【正文】 eal 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 Europe in the holi days. An air host ess would take char ge of me and I never had an unpl easant exper ience. I am used t o tr avel li ng by ai r and onl y on one occasion have I ever f el t fr ightened. Af t er t aki ng off , we wer e fl ying l ow over t he city and sl owl y gaini ng hei ght, when the pl ane suddenl y t urned r ound and f lew back t o the ai rport . Whil e we wer e wai ting to l and, an air hostes t old us t o keep cal m and t o get of f the plane quietl y as soon as i t had touched down. Ever ybody on board was worr ied and we wer e curi ous to f ind out what had happened. Lat er we learnt t hat ther e was a ver y i mport ant person on boar d. The pol ice had been told that a bom b had been pl ant ed on the plane. Aft er we had landed, the pl ane was searched thoroughly. Fort unatel y, nothi ng was found and f ive hour s l at er we were abl e to t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 Per haps the most ext raordi nar y buil di ng of the ni enth centur y was the Cr ystal Pal ace, which was bui lt in Hyde Par k f or t he Gr eat Exhibit ion of 1851. The Cr ystal Pal ace was di f erent fr om al ot her buil dings in t he wor ld, for it was m ade of i ron and glass. I t was one of t he biggest buil di ngs of al l tim e and a lot of peopl e fr om m any countr ies cam e to see i t. A gr eat many goods were sent to t he exhi bi ti on fr om var ious par ts of t he worl d. Ther e was al so a gr eat deal of machinery on di spl ay. The most wonder ful piece of machi ner y on show was Nasmyth39。 he shout ed, 39。 t o people on their way t o wor k. Thi s wil l reli eve pr esure on the t rains t o som e ext ent . Meanwhil e, a number of uni ver si ty st udents have volunteered t o dri ve buses whi le t he st ri ke lasts. Al t he young men a r e exper t dr ivers, but bef or e t hey dr ive any of the buses, they wi l have to pass a special test. The student s are going to t ake t he test in t wo days39。No newspaper m en, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。 39。 said t he sher if f wit h a sneer . 39。 we ar e t aki ng you to t he macar oni f iel ds of Cal abr ia. Macaroni has been grown in t his area f or over six hundred years. Two of the l eadi ng gr owers, Gi us eppe Moldova and Ricardo Br abant e, t el me t hat t hey have been expecting a spl endi d crop t hi s year and harvest ing has begun ear li er t han usual. Here you can see two workers who, between t hem, have just fi ni shed cutt ing t hr ee car t loads of gol den br own macaroni st alks. The whol e vil lage has been wor ki ng day and ni ght gat her ing and thr eshi ng this year39。 which have at im es been sighted ar e si mply st range fi sh. Occasi onal ly, unusual cr eat ur es ar e washed t o t he shor e, but they are r arely caught out at sea. Som e ti me ago, however, a pecul iar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al l f ishingboat was car ri ed mil es out t o sea by t he powerf ul f ish as i t pul led on t he line. Real izi ng that this was no or dinary fi sh, the f isherman m ade every ef for t not t o dam age it in any way. When i t was eventual y brought to shore, it was f ound t o be over thir teen f et long. It had a head li ke a hor se, bi g blue eyes, shi ning sil ver skin, and a bri ght r ed tai l, The fi sh, whi ch has since been sent to a museum wher e i t is being examined by a scienti st , is cal ed an oar fi sh. Such cr eatures have rar el y been seen ali ve by man as they l ive at a dept h of si x hundr ed feet. Lesson83 Af ter t he electi ons 大選之后 The f or mer Pri me Mini st er , Mr Went wort h Lane, was defeated i n t he recent electi ons. He i s now r et ir ing f rom poli tical li fe and has gone abr oad. My fr iend, Cr awl ey, has al ways been a f anat ical opponent of Mr Lane39。 answer ed Cr awl ey,39。Thi s is a wonderf ul pl ace for a pi i c,39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you!39。 don39。 leson75 SOS 呼救信號(hào) When a l ight passenger plane fl ew of f cour se some t im e ago, it cr ashed in the mountains and i ts pil ot was ki l ed. The only pa ssengers, a young wom an and her t wo baby daughter s, were unhur t. It was t he middl e of wint er . Snow lay t hi ck on the gr ound. The woman knew t hat t he near est vil lage was mi les 。m Rockwal l Slinger and this i s Mer li n Gr eves. 39。 I39。 It couldn39。 Lesson84 O n strike 罷工 Busmen have deci ded to go on st ri ke next week. The str ike i s due to begin on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong it wi l l ast. The busmen have st at ed that the str ike wi l conti nue unt il gener al agreement is r eached about pay and wor king condit ions. Most peopl e bel ieve t hat t he st ri ke wil l last f or at l east a week. Many owner s of pr i vat e car s are going t o of fer 39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane l ived t her e, t he pol iceman on duty told hi m that si nce hi s def eat , the exPr ime Mi ni ster had gone abr oad. On t he fol lowi ng day, Cr awl ey went to t he house agai n. The same poli cem an was just wal king slowl y past t he ent rance, when Cr awley asked the sam e questi on. Though a li t le suspi cious thi s ti me, t he poli ceman gave him the same answer . The day af ter , Cr awley went t o the house once mor e and asked exact ly t he same questi on. This t im e, t he pol iceman lost his t em per .39。 Lesson77 A sucessf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m um my of an Egypti an woman who died i n 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper at ion. The mumm y is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a singer in t he Tem ple of Thebes. As ther e were str ange marks on t he Xr ay plates t aken of the m ummy, doct ors have been t ryi ng to f ind out whether the woman di ed of a rar e disease. The onl y way to do t his was t o oper ate. The oper at ion, which l ast ed for over f our hour s, proved t o be ver y dif f icult because of t he har d r esi n which co