【正文】 o be over thir teen f et long. It had a head li ke a hor se, bi g blue eyes, shi ning sil ver skin, and a bri ght r ed tai l, The fi sh, whi ch has since been sent to a museum wher e i t is being examined by a scienti st , is cal ed an oar fi sh. Such cr eatures have rar el y been seen ali ve by man as they l ive at a dept h of si x hundr ed feet. Lesson83 Af ter t he electi ons 大選之后 The for mer Pr im e Mi nister , Mr Wentwor th Lane, was def eated in the r ecent el ect ions. He is now reti ri ng fr om pol it ical if e and has gone abroad. My f ri end, Cr awl ey, has always been a fanati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。 I li t a ci gar et e to calm my ner ves. I sm oked wi t h conc ent r at ion and pleasur e as I was sur e that thi s would be m y last ci gar et e. For a whole wek I di d not smoke at al and dur i ng this t im e, m y wif e suff er ed ter ri bly. I had al l the usual sym ptoms of someone gi ving up smoking: a bad temper and an enor mous appeti te. My f r i ends kept on of fer ing me ci gar et es and cigar s. They made no ef ort t o hide t hei r am usement whenever I pr oduced a packet of sweet s fr om m y pocket. Af ter seven days of this I went to a par ty. Everybody around me was smoking and I f e lt extr em el y un for table. When my ol d f ri end Br i an ur ged me t o acept a cigaret 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 wif e was del ight ed that hings had ret ur ned to nor mal once mor e. Anyway, as Bri an 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 I used t o tr avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used to l ive i n South Ameri ca and I used to f ly there f r om Eur ope i n t he hol idays. An ai rhostes woul d take charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experi ence. I am used to t raveli ng by air and only on one occasi on have I ever f elt f ri ght ened. Af ter taking of f, we wer e f lying l ow over the cit y and slowl y gai ning height, when t he plane suddenl y t urned r ound and f lew back t o the ai rport . Whil e we wer e wai ting to l and, an air hostes t old us t o keep cal m and t o get of f the plane quietl y as soon as i t had touched down. Ever ybody on board was worr ied and we wer e curi ous to f ind out what had happened. Lat er we learnt t hat ther e was a ver y i mport ant person on boar d. The pol ice had been told that a bomb had been pl ant ed on the plane. Aft er we had landed, the pl ane was searched thoroughly. Fort unatel y, nothi ng was found and f ive hour s l at er we were abl e to t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 Perhaps the most extr aor dinary bui lding of t he nieent h cent ury was t he Cr yst al Palace, whi ch was bui lt i n Hyde Park for the Gr eat Exhi bi ti on of 1851. The Cr ystal Palace was dif fer ent f rom al l other bui ldings i n the wor ld, f or i t was made of ir on and gl as. It was one of the bi ggest bui ldings of al ti me and a l ot of people f rom many count ri es came t o se it . A great many goods wer e sent to the exhibit ion f rom vari ous part s of the wor ld. There was al so a gr eat deal of machinery on di spl ay. The most wonder ful piece of machi ner y on show was Nasmyth39。 we ar e taking you t o the m acar oni f ields of Calabri a. Macar oni has been gr own i n thi s ar ea for over si x hundr ed year s. Two of t he leading gr ower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ri car do Br abante, tel l m e that they have been expect ing a splendid cr op this year and har vesti ng has begun earl ier than usual . Her e you can see t wo wor ker s who, bet ween them, have j ust f ini shed cutti ng t hr ee car t loads of gol den br own macaroni st alks. The whol e vil lage has been wor ki ng day and ni ght gat her ing and thr eshi ng this year39。 SOS39。 sai d the sheri f wi th a sneer. 39。t be too hard on us. I39。 39。 he shouted: 39。No newspaper m en, no f ilm f ans! Why don39。 sai d Gl or i a Gleam. 39。s footsteps many years l at er, Sir Malcolm39。m onst ers39。Ci gar et t e Sm oki ng and Your Heal t h39。 sai d the voice of t he t elevisi on announcer,39。 l esson75 SO S 呼救信號 When a l i ght pasenger plane fl ew of f cour se some t im e ago, it cr ashed i n the m ount ai ns and i ts pi lot was kil led. The onl y pa senger s, a young woman and her t wo baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. I t was the mi ddle of wi nt er. Snow l ay t hick on t he gr ound. The wom an knew t hat the near est vi l age was m il es away. When it gr ew dar k. she tur ned a suit case i nt o a bed and put the chil dr en i nsi de i t, cover i ng t hem wi t h al l t he cl ot hes she coul d f i nd. Duri ng t he ni ght , it got t er i bl y col d. The wom an kept as near as she coul d t o the chil dr en and even t ri ed t o get i nt o t he case hersel f, but it was t oo sm al l. Earl y , next m or ni ng she hear d planes passi ng over head and wonder ed how she could send a si gnal. Then she had an i dea. She st am ped out t he let ers39。 Oh, i s it ?39。 don39。t r ead !39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you! 39。 Br i nksl ey Meer s agr eed. 39。Thi s i s a wonder f ul pl ace f or a pi i c,39。hour, he had gr eat dif fi cul t y in contr oll ing t he car because a t yr e burst dur i ng t he fi r st r un. Af t er hi s at tem pt, Cam pbel was di sappoi nted t o l ear n t hat hi s aver age speed had been 299 mi l es per hour . However , a f ew da ys l at er, he was t ol d t hat a m istake had been m ade. Hi s aver age speed had been 301 m il es per hour. Si nce t hat t im e, r aci ng dri ver s have r eached speeds of over 400 mi les an hour. Foll owing his f at her39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s i n a ci nem a seei ng the sam e fi lm over and over agai n, i s usual y as f ar as t hey get. They have al l been put t o shame by a boy who, whi le pl ayi n