【正文】 s 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 air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used to li ve i n South Ameri ca and I used to fl y there fr om Eur ope in t he hol idays. An ai rhostess woul d t ake charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experi ence. I am used to t ra vel ing by air 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 s lowl 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 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 t old t hat a bomb had been planted on t he plane. Af t er we had l anded, the plane was sear ched t horoughl y. For tunately, nothi ng was found and fi ve hour s lat er we were able t o t ake of f again. Leson80 The Cryst al Palace 水晶宮 Per haps t he most extr aordinar y bui ldi ng of the nieenth centur y was the Cr yst al Pal ace, which was buil t in Hyde Par k for t he Great Exhi bit ion of 1851. The Cr yst al Pal ace was dif f er ent f rom al other buildi ngs i n t he worl d, f or it was made of ir on and glass. I t was one of t he bi ggest bui ldi ngs of al t ime and a lot of people f r om many count ri es cam e to see it . A gr eat many goods were sent t o the exhibi ti on fr om vari ous par ts of t he worl d. There was al so a great deal of machi ner y on display. The most wonderf ul pi ece of m achiner y on show was Nasm yth39。 Lesson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m ummy of an Egypti an woman who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper ati on. The mummy is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in t he Temple of Thebes. As t her e were st range marks on t he Xr ay plates t aken of t he mummy, doct ors have been t ryi ng to fi nd out whether the woman died of a r ar e disease. The onl y way t o do thi s was to operat e. The operati on, whi ch lasted f or over four hours , pr oved to be ver y 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 the 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 insi de 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 the y cut it open, but for tunately t his has not happened. The mummy successfull y survi ved t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eading an ar ti cl e enti tled 39。s hom e. We shal l al r emember Mr Page for his pati ence and under standi ng and for t he ki ndly encour agement he gave us when we went so unwi l ingly t o school. A great many for mer pupi ls wi l be at endi ng a f ar ewel dinner in hi s honour next Thursday. I t is a curi ous coi nci dence that the day befor e his r et ir ement, Mr Page wi l have been t eaching f or a total of for ty years. Af ter he has r eti red, he wil l devote hi msel f to gar deni ng. For him, t hi s wi l be an enti rely new hobby. But this does not m at ter , f or, as he has of t en r emarked, one i s never t oo ol d t o learn. Leson86 Out of cont rol 失控 As the man t ri ed to swi ng the speed boat r ound, the steeri ng wheel came away i n his hands. He waved desper at el y t o his panion, who had been wat er skii ng for t he last f if t en m inutes. Bot h men had hardl y had ti me to reali ze what was happening when they were thrown vi olent1y i nto t he sea. The speedboat had str uck a buoy, but it cont inued to move ver y quickly acr oss t he water. Bot h men had just begun t o swim towar ds the shor e. when they not iced wi th di sm ay that the 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 ben wor king day and night gat her ing and t hreshi ng thi s year 39。 t o peopl e on t hei r way t o work. Thi s wi l r el i eve pr essur e on t he t r ai ns to some ext ent. Meanwhil e, a num ber of universit y st udent s have vol unt eer ed t o dr i ve buses whi l e the str i ke l ast s. Al l t he young m en are exper t dri ver s, but bef or e they dri ve any of t he buses, t hey wil l have t o pas a speci al t est . The st udents ar e goi ng t o take t he t est i n t wo days39。 Lesson84 O n stri ke 罷工 Busm en have deci ded t o go on st ri ke next wek. The st ri ke is due t o begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong it wi l l ast. The busm en have st at ed t hat t he str i ke wil l conti nue unt il gener al agr eem ent is r eached about pay and wor ki ng condit i ons. Most people beli eve t hat t he st ri ke wi l l ast f or at least a wek. Many owners of pri vat e cars ar e goi ng t o of f er 39。 answer ed Crawl ey,39。 39。 he shout ed, 39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane l i ved t her e, t he pol i ceman on dut y t ol d him t hat si nce hi s defeat, t he ex Prim e Mi nist er had gone abr oad. On the f ol l owi ng day, Cr awl ey went t o t he house agai n. The sam e poli cem an was j ust wal ki ng sl owl y past t he ent rance, when Cr awl ey asked the sam e questi on. Though a l it tl e suspici ous t hi s ti me , t he poli cem an gave him t he sam e answer. The day aft er, Cr awley went t o the house once m or e and asked exact ly t he sam e questi on. Thi s tim e, t he poli cem an l ost hi s temper.39。 which have at t im es been sighted ar e si mpl y st r ange fi sh. Ocasi onal ly, unusual cr eat ur es ar e washed t o t he shor e, but they ar e rar el y caught out at sea