【正文】 last scene shows you what wi l happen at the end of the harvest : the famous Cal abri an macar oni eati ng peti tion ! Signor Fr at el li , t he present champion, has won it every year since 1961. And that ends our special bulle ti n for today, Thur sday, April 1st . We ar e now r et ur ni ng you to the studi o. 39。 but I l ove to hear you say i t ! 39。 I know,39。 he shout ed, 39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane li ved t here, t he poli cem an on dut y told him t hat si nce his def eat, the ex Pr ime Mi ni st er had gone abr oad. On t he f ol lowing day, Cr awl ey went t o the house again. The same pol iceman was j ust wal ki ng slowly past the entr ance, when Crawley asked t he same question. Though a li tl e suspicious this ti me, the poli ceman gave hi m the same answer . The day after , Cr awley went to t he house once mor e and a sked exactly t he same questi on. Thi s t ime, t he policeman l ost hi s t emper.39。 whi ch have at imes been si ghted ar e sim pl y st range fi sh. Ocasional y, unusual cr eatures ar e washed to t he shore, but they are r ar el y caught out at sea. Som e tim e ago, however, a peculi ar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al l f ishi ng boat was car ied m il es out t o sea by t he powerf ul f ish as it pul led on t he l ine. Reali zi ng t hat this was no or di nary fi sh, the fi sherm an m ade ever y ef ort not t o damage it i n any way. When i t was event ual y br ought t o shor e, it was found t o be over thir teen f et long. It had a head li ke a hor se, bi g bl ue eyes, shining si lver ski n, and a bri ght red tail, The f ish, which has si nce been sent t o a m useum where it i s being exam ined by a scientist, is cal led an oarfi sh. Such cr eatur es have rarely been sen al ive by m an as t hey li ve at a dept h of si x hundr ed f et. Leson83 Aft er t he el ecti ons 大選之后 The f orm er Prim e Minister, Mr Went wor th Lane, was def eated in t he r ecent el ecti ons. He is now r eti ri ng f rom pol it cal li fe and has gone abroad. My fr iend, Crawl ey, has al ways been a fanati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。s cl ot hes. Now, dr essed i n a bl ue uni form and wit h a rif le over hi s shoul der, t he pri soner m ar ched bol dl y up and down in f ront of the cam p. He coul d hear shout i ng i n t he cam p itsel f. Light s wer e bl azing and men wer e r unning her e and ther e: t hey had j ust discover ed t hat a pr isoner had escaped. At t hat m oment, a l arge bl ack car wit h f our offi cer s i nsi de it , stopped at t he cam p gates. The off icer s got out and the prisoner st ood to at enti on and sal ute d as t hey pased. When t hey had gone, t he dr iver of t he car cam e t owar ds him. The man obviousl y wanted to t al k. He was r at her el derl y wi th grey hai r and cl ear bl ue eyes. The pr isoner f el t sorr y f or him, but t here was nothi ng else he coul d do. As t he man cam e near, the pr isoner knocked him to t he ground wit h a sharp blow. Then, jum pi ng into t he car, he drove off as quickl y as he could. Lesson82 Monster or f ish? 是妖還是魚？ Fisherm en and sai lors sometim es claim t o have seen m onst er s i n the sea. Though peopl e have of ten l aughed at st ori es t ol d by seamen, it is now known that many of t hese 39。 I l it a ci garet e to calm m y ner ves. I sm oked wi th concentr at ion and pleasur e as I was sure t hat hi s woul d be my last cigar et te. For a whole week I did not sm oke at al and duri ng t hi s t ime, m y wi fe suf fered ter ibly. I had al t he usual sym pt oms of som eone gi vi ng up sm oki ng: a bad tem per and an enorm ous appet it e. My fr iends kept on of er i ng me ci gar et tes and ci gars. They m ade no ef fort to hide thei r amusement whenever I pr oduced a packet of sweet s fr om m y pocket. Aft er seven days of this I went to a par ty. Ever ybody ar ound m e was sm oking and I f elt ext rem el y unf ortable. When m y ol d fr iend Br ian ur ged me t o accept a cigar et te, i t was m ore than I coul d bear . I t ook one guilt il y, li t i t and smoked wit h sati sf acti on. My wif e was deli ght ed t hat hings had r et ur ned t o norm al once m or e. Anyway, as Br ian poi nt ed out, it is t he easiest thing in t he worl d to give up sm oki ng. He him self has done it l ots of tim es! Lesson79 By air 乘飛機 I used t o tr avel by ai r a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My parent s, used to li ve i n South Ame ri ca and I used t o f ly t here f rom Europe i n the holi days. An ai rhost ess would t ake char ge of me and I never had an unpl easant experi ence. I am used t o t ravel i ng by ai r and onl y on one occasi on have I ever felt fr ight ened. Aft er t aking of f, we wer e fl yi ng l ow over t he cit y and sl owl y gaining hei ght, when t he plane suddenl y t urned r ound and fl ew back t o t he ai r port. Whil e we wer e wai ti ng t o l and, an air hostes t ol d us t o keep calm and t o get off the pl ane qui et ly as soon as it had t ouched down. Everybody on boar d was worr ied and we wer e curi ous t o fi nd out what had happened. Lat er we l earnt that t here was a very im port ant person on boar d. The poli ce had been t ol d t hat a bomb had been pl anted on t he pl ane. Aft er we had l anded, t he pl ane was sear ched t hor oughl y. For tunately, not hi ng was f ound and f ive hours later we wer e able t o t ake off again. Leson80 The Crystal Pal ace 水晶宮 Perhaps t he most ext raor di nar y buil di ng of the ni eent h cent ur y was t he Cr ystal Palace, whi ch was buil t in Hyde Park f or t he Great Exhi bi ti on of 1851. The Cr yst al Pal ace was dif er ent fr om al l ot her buil di ngs i n t he worl d, f or it was m ade of i ron and glas. I t was one of the bi ggest bui ldings of al l t ime and a l ot of peopl e fr om m any count ri es came t o see it. A gr eat m any goods we re sent to t he exhi bit ion fr om vari ous part s of t he worl d. Ther e was al so a gr eat deal of machi nery on displ ay