【正文】 術(shù) The mummy of an Egyptian woman who died i n 800 . has just had an oper at ion. The mummy is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a singer in t he Templ e of Thebes. As t here were str ange mar ks on the Xr ay plates taken of t he mummy, doct or s have been t rying to f ind out whether t he wom an died of a r ar e di sease. The only way to do this was to operate. The operati on, whi ch l asted for over f our hours, pr oved t o be very dif ficult because of the hard r esin which cover ed the skin. The doctors removed a section of the mummy and sent it to a l aboratory. They al so f ound somet hi ng which the Xr ay of the god Duamutef . This god which has the head of a cow was nor mal ly placed inside a mummy. The doctors have not yet decided how t he woman died. They f ear ed t hat he mummy would fal to pieces when t hey cut it open, but f or tunately t hi s has not happened. The mummy succesfull y survived the oper ation. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter reading an ar ticle ent it led 39。 answered Crawley, 39。 I told you yest er day and t he day before yesterday, 39。m onst er s39。Ci gar et e Sm oki ng and Your Heal th39。have j ust fi ni shed cut ti ng t hr ee car t loads of golden br own macar oni stal ks. The whole vil lage has been worki ng day and ni ght gatheri ng and t hr eshi ng this year39。 I l it a ci garet e to calm m y ner ves. I sm oked wi th concentr at ion and pleasur e as I was sure t hat hi s woul d be my last cigar et te. For a whole week I did not sm oke at al and duri ng t hi s t ime, m y wi fe suf fered ter ibly. I had al t he usual sym pt oms of som eone gi vi ng up sm oki ng: a bad tem per and an enorm ous appet it e. My fr iends kept on of er i ng me ci gar et tes and ci gars. They m ade no ef fort to hide thei r amusement whenever I pr oduced a packet of sweet s fr om m y pocket. Aft er seven days of this I went to a par ty. Ever ybody ar ound m e was sm oking and I f elt ext rem el y unf ortable. When m y ol d fr iend Br ian ur ged me t o accept a cigar et te, i t was m ore than I coul d bear . I t ook one guilt il y, li t i t and smoked wit h sati sf acti on. My wif e was deli ght ed t hat hings had r et ur ned t o norm al once m or e. Anyway, as Br ian poi nt ed out, it is t he easiest thing in t he worl d to give up sm oki ng. He him self has done it l ots of tim es! Lesson79 By air 乘飛機(jī) I used t o tr avel by ai r a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My parent s, used to li ve i n South Ame ri ca and I used t o f ly t here f rom Europe i n the holi days. An ai rhost ess would t ake char ge of me and I never had an unpl easant experi ence. I am used t o t ravel i ng by ai r and onl y on one occasi on have I ever felt fr ight ened. Aft er t aking of f, we wer e fl yi ng l ow over t he cit y and sl owl y gaining hei ght, when t he plane suddenl y t urned r ound and fl ew back t o t he ai r port. Whil e we wer e wai ti ng t o l and, an air hostes t ol d us t o keep calm and t o get off the pl ane qui et ly as soon as it had t ouched down. Everybody on boar d was worr ied and we wer e curi ous t o fi nd out what had happened. Lat er we l earnt that t here was a very im port ant person on boar d. The poli ce had been t ol d t hat a bomb had been pl anted on t he pl ane. Aft er we had l anded, t he pl ane was sear ched t hor oughl y. For tunately, not hi ng was f ound and f ive hours later we wer e able t o t ake off again. Leson80 The Crystal Pal ace 水晶宮 Perhaps t he most ext raor di nar y buil di ng of the ni eent h cent ur y was t he Cr ystal Palace, whi ch was buil t in Hyde Park f or t he Great Exhi bi ti on of 1851. The Cr yst al Pal ace was dif er ent fr om al l ot her buil di ngs i n t he worl d, f or it was m ade of i ron and glas. I t was one of the bi ggest bui ldings of al l t ime and a l ot of peopl e fr om m any count ri es came t o see it. A gr eat m any goods we re sent to t he exhi bit ion fr om vari ous part s of t he worl d. Ther e was al so a gr eat deal of machi nery on displ ay. The most wonder f ul pi ece of m achi ner y on show was Nasm yt h39。 whi ch have at imes been si ghted ar e sim pl y st range fi sh. Ocasional y, unusual cr eatures ar e washed to t he shore, but they are r ar el y caught out at sea. Som e tim e ago, however, a peculi ar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al l f ishi ng boat was car ied m il es out t o sea by t he powerf ul f ish as it pul led on t he l ine. Reali zi ng t hat this was no or di nary fi sh, the fi sherm an m ade ever y ef ort not t o damage it i n any way. When i t was event ual y br ought t o shor e, it was found t o be over thir teen f et long. It had a head li ke a hor se, bi g bl ue eyes, shining si lver ski n, and a bri ght red tail, The f ish, which has si nce been sent t o a m useum where it i s being exam ined by a scientist, is cal led an oarfi sh. Such cr eatur es have rarely been sen al ive by m an as t hey li ve at a dept h of si x hundr ed f et. Leson83 Aft er t he el ecti ons 大選之后 The f orm er Prim e Minister, Mr Went wor th Lane, was def eated in t he r ecent el ecti ons. He is now r eti ri ng f rom pol it cal li fe and has gone abroad. My fr iend, Crawl ey, has al ways been a fanati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。 he shout ed, 39。 but I l ove to hear you say i t ! 39。Cigar et te Smoking and Your Health39。monst er s39。 I told you yest er day and t he day before yesterday, 39。 answered Crawley, 39。s cr op bef or e the Septem ber rains. On t he ri ght, you can see Mr s Br abant e hersel f. She has been hel pi ng her husband f or t hi rt y year s now. Mrs Br abant e i s tal king to t he manager of t he l ocal f actory wher e the cr op i s pr ocesed. Thi s l ast scene shows you what wil happen at the end of t he harvest : t he f am ous Cal abri an macar oni eati ng peti i on ! Si gnor Fr at el li, t he present cham pi on, has won it ever y year since 1961. And t hat ends our special bull et in f or t