【正文】 i t lots of t imes! Lesson79 By air 乘飛機(jī) I used t o t ravel by ai r a great deal when I was a boy. My parents, used t o li ve in South Amer ica and I used t o fl y t her e fr om Eur ope in t he holi days. An air hostess would t ake charge of m e and I never had an unpleasant exper ience. I am used to tr avel ing by ai r and onl y on one occasion have I ever fel t fr ightened. Af ter t aki ng off , we were f lyi ng low over t he ci ty and slowl y gai ni ng height , when t he plane suddenly t urned r ound and f lew back t o the air port . Whil e we wer e wait ing t o l and, an air host es t old us t o keep calm and to get of f the plane quietl y as soon as i t had t ouched down. Ever ybody on board was worr ied and we wer e curi ous t o f ind out what had happened. Lat er we learnt that there was a ver y i mport ant person on boar d. The pol ice had been told that a bom b had been plant ed on the plane. Af t er we had landed, the pl ane was sear ched thoroughly. For t unatel y, nothi ng was found and fi ve hour s lat er we were able to t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 Per haps t he most ext raordi nar y buil di ng of the nieenth centur y was the Cr ystal Pal ace, which was buil t in Hyde Par k f or t he Gr eat Exhibit ion of 1851. The Cr yst al Pal ace was di f er ent f r om al ot her buil di ngs in t he worl d, for it was m ade of i ron and glass. I t was one of t he biggest buil di ngs of al l t im e and a lot of people fr om m any countr ies came to see i t. A gr e at many goods were sent t o t he exhi bi ti on fr om var ious par t s of t he wor ld. Ther e was also a gr eat deal of machinery on di spl ay. The most wonder ful piece of machi ner y on show was Nasmyth39。 Lesson88 Trapped i n a m ine 困在礦井里 Si x men have been t rapped in a mine f or seventeen hour s. I f they are not br ought to t he sur face soon they may l ose t hei r li ves. However , rescue operat ions are pr ovi ng dif fi cul t. I f explosives are used, vi br ati ons wi l l cause the r oof of the m ine t o col lapse. Rescue wor kers are theref or e dri l ing a hol e on the nor th side of t he mine. They intend t o bri ng the m en up in a special capsul e. I f ther e had not been a har d l ayer of rock beneath the soil , t hey would have pleted t he job i n a f ew hour s. As it i s, t hey have been dr il li ng f or si xt een hour s and t hey st il l have a l ong way to go. Meanwhil e, a micr ophone, whi ch was lower ed into the mi ne two hour s ago, has enabled t he men t o keep i n t ouch wi th the closest r el atives. Though t hey ar e running out of food and dri nk, t he men are cheerf ul and confi dent that they wi l get out soon. They have been t ol d t hat r escue oper at ions are pr ogressi ng sm oot hly. If t hey knew how dif fi cul t it was t o dri l thr ough the hard r ock, t hey woul d lose hear t. Leson89 A sl ip of t he tongue 口誤 People wi l do anythi ng to see a f ree showeven i f it is a bad one. When t he news got r ound t hat a vari ety show woul d be present ed at our local ci nem a by the P. and U. Bi rd Seed Company, we al l rushed to see it . We had t o queue f or hour s to get in and t here m ust have been sever al hundr ed peopl e present j ust be f ore the show began. Unfor tunately, the show was one of the dul lest we have ever seen. Those who f ai led t o get i n need not have fel t di sappointed as ma ny of t he ar ti st es who shoul d have appear ed di d not 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。 said t he inspector , 39。 39。 39。 asked t he inspector . 39。 I must be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。Do you always catch such an ear ly t rain ?39。s home. We shal al r emember Mr Page f or his pati ence and under st andi ng and f or the ki ndl y encour agement he gave us when we went so unwil li ngl y t o school. A gr eat m any f orm er pupil s wi l be at ending a farewel l di nner i n his honour next Thur sday. It i s a curi ous coincidence that the day bef ore hi s ret ir em ent , Mr Page wil l have been teachi ng for a t otal of fort y year s. Aft er he has r et ir ed, he wi l devot e him sel f to gardening. For hi m, thi s wil l be an ent ir el y new hobby. But t his does not mat ter, f or, as he has of ten r em arked, one i s never too ol d to learn. Lesson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he man t ri ed to swi ng the speedboat round, t he steeri ng wheel came away in his 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 im e to r eal ize what was happening when t hey were t hrown vi olent1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but i t cont inued to m ove ver y quickly across the wat er . Both men had just begun to swi m towards t he shor e. when t hey not iced wi th di smay t hat he speedboat was m ovi ng i n a ci rcle. It now came st raight towar ds them at tr emendous speed. In less than a mi nut e, i t roared past them only a few feet away. Af ter it had pased, t hey swam on as quickly as t hey could because t hey knew that he boat would soon r eturn. They had just had enough ti me t o swi m out of danger when t he boat agai n pleted a ci rcle. On t his oc casion, however , i t had sl owed down consider abl y. The petr ol had nearl y al been used up. Bef ore long, t he noi se dropped pl et ely and t he boat began t o dri ft gentl y acr oss the water . Lesson87 A perf ect al ibi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。 Lesson84 O n strike 罷工 Busmen have deci ded to go on st ri ke next week. The str ike i s due to begin on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong it wi l l ast. The busmen have st at ed that the str ike wi l conti nue unt il gener al agreement is r eached about pay and wor king condit ions. Most peopl e bel ieve t hat th