【正文】 I li t a ci gar et e to calm my ner ves. I sm oked wi t h concent rat ion and pleasur e as I was sur e that thi s would be m y last ci gar et e. For a whole wek I di d not smoke at al and dur ing this t im e, my wif e suff er ed ter ri bly. I had al l the usual sym ptoms of someone gi ving up smoking: a bad temper and an enor mous appeti te. My f r iends kept on off eri ng me cigaret tes and ci gar s. They m ade no ef for t to hi de their amusem ent whenever I produced a packet of sweets f rom my pocket . Aft er seven days of thi s I went t o a part y. Ever ybody ar ound m e was sm oki ng and I felt extr emely unf or table. When m y ol d f r i end Br ian urged m e to accept a cigar et te, it was mor e than I could bear. I t ook one guil ti ly, li t it and smoked wi t h sat isfacti on. My wi fe was deli ghted that thi ngs had r eturned t o normal once more. Anyway, as Br ian point ed out , it is t he easi est thi ng in t he worl d t o give up smoking. He him sel f has done it l ot s of ti mes! 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 to l ive i n South Am eri ca and I used to f l y there fr om Eur ope i n t he hol idays. An ai rhostes woul d t ake charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experi ence. I am used to t ravel ing by air and only on one occasi on have I ever f elt f ri ght ened. Af ter taking of f, we wer e f lying l ow over the cit y and slowl y gai ning height, when t he plane suddenl y t ur ned round and f lew back to the air por t . Whil e we wer e wait ing t o land, an ai r host ess t ol d us t o keep calm and to get off t he plane quietl y as soon as i t had t ouched down. Ever ybody on board was wor r ied and we wer e cur i ous t o f ind out what had happened. Lat er we learnt that t her e was a ver y i mport ant person on board. 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 hours 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 buil t in Hyde Par k f or t he Gr eat Exhibit ion of 1851. The Cr ysta l Pal ace was di f erent fr om al ot her buil dings in t he worl d, for it was m ade of i ron and glass. I t was one of t he biggest buil di ngs of al l t im e and a lot of peopl e fr om m any countr ies came 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 also a great deal of machi ner y on di spl ay. The most wonder ful piece of machi ner y on show was Nasmyth39。 we are t aki ng you to the macaroni fi el ds of Cal abr ia. Macaroni has been grown in t his ar ea f or over six hundred years. Two of t he leadi ng grower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ricar do Brabant e, tel me that hey have been expecti ng a spl endi d crop t his year and harvesti ng has begun ear li er t han usual. Her e you can see two worker s who, between t hem, have just fi nished cut ti ng three cart l oads of golden brown macar oni st al ks. The whole vi l age has been worki ng day and ni ght gatheri ng and threshing t his year 39。 SOS39。 said t he sheri f wi t h a sneer . 39。t be too hard on us. I 39。 39。 he shouted: 39。No newspaper men, no fi lm fans! Why don39。 sai d Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。s f oot st eps many year s later , Si r Malcolm 39。 t o peopl e on t hei r way to work. This wi l r el ieve pressur e on t he tr ai ns to some extent. Meanwhi le, a num ber of universit y student s have vol unt eer ed to dr ive buses while the str ike l ast s. Al l the young men are exper t dri ver s, but bef ore they dri ve any of t he buses, t hey wil l have t o pass a speci al t est . The st udents ar e goi ng t o take the t est i n two days39。 answered Cr awley,39。 he shouted, 39。 whi ch have at ti mes been si ght ed ar e sim pl y str ange f ish. Occasional y, unusual creatures are washed to the shor e, but t hey ar e rar el y caught out at sea. Some t im e ago, however , a peculi ar f ish was caught near Madagascar . A smal f ishingboat was car ri ed mil es out t o sea by t he power f ul f ish as it pul led on t he l ine. Real izi ng that this was no or dinary fi sh, the f isherman m ade every ef for t not t o dam age i t in any way. When i t was eventual y brought to shore, it was f ound t o be over thir teen f et long. It had a head li ke a hor se, bi g blue eyes, shi ning si l ver skin, and a bri ght r ed tail , The fi sh, which has since been sent to a m useum wher e it i s bei ng exam ined by a sci entist , i s cal led an oarf ish. Such cr eat ures have r arel y been seen al ive by m an as they li ve at a depth of si x hundr ed feet. Leson83 Af ter t he el ect ions 大選之后 The for mer Pri me Minister , Mr Went wort h Lane, was defeated i n the r ecent elect ions. He is now reti ri ng f rom pol it ical lif e and has gone abroad. My f r iend, Cr awley, has al ways been a f anati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。 I li t a ci gar et e to calm my ner ves. I sm oked wi t h concent rat ion and pleasur e as I was sur e that thi s would be m y last ci gar et e. For a whole wek I di d not smoke at al and dur ing this t im e, my wif e suff er ed ter ri bly. I had al l the usual sym ptoms of someone gi ving up smoking: a bad temper and an enor mous appeti te. My f r iends kept on off eri ng me cigaret tes and ci gar s. They m ade no ef for t to hi de their amusem ent whenever I produced a packet of sweets f rom my pocket . Aft er seven days of thi s I went t o a part y. Ever ybody ar ound m e was sm oki ng and I felt extr emely unf or table. When m y ol d f r i end Br ian urged m e to accept a cigar et te, it was mor e than I could bear. I t ook one guil ti ly, li t it and smoked wi t h sat isfacti on. My wi fe was deli ghted that