【正文】 m onster s in the sea. Though people have oft en laughed at stor ies tol d by seamen, it i s now known that many of these 39。 I lit a ci gar ete to calm my ner ves. I sm oked wi th 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 week 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 som eone gi vi ng up smoking: a bad temper and an enor mous appeti te. My fr iends kept on off eri ng me cigar et tes and cigars. They made no ef f or t to hi de their amusem ent whenever I produced a packet of sweets f rom my pocket . Af ter seven days of t hi s I went to a par ty. Ever ybody ar ound me was smoking 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 gai ni ng 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 host es t old us t o keep calm and to 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 there was a ver y i mport ant person on boar d. The pol ice had been told that a bom b had been plant ed on the plane. Af t er we had landed, the pl ane was sear ched thoroughly. For t unatel y, nothi ng was found and fi ve hour s lat er we were able to t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 Per haps t he most ext raordi nar y buil di ng of the nieenth 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 yst al Pal ace was di f er ent f r om al ot her buil di ngs 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 people fr om m any countr ies cam e to see i t. A gr eat m any goods were sent t o t he exhi bi ti on fr om var i ous part s of the wor ld. There was also a gr eat deal of m achinery on display. The m ost wonderf ul pi ece of machinery on show was Nasmyt h39。 Leson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The mummy of an Egypti an woman who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper ati on. The mum my i s that of Shepenm ut who was once a singer in t he Temple of Thebes. As t her e were st range marks on t he X ray plat es t aken of t he mummy, doct ors have been tr yi ng to fi nd out whether t he wom an di ed of a rare di sease. The only way to do this was t o operate. The oper ation, which l ast ed for over four hour s, pr oved t o be very di f icult because of the hard r esi n whi ch covered t he ski n. The doctor s removed a sect ion of t he m ummy and sent i t to a labor ator y. They also f ound somethi ng which t he X ray of the god Duamut ef . This god whi ch has t he head of a cow was nor mal y placed inside a mum my. The doctor s have not yet decided how t he woman died. They feared t hat t he mummy woul d f al l to pi eces when t hey cut it open, but for tunately t his has not happened. The mummy successful ly survi ved t he oper ation. Lesson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eading an ar ti cl e enti tl ed 39。 Lesson84 O n strike 罷工 Busmen have deci ded to go on st ri ke next week. The st ri ke is due to begin on Tuesday. No one knows how long it wi l l ast . The busmen have st at ed that the str ike wi l l conti nue unt il ge ner al agreement is r eached about pay and working condit ions. Most peopl e beli eve t hat t he st ri ke wil l last for at l east a wee k. Many owner s of pri vat e car s are goi ng to of fer have j ust f ini shed cutt ing t hree car t loads of gol den brown m acaroni stalks. The whol e vil lage has been wor king day and night gat her ing and t hreshi ng thi s year 39。 ans wer ed Cr awl ey,39。 39。 he shout ed, 39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane li ved t her e, the poli cem an on dut y t ol d him t hat si nce hi s defeat, t he ex Pri me Minister had gone abr oad. On t he fol lowi ng day, Cr awl ey went to t he house again. The same pol iceman was just walking sl owl y past he ent rance, when Cr awley asked the sam e questi on. Though a l it tle suspicious thi s ti me, the poli ceman gave him the same answer . The day af ter , Crawl ey went t o the house once m or e and a sked exact ly t he sam e questi on. This tim e, t he pol iceman l ost his t emper .39。 which have at t im es been si ghted ar e sim pl y st range fi sh. Occasi onal y, unusual cr eat ur es ar e washed t o t he shor e, but t hey are r arel y caught out at sea. Som e tim e ago, however, a pecul iar f i sh was caught near Madagascar . A smal f ishing boat was car ri ed mil es out t o sea by the powerf ul fi sh as i t pul l ed on t he li ne. Reali zi ng t hat t hi s was no or di nar y fi sh, t he fi sherm an made ever y ef ort not to dam age it i n any way. When it was event ual l y brought t o shor e, i t was f ound t o be over t hir teen f et l ong. It had a head li ke a hor se, bi g bl ue eyes, shi ning sil ver ski n, and a bri ght r ed t ail , The fi sh, whi ch has si nce been sent t o a museum where i t is bei ng exam i ne