【正文】 smoked wi th sat isfact ion. My wif e was deli ght ed t hat t hi ngs had ret urned to normal once more. Anyway, as Bri an poi nt ed out, it i s t he easi est t hing i n the worl d to gi ve up smoki ng. He himsel f has done it l ot s of t imes! Lesson79 By ai r 乘飛機 I used t o t ravel by ai r a great deal when I was a boy. My par ents, used to l ive i n South Am eri ca and I used to f ly t her e fr om Europe i n t he holi days. An air hostes would t ake char ge of me and I never had an unpl easant e xper ience. I am used t o tr avel li ng by ai r and only on one occasion have I ever f el t fr ight ened. Af ter taki ng off, we wer e fl yi ng low over t he ci ty and slowly gaining hei ght, when the plane suddenl y t ur ned r ound and fl ew back t o the ai r port. Whi le we wer e wai ti ng to l and, an air host ess t ol d us t o keep calm and t o get off t he pl ane quietl y as soon as i t had t ouched down. Ever ybody on board was wor ied and we were cur i ous t o fi nd out what had happened. Later we lear nt that t her e was a ver y impor tant person on board. The poli ce had been t ol d t hat a bom b had been pl anted on t he pl ane. Af ter we had landed, t he pl ane was sear ched t horoughl y. For tunat el y, not hi ng was found and fi ve hours l at er we wer e abl e to t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Crystal Pal ace 水晶宮 Per haps t he m ost ext raor di nar y bui lding of the ni eenth cent ur y was the Cr ystal Pal ace, which was buil t i n Hyde Park f or t he Great Exhibiti on of 1851. The Cr yst al Palace was dif f er ent fr om al l other buil di ngs i n the worl d, f or i t was m ade of ir on a nd glass. It was one of the bi ggest buil di ngs of al l tim e and a lot of peopl e fr om many count ri es cam e to see it. A great m any goods were sent t o the exhi bit ion f rom vari ous par ts of t he worl d. There was also a great deal of machi nery on di splay. The most wonderf ul pi ece of machiner y on show was Nasm yth39。s steam hammer. Though i n those days, tr avel li ng was not as easy as i t is t oday, steam boats cari ed thousands of vi sit ors acr oss t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ari vi ng i n England, t hey were t aken to t he Cryst al Palace by t r ai n. Ther e wer e si x mi li on vi si tors i n al, and t he pr ofi ts f r om the exhi bit ion were used t o bui l d m useums and c ol eges. Later, t he Cr ystal Pal ace was m oved t o Sout h London. It r em ai ned one of t he m ost fam ous buil di ngs i n the worl d unt il it was bur nt down i n 1936. Leson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil ed the guar d, t he pri soner of war qui ckly dr agged him i nt o t he bushes. Worki ng r api dl y in t he dar kness, he soon changed into t he dead m an39。s cl ot hes. Now, dresed in a bl ue unif orm and wit h a r if le over hi s shoul der, t he pr isoner m ar ched bol dl y up and down i n fr ont of t he camp. He coul d hear shout ing i n the camp it self. Li ghts wer e bl azi ng and m en wer e runni ng here and t here: they had j ust discover ed t hat a pri soner had escaped. At t hat m om ent, a l ar ge bl ack car wit h four of fi cers i nsi de i t, st opped at t he cam p gat es. The of fi cers got out and the pri soner stood to at enti on and sal ut ed as they pased. When t hey had gone, t he dr iver of t he car cam e t owards him. The m an obviousl y want ed t o t al k. He was r at her el derl y wit h grey hai r and cl ear bl ue eyes. The prisoner f elt sorr y for him, but t her e was not hi ng else he coul d do. As t he m an cam e near, t he pri soner knocke d him t o t he gr ound wit h a shar p bl ow. Then, j umping i nt o t he car , he drove of f as quickl y as he could. Lesson82 Monst er or f ish? 是妖還是魚？ Fisherm en and sail or s sometim es cl aim t o have sen monsters i n t he sea. Though people have oft en laughed at stori es t ol d by s eamen, i t is now known t hat many of these 39。monst er s39。 which have at times been si ghted ar e sim pl y st r ange fish. Ocasional y, unusual cr eatures are washed t o the shor e, but t hey ar e rarely caught out at sea. Som e ti me ago, however , a pecul iar fi sh was caught near Madagascar. A smal f ishi ng boat was car ri ed mi les out t o sea by t he powerf ul f ish as it pul led on t he l ine. Real izing t hat this was no or di nary f ish, t he fi sherm an m ade ever y ef ort not t o damage i t in any way. When i t was event ual l y br ought t o shor e, it was f ound t o be over thirt een f eet l ong. I t had a head li ke a hor se, bi g blue eyes, shining sil ver ski n, and a bri ght red t ail , The fish, whi ch has si nce been sent t o a m useum where i t is being exam i ned by a sci enti st, i s cal led an oar fish. Such creat ur es have rarely been seen ali ve by m an as they li ve at a dept h of si x hundr ed feet . Leson83 Af ter t he elect ions 大選之后 The f orm er Pr ime Minist er , Mr Went wort h Lane, was defeat ed i n t he recent el ecti ons. He i s now r et ir ing fr om polit ical l if e and has gone abr oad. My f ri end, Cr awl ey, has al ways been a f anat ical opponent of Mr Lane39。s Radi cal Progresive Par ty. Aft er t he el ecti ons, Cr awl ey went to t he former Prim e Mi ni st er39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane li ved t here, the pol iceman on dut y t ol d him that since hi s def eat, t he ex Prim e Mi ni st er had gone abr oad. On t he f ol lowing day, Cr awl ey went to t he house agai n. The same poli cem an was j ust walking sl owl y past t he entr ance, when Cr awl ey asked t he sam e quest ion. Though a lit tl e suspi ci ous t his tim e, t he policem an gave him t he sam e answer . The day aft er , Crawley went t o the house once more and asked exact ly t he sam e quest ion. Thi s tim e, t he poli cem an l ost his t em per.39。 I t ol d you yesterday and t he day bef or e yester day,39。 he shout ed, 39。Mr Lane was def eat ed i n t he el ec