【正文】 s cl othes. Now, dressed in a bl ue unif orm and wit h a r if le over hi s shoul der , t he pri soner m ar ched boldly up and down i n f ront of the camp. He could hear shouting in t he camp i tself . Light s wer e blazing and men were running her e and there: t hey had j ust di scovered tha t a pr isoner had escaped. At t hat moment , a lar ge black car wi th f our of f icers inside i t, st opped at the camp gat es. The off icers got out and t he pri soner stood t o at t enti on and salut ed as t hey pased. When they had gone, the dri ver of the car came towar ds him . The m an obvi ousl y want ed t o t al k. He was r at her elderl y wi th grey hai r and cl ear bl ue eyes. The pri soner f elt sorr y for hi m, but t her e was not hing el se he could do. As the m an came near, the pr isoner knocked hi m to the ground wi th a sharp blow. Then, j umping into t he car , he drove of f as quickly as he coul d. Leson82 Monst er or fi sh? 是妖還是魚？ Fi sher men and sail ors somet imes cl aim t o have seen monsters in the sea. Though peopl e have of ten laughed at stori es t ol d by s eamen, i t is now known that m any of t hese 39。 39。t be bett er , Gl or i a, 39。 I lit a ci gar et e t o calm m y ner ves. I sm oked wit h concentr at i on and pl easure as I was sure t hat t his woul d be my l ast ci gar et te. For a whol e wek I di d not smoke at al l and dur i ng t his t im e, m y wif e suff er ed t er ri bl y. I had al l the usual sym ptoms of som eone gi ving up sm oki ng: a bad t em per and an enor mous appeti t e. My fr iends kept on off eri ng me ci gar et t es and cigars. They m ade no ef f or t t o hi de t heir am usem ent whenever I pr oduced a packet of swets f r om m y pocket. Af ter seven days of t his I went t o a par t y. Everybody around me was sm oki ng and I f el t ext r em el y un fort abl e. When m y ol d f ri end Bri an ur ged me t o accept a ci garet e, i t was m or e t han I coul d bear . I took one gui lt il y, l it i t and sm oked wi t h sati sf act i on. My wif e was deli ght ed that thi ngs had r et urned t o nor mal once m or e. Anyway, as Bri an point ed out, i t is t he easi est thi ng i n t he worl d t o gi ve up sm oking. He him self has done it l ot s of tim es! Lesson79 By ai r 乘飛機(jī) I used t o tr avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used t o l i ve i n Sout h Am eri ca and I used t o fl y t her e fr om Eur ope i n t he hol i days. An ai r hostess woul d t ake char ge of m e and I never had an unpl easant exper ience. I am used t o tr avel i ng by ai r and onl y on one occasi on have I ever f el t f r ightened. Af t er t aki ng off , we wer e fl yi ng l ow over t he ci t y and sl owly gai ni ng hei ght , when t he pl ane suddenl y t ur ned round and fl ew back to t he air por t. Whi l e we wer e wait ng t o l and, an ai r host ess t ol d us t o keep calm and t o get off t he plane quietl y as soon as i t had t ouched down. Ever ybody on boar d was worr i ed and we were curi ous t o 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 ter we had l anded, t he plane was sear ched t hor oughl y. For t unatel y, nothi ng was found and fi ve hour s lat 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 the ni ent h cent ur y was t he Crystal Pal ace, whi ch was bui lt i n Hyde Par k f or t he Gr eat Exhi bi ti on of 1851. The Cr ystal Pal ace was di f fer ent fr om al l ot her bui ldi ngs i n t he wor l d, f or i t was made of ir on and gl as. It was one of t he bi ggest bui ldi 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 t o t he exhi bit ion f r om vari ous part s of t he wor l d. There was al so a great deal of m achi ner y on di spl ay. The m ost wonder ful piece of m ac hi ner y on show was Nasm yt h39。t be too har d on us. I39。 sai d Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。t we e m ore of ten ?39。Wel , I39。s Radi cal Pr ogr esive Par ty. Aft er the electi ons, Crawl ey went t o t he for mer Pri me Mi nister 39。Now you gut out of here, al of you! 39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信號(hào) When a l ight pasenger pl ane f lew off cour se som e t ime ago, it cr ashed i n t he mount ai ns and i ts pilot was kil led. The onl y pa senger s, a young woman and her t wo baby daughters, wer e unhurt . I t was t he mi ddl e of wint er . Snow l ay t hi ck on the gr ound. The woman knew t hat the nearest vil lage was mil es away. When it gr ew dar k. she tur ned a sui tcase into a bed and put t he childr en i nsi de i t, cover ing them wi th al t he clot hes she coul d f ind. Dur ing the night, i t got t er ri bly col d. The wom an kept as near as she coul d to the chi ldre n and even t ri ed to get int o t he case hersel f , but it was too smal. Ear l y , next m or ning she hear d pl anes passi ng overhead and wondered how she could send a si gnal . Then she had an idea. She stamped out t he l eter s39。 I t ol d you yest er day and t he day bef or e yester day,39。s crop bef ore the Sept em ber rains. On t he ri ght, you can see Mr s Br abant e herself . She has been helpi ng her husband f or t hir ty year s now. Mrs Brabant e i s t alking to the manager of the local f act or y wher e t he cr op i s procesed. This last scene shows you what wil l happen at the end of t he harvest : the famous Cal abri an macar oni eat ing pet it on ! Signor Fr at el li , t he present champi on, has won i t ever y year since 1961. And that ends our special bul leti n f or t oday, Thursday, Apri l 1st . We ar e now ret urni ng you t o t he studio. 39。 Look, sheri f , 39。s son, Donal d, also set up a wor ld record. Li ke hi s f at her , he was dri ving a car caled Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play tr