【正文】 of som eone givi ng up smoki ng: a bad t emper and an enorm ous appet it e. My f r i ends kept on of fer ing me ci gar et es and cigar 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 ter seven days of this I went to a par ty. Everybody around me was smoking and I f elt extr em el y un for table. When my ol d f ri end Br i an ur ged me t o acept a cigaret e, i t was more than I c oul d bear . I took one gui lt il y, l it i t and smoked wi th sati sf act ion. My wif e was del ight ed that hings had ret ur ned to nor mal once mor e. Anyway, as Bri an poi nted out, i t i s the easiest t hing i n the wor ld to gi ve up sm oki ng. He hi mself has done i t lots of t im es! Lesson79 By air 乘飛機 I used to t ravel by ai r a great deal 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。t be too har d on us. I 39。 said Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。t read ! 39。 said the voice of the t elevision announcer, 39。 I know,39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you!39。 leson75 SOS 呼救信號 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 away. When it grew dar k. she t ur ned a sui tcase into a bed and put the chil dren i nsi de it , coveri ng t hem wi t h al t he cl othes she could fi nd. Dur ing t he ni ght, it got ter ri bl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d t o the chil dren and even tr ied to get i nt o t he case her sel f, but it was t oo sm al l. Earl y , next mor ni ng she heard planes passi ng over head and wondered how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an idea. She stam ped out the l eter s39。 I tol d you yest er day and t he day bef ore ye sterday,39。t be bet t er , Gl or ia,39。 39。said Rockwal l, 39。 第一章 項目實施情況 m eant im e, tr avel led t o Calai s. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tch hi ked t o Pari s i n a lor ry. The dri ver gave hi m a f ew biscui ts and a cup of coff ee and l eft him j ust out side t he ci ty. The next car t he boy stopped di d not take him i nt o t he centr e of Par is as he hoped it woul d, but t o Per pi gnan on t he Fr enchSpani sh bor der. There he was pi cked up by a pol icem an and sent back t o England by t he l ocal aut hori ti es. He has surel y set up a r ecor d f or t he t housands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school . Lesson74 O ut of t he li m eli ght 舞臺之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dr y r iver bed and a par ty of f am ous act or s and act resses got of f. Dressed i n dar k gl asses and ol d cl ot hes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecognize t hem. But as t hey soon di scover ed, di sgui ses can som et im es be t oo perf ect . 39。monsters39。 Oh, is i t ?39。 Br inksl ey Mers agr eed. 39。 I tol d you yest er day and t he day bef ore yesterday,39。 leson75 SOS 呼救信號 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 away. When it grew dar k. she t ur ned a sui tcase into a bed and put the chil dren i nsi de it , coveri ng t hem wi t h al t he cl othes she could fi nd. Dur ing t he ni ght, it got ter ri bl y cold. The woman kept as near as she coul d t o the chil dren and even tr ied to get i nt o t he case her sel f, but it was t oo sm al l. Earl y , next mor ni ng she heard planes passi ng over head and wondered how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an idea. She stam ped out the l eter s39。Now you gut out of her e, al of you!39。No newspaper m en, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。 said t he sher if f wit h a sneer . 39。 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