【正文】 eone gi vi ng up smoki ng: a bad tem per and an enorm ous appeti te. My fr iends kept on off eri ng me ci gar et tes and cigars. They m ade no ef f or t t o hi de t heir am usem ent whenever I pr oduced a packet of s wet s fr om m y pocket. Af ter seven days of t his I went t o a par t y. Ever ybody around me was sm oki ng and I f elt ext r em el y un fort able. When m y ol d f ri end Bri an ur ged me t o accept a cigaret e, i t was mor e than I coul d bear . I took one guilt il y, l it i t and sm oked wi t h sati sfact i on. My wif e was deli ght ed that thi ngs had r et urned t o nor mal once m or e. Anyway, as Bri an point ed out, i t is t he easi est thi ng i n t he worl d t o gi ve up sm oking. He him self has done it l ot s of tim es! Lesson79 By ai r 乘飛機(jī) I used t o tr avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used to l i ve i n South Am eri ca and I used t o fl y t her e fr om Eur ope i n t he hol i days. An ai r hostess woul d t ake charge of m e and I never had an unpleasant experi ence. I am used to t r avel ing by ai r and onl y on one occasi on have I ever felt f ri ghtened. Af ter t aki ng of f, we were f l yi ng l ow over t he ci ty and sl owl y gaini ng hei ght , when the pl ane suddenl y t ur ned r ound and f l ew back t o t he ai rport . Whi le we were wai ti ng to l and, an air hostess tol d us t o keep cal m and t o get of f t he pl ane qui et ly as soon as i t had touched down. Everybody on boar d was wor ri ed and we wer e cur ious t o f i nd out what had happened. Later we l ear nt t hat t her e was a ver y im port ant per son on boar d. The poli ce had been t ol d t hat a bom b had been pl ant ed on t he pl ane. Af ter we had l anded, t he pl ane was sear ched t hor oughl y. Fort unat el y, not hing was f ound and f i ve hours l ater we wer e abl e t o take off again. 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 ury was t he Cr yst al Palace, whi ch was bui lt i n Hyde Park f or the Gr eat Exhi bi ti on of 1851. The Cr yst al Palace was di f fer ent fr om al l ot her bui ldi ngs i n t he wor l d, f or i t was m ade of i r on and gl as. It was one of the bi ggest buil di ngs of al l ti me and a l ot of peopl e f rom m any count ri es came t o see i t. A great m any goods wer e sent t o the exhi bit ion f r om var i ous part s of the wor ld. Ther e was also a gr eat deal of m achi ner y on di spl ay. The m ost wonder f ul pi ece of m achiner y on show was Nasm yt h39。 whi ch have at im es been sight ed ar e si mpl y st r ange fi sh. Ocasi onal ly, unusual cr eat ures ar e washed t o t he shor e, but they are r arel y caught out at sea. Som e ti me ago, however, a pecul i ar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al l fi shi ng boat was car ied mi l es out t o sea by t he power f ul f ish as it pull ed on t he l ine. Real izi ng t hat t hi s was no or di nar y f ish, the f isher man m ade ever y ef fort not t o dam age i t in any way. When i t was eventual y br ought t o shore, it was f ound t o be over t hir teen f et l ong. It had a head l i ke a hor se, bi g bl ue eyes, shi ni ng sil ver skin, and a bri ght r ed tail , The fi s h, whi ch has si nce been sent to a m useum wher e it i s bei ng exam ined by a scienti st , i s cal l ed an oar fi sh. Such cr eat ur es have r ar el y been sen ali ve by man as t hey l ive at a dept h of six hundred f eet . Lesson83 Aft er t he el ecti ons 大選之后 The f orm er Pr im e Mi ni ster, Mr Went wor t h Lane, was def eat ed i n the r ecent el ect ions. He is now reti ri ng fr om pol it ical if e and has gone abr oad. My f ri end, Cr awl ey, has al ways been a f anati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。 he shout ed, 39。 but I l ove t o hear you say it ! 39。 ti me. Even so, peopl e ar e goi ng t o f ind i t di f i cult t o get o wor k. But so f ar, t he publi c has expr esed it s grati t ude t o t he st udents i n l et ers t o t he Pr ess. Onl y one or t wo peopl e have obj ect ed t hat the st udent s wi l dri ve t oo fast ! Leson85 Never t oo ol d t o l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have j ust r eceived a l et ter f rom m y ol d school i nf orm i ng m e t hat m y f orm er head m ast er , Mr Regmal d Page, wil l be r eti ri ng next week. Pupi ls of t he school , old and new, wil l be sendi ng him a pr esent to m ar k t he occasi on. Al t hose who have cont ri but ed t owar ds t he gif t wil l si gn t heir names i n a l ar ge al bum whi ch wil l be sent t o t he headm aster39。 said t he man. 39。 answered t he man.39。 Woul d a l at er t rai n get you t o wor k on ti me ?39。 SOS39。 we are t aking you to the macaroni fi elds of Calabri a. Macaroni has been gr own in this ar ea for over six hundr ed years. Two of t he leadi ng grower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ri car do Brabante, tel me that they have been expecti ng a spl endi d crop t his year and harvesti ng has begun ear li er t han usual. Her e you can see two worker s who, between t hem , have j ust fi nished cut t i ng t hr ee car t loads of gol den br own macaroni st alks. The whol e vil lage has been wor king day and night gat her ing and t hr eshi ng this year39。 I li t a ci gar et e to cal m m y ner ves. I smoked wit h concentr at ion and pl easur e as I was sur e t hat t hi s would be m y last ci garet e. For a whol e week I di d not sm oke at al and duri ng this time, my wi fe suff ered t er ri bly. I had al l the usual symptoms of someone gi ving up smoking: a bad temper and an enor mous appeti te. My fr iends kept on off eri ng me cigar et tes and ci gar s. They m ade no ef for t to hi de their amusem ent whenever I produced a packet of sweets f rom my pocket . Aft er seven days of t hi s I went to a par ty. Ever ybody ar ound m e was smoking and I fel t ext remely unf ort abl e. When my old fr iend Br ian ur ged m e to accept a ci gar et te, it was m or e t han I could be ar. I t ook one guil ti ly, li