【正文】 hough i n t hose days, tr avel li ng was not as easy as i t is t oday, st eam boat s car r ied thousands of visit ors across the Channel f rom Europe. On ar ivi ng in England, they were taken to t he Cr ystal 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 fr om the exhi bit ion wer e used t o buil d museum s and coll eges. Lat er, t he Cr ystal Pal ace was moved to South London. It r em ained one of t he most famous buildi ngs i n t he worl d unti l i t was bur nt down in 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had ki l ed the guar d, the pri soner of war qui ckl y dragged him int o the bushes. Wor ki ng r api dl y i n the darknes, he soon changed i nto t he dead man39。f r ee r i des39。 I t old you yester day and t he day bef or e yest erday, 39。Ci garet e Smoki ng and Your Healt h39。 I l it a ci gar et te t o cal m m y ner ves. I sm oked wi th conc ent rati on and pleasur e as I was sur e t hat thi s 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 this t im e, m y wif e suff ered t er ri bly. I had al l the usual sym pt oms of som eone gi ving up sm oki ng: a bad t em per and an enor mous appeti t e. My fr i ends kept on of feri ng me ci gar et t es and ci gar 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 t er seven days of thi s I went t o a part y. Ever ybody ar ound m e was sm oki ng and I felt extr em el y un f or table. When m y old f ri end Bri an ur ged m e t o accept a ci gar et te, it was m or e t han I coul d bear. I t ook one guil ti ly, li t it and sm oked wit h sat isf acti on. My wi fe was deli ght ed t hat t hi ngs had r et ur ned t o norm al once m or e. Anyway, as Br i an poi nt ed out , it i s the easi est t hi ng i n t he wor ld t o gi ve up sm oki ng. He him sel f has done i t l ots of ti m es! Lesson79 By ai r 乘飛機(jī) I used t o t ravel by ai r a great deal when I was a boy. My parents, used t o li ve i n Sout h Am er ica and I used t o f ly t her e f rom Europe i n the holi days. An air host es woul d take char ge of m e and I never had an unpl easant experi ence. I am used t o t ravel li ng by a ir and only on one occasi on have I ever f elt f ri ght ened. Aft er taking of f, we wer e f lyi ng l ow over t he cit y and slowl y gai ning he i ght, when t he plane suddenl y t urned r ound and f lew back t o the air port . Whil e we wer e wait i ng t o l and, an air host es t old us t o keep calm and t o get of f the pl ane quietl y as soon as i t had touched down. Ever ybody on boar d was wor ri ed and we were curi ous to f i nd out what had happened. Lat er we l ear nt t hat t her e was a ver y i m port ant per son on boar d. The poli ce had been t ol d t hat a bomb had been pl anted on t he pl ane. Af t er we had l anded, t he pl ane was sear ched t hor oughl y. For t unatel y, nothi ng was found and fi ve hour s l at er we were abl e t o t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 Per haps t he most ext raor di nar y buil di ng of t he ni eent h cent ur y was t he Cr ystal Pal ace, whi ch was bui lt i n Hyde Par k f or the Gr eat Exhi bi ti on of 1851. The Cr yst al Palace was dif fer ent f rom al l ot her bui ldi ngs i n t he wor l d, f or i t was made of ir on a nd gl as. It was one of t he bi ggest bui l di ngs of al t im e and a lot of peopl e fr om m any countr ies cam e t o see i t. A gr eat m any goods wer e sent to t he exhi bi ti on f rom var i ous part s of t he wor ld. Ther e was also a gr eat deal of m achi ner y on di spl ay. The m ost wonderf ul pi ece of m achi ner y on show was Nasm yt h39。 he shout ed, 39。 t o peopl e on t hei r way t o work. Thi s wi l r el i eve pr essur e on t he t r ai ns to some ext ent. Meanwhil e, a num ber of universit y st udent s have vol unt eer ed t o dr i ve buses whi l e the str i ke l ast s. Al l t he young m en are exper t dri ver s, but bef or e they dri ve any of t he buses, t hey wil l have t o pas a speci al t est . The st udents ar e goi ng t o take t he t est i n t wo days39。s cl othes. Now, dr essed in a bl ue unif or m and wit h a r if le over hi s shoul der , the pri soner marched boldly up and down in f r ont of the camp. He could hear shouti ng in t he cam p it sel f. Li ght s were bl azi ng and men were r unning here and t her e: t hey had j ust di scover ed that a pri soner had escaped. At that moment, a l ar ge black car wi t h four off ice rs insi de it , st opped at the camp gates. The of f icers got out and t he pr isoner st ood t o at ent ion and saluted as t hey passed. When t hey had gone, t he dri ver of the car cam e towar ds hi m. The man obviousl y wanted t o t al k. He was rat her elderl y wi th gr ey hai r and cl ear bl ue eyes. The pr isoner f elt sor r y for him, but t her e was nothing el se he could do. As t he man came near , the pri soner knocked him to the gr ound wi th a shar p blow. Then, j umping i nto t he car , he dr ove off as quickly as he could. Lesson82 Monst er or f ish? 是妖還是魚(yú)？ Fisherm en and sail ors someti mes cl aim to have sen m onst er s in the sea. Though people have oft en laughed at stor ies tol d by s eamen, it i s now known that many of these 39。 I know,39。s cr op bef or e t he Sept em ber rai ns. On t he r i ght , you can see Mr s Br abant e herself . She has been hel pi ng her hus band for t hi rt y year s now. Mr s Br abant e i s tal ki ng to t he manager of t he l ocal f act or y where t he crop i s procesed. Thi s l ast scene shows you what wil l happen at t he end of t he harvest : t he famous Calabri an m acar oni eati ng pet it i on ! Si gnor Fr at eli , t he pr esent champi on, has won it ever y year si nce 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull et in f or t oday, Thur sday, April 1st. We are now ret ur ning you t o t he st udi o.39。Cigar et te Sm oki ng and Your Heal th39。 but I love t o hear you