【正文】 t hi s I went t o a part y. Ever ybody ar ound m e was sm oki ng and I f elt extr emel y unf or t abl e. When m y ol d fr iend Br ian ur ged m e t o accept a ci gar et t e, it was m or e t han I coul d bear. I t ook one guil ti l y, li t it and sm oked wit h sat isf acti on. My wi f e was del ighted t hat t hi ngs had r et ur ned t o norm al once mor e. Anyway, as Bri an poi nt ed out, it i s t he easi est t hi ng i n the wor l d t o gi ve up sm oki ng. He hi msel f has done i t lots 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 par ents, 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 Eur ope i n t he holi days. An air host es 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 only on one occasi on have I ever f elt f ri ght ened. Aft er taking of f, we wer e f lyi ng l ow over t he cit y and slowl y gai ni ng hei ght, when t he pl ane suddenl y t ur ned r ound and fl ew back t o the air port. Whil e we wer e wait i ng t o l and, an air host ess t ol d us t o keep calm and t o get of f 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 curi ous t o fi nd out what had happened. Lat er we lear nt t hat t her e was a very i mport ant per son on boar d. The poli ce had been t ol d t hat a bomb had been planted on t he pl ane. Af t er we had l anded, the pl ane was sear ched t horoughl y. For t unat el y, not hi ng was f ound and fi ve hour s l at er we wer e abl e t o t ake off agai n. Lesson80 The Cryst al Pal ace 水晶宮 Per haps t he m ost ext r 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 buil t i n Hyde Par k f or t he Gr eat Exhi bit ion of 1851. The Cr yst al Pal ace was di f erent fr om al ot her buil dings i n the wor ld, f or i t was m ade of i r on and gl as. It was one of t he bi ggest bui l di ngs of al t im e and a lot of peopl e fr om m any countr ies cam e t o see i t. A gr eat m any goods we r e sent t o t he exhi bit ion f r om var ious par t s of t he worl d. Ther e was also a gr eat deal of m achiner y on di spl ay. The m ost wonderf ul pi ece of m achiner y on show was Nasm yt h39。 which have at t im es been si ghted ar e sim pl y st range fi sh. Occasi onal y, unusual cr eat ur es ar e washed t o t he shor e, but t hey are r arel y caught out at sea. Som e tim e ago, however, a pecul iar f i sh was caught near Madagascar . A smal f ishing boat was car ri ed mil es out t o sea by the powerf ul fi sh as i t pul l ed on t he li ne. Reali zi ng t hat t hi s was no or di nar y fi sh, t he fi sherm an made ever y ef ort not to dam age 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 bl ue eyes, shi ning sil ver ski n, and a bri ght r ed t ail , The fi sh, whi ch has si nce been sent t o a museum where i t is bei ng exam i ned by a sci enti st , is cal ed an oar fi sh. Such cr eat ur es have r ar ely been seen ali ve by m an as t hey l i ve at a depth of si x hundr ed f eet . Leson83 Aft er t he el ect ions 大選之后 The form er Pr im e Mi nister, Mr Went wort h Lane, was defeat ed i n t he r ecent el ect i ons. He is now reti ri ng f rom pol it ical li fe and has gone abr oad. My fr iend, Cr awl ey, has al ways been a f anat ical opponent of Mr Lane39。 he shout ed, 39。 ans wer ed Cr awl ey,39。 Leson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The mummy of an Egypti an woman who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper ati on. The mum my i s that of Shepenm ut who was once a singer in t he Temple of Thebes. As t her e were st range marks on t he X ray plat es t aken of t he mummy, doct ors have been tr yi ng to fi nd out whether t he wom an di ed of a rare di sease. The only way to do this was t o operate. The oper ation, which l ast ed for over four hour s, pr oved t o be very di f icult because of the hard r esi n whi ch covered t he ski n. The doctor s removed a sect ion of t he m ummy and sent i t to a labor ator y. They also 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。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 blaz ing and men wer e r unni ng her e and there: they had just discovered t hat a pr isoner had escaped. At t hat m om ent , a lar ge bl ack car wi th f our of f icer s i nside i t, stopped at he cam p gates. The of fi cer s got out and the pri soner stood to at tenti on and sal ut ed as the y pased. When they had gone, the dr iver of t he car came t owards him . The m an obvi ously want ed to talk. He was r ather el der ly wit h grey hair and clear blue eyes. The pri soner fel t sor ry f or him, but there was not hi ng else he coul d do. As the m an came near, t he pr i soner knocked hi m to t he ground wi th a sharp bl ow. Then, jumpi ng int o the car, he dr ove of f as qui ckl y as he coul d. Leson82 Monster or f ish? 是妖還是魚？ Fisherm en and sail or s someti mes cl aim to have sen m onster s in the sea. Though people have oft en laughed at stor ies tol d by seamen, it i s now known that many of these 39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane li ved there, the poli ceman on dut y t ol d him t hat si nce hi s defeat, t he ex Pri me Minister had gone abr oa