【正文】 r isoner stood t o atenti on and sal uted as they pased. When they had gone, the dr iver of the car came t owards him . The man obvi ousl y wanted to talk. He was r ather el derl y wit h gr ey hai r and cl ear blue eyes. The pri soner f el t sor ry f or him, but there was not hi ng else he coul d do. As the man came near, t he pr i soner knocked him to the ground wi th a shar p blow. Then, j umping i nt o t he car , he dr ove off as quickly as he coul d. Lesson82 Monst er or fi sh? 是妖還是魚？ Fi sher men and sai lors someti mes claim t o have seen monst ers i n the sea. Though peopl e have of ten l aughed at st or ies t old by s eam en, i t is now known t hat many of t hese 39。 I l it a cigaret te t o cal m my nerves. I smoked wi th concentr ati on and pl easure as I was sure t hat his woul d be my l ast cigaret te. For a whol e week I did not smoke at al l and duri ng t hi s ti me, my wi fe suf fered t er ibl y. I had al t he usual sympt om s of someone giving up sm oki ng: a bad t em per and an enor mous appet it e. My fr iends kept on of fer ing me ci gar et es and cigars. They made no ef ort to hide thei r amusement 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. Everybody ar ound 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 normal once more. Anyway, as Br ian poi nt ed out, it i s the easi est thi ng in the wor ld t o give up smoking. He hi msel f has done it l ots of ti mes! Lesson79 By ai r 乘飛機(jī) I used t o tr avel by ai r a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ents, used to li ve in South Ameri ca and I used to fl y ther e fr om Eur ope in t he hol idays. An ai rhostess would t ake charge of me and I never had an unpleasant exper ience. I am used to t ravel ing by ai r and only on one occasi on have I ever felt f ri ghtened. Af ter taking of f, we were f lyi ng low over the ci ty and slowl y gaining height , when t he plane suddenly t urned r ound and f lew back t o the air port . Whil e we wer e wait ing t o l and, an air hostes t old us t o keep cal m and t o get of f the plane quietl y as soon as i t had t ouched down. Ever ybody on board was worr ied and we wer e curi ous t o f ind out what had happened. Lat er we learnt that ther e was a ver y i mpor tant per son on board. The poli ce had been tol d that a bomb had been pl ant ed on the pl ane. Af ter we had landed, t he plane was searched thor oughly. Fort unat el y, not hing was f ound and f ive hours l ater we wer e abl e to take off again. Lesson80 The Crystal Pal ace 水晶宮 Perhaps the m ost ext raor di nar y buil ding of t he ni eent h cent ur y was t he Crystal Palace, whi ch was bui lt i n Hyde Park f or the Gr eat Exhibi ti on of 1851. The Crystal Palace was dif ferent fr om al l ot her bui ldings in the wor ld, for i t was made of i ron and gl ass. It was one of the biggest buil dings of al l ti me and a l ot of peopl e f rom many countr ies came t o se i t. A great many goods wer e sent to the exhi bit ion f rom var ious part s of the wor ld. Ther e was also a gr eat de al of machinery on di spl ay. The m ost wonder ful pi ece of machinery on show was Nasmyt h39。 Lesson77 A successful operat ion 一例成功的手術(shù) The mummy of an Egypt ian woman who died in 800 . has just had an operat ion. The mummy i s that of Shepenmut who was once a si nger i n the Templ e of Thebes. As there wer e str ange mar ks on the X ray pl ates taken of the mummy, doctor s have been tr ying t o f ind out whet her t he woman died of a r are di sease. The only way to do t his was t o oper ate. The oper at ion, which l ast ed for over f our hour s, pr oved t o be ver y di f icult because of the hard r esi n whi ch cover ed the skin. The doct ors r emoved a secti on of the mumm y and sent it t o a l abor at ory. They al so found something whi ch the X r ay of t he god Duamutef. Thi s god which has the head of a cow was normal ly pl aced i nside a mummy. The doct ors have not yet deci ded how the wom an di ed. They f ear ed that the mumm y would fal t o pieces when the y cut i t open, but f ort unat el y thi s has not happened. The m um my successf ully sur vived the operat ion. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Aft er readi ng an art icle ent it led 39。 we are t aking you to the macaroni fi elds of Calabri a. Macaroni has been gr own in this ar ea for over six hundr ed years. Two of t he leadi ng grower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ri car do Brabante, tel me that they 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 j ust fi nished cut ti ng thr e cart loads of golden br own macar oni st al ks. The whol e vi l l age has been worki ng day and ni ght gatheri ng and threshing t his year 39。To end our special news bul leti n,39。 SOS39。 t im e. Even so, people ar e goi ng t o fi nd it dif fi cul t t o get t o wor k. But so f ar, t he publ i c has expressed i ts gr at it ude t o t he st udent s i n l et t er s t o t he Pr ess. Onl y one or t wo peopl e have objected t hat t he st udents wil dr i ve t oo f ast! Lesson85 Never t oo ol d t o learn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et er f r om m y ol d school i nf ormi ng me t hat m y f or mer head master, Mr Regmal d Page, wil l be reti ri ng next wek. Pupi ls of t he school , old and new, wil l be sendi ng hi m a present t o m ar k t he occasion. Al t hose who have cont ri buted t owar ds t he gi ft wi l si gn t hei r nam es i n a l arge al bum which wi l be sent t o t he headmast er39。f r ee ri des39。 but I l ove t o hear you say it !39。 I know,39。Mr Lane was def ea