【正文】 e 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 m onst ers i n t he sea. Though peopl e have of t en l aughed at st ori es tol d by seamen, i t is now known that m any of these 39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane li ved t her e, the poli cem an on dut y t ol d him t hat si nce hi s defeat, t he ex Pr im e Mi nister had gone abr oad. On t he f ol lowi ng day, Cr awl ey went to t he house agai n. The same poli cem an was j ust wal ki ng sl owl y past t he ent r ance, when Cr awl ey asked the sam e questi on. Though a l it l e suspici ous t hi s tim e, the poli cem an gave him t he same answer . The day af t er , Crawl ey went t o t he house once m or e and asked exact l y t he sam e questi on. Thi s tim e, t he pol i ceman l ost his t em per.39。 39。 Leson84 O n st ri ke 罷工 Busm en have deci ded t o go on str ike next week. The st ri ke is due t o begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong i t wil l last. The busm en have stat ed t hat t he st ri ke wil l cont i nue unti l general agr eem ent i s reached about pay and wor ki ng condi ti ons. Most peopl e bel ieve t hat the str i ke wi l l ast f or at l east a week. Many owner s of pr i vat e car s ar e goi ng t o of fer 39。s home. We shal al r em em ber Mr Page for his pati ence and under st andi ng and f or t he ki ndl y encour agem ent he gave us when we went so unwil li ngly t o school . A gr eat m any f orm er pupil s wil l be atending a farewel l di nner i n his honour next Thur sday. It i s a cur ious coincidence that he day bef ore hi s ret ir em ent , Mr Page wil l have been teachi ng for a t otal of f ort y year s. Af t er he has r et ir ed, he wi l devot e him self t o gardening. For hi m, thi s wil l be an ent ir el y new hobby. But t hi s does not mat er, f or , as he has of ten r em ar ked, one i s never too ol d to lear n. Lesson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he man tr i ed to swi ng the speedboat round, t he steer ing wheel came away in hi s hands. He waved desperatel y to hi s pani on, who had been water skii ng for the l ast f if teen mi nut es. Both men had har dly had t ime to r eal ize what was happening when t hey wer e t hr own vi ol ent 1y int o t he sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but i t conti nued to m ove ver y qui ckly across the wat er . Both m en had just begun to swi m towards t he shor e. when t hey not iced wit h dismay t hat t he have j ust f ini shed cutt ing t hree car t loads of gol den brown m acaroni stalks. The whol e vil lage has been wor king day and night gat her ing and t hreshi ng thi s year 39。 I l it a ci gar et te t o calm my ner ves. I sm oked wi th conc ent rati on and pleasur e as I was sur e that this woul d be my last ci gar et te. For a whole week I di d not smoke at al l and dur ing t his t ime, my wif e suf fer ed ter ri bl y. I had al l t he usual sym pt oms of som eone givi ng up smoking: a bad temper and an e norm ous appeti e. My f ri ends kept on of f er ing m e cigaret es and ci gar s. They made no ef fort t o hide t hei r amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweet s fr om my pocket . Af t er seven days of thi s I went t o a part y. Everybody around me was sm oki ng and I felt extr em ely un f or t able. When my ol d f ri end Br i an ur ged me t o acept a ci garet e, i t was more than I coul d bear . I took one gui lt il y, l it i t and smoked wi th sati sf act ion. My wi f e was del ight ed t hat hings had retur ned to nor mal once mor e. Anyway, as Bri a n poi nted out, i t i s the easiest t hing i n the wor ld to gi ve up sm oki ng. He hi mself has done i t lots of t im es! Lesson79 By air 乘飛 機(jī) I used to t ravel by ai r a great deal when I was a boy. My parents, used t o li ve in Sout h Amer ica and I used t o f ly t her e f rom Europe in the holi days. An air host ess would take char ge of me and I never had an unpl easant exper ience. I am used t o tr avel li ng by ai r and onl y on one occasion have I ever f el t fr ightened. Af t er t aki ng off , we were fl yi ng l ow over t he city and sl owl y ga ini ng hei ght , when the pl ane suddenly tur ned r ound and fl ew back t o t he ai rpor t. Whi le we were wai ti ng to land, an air hostess tol d us to keep cal m and t o get of f the pl ane qui et ly as soon as it had touched down. Everybody on boar d was wor ri ed and we were c ur ious to fi nd out what had happened. Later we l ear nt t hat t her e was a very impor tant per son on board. The poli ce had been tol d that a bomb had been pl ant ed on t he pl ane. Af ter we had landed, t he plane was searched thor oughly. Fort unat ely, not hing was f ound and f ive hours l ater we wer e abl e to take off again. Lesson80 The Cryst al Pal ace 水晶宮 Perhaps the m ost extr aor dinary buil ding of t he ni eent h cent ury was t he Crystal Palace, whi ch was bui lt i n Hyde Park f or the Gr eat Exhibi ti on of 1851. The Crystal Palace was dif ferent fr om al l ot her bui ldings i n the wor ld, f or i t was made of ir on and gl ass. It was one of the biggest buil dings of al l ti me and a l ot of peopl e f rom many count ri es came t o se it. A great many goods wer e sent to the exhi bit ion f rom var ious part s of the wor ld. Ther e was also a gr eat deal of machinery on displ ay. The m ost wonder f ul pi ece of machinery on show was Nasmyt h39。 which have at t imes been sighted are si mply st range fi sh. Occasi onal 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 ti me ago, however , a pecul iar fi sh was caught near Madagascar . A smal l f ishing boat was car ri ed mi les out t o sea by the powerf ul fi sh as i t pul led on t he li ne. Reali zi ng that thi 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 ly br ought t o shor e, i t was