【正文】 r, t he pri soner m ar ched bol dl y up and down in f ront of the cam p. He coul d hear shout i ng i n t he cam p itsel f. Light s wer e bl azing and men wer e r unning her e and ther e: t hey had j ust discover ed t hat a pr isoner had escaped. At t hat m oment, a l arge bl ack car wit h f our offi cer s i nsi de it , stopped at t he cam p gates. The off icer s got out and the prisoner st ood to at enti on and sal ute d as t hey pased. When t hey had gone, t he dr iver of t he car cam e t owar ds him. The man obviousl y wanted to t al k. He was r at her el derl y wi th grey hai r and cl ear bl ue eyes. The pr isoner f el t sorr y f or him, but t here was nothi ng else he coul d do. As t he man cam e near, the pr isoner knocked him to t he ground wit h a sharp blow. Then, jum pi ng into t he car, he drove off as quickl y as he could. Lesson82 Monster or f ish? 是妖還是魚？ Fisherm en and sai lors sometim es claim t o have seen m onst er s i n the sea. Though peopl e have of ten l aughed at st ori es t ol d by seamen, it is now known that many of t hese 39。m onst er s39。 whi ch have at imes been si ghted ar e sim pl y st range fi sh. Ocasional y, unusual cr eatures ar e washed to t he shore, but they are r ar el y caught out at sea. Som e tim e ago, however, a peculi ar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al l f ishi ng boat was car ied m il es out t o sea by t he powerf ul f ish as it pul led on t he l ine. Reali zi ng t hat this was no or di nary fi sh, the fi sherm an m ade ever y ef ort not t o damage it i n any way. When i t was event ual y br ought t o shor e, it was found t o be over thir teen f et long. It had a head li ke a hor se, bi g bl ue eyes, shining si lver ski n, and a bri ght red tail, The f ish, which has si nce been sent t o a m useum where it i s being exam ined by a scientist, is cal led an oarfi sh. Such cr eatur es have rarely been sen al ive by m an as t hey li ve at a dept h of si x hundr ed f et. Leson83 Aft er t he el ecti ons 大選之后 The f orm er Prim e Minister, Mr Went wor th Lane, was def eated in t he r ecent el ecti ons. He is now r eti ri ng f rom pol it cal li fe and has gone abroad. My fr iend, Crawl ey, has al ways been a fanati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。s Radi cal Pr ogr essi ve Part y. Aft er the el ecti ons, Cr awl ey went t o t he f ormer Pr ime Mi ni st er39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane li ved t here, t he poli cem an on dut y told him t hat si nce his def eat, the ex Pr ime Mi ni st er had gone abr oad. On t he f ol lowing day, Cr awl ey went t o the house again. The same pol iceman was j ust wal ki ng slowly past the entr ance, when Crawley asked t he same question. Though a li tl e suspicious this ti me, the poli ceman gave hi m the same answer . The day after , Cr awley went to t he house once mor e and a sked exactly t he same questi on. Thi s t ime, t he policeman l ost hi s t emper.39。 I told you yest er day and t he day before yesterday, 39。 he shout ed, 39。Mr Lane was defeat ed i n the elections. He has reti red fr om poli tical if e and gone to li ve abroad ! 39。 I know,39。 answered Crawley, 39。 but I l ove to hear you say i t ! 39。 Lesson84 On strike 罷工 Busmen have decided t o go on stri ke next week. The st ri ke i s due to begin on Tuesday. No one knows how long it wil last. The busmen have stated that the stri ke wi l continue unti l ge neral agreement is reached about pay and working condi ti ons. Most people bel ieve t hat the str ike wil l ast f or at least a week. Many owner s of private car s are going to off er have j ust f inished cutt ing three cart l oads of gol den br own macar oni st al ks. The whol e vi lage has been wor ki ng day and ni ght gatheri ng and t hr eshing this year39。s crop bef or e the September rains. On the ri ght , you can see Mrs Br abante hersel f. She has been hel pi ng her husband f or thir ty year s now. Mrs Brabante is t al ki ng t o the manager of the local fact or y where t he crop is processed. This last scene shows you what wi l happen at the end of the harvest : the famous Cal abri an macar oni eati ng peti tion ! Signor Fr at el li , t he present champion, has won it every year since 1961. And that ends our special bulle ti n for today, Thur sday, April 1st . We ar e now r et ur ni ng you to the studi o. 39。 Lesson77 A succesful operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The mummy of an Egyptian woman who died i n 800 . has just had an oper at ion. The mummy is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a singer in t he Templ e of Thebes. As t here were str ange mar ks on the Xr ay plates taken of t he mummy, doct or s have been t rying to f ind out whether t he wom an died of a r ar e di sease. The only way to do this was to operate. The operati on, whi ch l asted for over f our hours, pr oved t o be very dif ficult because of the hard r esin which cover ed the skin. The doctors removed a section of the mummy and sent it to a l aboratory. They al so f ound somet hi ng which the Xr ay of the god Duamutef . This god which has the head of a cow was nor mal ly placed inside a mummy. The doctors have not yet decided how t he woman died. They f ear ed t hat he mummy would fal to pieces when t hey cut it open, but f or tunately t hi s has not happened. The mummy succesfull y survived the oper ation. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter reading an ar ticle ent it led 39。Cigar et te Smoking and Your Health39。 I l it a ci garet e to cal m my ner ves. I smoked wi th concentr at ion and pleasur e as I was ure that hi s would be my last cigar et te. For a whole week I did not smoke at al and dur ing this ti me, my wi fe suf fered teri bl y. I had al the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad t emper and an enormous appeti te. My fri ends kept on offeri ng me cigaretes and cigar s. They made no efor t o hi de t heir amusement whenever I pr oduced a packet of swets f rom my pocket . Af ter seven days of this I went t