【正文】 he plane was searched thor oughl y. Fort unat ely, not hing was f ound and f ive hours l ater we wer e abl e to take off again. Lesson80 The Cryst al Pal ace 水晶宮 Perhaps the m ost extr aor dinary buil ding of t he ni eent h cent ury was t he Crystal Palace, whi ch was bui lt i n Hyde Park f or the Gr eat Exhibi ti on of 1851. The Crysta l Palace was dif ferent fr om al l ot her bui ldings i n the wor ld, f or i t was made of ir on and gl ass. It was one of the biggest buil dings of al ti me and a l ot of peopl e f rom many count ri es came t o se it. A great many goods wer e sent to the exhibit ion f rom vari ous part s of the wor ld. Ther e was also a gr eat deal of machinery on displ ay. The most wonder f ul pi ece of machinery on show was Nasmyt h39。 ti me. Even so, people ar e going t o fi nd it di f icult t o get t o wor k. But so far , the public has expressed i ts gr at it ude to t he st udent s in l eter s to the Press. Onl y one or two people have objected t hat the st udents wi l dr ive t oo fast! Leson85 Never too ol d to learn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have j ust r eceived a l et ter f rom my ol d school infor mi ng me t hat my for mer head mast er, Mr Regmal d Page, wi l be ret ir ing next week. Pupi ls of t he school, old and new, wi l be sending hi m a pr esent to mark t he occasion. Al l t hose who have cont ri but ed towar ds the gif t wil l si gn their names i n a lar ge al bum whi ch wil l be sent to the headmaster 39。At what ti me did you ar ri ve at the stati on ?39。 Br inksley Mer s agr eed. 39。 Oh, i s it ?39。monster s39。 in the snow. For tunately, a pil ot saw the signal and sent a message by radio t o t he nearest town. It was not long befor e a heli copter ar ived on t he scene to rescue t he sur vivors of t he pl ane cr ash. Le son76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 I 39。 I suggest ,39。 asked t he inspect or . 39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane li ved t her e, the poli ceman on dut y tol d him that si nce hi s defeat, the exPr im e Mi nister 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 t he same questi on. Though a li t le suspi cious thi s ti me , t he policeman 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。m Br inksl ey Meers, and my other name is Glor ia Gl eam . Now you get out of her e f ast !39。 Meanwhile, t wo other act or s, Rockwal l Sl i nger and Mer li n Gr eves, had car r ied two lar ge food baskets t o a shady spot under som e tr ees. When t hey had al l m ade themsel ves f ort abl e, a str anger appear ed. He l ooked very angr y. 39。t we e more of ten ?39。Wel, I 39。s Radical Progr essive Part y. Af t er t he elect ions, Crawl ey went t o the f orm er Pr im e Mi nister39。Do you always catch such an ear ly t rai n ?39。 Of course not. 39。 he shout ed: 39。 SOS39。 which have at tim es been sighted ar e si mpl y st range f ish. Occasi onal ly, unusual cr eat ures ar e washed to t he shor e, but they are r arel y caught out at sea. Some ti me ago, however, a pecul iar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al l fi shi ng boat was car ied mi les out to sea by t he power ful f ish as it pull ed on the l ine. Real izing t hat t his was no or di nar y f ish, the f isher man made ever y ef ort not to damage i t i n any way. When it was event ual l y br ought to shor e, i t was f ound to be over thi rt en f eet l ong. I t had a head li ke a horse, bi g blue eyes, shining si lver ski n, and a br ight red t ai l, The f ish, whi ch has si nce been sent t o a museum where i t is being e xami ned by a scienti st, is cal ed an oar fi sh. Such creatur es have r ar ely been sen ali ve by man as t hey l ive at a dept h of six hundred f et . Lesson83 Af t er the electi ons 大選之后 The f ormer Pr ime Mi ni st er, Mr Wentwor th Lane, was def eat ed in t he recent el ecti ons. He i s now r etir ing fr om poli ti cal l if e and has gone abr oad. My fr i end, Crawl ey, has always been a fanat ical opponent of Mr Lane39。 sai d the sher i f wi th a sneer. 39。No newspaper m en, no f il m f ans! Why don39。 At ten t o eight. I bought a paper and wai ted f or t he tr ain.39。s home. We shal l al remember Mr Page f or hi s pat ience and underst anding and f or the kindl y encouragement he gave us when we went so unwi l lingl y to school . A gr eat many f ormer pupil s wil l be at tending a f arewel di nner in his honour next Thur sday. It i s a cur ious coincidence t hat t he day bef ore hi s reti rement, Mr Page wi l l have been teachi ng for a t ot al of f or t y year s. Af ter he has reti red, he wil l devote hi mself to gar deni ng. For him , t his wi l be an enti rely new hobby. But this does not mat er , for , as he has oft en remar ked, one is never t oo old t o l ear n. Leson86 Out of cont rol 失控 As the m an tr ied t o swi ng t he speed boat r ound, the st er ingwheel came away i n hi s hands. He waved desper at ely t o his panion, who had been wat er ski ing f or t he last fi ft en m inutes. Bot h m en had hardl y had ti me t o reali ze what was happeni ng when they wer e thr own violent1y into the sea. The speedboat had st ruck a buoy, but it continued t o move very quickl y acr oss t he water. Bot h men had j ust begun t o swim t owar ds the shore. when they noti ced wi th dismay that the speed boat was moving i n a ci rcle. It now came st raight towar ds them at tr emendous speed. In les than a mi nut e, i t roared past them only a few feet away. Af ter it had pased, t hey swam on as quickly as t hey could because t hey knew t hat he boat would soon r eturn. They had just had enough ti me t o swi m out of danger when t he boat agai n pl et ed a ci rcle. On t his occasion, however , it had sl owed d