【正文】 he shout ed, 39。 which have at ti mes been sighted are si mply str ange fi sh. Occasional ly, unusual cr eat ur es ar e washed t o t he shore, but t hey are rar el y caught out at sea. Some ti me ago, however , a peculi ar fi sh was caught near Madagascar . A smal f ishing boat was car ri ed miles out to sea by t he powerf ul fi sh as i t pul l ed on t he line. Reali zing t hat thi s was no ordi nar y f ish, t he f isher man made ever y ef for t not t o damage i t in any way. When i t was event ualy brought t o shore, i t was f ound to be over t hir teen f eet long. It had a head l ike a hor se, big blue eyes, shining si lver skin, and a br ight r ed tai l, The fi sh, which has si nce been sent t o a museum wher e i t i s being exami ned by a sci ent ist, is cal led an oar fi sh. Such creatures have rar el y been seen ali ve by man as they l ive at a depth of six hundr ed f et . Lesson83 Aft er t he el ect ions 大選之后 The for mer Pr ime Mi nister , Mr Wentwor th Lane, was defeated in the recent el ect ions. He i s now r et ir ing fr om polit ical l if e and has gone abr oad. My fr iend, Crawl ey, has al ways been a fanatical opponent of Mr Lane39。 I li t a cigaret e t o calm my ner ves. I smoked wit h concent rati on and pl easure as I was sur e t hat thi s would be m y l ast ci gar et e. For a whol e week I did not sm oke at al and dur ing thi s t ime, m y wi f e suff ered t er ibl y. I had al the usual sym ptoms of som eone gi ving up smoking: a bad t em per and an enormous appeti te. My f ri ends kept on off e ri ng me cigaret tes and ci gar s. They made no ef ort t o hi de t hei r amusem ent whenever I pr oduced a packet of sweets fr om my pocket. Af ter seven days of t his I went to a par ty. Ever ybody ar ound me was smoking and I f elt ext remely unfort able. When my old fr iend Bri an urged me to accept a ci gar et te, i t was more than I coul d bear. I took one guil til y, li t i t and smoked wi th sat isf acti on. My wi fe was deli ght ed t hat things had returned t o nor m al once mor e. Anyway, as Bri an point ed out, i t i s t he easi est t hing in the worl d t o gi ve up sm oki ng. He hi msel f has done i t l ot s of tim es! Leson79 By air 乘飛機(jī) I used to tr avel by air a great deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used t o live in South Ameri ca and I used to fl y there fr om Europe i n the hol idays. An air host es would take charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experi ence. I am used to t ravel li ng by air and onl y on one occasion have I ever fel t f ri ght ened. Af ter t aki ng of f, we wer e f lyi ng l ow over t he cit y and sl owly gaining hei ght, when the pl ane suddenly tur ned r ound and f lew back to the ai r por t. Whil e we wer e wai ti ng to l and, an ai r host ess told us t o keep calm and to get off the pl ane quietl y as soon as it had touched down. Ever ybody on board was wor r ied and we wer e cur ious t o f ind out what had happened. Later we learnt that ther e was a very impor tant person on boar d. The pol ice had been t ol d t hat a bom b had been pl ant ed on the plane. Aft er we had landed, the pl ane was sear ched thor oughly. For tunately, not hi ng was found and fi ve hours later we wer e able to t ake off again. Leson80 The Crystal Pal ace 水晶宮 Perhaps t he most extr aor dinary buil di ng of the ni eent h century was the Cr ystal Palace, which was buil t in Hyde Par k f or t he Gr eat Exhi biti on of 1851. The Crystal Palace was dif fer ent f r om al l other buil dings i n t he wor ld, f or i t was m ade of i ron and glas. I t was one of t he biggest bui ldi ngs of al t im e and a lot of peopl e f rom many countr ies came to see i t. A gr eat m any goods were sent t o the exhibi tion f rom vari ous par ts of t he wor ld. There was also a gr eat deal of machinery on di spl ay. The most wonderf ul piece of machi ner y on show was Nasmyt h39。 we are taking you t o t he macaroni f iel ds of Calabr ia. Macaroni has been gr own i n t his ar ea f or over si x hundred year s. Two of the leadi ng gr ower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ri car do Br abant e, tel m e t hat they have been expect ing a splendid cr op t his year and har vesti ng has begun earl ier t han usual . Here you can see t wo worker s who, between t hem, have j ust f ini shed cut ting thr ee cart l oads of gol den brown macar oni st alks. The whol e vil lage has been working day and ni ght gat her ing and t hr eshi ng t hi s year39。 SOS39。 said the sher if f wi th a sneer . 39。t be t oo hard on us. I 39。 39。 he shouted: 39。No newspaper men, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。 said Gl ori a Gl eam. 39。s footsteps many year s l ater, Si r Malcolm39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane li ved there, the poli cem an on dut y t ol d him t hat since his defeat, t he ex Pri me Minister had gone abr oad. On the f ol lowi ng day, Cr awl ey went to the house again. The same pol iceman was just walking sl owl y past he entr ance, when Cr awl ey asked the same quest ion. Though a l it tl e suspicious t hi s ti me, the poli cem an gave him t he same answer. The day af ter , Crawl ey went t o t he house once m or e and asked exact ly t he sam e questi on. Thi s ti me, t he policeman l ost his t emper .39。s clot hes. Now, dr esed i n a bl ue unif orm and wi th a ri fl e over hi s shoulder, t he pr i soner m arched bol dly up and down in f r ont of t he camp. He could hear shouti ng i n the cam p i tsel f. Li ghts wer e blazing and m en wer e r unni ng her e and t her e: t hey had j ust di scover ed t hat a pri soner had escaped. At t hat m om ent, a l ar ge bl ack car wit h f our of fi cer s i nsi de i t, st opped at the cam p gates. The of fi cer s got out and t he pr i soner st ood t o at ent i on and sal ut ed as t hey passed. When t hey had gone, t he dr iver of the car cam e t owar ds him . The man obviousl y want ed t o t al k. He was r at her el der ly wit h grey hair and