor e, but they are r ar el y caught out at sea. Som e ti me ago, however, a peculi ar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al fi shi ngboat was car ri ed m il es out t o sea by t he powerf ul f i sh as i t pul led on t he li ne. Reali zi ng t hat t hi s was no ordi nar y fi sh, t he fi sherm an made ever y ef ort not to damage it i n any way. When it was event ual l y brought t o shor e, i t was f ound t o be over t hir teen f et l ong. It had a head li ke a hor se, bi g blue eyes, shi ning sil ver ski n, and a bri ght red t ai l, The f ish, whi ch has si nce been s