【正文】 and only on one occasi on have I ever f elt fri ght ened. Aft er taking of f, we wer e flying low over t he city and sl owl y gaining hei ght, when t he plane suddenly t urned r ound and fl ew back t o the ai rport. Whil e we wer e wait ing to l and, an ai r host ess told us to keep calm and to get of f t he plane quietl y as soon as i t had touched down. Everybody on boar d was wor ried and we were cur ious t o find out what had happened. Later we l earnt that ther e was a ver y important person on board. The pol ice had been told t hat a bomb had been plant ed on the pl ane. Af ter we had landed, the plane was ear ched t hor oughl y. For tunat el y, not hi ng was found and f ive hours later we wer e able t o take off again. Leson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 Perhaps the most extr aor di nary building of t he nieenth cent ur y was the Crystal Palace, which was built i n Hyde Par k for t he Gr eat Exhibit ion of 1851. The Cryst al Pal ace was dif ferent f rom al ot her bui ldings in t he wor ld, f or it was made of i ron and glas. I t was one of the bi ggest buil dings of al t ime and a lot of people f rom many countr ies came to se i t. A gre at many goods wer e sent to t he exhi bi tion f rom var ious parts of the wor ld. There was also a gr eat deal of machiner y on displa y. The most wonderf ul piece of machi ner y on show was Nasmyth39。 which have at t imes been sight ed are simply str ange fish. Occasi onal y, unusual creatures are washed t o the shore, but t hey are rarely caught out at sea. Some t ime ago, however, a pecul iar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A smal l f ishi ng boat was car ied miles out to sea by the powerf ul f ish as it pul led on t he l ine. Reali zi ng t hat this was no ordinar y fi sh, the f isher man made ever y ef fort not to damage it in any way. When i t was eventual ly brought t o shore, i t 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 skin, and a bri ght red tail, The f ish, which has si nce been sent t o a museum where it is bei ng exami ned by a scient ist, is cal ed an oar fish. Such creatures have r ar el y been seen ali ve by man as they live at a depth of si x hundr ed feet . Lesson83 Af ter the elect ions 大選之后 The former Pr ime Mi ni st er , Mr Wentwort h Lane, was defeat ed i n the r ecent elect ions. He i s now r et ir ng f rom polit ical li fe and has gone abroad. My fr iend, Crawley, has always been a fanat ical opponent of Mr Lane39。 he shout ed, 39。 answered Crawley,39。 to people on thei r way t o wor k. Thi s wi l r eli eve presur e on t he t rains to some ext ent. Meanwhil e, a number of uni versi ty students have vol unteer ed t o dr i ve buses whil e t he str ike last s. Al the young m en are expert dr iver s, but bef or e they dr ive any of t he buses, they wi l have to pass a special test. The students are going to take the t est in two days39。clock train t o London,39。Of course I do,39。 39。 39。 39。 I suggest, 39。cl ock tr ai n di d not run at al . I t br oke down at Ferngr een station and was taken off the line.39。s f oot steps many years later, Sir Malcol m39。 sai d Glori a Gl eam. 39。No newspaper men, no fil m f ans! Why don39。 he shouted: 39。 39。t be too hard on us. I39。 said the sheri f wit h a sneer. 39。 SOS39。 we are taking you to t he macar oni fi el ds of Calabria. Macaroni has been grown in t hi s area for over six hundr ed years. Two of the leading grower s, Giuseppe Mol dova and Ricar do Br abant e, tel me that hey have been expecting a spl endi d cr op this year a nd harvest ing has begun ear li er than usual. Here you can see two worker s who, between t hem, have just fi ni shed cutti ng t hr ee cart loads of golden br own macaroni stalks. The whole vil lage has been working day and night gather ing and t hr eshi ng t hi s year39。 I li t a cigar ete t o calm m y nerves. I smoked wit h concent rati on and pl easure as I was sur e t hat this woul d be my l ast cigaret e. For a whol e week I did not smoke at al l and duri ng t hi s time, my wife suffered ter ibly. I had al l t he usual sympt oms of someone giving up smoki ng: a bad temper and an enormous appeti e. My f ri ends kept on of feri ng me cigar et tes and cigar s. They made no ef fort to hide their amusement whenever I pr oduced a packet of sweets fr om my pocket. Aft er seven days of this I went to a par ty. Ever ybody around me was smoki ng and I felt extr emely unfor tabl e. When my old f ri end Bri an urged me to accept a ci garet e, it was more t han I could bear. I took one guil ti ly, l it it and smoked with sat isfact ion. My wi fe was de lighted that things had returned to nor mal once more. Anyway, as Bri an pointed out, it is t he easiest thi ng i n the wor ld to give up smoking. He hi mself has done i t l ot s of ti mes! Lesson79 By air 乘飛機(jī) I used to tr avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My parent s, used to li ve i n South Ameri ca and I used to f ly t here f rom Europe i n the holi days. An ai rhostess would take char ge of me and I never had an unpleasant experience. I am used to t ravel ling by ai r and only on one occasi on have I ever f elt fri ght ened. Aft er taking of f, we wer e flying low over t he city and sl owl y gaining hei ght, when t he plane suddenly t urned r ound and fl ew back t o the ai rport. Whil e we wer e wait ing to l and, an ai r host ess told us to keep calm and to get of f t he plane quietl y as soon as i t had touched down. Everybody on boar d was wor ried and we were cur ious t o find out what had happened. Later we l earnt that ther e was a ver y important person on board. The pol ice had been told t hat a bomb had been plant ed on the pl ane. Af ter we had landed, the plane was ear ched t hor oughl y. For tunat el y, not hi ng was found and f ive hours later we wer e able t o take off again. Leson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 Perhaps the most extr a