【正文】 d by a sci enti st , is cal ed an oar fi sh. Such cr eat ur es have r ar ely been seen ali ve by m an as t hey l i ve at a depth of si x hundr ed f eet . Leson83 Aft er t he el ect ions 大選之后 The form er Pr im e Mi nister, Mr Went wort h Lane, was defeat ed i n t he r ecent el ect i ons. He is now reti ri ng f rom pol it ical li fe and has gone abr oad. My fr iend, Cr awl ey, has al ways been a f anat ical opponent of Mr Lane39。s cl ot hes. Now, dressed i n a bl ue uni form and wi t h a ri fl e over hi s shoul der, t he pri soner m arched bol dl y up and down in f r ont of t he camp. He could hear shouti ng i n the cam p i tsel f. Li ght s wer e bl azi ng and men wer e r unning here and t her e: t hey had j ust di scovered t hat a pri soner had escaped. At t hat m om ent, a l arge bl ack car wit h f our of fi cer s inside it , st opped at t he cam p gat es. The off icers got out and t he pri soner st ood to at ent i on and sal ut e d as t hey passed. When t hey had gone, t he dri ver of t he car cam e t owar ds hi m. The m an obvi ously want ed to t al k. He was r at her el der ly wit h grey hair and clear bl ue eyes. The pri soner felt sorr y f or hi m, but t her e was not hi ng el se he coul d do. As the m an came near, t he pr isoner knocked him t o t he gr ound wit h a shar p bl ow. Then, jum pi ng int o the car, he dr ove of f as qui ckl y as he coul d. Leson82 Monster or f ish? 是妖還是魚？ Fisherm en and sai l or s som et im es cl ai m to have sen m onst er s in t he sea. Though people have oft en laughed at stori es t ol d by seam en, it i s now known t hat many of these 39。 I li t a cigaret e t o calm m y nerves. I smoked wit h concentr ati on and pl easur e as I was sur e t hat t his woul d be my l ast ci gar et te. For a whol e wek I di d not smoke at al l and dur i ng t his t im e, m y wif e suf f er ed t er ri bl y. I had al l t he usual sym pt oms of som eone gi vi ng up smoki ng: a bad tem per and an enorm ous appet it e. My f ri ends kept on of f er i ng m e cigaret es and ci gar s. They m ade no ef fort t o hi de t hei r am usem ent whenever I produced a packet of sweet s f rom m y pocket . Aft er seven days of t hi s I went t o a part y. Ever ybody ar ound m e was sm oki ng and I f elt extr emel y unf or t abl e. When m y ol d fr iend Br ian ur ged m e t o accept a ci gar et t e, it was m or e t han I coul d bear. I t ook one guil ti l y, li t it and sm oked wit h sat isf acti on. My wi f e was del ighted t hat t hi ngs had r et ur ned t o norm al once mor e. Anyway, as Bri an poi nt ed out, it i s t he easi est t hi ng i n the wor l d t o gi ve up sm oki ng. He hi msel f has done i t lots of t im es! Lesson79 By air 乘飛機(jī) I used to t r avel by ai r a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ents, used t o li ve i n Sout h Am er ica and I used t o f ly t her e f r om Eur ope i n t he holi days. An air host es woul d take char ge of m e and I never had an unpl easant experi ence. I am used t o t ravel li ng by air and only on one occasi on have I ever f elt f ri ght ened. Aft er taking of f, we wer e f lyi ng l ow over t he cit y and slowl y gai ni ng hei ght, when t he pl ane suddenl y t ur ned r ound and fl ew back t o the air port. Whil e we wer e wait i ng t o l and, an air host ess t ol d us t o keep calm and t o get of f t he pl ane qui et l y as soon as it had t ouched down. Ever ybody on board was wor ri ed and we wer e curi ous t o fi nd out what had happened. Lat er we lear nt t hat t her e was a very i mport ant per son on boar d. The poli ce had been t ol d t hat a bomb had been planted on t he pl ane. Af t er we had l anded, the pl ane was sear ched t horoughl y. For t unat el y, not hi ng was f ound and fi ve hour s l at er we wer e abl e t o t ake off agai n. Lesson80 The Cryst al Pal ace 水晶宮 Per haps t he m ost ext r aor di nary buil di ng of t he ni eent h cent ur y was t he Cr yst al Pal ace, whi ch was buil t i n Hyde Par k f or t he Gr eat Exhi bit ion of 1851. The Cr yst al Pal ace was di f erent fr om al ot her buil dings i n the wor ld, f or i t was m ade of i r on and gl as. It was one of t he bi ggest bui l di ngs of al t im e and a lot of peopl e fr om m any countr ies cam e t o see i t. A gr eat m any goods we r e sent t o t he exhi bit ion f r om var ious par t s of t he worl d. Ther e was also a gr eat deal of m achiner y on di spl ay. The m ost wonderf ul pi ece of m achiner y on show was Nasm yt h39。 Leson77 A successful operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m umm y of an Egypti an wom an who di ed i n 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper at ion. The m umm y is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a singer i n t he Tem ple of Thebes. As t her e wer e st range m ar ks on t he X ray pl at es t aken of t he mumm y, doctor s have been tr ying t o fi nd out whet her t he wom an died of a r ar e di sease. The onl y way t o do t his was t o oper at e. The oper at i on, which l ast ed for over f our hour s, pr oved t o be ver y di f icult because of the har d r esi n whi ch cover ed t he ski n. The doct or s r em oved a sect i on of t he m umm y and sent it t o a l aborat or y. They al so found som et hing whi ch the X r ay of t he god Duam utef. Thi s god whi ch has the head of a cow was norm al ly pl aced i nsi de a m umm y. The doct or s have not yet deci ded how t he wom an died. They f ear ed t hat t he m um my woul d f al l to pi eces when t hey cut it open, but f or tunat ely t his has not happened. The mumm y succesf ul ly sur vi ved t he oper ati on. Leson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Aft er r eadi ng an ar ti cle enti tl ed 39。have j ust fi nished cut ti ng t hr ee car t loads of gol den br own m acaroni st alks. The whol e vil lage has been wor ki ng day and night gat her i ng and t hreshi ng t hi s year39。s cr op bef or e t he Sept em ber r ai ns. On the r ight, you can se Mr s Brabant e hersel f. She has been hel pi ng her husband for t hi