【正文】 et long. It had a head li ke a hor se, bi g blue eyes, shi ning sil ver ski n, and a bri ght r ed t ai l, The fi sh, whi ch has si nce been sent t o a m useum wher e it i s bei ng exami ned by a sci ent ist, i s cal led an oarf ish. Such cr eat ures have r ar el y been seen al i ve by man a s they li ve at a dept h of si x hundr ed f et. Lesson83 Af t er t he electi ons 大選之后 The f orm er Pr im e Mi nister, Mr Went wor t h Lane, was defeat ed i n the r ecent el ect i ons. He is now reti ri ng fr om pol it ical if e and ha s gone abr oad. My f ri end, Cr awley, has al ways been a f anati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane l ived t her e, t he pol icem an on duty t old hi m t hat si nce hi s def eat , t he exPri m e Mi ni st er had gone abroad. On t he f oll owing day, Crawl ey went t o t he house agai n. The sam e poli cem an was j ust wal ki ng slowl y past t he entr ance, when Cr awl ey asked t he sam e quest i on. Though a li t le suspi ci ous t his t im e, t he pol icem an gave hi m the sam e answer. The day af ter, Cr awley went t o the house once m or e and asked exactl y t he same quest i on. This t im e, t he pol icem an l ost hi s t em per .39。 he shout ed, 39。 I know,39。 but I l ove t o hear you say it ! 39。 Lesson77 A successful operat ion 一例成功的手術(shù) The mumm y of an Egypt ian woman who died in 800 . has just had an operat ion. The m ummy i s that of Shepenmut who was once a si nger i n the Templ e of Thebes. As t here wer e str ange mar ks on the X ray pl at es taken of the mumm y, doctor s have been tr ying t o f ind out whet her t he woman died of a r are di sease. The only way to do t his was t o oper ate. The oper at ion, which l ast ed for over f our hour s, proved t o be ver y dif f icult because of t he har d r esi n which covered t he ski n. The doctors re moved a sect ion of the m um my and sent i t to 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 doct or s have not yet deci ded how the wom an di ed. They f ear ed that the mumm y would fal t o pieces when they cut i t open, but f ort unatel y thi s has not happened. The mum my succesf ully sur vive d the operati on. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Aft er readi ng an art icle ent itl ed 39。 I li t a cigaret e t o cal m m y nerves. I smoked wit h concentr ati on and pl easure as I was sure t hat t his would be my l ast cigaret e. For a whol e week I did not smoke at al and duri ng thi s ti me, my wi fe suf fered t er ibly. I had al the usual symptom s of someone giving up smoki ng: a bad t em per and an enor mous appet ite. My fr iends kept on of feri ng me ci gar et tes and cigars. They made no ef or t to hi de their amusement whenever I pr oduced a packet of sweets f r om my pocket. Af ter seven days of t his I went to a par ty. Ever ybody ar ound me was smoking and I f el t ext remel y unf ort abl e. When my ol d fr iend Br ian ur ged me to accept a ci gar et e, i t was more t han I could bear . I t ook one gui lt il y, l it it and smoked wit h satisf act ion. My wi fe was del ighted t hat t hi 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 ot s of ti mes! Lesson79 By ai r 乘飛機 I used t o tr avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used to l ive i n South Am eri ca and I used to f l 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 unpleasa nt experi ence. I am used to t ravel ing by air and only on one occasi on have I ever f elt f ri ght ened. Af ter taking of f, we wer e f lying l ow over the cit y and slowl y gai ning height, when t he plane suddenl y t ur ned round and f lew back to the air por t . Whil e we we r e wait ing t o land, an ai r host ess t old us t o keep calm and to get off t he plane quietl y as soon as i t had t ouched down. Ever ybody on board was wor r ied and we wer e cur i ous t o f ind out what had happened. Lat er we learnt that there was a ver y im por tant per son 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, not hi ng was found and fi ve hour s later we wer e able t o t ake of f again. Leson80 The Cryst al Pal ace 水晶宮 Per haps t he most extr aor dinary bui ldi ng of t he nieenth century was the Cr yst al Palace, which was buil t i n Hyde Park for t he Gr eat Exhi bit ion of 1851. The Cr yst al Palace was dif fer ent f rom al other bui ldi ngs i n t he worl d, f or it was made of ir on and glas . It was one of the bi ggest bui ldi ngs of al t ime and a l ot of people f rom many count ri es came to see it . A gr eat many goods wer e sent t o the exhibi tion fr om vari ous par ts of the wor ld. There was al so a great deal of m achi ner y on display. The most wonderf ul pi ece of m achinery on show was Nasmyt h39。s clot hes. Now, dressed i n a blue unif orm and wi th a r if le over his shoulder, the pr isoner m ar ched bol dl y up and down i n fr ont of t he cam p. He could hear shout ing i n the camp i tself . Li ghts wer e blazing and men wer e running her e and there: they had just discovered t hat a pr isoner had escaped. At t hat mom ent , a large bl ack car wi th f our of fi cer s inside i t, stopped at t he cam p gat es. The off icers got out and t he pri soner st ood to at tenti on and salut ed as they passed. When t hey had gone, the dri ver of t he car came t owar ds him. The man obvi ously want ed to t alk. He was r at her el der ly wit h grey hair and clear blue eyes. The pri soner felt sorr y f or hi m, but there was nothi ng else he coul d do. As the man came near, the pr isoner kno