【正文】 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 t he pl ane. Af ter we had landed, t he plane was searched thor oughly. 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 Crystal 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 l 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 exhi bit ion f rom var ious part s of the wor ld. Ther e was also a gr eat deal of machinery on displ ay. The m ost wonder f 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 woman died of a r ar e disease. The onl y way t o do t hi s was to oper at e. The operat ion, whi ch lasted f or over f our hours, proved to be ver y dif fi cul t because of t he hard r esi n which covered t he ski n. The doctors removed a sect ion of the m um my and sent i t to a l abor atory. The y also f ound somethi ng which t he Xr ay of the god Duamutef . Thi s god which has t he head of a cow was norm al ly pl aced i nsi de a mumm y. The doctor s have not yet decided how t he woman died. They f ear ed that the m ummy woul d fal l to pi eces when the y cut it open, but for tunat ely t his has not happened. The mummy successfull y survived t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eading an ar ti cl e ent it led 39。s home. We shal al r em em ber Mr Page for his pati ence and under st andi ng and f or t he ki ndl y encour agem ent he gave us when we went so unwil li ngly t o school . A gr eat m any f orm er pupil s wil l be atending a farewel l di nner i n his honour next Thur sday. It i s a cur ious coincidence that he day bef ore hi s ret ir em ent , Mr Page wil l have been teachi ng for a t otal of f ort y year s. Af t er he has r et ir ed, he wi l devot e him self t o gardening. For hi m, thi s wil l be an ent ir el y new hobby. But t hi s does not mat er, f or , as he has of ten r em ar ked, one i s never too ol d to lear n. Lesson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he man tr i ed to swi ng the speedboat round, t he steer ing wheel came away in hi s hands. He waved desperatel y to hi s pani on, who had been water skii ng for the l ast f if teen mi nut es. Both men had har dly had t ime to r eal ize what was happening when t hey wer e t hr own vi ol ent 1y int o t he sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but i t conti nued to m ove ver y qui ckly across the wat er . Both m en had just begun to swi m towards t he shor e. when t hey not iced wit h dismay t hat t he 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。 t o peopl e on their way t o wor k. Thi s wil l r eli eve pressur e on t he t rai ns t o som e ext ent. Meanwhil e, a num ber of uni ver sit y st udent s have vol unt er ed t o dr ive buses whi le t he st ri ke l asts. Al t he young m en ar e exper t dr i ver s, but bef ore t hey dr i ve any of t he buses, t hey wil have t o pass a speci al t est. The st udents ar e goi ng t o take t he t est i n t wo days39。 Leson84 O n st ri ke 罷工 Busm en have deci ded t o go on str ike next week. The st ri ke is due t o begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong i t wil l last. The busm en have stat ed t hat t he st ri ke wil l cont i nue unti l general agr eem ent i s reached about pay and wor ki ng condi ti ons. Most peopl e bel ieve t hat the str i ke wi l l ast f or at l east a week. Many owner s of pr i vat e car s ar e goi ng t o of fer 39。 answered Cr awl ey,39。 39。 he shout ed, 39。s house. When he asked i f 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 Pr im e Mi nister had gone abr oad. On t he f ol lowi ng day, Cr awl ey went to t he house agai n. The same poli cem an was j ust wal ki ng sl owl y past t he ent r ance, when Cr awl ey asked the sam e questi on. Though a l it l e suspici ous t hi s tim e, the poli cem an gave him t he same answer . The day af t er , Crawl ey went t o t he house once m or e and asked exact l y t he sam e questi on. Thi s tim e, t he pol i ceman l ost his t em per.39。 whi ch 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 they are r arel y caught out at sea. Som e ti me ago, however, a pecul i ar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al l fi shi ng boat was car i ed m il es out t o sea by t he power f ul f ish as it pull ed on t he l i ne. Real i zi ng that this was no or di nar y fi sh, t he f i sherm an m ade ever y ef f or t not t o dam age it i n any way. When it was event ual ly br ought t o s hor e, i t was found t o be over t hi rt een feet l ong. I t had a head l i ke a hor se, big bl ue eyes, shi ni ng si l ver ski n, and a bri ght r ed tail , The fi sh, whi ch has si nce been sent to a m useum wher e i t i s being exam i ned by a scienti st , is cal ed an oar fi sh. Such c reatur es have r ar el y been sen ali ve by man as t hey l i ve at a dept h of six hundr ed f eet . Lesson83 Aft er t he el ect ions 大選之后 The f orm er Pr im e Mi nister, Mr Went wor t h Lane, was def eat ed i n the