【正文】 s st eam ham mer. Though in t hose days, t raveli ng was not as easy as it is t oday, steam boats car ied t housands of visi tors across the Channel f r om Europe. On ar ivi ng in Engl and, they wer e taken to the Cr yst al Palace by t rain. There wer e six m il li on vi sitor s in al l, and the pr ofi ts f rom the exhibit ion wer e used t o buil d museum s and col leges. Later, t he Crystal Palace was moved to South London. It r em ai ned one of t he most f amous bui ldi ngs i n t he worl d unt il i t was bur nt down in 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil led t he guar d, t he pri soner of war qui ckl y dragged him into the bushes. Worki ng rapidl y in the darknes, he soon changed i nto t he dead m an39。Cigar et te Sm oki ng and Your Heal th39。s cr op bef or e t he Sept em ber rai ns. On t he r i ght , you can see Mr s Br abant e herself . She has been hel pi ng her hus band for t hi rt y year s now. Mr s Br abant e i s tal ki ng to t he manager of t he l ocal f act or y where t he crop i s procesed. Thi s l ast scene shows you what wil l happen at t he end of t he harvest : t he famous Calabri an m acar oni eati ng pet it i on ! Si gnor Fr at eli , t he pr esent champi on, has won it ever y year si nce 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull et in f or t oday, Thur sday, April 1st. We are now ret ur ning you t o t he st udi o.39。 ti me. Even so, peopl e ar e going t o f ind i t di f icult t o get o wor k. But so f ar , the publi c has expressed i ts gr ati tude to the student s in let er s to the Pr ess. Only one or two peopl e have objected t hat t he st udents wil l dr ive t oo f ast! Lesson85 Never too ol d t o learn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have j ust r eceived a l et er f rom my ol d school inf or mi ng me t hat m y for mer head master, Mr Regmal d Page, wi l be r et ir ing next week. Pupil s of t he school, old and new, wi l be sendi ng hi m a present to mark the occasion. Al t hose who have cont ri buted towar ds the gif t wi l sign t hei r names i n a l ar ge album whi ch wi l be sent to the headmaster 39。fr ee ri des39。 but I love t o hear you say it ! 39。 I know,39。 he shouted, 39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane l ived t her e, t he policeman on duty told hi m that si nce hi s def eat , the exPr im e Mi ni ster had gone abroad. On the f oll owing day, Crawl ey went t o the house agai n. The same poli ceman was j ust wal ki ng slowl y past the entr ance, when Cr awl ey asked t he same question. Though a li t le suspi ci ous this t im e, t he pol iceman 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。 which have at t im es been sighted are si mply st range fi sh. Occasi onal ly, unusual cr eatur es ar e washed t o t he shore, but they are r arely caught out at sea. Som e ti me ago, however, a pecul iar fi sh was caught near Madagascar . A smal l f ishing boat was car ri ed mi les out to sea by the powerf ul fi sh as i t pul led on t he li ne. Reali zing t hat thi s was no ordi nar y fi sh, t he fi sher man made ever y ef ort not to damage it i n any way. When it was event ual ly br ought t o shor e, i t was found to be over thi rt en f eet l ong. I t had a head l ike a horse, big bl ue eyes, shini ng si lver ski n, and a br ight red t ai l, The f ish, which has si nce been sent t o a museum where it is bei ng exami ned by a sci ent ist, is cal ed an oar f ish. Such creatur es have r ar ely been sen al ive by man as t hey l ive at a depth of six hundred f eet . Lesson83 Af t er the el ect ions 大選之后 The f orm er Pr im e Mi ni ster, Mr Wentwor th Lane, was def eat ed in t he recent el ect ions. He is now r eti ri ng fr om pol i t i cal li fe and has gone abr oad. My fr iend, Crawl ey, has al ways been a f anat ical opponent of Mr Lane39。s cl othes. Now, dr essed in a bl ue unif or m and wit h a r if le over hi s shoul der , the pri soner marched boldly up and down in f r ont of the camp. He could hear shouti ng in t he cam p it sel f. Li ght s were bl azi ng and men were r unning here and t her e: t hey had j ust di scover ed that a pri soner had escaped. At that moment, a l ar ge black car wi t h four off ice rs insi de it , st opped at the camp gates. The of f icers got out and t he pr isoner st ood t o at ent ion and saluted as t hey passed. When t hey had gone, t he dri ver of the car cam e towar ds hi m. The man obviousl y wanted t o t al k. He was rat her elderl y wi th gr ey hai r and cl ear bl ue eyes. The pr isoner f elt sor r y for him, but t her e was nothing el se he could do. As t he man came near , the pri soner knocked him to the gr ound wi th a shar p blow. Then, j umping i nto t he car , he dr ove off as quickly as he could. Lesson82 Monst er or f ish? 是妖還是魚？ Fisherm en and sail ors someti mes cl aim to have sen m onst er s in the sea. Though people have oft en laughed at stor ies tol d by s eamen, it i s now known that many of these 39。 I l it a ci gar ete to calm my ner ves. I sm oked wi th conc ent rat ion and pleasur e as I was sur e that thi s woul d be my last ci gar ete. For a whole week I di d not smoke at al and dur ing t his t ime, my wif e suf f er ed ter ri bl y. I had al l t he usual sym pt oms of som eone gi vi ng up smoking: a bad temper and an enorm ous appeti te. My f ri ends kept on off er ing m e cigaret es and ci gar s. They made no ef for t o hide t hei r amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweet s fr om my pocket . Af t er seven days of thi s I went t o a part y. Ever ybody around me was sm oki ng and I f el t ext remely unf ort abl e. When my old fr iend Br ian ur ged m e to accept a ci gar et te, it was m or e t han I could bear. I t ook one gui lti ly, l it it and smoked wit h sat isf acti on. My wi fe was del ighted t hat t hi ngs had r etur ned t o norm al once more. Anyway, a