【正文】 ots of ti mes! Lesson79 By ai r 乘飛機 I used t o tr avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used to li ve i n South Ameri ca and I used to fl y there fr om Eur ope in t he hol idays. An ai rhostess woul d t ake charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experi ence. I am used to t ra vel ing by air and only on one occasi on have I ever felt f ri ghtened. Af ter taking of f, we were f lyi ng low over the ci ty and s lowl y gaining height , when t he plane suddenly t urned r ound and f lew back t o the air port . Whil e we wer e wait ing t o l and, an air host es t old us t o keep calm and to get of f the plane quietl y as soon as i t had t ouched down. Ever ybody on board was worr ied and we wer e curi ous t o f ind out what had happened. Lat er we learnt that there was a ver y i mport ant person on boar d. The pol ice had been t old t hat a bomb had been planted on t he plane. Af t er we had l anded, the plane was sear ched t horoughl y. For tunately, nothi ng was found and fi ve hour s lat er we were able t o t ake of f again. Leson80 The Cryst al Palace 水晶宮 Per haps t he most extr aordinar y bui ldi ng of the nieenth centur y was the Cr yst al Pal ace, which was buil t in Hyde Par k for t he Great Exhi bit ion of 1851. The Cr yst al Pal ace was dif f er ent f rom al other buildi ngs i n t he worl d, f or it was made of ir on and glass. I t was one of t he bi ggest bui ldi ngs of al t ime and a lot of people f r om many count ri es cam e to see it . A gr eat many goods were sent t o the exhibi ti on fr om vari ous par ts of t he worl d. There was al so a great deal of machi ner y on display. The most wonderf ul pi ece of m achiner y on show was Nasm yth39。 he shouted, 39。 ti me. Even so, peopl e ar e going t o f ind i t di f icult t o get o wor k. But so f ar , the publi c has expressed i ts gr ati tude to the student s in let er s to the Pr ess. Only one or two peopl e have objected t hat t he st udents wil l dr ive t oo f ast! Lesson85 Never too ol d t o learn 活到老學到老 I have j ust r eceived a l et er f rom my ol d school inf or mi ng me t hat m y for mer head master, Mr Regmal d Page, wi l be r et ir ing next week. Pupil s of t he school, old and new, wi l be sendi ng hi m a present to mark the occasion. Al t hose who have cont ri buted towar ds the gif t wi l sign t hei r names i n a l ar ge album whi ch wi l be sent to the headmaster 39。s st eam ham mer. Though in t hose days, t raveli ng was not as easy as it is t oday, steam boats car ied t housands of visi tors across the Channel f r om Europe. On ar ivi ng in Engl and, they wer e taken to the Cr yst al Palace by t rain. There wer e six m il li on vi sitor s in al l, and the pr ofi ts f rom the exhibit ion wer e used t o buil d museum s and col leges. Later, t he Crystal Palace was moved to South London. It r em ai ned one of t he most f amous bui ldi ngs i n t he worl d 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 him into the bushes. Worki ng rapidl y in the darknes, he soon changed i nto t he dead m an39。fr ee ri des39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane l ived t her e, t he policeman on duty told hi m that si nce hi s def eat , the exPr im e Mi ni ster had gone abroad. On the f oll owing day, Crawl ey went t o the house agai n. The same poli ceman was j ust wal ki ng slowl y past the entr ance, when Cr awl ey asked t he same question. Though a li t le suspi ci ous this t im e, t he pol iceman gave hi m the sam e answer . The day af ter, Cr awley went to the house once mor e and asked exactl y the same quest ion. This t ime, the poli cem an lost hi s temper .39。 Lesson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術 The m ummy of an Egypti an woman who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper ati on. The mummy is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in t he Temple of Thebes. As t her e were st range marks on t he Xr ay plates t aken of t he mummy, doct ors have been t ryi ng to fi nd out whether the woman died of a r ar e disease. The onl y way t o do thi s was to operat e. The operati on, whi ch lasted f or over four hours , pr oved to be ver y di f icult because of the hard r esi n whi ch covered t he ski n. The doctor s removed a sect ion of the m ummy and sent i t to a labor ator y. They also f ound somethi ng which t he X ray of the god Duamut ef . This god whi ch has t he head of a cow was nor mal y placed insi de a mum my. The doctor s have not yet decided how t he woman died. They feared t hat t he mummy woul d f al l to pi eces when the y cut it open, but for tunately t his has not happened. The mummy successfull y survi ved t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eading an ar ti cl e enti tled 39。 answer ed Crawl ey,39。 which have at t im es been sighted ar e si mpl y st r ange fi sh. Ocasi onal ly, unusual cr eat ur es ar e washed t o t he shor e, but they ar e rar el y caught out at sea. Som e ti me ago, however, a peculi ar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al fi shi ngboat was car i ed m il es out t o sea by t he powerf ul f ish as i t pul led on t he li ne. Real i zi ng t hat thi s was no ordi nar y fi sh, t he fi sherm an m ade ever y ef ort not t o damage it i n any way. When it was event ual l y br ought t o shor e, i t was f ound t o be over t hi rt een feet l ong. I t had a head l i ke a hor se, bi g bl ue eyes, shi ni ng sil ver ski n, and a bri ght r ed tail , The fi sh, whi ch has si nce been sent to a m useum wher e i t i s being exam i ned by a scienti st , is cal ed an oar fi sh. Such creatur es have r ar el y been sen ali ve by man as t hey l i ve at a dept h of six hundr ed f eet . Lesson83 Aft er t he el ect ions 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 i ons. He is now reti ri ng fr om