【正文】 , Crawl ey, has always been a fanat 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 camp it sel f. Li ght s were bl azi ng and men were r unning here and t her e: t hey had just di scover ed that a pri soner had escaped. At that moment, a l ar ge black car wit h four off icer s inside it , st opped at the camp gates. The off icers got out and t he pr isoner st ood t o at ent ion and sal ut ed as they pased. When they had gone, t he dr iver of the car came towards hi m. The man obvi ousl y wanted t o tal k. He was rather elderl y wi th gr ey hai r and cl ear blue eyes. The pr isoner f el t sor ry for him , but ther e was not hing else he could do. As t he man cam e near , t he pri soner knocke d him to the ground wi th a sharp blow. Then, j um ping i nt o t he car , he dr ove of f as qui ckl y as he coul d. Lesson82 Monst er or fi sh? 是妖還是魚？ Fi sherm en and sail ors someti mes claim to have seen monst er s i n the sea. Though peopl e have of ten l aughed at stor ies t ol d by s eam en, i t i s now known t hat many of these 39。 I l it a cigar et te t o calm my nerves. I smoked wi th concent rati on and pleasur e as I was sur e that this woul d be my last cigar et te. For a whole week I did not smoke at al l and dur ing t his t ime, my wi f e suf fer ed ter ibl y. I had al t he usual sympt oms of som eone givi ng up sm oki ng: a bad t emper and an enorm ous appet it e. My f ri ends kept on of fer ing m e cigaret es and ci gar s. They made no ef ort t o hide t hei r am usement whenever I pr oduced a packet of sweets f rom my pocket . Aft er seven days of t hi s I went to a par ty. Ever ybody ar ound m e was smoking and I fel t ext remely unf or tabl e. When m y old fr iend Br ian urged m e to accept a ci gar et te, it was m or e t han I could bear. I t ook one guil ti ly, li t it and smoked wit h sat isfacti on. My wi fe was deli ghted t hat thi ngs had r eturned t o normal once more. Anyway, as Br ian point ed out , it is the easi est thi ng in t he worl d t o give up smoking. He him sel 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 live i n South Ameri ca and I used to fl y there fr om Eur ope i n t he hol idays. An ai rhostes woul d t ake charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experi ence. I am used to t ravel ing by air and only on one occasi on have I ever felt f ri ght ened. Af ter taking of f, we wer e 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 to 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 t he pl ane qui et ly as soon as it had touched down. Everybody on boar d was wor ri ed and we were cur ious to fi nd out what had happened. Later we l ear nt t hat t her e was a very impor 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 oughl y. Fort unat ely, not hing was f ound and f ive hours l ater we wer e abl e to take off again. Lesson80 The Cryst al Pal ace 水晶宮 Perhaps the m ost extr aor dinary buil ding of t he ni eent h cent ury 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 Crysta l Palace was dif ferent fr om al l ot her bui ldings i n the wor ld, f or i t was made of ir on and gl ass. It was one of the biggest buil dings of al ti me and a l ot of peopl e f rom many count ri es came t o se it. A great many goods wer e sent to the exhibit ion f rom vari ous part s of the wor ld. Ther e was also a gr eat deal of machinery on displ ay. The most wonder f ul pi ece of machinery on show was Nasmyt h39。 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 mumm y i s 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 plat es t aken of t he mummy, doct ors have been t ryi ng to fi nd out whether the wom an died of a r ar e disease. The onl y way t o do thi s was to oper at e. The operati on, whi ch lasted f or over f our hour s, pr oved t o be ver y dif f icult because of t he har d r esi n which covered t he skin. The doctors r emoved a secti on of the m um my and sent i t o a l abor atory. They also f ound somethi ng which t he Xr ay of the god Duamutef . Thi s god which has the head of a cow was norm al ly pl aced i nsi de a mumm y. The doctor s have not yet deci ded how the wom an died. They f ear ed that the m um my woul d fal l t o pieces when they cut it open, but f ort unat el y t his has not happened. The m ummy successf ull y sur vived t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter reading an ar ticl e ent it led 39。 we ar e t aki ng you to t he macar oni f iel ds of Cal abr ia. Macaroni has been grown i n t hi s area f or over six hundred year s. Two of the l eading gr owers, Giuseppe Moldova and Ricardo Br abant e, t el l me t hat t hey ha ve been expect ing a spl endid cr op t hi s year and harvest ing has begun ear lier t han usual . Here you can se two workers who, between them, have just fi ni shed cutt ing t hree cart l oads of golden brown macar oni stalks. The whole vi lage has been wor king day and night gat her ing and t hr eshi ng thi s year39。To end our speci al news bull eti n, 39。 SOS39。m Br inksl ey Meers, and my other name is Glor ia Gl eam . Now you get out of her e f ast !39。 sai d the sher i f wi th a sneer. 39。 39。t be t oo har d on us. I39。sai d Rockwal ,39。 39。m sheri f here. Do you see that notice ? It says No Cam pi ng in case you can39。 he shout ed: 39。 M