【正文】 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 it had t ouched down. Everybody on boar d was wor ri ed and we wer e cur ious t o fi nd out what had happened. Later we l ear nt t hat t here was a ver y im por tant per son on boar d. The poli ce had been t ol d t hat a bom b had been planted on t he pl ane. Aft er we had landed, t he pl ane was searched thor oughly. Fort unat el y, not hi ng was f ound and f ive hours l at er we wer e abl e t o take off agai n. 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 Par k for t he Great Exhi bi ti on of 1851. The Cr yst al Pal ace was dif f er ent f r om al ot her bui l di ngs i n t he worl d, f or 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 l ot of peopl e fr om m any countr i es cam e t o se i t. A great m any goods wer e sent t o the exhi bit ion f r om vari ous part s of t he wor l d. There was al so a gr eat deal of m achi ner y on display. The m ost wonderf ul pi ece of m achi ner y on show was Nasm yt h39。 Leson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術 The mumm y of an Egypti an woman who di ed i n 800 B. C. has just had an operati on. The m um my i s t hat of Shepenm ut who was once a si nger i n t he Tem pl e of Thebes. As t here wer e str ange m ar ks on t he X r ay pl at es taken of the m umm y, doct or s have been tr yi ng t o f ind out whet her t he wom an di ed of a rar e di sease. The onl y way t o do thi s was t o operat e. The oper ati on, whi ch last ed f or over four hour s, pr oved t o be ver y di f i cult because of t he har d r esi n which cover ed t he ski n. The doct ors r em oved a secti on of t he m umm y and sent i t to a labor ator y. They also f ound som et hi ng whi ch t he X r ay of t he god Duam ut ef. Thi s god whi ch has the head of a cow was norm al ly pl aced i nsi de a mumm y. The doctor s have not yet deci ded how t he wom an died. They feared t hat t he m um m y woul d f al l t o pi eces when t hey cut it open, but f ort unat el y t hi s has not happened. The m umm y successf ull y sur vived t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eading an ar ti cl e ent it l ed 39。 answered Cr awley,39。 which have at t imes been sighted are si mply st range fi sh. Occasi onal y, unusual creatur es ar e washed t o the shore, but t hey ar e r ar ely caught out at sea. Som e ti me ago, however , a pecul iar fi sh was caught near Madagascar . A smal l f ishing boat was car ri ed mi les out t o sea by the powerf ul fi sh as i t pul led on t he li ne. Reali zi ng that thi s was no ordi nar y fi sh, t he fi sherm an made ever y ef ort not to damage it i n any way. When it was event ual ly br ought t o shor e, i t was found to be over thi rt en f eet l ong. I t had a head l ike a horse, bi g blue eyes, shini ng si lver ski n, and a br ight red t ai l, The f ish, which has si nce been sent t o a museum where it is being exami ned by a sci ent ist, is cal ed an oar f ish. Such creatur es have r ar ely been sen al ive by man as t hey l ive at a depth of six hundred f eet . Lesson83 Af t er the elect ions 大選之后 The f orm er Pr im e Mi ni ster, Mr Wentwor th Lane, was def eat ed in t he recent el ect ions. He is now r eti ri ng fr om poli ti cal l if e and has gone abroad. My f ri end, Cr awl ey, has always been a fanati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。s home. We shal al r em em ber Mr Page for his pati ence and under st andi ng and f or t he ki ndl y encour agem ent he gave us when we went so unwil li ngly t o school . A gr eat m any f orm er pupil s wil l be atending a farewel l di nner i n his honour next Thur sday. It i s a cur ious coincidence that he day bef ore hi s ret ir em ent , Mr Page wil l have been teachi ng for a t otal of f ort y year s. Af t er he has r et ir ed, he wi l devot e him self t o gardening. For hi m, thi s wil l be an ent ir el y new hobby. But t hi s does not mat er, f or , as he has of ten r em ar ked, one i s never too ol d to lear n. Lesson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he man tr i ed to swi ng the speedboat round, t he steer ing wheel came away in hi s 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 ime to r eal ize what was happening when t hey wer e t hr own vi ol ent 1y int o t he sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but i t conti nued to m ove ver y qui ckly across the wat er . Both m en had just begun to swi m towards t he shor e. when t hey not iced wit h dismay t hat t he 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。 39。s clot hes. Now, dr esed i n a blue unif orm and wit h a r if l e over his shoul der , t he pr isoner m ar ched bol dl y up and down i n fr ont of t he cam p. He coul d hear shouti ng i n the cam p i tsel f. Li ght s wer e bl azi ng and men wer e r unni ng her e and t here: they had j ust di scover ed t hat a pr isoner had escaped. At t hat m om ent , a lar ge bl ack car wit h f our of fi cer s i nsi de i t, st opped at t he cam p gat es. The of fi cer s got out and t he pri soner st ood t o at t enti on and sal ut ed as they pased. When they had gone , t he dr iver of t he car came t owards him. The m an obvi ousl y want ed t o tal k. He was r ather el der l y wit h gr ey hai r and cl ear bl ue eyes. The pri soner f el t sor ry f or him, but t her e was not hi ng else he coul d do. As t he m an cam e near, t he pri soner knocked him t o t he gr ound wi th a shar p bl ow. Then, j um pi ng i nt o t he car, he dr ove of f as qui ckl y as he coul d. Lesson82 Monst er or fi sh? 是妖