【正文】 ri l 1st. We are now ret urni ng you t o the st udi o. 39。 Leson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m umm y of an Egypti an wom an who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an operat i on. The m um m y i s t hat of Shepenm ut who was once a si nger i n t he Tem pl e of Thebes. As t here were st range m arks on t he X ray pl ates t aken of t he m umm y, doct ors have been tryi ng t o f i nd out whet her the wom an died of a rare disease. The onl y way t o do t hi s was t o operat e. The operat i on, whi ch lasted f or over f our hours, proved t o be very dif fi cul t because of t he hard resi n whi ch covered t he ski n. The doct ors removed a sect i on of t he m um my and sent it t o a l aborat ory. They also f ound som et hi ng which t he X ray of t he god Duam ut ef. Thi s god which has t he head of a cow was norm all y pl aced i nsi de a m um my. The doct ors have not yet deci ded how t he woman di ed. They f eared t hat t he m um m y would f all t o pi eces when t hey cut i t open, but f ort unat el y t hi s has not happened. The m umm y successf ul y survi ved t he operat ion. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af t er readi ng an arti cle ent it led 39。 Ci garet t e Smoki ng and Your Healt h39。 I l it a ci garet te t o calm m y nerves. I sm oked wi t h concentrati on and pl easure as I was sure t hat t hi s would be m y l ast ci garet t e. For a whol e week I di d not sm oke at al l and duri ng t hi s ti me, m y wif e suf f ered t eri bl y. I had al l t he usual sym ptoms of someone givi ng up sm oki ng: a bad t em per and an enorm ous appet it e. My f ri ends kept on of feri ng m e cigaret t es and ci gars. They m ade no ef ort t o hi de t hei r am usem ent whenever I produced a packet of sweet s f rom m y pocket. Af t er seven days of t his I went t o a part y. Everybody around m e was sm oki ng and I f el t extrem el y unf ort able. When m y ol d f ri end Bri an urged me t o accept a ci garet e, i t was m ore t han I coul d bear. I t ook one guil ti ly, li t it and sm oked wi t h sat isf act ion. My wif e was deli ght ed t hat t hi ngs had ret urned t o norm al once m ore. Anyway, as Bri an point ed out , it i s t he easiest thi ng i n the worl d t o gi ve up sm oki ng. H e hi mself has done it l ots of t im es! Leson79 By air 乘飛機(jī) I used t o t ravel by ai r a great deal when I was a boy. My parent s, used t o li ve in Sout h Am eri ca and I used to f l y t here f rom Europe i n t he holi days. An ai rhostess woul d take charge of m e and I never had an unpl easant experi ence. I am used t o t ravel ing by ai r and onl y on one occasi on have I ever f elt f ri ghtened. Aft er taki ng of f, we were f l yi ng l ow over t he cit y and sl owl y gai ni ng hei ght, when t he pl ane suddenl y t urned round and f lew back t o t he airport . Whi le we were wait ing t o l and, an ai r host es t ol d us t o keep calm and t o get of f t he pl ane qui etl y as soon as i t had t ouched down. Everybody on board was worri ed and we were curious t o fi nd out what had happened. Later we l earnt t hat t here was a very i m port ant person on board. The pol i ce had ben t ol d t hat a bomb had ben pl ant ed on t he pl ane. Aft er we had l anded, t he pl ane was searched t horoughl y. Fort unat el y, not hi ng was f ound and f i ve hours l at er we were abl e t o t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Cryst al Pal ace 水晶宮 Perhaps t he m ost ext raordi nary buil di ng of t he ni ent h cent ury was t he Cryst al Pal ace, which was bui lt i n H yde Park f or t he G reat Exhi bi ti on of 1851. The Cryst al Pal ace was di f erent f rom all ot her bui l di ngs in t he worl d, f or it was m ade of i ron and gl ass. It was one of t he bi ggest buil di ngs of al l ti m e and a l ot of peopl e f rom m any count ri es cam e to see it . A great many goods were sent t o t he exhi bi ti on f rom vari ous part s of t he worl d. There was also a great deal of m achi nery on di spl ay. The m ost wonderf ul piece of machinery on show was Nasmyt h39。 s steam ham mer. Though i n t hose days, travel li ng was not as easy as i t i s t oday, steam boat s carri ed t housands of visit ors across t he Channel from Europe. O n arrivi ng i n Engl and, t hey were taken t o t he Cryst al Pal ace by trai n. There were si x mi ll ion vi si t ors i n al l, and t he profi ts f rom t he exhi bit i on were used t o buil d m useum s and coll eges. Later, t he Cryst al Palace was m oved t o Sout h London. It rem ai ned one of t he m ost f am ous buil di ngs i n t he worl d unti l it was burnt down i n 1936. Leson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had ki l ed t he guard, t he pri soner of war quickl y dragged him i nt o t he bushes. Worki ng rapi dl y in t he darkness, he soon changed i nt o t he dead m an39。 s clot hes. Now, dressed i n a bl ue unif orm and wit h a rif l e over hi s shoul der, t he pri soner m arched bol dly up and down i n f ront of t he cam p. H e coul d hear shouti ng i n t he cam p it sel f. Li ghts were bl azi ng and men were running here and t here: t hey had j ust di scovered t hat a prisoner had escaped. At t hat m om ent, a l arge bl ack car wit h f our of fi cers i nsi de it , st opped at t he camp gat es. The off i cers got out and t he prisoner st ood to at t ent ion and sal ut ed as t hey passed. When they had gone, t he driver of t he car cam e t owards hi m. The m an obvi ousl y want ed to t al k. He was rat her el derl y wi th grey hair and cl ear bl ue eyes. The prisoner f elt sorry f or him , but t here was not hi ng el se he coul d do. As t he m an cam e near, t he pri soner knocke d him t o t he ground wi t h a sharp bl ow. Then, j um pi ng i nt o t he car, he drove of f as qui ckl y as he coul d. Leson82 Monster or f ish? 是妖還是魚？ Fisherm en and sai lors som et im es cl aim t o have seen m onsters i n t he sea. Though people have of ten l aughed at st ori es t ol d by seamen, it i s now known t hat m any of t hes