【正文】 g exami ned by a sci ent i st, i s cal l ed an oarf i sh. Such cr eat ures have rar el y been seen al i ve by m an as they li ve at a dept h of si x hundr ed f et. Lesson83 Af ter t he el ect i ons 大選之后 The f or mer Prim e Mini st er , Mr Went wort h Lane, was def eated i n t he r ecent electi ons. He i s now r et ir ing f r om pol it i cal li fe and has gone abr oad. My fr iend, Crawl ey, has al ways been a f anat ical opponent of Mr Lane39。 I l it a ci gar et t e to calm m y ner ves. I sm oked wit h concentr at i on and pl easure as I was sur e t hat t his woul d be m y last ci gar et t e. For a whole week I di d not sm oke at al and duri ng t hi s tim e, m y wi f e suf fer ed t er i bl y. I had al t he usual sym pt om s of som eone gi vi ng up smoking: a bad tem per and an enor mous appeti t e. My fr i ends kept on of feri ng m e ci gar et es and ci gar s. They m ade no ef fort t o hi de t hei r am usement whenever I pr oduced a packet of sweet s fr om m y pocket. Af t er seven days of this I went t o a part y. Ever ybody ar ound m e was sm oki ng and I f elt extr em el y un f or table. When m y ol d f ri end Bri an urged me t o accept a ci gar et e, it was m or e t han I coul d bear. I t ook one guil ti ly, li t i t and sm oked wi t h sati sfacti on. My wi fe was deli ght ed t hat t hi ngs had r et ur ned t o norm al once m ore. Anyway, as Br ian poi nt ed out , it i s t he easi est t hi ng in t he worl d t o give up sm oki ng. He him sel f has done it l ots of ti mes! Lesson79 By ai r 乘飛機 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 Sout h Ameri ca and I used t o fl y t her e f rom Eur ope i n t he holi days. An air host ess woul d t ake char ge of m e and I never had an unpl easant exper i ence. I am used t o tr avel li ng by ai r and onl y on one occasi on have I ever f el t fr i ght ened. Aft er t aki ng off , we wer e fl ying l ow over t he cit y and sl owl y gai ni ng he ight, when t he pl ane suddenl y t ur ned r ound and fl ew back t o t he air por t. Whil e we wer e wait ing t o l and, an ai r host es t ol d us t o keep calm and t o get off t he plane qui et l y as soon as it had t ouched down. Ever ybody on board was wor ri ed and we wer e cur i ous t o fi nd out what had happened. Lat er we learnt t hat t her e was a ver y im port ant person on board. The pol i ce had been tol d that a bom b had been pl ant ed on t he pl ane. Aft er we had l anded, t he pl ane was sear ched t hor oughl y. Fort unat ely, not hing was f ound and f i ve hour s later we wer e able t o t ake of f agai n. Leson80 The Cryst al Pal ace 水晶宮 Per haps t he m ost extr aordi nar y bui l di ng of t he ni enth centur y was t he Cr yst al Pal ace, which was buil t i n Hyde Par k f or t he Gr eat Exhibit i on of 1851. The Crystal Pal ace was di f erent fr om al l ot her buil di ngs i n the wor l d, f or i t was m ade of i r on a nd gl as. It was one of t he bi ggest bui ldi ngs of al t im e and a l ot of people f r om m any count ri es cam e to see it . A gr eat m any goods were sent t o t he exhi bi ti on fr om var ious par t s of t he worl d. Ther e was also a gr eat deal of m achiner y on di spl ay. The m ost wonder f ul pi ece of m achinery on show was Nasm yt h39。have j ust fi nished cut ti ng t hr ee car t loads of gol den br own m acaroni st al ks. The whol e vil lage has been wor ki ng day and ni ght gat her ing and t hr eshi ng thi s year39。Ci garet e Sm oki ng and Your Healt h39。m onst ers39。 I tol d you yester day and t he day bef or e yest erday, 39。 I know,39。f ree r ides39。s crop befor e the September r ai ns. On t he ri ght, you can see Mrs Br abante her sel f. She has been helping her husband f or t hir ty years now. Mrs Br abante is t al king t o the m anager of t he local f act ory wher e the cr op is pr ocessed. Thi s last scene shows you what wi l happen at the end of the harvest : t he fam ous Cal abr ian maca roni eat ing peti ti on ! Signor Fratel i, t he present cham pi on, has won i t every year since 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull e ti n for t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We ar e now r et urning you t o t he st udi o.39。s st eam ham mer. Though in t hose days, t ravel li ng was not as easy as i t is t oday, steam boats car r i ed t housands of visit ors across the Channel f rom Europe. On ar ivi ng in Engl and, they wer e taken to t he Cr yst al Palace by tr ain. Ther e wer e si x mi l ion vi si tor s in al l, and the pr of it s f rom the exhibit ion wer e used t o buil d museum s and col leges. Later, t he Crystal Pal ace wa s moved to South London. It r em ai ned one of t he most f amous bui ldi ngs i n the wor ld unt il i t was bur nt down in 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil led t he guar d, t he pri soner of war qui ckl y dragged hi m into the bushes. Worki ng rapidl y in the darknes, he soon changed i nto t he dead m an39。s Radical Progressi ve Part y. Af ter t he el ect ions, Cr awley went t o the f ormer Pr ime Mi ni st er39。Mr Lane was def eat ed in t he elections. He has reti red f rom poli ti cal li fe and gone to li ve abr oad !39。 but I l ove to hear you say i t !39。 t ime. Even so, people are goi ng to fi nd it dif fi cul t to get to work. But so far, t he publ ic has expr esed it s grati tude t o t he st udents i n l et ters to t he Press. Onl y one or t wo people have obj ect ed that the students wi l dri ve too f ast ! Leson85 Never t oo old to l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just received a let ter fr om m y old school i nfor ming m e that my f orm er head m ast er , Mr Regmald Page, wil l be reti ri ng next week. Pupi ls of the school , ol d and new, wil l be sending him a pr esent to m ar k t he occasi on. Al l those who have contr ibut ed towards t he gif t wi l l si gn their names in a large al bum which wi l l be sent to t he headmaster39。Ci gar et te Smoking and Your Healt h39