【正文】 i n the snow. For tunatel y, a pi lot saw the signal and sent a mesage by radi o to t he near est t own. I t was not l ong bef ore a heli copt er ar ri ved on the scene t o r escue the survivor s of the plane crash. Lesson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。cl ock. My em ployer wi l l confi rm t hat I was ther e on ti me.39。At the t ime t he mur der was mi t ed, I was t ravel li ng on the 8. 0 o39。 I know, 39。monsters39。 sai d the voi ce of t he televisi on announcer ,39。 39。clock t rai n to London,39。 answer ed Cr awl ey,39。 which have at t imes been sighted are si mply st range fi sh. Occasi onal y, unusual cr eatur es ar e washed t o t he shore, but t hey are r arely caught out at sea. Some ti me ago, however, a pecul iar f i sh was caught near Madagascar. A sm al l fi shi ng boat was car ied mi les out to sea by the power ful fi sh as it pull ed on the l ine. Reali zing t hat t hi s was no ordi nar y f ish, t he fi sher man made ever y ef ort not to damage i t i n any way. When it was event ual ly br ought t o shor e, i t was found t o be over t hi rt een feet long. I t had a head l ike a hor se, big bl ue eyes, shini ng si lver ski n, and a br ight red t ail , The f ish, which has since been sent t o a m useum wher e it i s bei ng exami ned by a sci ent ist, i s cal led an oarf ish. Such cr eat ur es have r arely been seen al ive by m an as t hey li ve at a depth of six hundr ed f eet. Leson83 Aft er the el ect ions 大選之后 The form er 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。 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 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。 i n the snow. For tunatel y, a pi lot saw the signal and sent a mesage by radi o to t he near est t own. I t was not l ong bef ore a heli copt er ar ri ved on the scene t o r escue the survivor s of the plane crash. Lesson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。s steam hammer . Though i n those days, tr avel ing was not as easy as it i s today, st eam boat s car ri ed thousands of vi sitor s acr oss t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ar r iving i n England, t hey were t aken t o t he Crystal Pal ace by tr ai n. Ther e were si x mi l ion visit ors i n al , and t he prof it s fr om t he exhi bi ti on were used t o bui ld museums and coll eges. Lat er , the Cr yst al Pal ace was m oved t o Sout h London. I t remained one of the m ost f am ous buil dings in the wor ld unt il it was burnt down i n 1936. Leson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil led the guard, t he pr isoner of war quickly dr agged hi m i nto t he bushes. Working r apidly in t he dar kness, he soon changed int o the dead man39。Mr Lane was def eat ed in t he elect ions. He has reti red f rom poli tical li fe and gone to li ve abr oad !39。 t im e. 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 grat itude t o the st udents i n let ters t o t he Press. Onl y one or t wo people have obj ect ed that the student s wi l dri ve too f ast ! Lesson85 Never t oo old to l earn 活到老學到老 I have just recei ved a let ter fr om m y old school i nfor ming m e that my f orm er head m aster , 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 t o m ar k t he occasi on. Al l those who have contr ibut ed t owards t he gi ft wi l sign their names in a large al bum which wi l l be sent t o t he headmast er39。 answered t he man. 39。 SOS39。 I li t a ci gar et e to calm my ner ves. I smoked wi t h conc entr at ion and pleasur e as I was sur e t hat thi s would be m y last ci gar et e. For a whole week I di d not sm oke at al l and dur ing t hi s ti me, my wi fe suf fered t er ibl y. I had al t he usual sympt om s of someone giving up sm oki ng: a ba d t em per and an enor mous appet it e. My fr iends 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 t his I went to a par ty. Everybody around me was smoking and I f elt ext re mel y unf ort abl e. When my ol d f ri end Br ian ur ged me t o acept a ci gar et e, i t was more t han I coul d bear . I t ook one gui lt il y, l it i t and smoked wi th sati sf act ion. My wi f e was del ighted t hat t hings had retur 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 imes! Lesson79 By air 乘飛機 I used to t ravel by ai r a great deal when I was a boy. My parents, used t o li ve in Sout h Amer ica and I used t o f ly t her e f rom Eur ope in the holi days. An air hostess would take char ge of me and I never had an unpl easant experi ence. I am used t o t ravel li ng by air and only on one occasion have I ever f elt f ri ght ened. Aft e r taking of f, we wer e f lying l ow over the cit y and sl owly gai ning height, when t he pl ane suddenl y t ur ned round and fl ew back to t he air por t. Whil e we wer e wait ing t o land, an ai r host ess t ol d us to keep calm and to get off t he plane qui etl y as soon as it had t ouched down. Everybody on board was wor r ied and we wer e cur ious t o fi nd out what had happened. Later we l ear nt that there was a ver y impor tant per son on boar