【正文】 . Som e ti me ago, however, a peculi ar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al fi shi ngboat was car i ed m il es out t o sea by t he powerf ul f ish as i t pul led on t he li ne. Real i zi ng t hat thi s was no ordi nar y fi sh, t he fi sherm an m ade ever y ef ort not t o damage it i n any way. When it was event ual l y br ought t o shor e, i t was f ound t o be over t hi rt een feet l ong. I t had a head l i ke a hor se, bi g bl ue eyes, shi ni ng sil 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 creatur 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 ni ster, Mr Went wor t h Lane, was def eat ed i n the r ecent el ect i ons. He is now reti ri ng fr om pol it ical l if e 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, dr essed i n a bl ue uni f orm 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 i n f r ont of the cam p. He coul d hear shout i ng i n t he cam p it self . Li ght s were bl azi ng and m en were r unni ng her e and t her e: t hey had j ust di scover ed t hat a pri soner had escaped. At t hat m oment, a l ar ge black car wi t h f our off i cers i nsi de it , st opped at t he camp gat es. The of fi cer s got out and t he pr isoner st ood t o at ent i on and sal ut ed 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 man obviousl y want ed t o t al k. He was r at her el derl y wi t h gr ey hai r and cl ear bl ue eyes. The pr isoner f elt sorr y f or him , but t her e was nothi ng el se he coul d do. As t he man cam e near , t he pr isoner knocke d him t o t he gr ound wit h a shar p bl ow. Then, j umpi ng i nt o t he car , he drove off as quickl y as he coul d. Leson82 Monster or fi sh? 是妖還是魚(yú)？ Fisher men and sai l or s som et im es cl aim t o have sen m onster s i n t he sea. Though people have oft en laughed at stori es t ol d by s eamen, it i s now known t hat many of t hese 39。 I l it a ci gar et te t o cal m m y ner ves. I sm oked wi th conc ent rati on and pleasur e as I was sur e t hat thi s woul d be m y last ci gar et t e. For a whole week I di d not sm oke at al and duri ng this t im e, m y wif e suff ered t er ri bly. I had al l the usual sym pt oms of som eone gi ving up sm oki ng: a bad t em per and an enor mous appeti t e. My fr i ends kept on of feri ng me ci gar et t 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 sweet s fr om m y pocket. Af t er seven days of thi s I went t o a part y. Ever ybody ar ound m e was sm oki ng and I felt extr em el y un f or table. When m y old f ri end Bri an ur ged m e t o accept a ci gar et te, it was m or e t han I coul d bear. I t ook one guil ti ly, li t it and sm oked wit h sat isf acti on. My wi fe was deli ght ed t hat t hi ngs had r et ur ned t o norm al once m or e. Anyway, as Br i an poi nt ed out , it i s the easi est t hi ng i n t he wor ld t o gi ve up sm oki ng. He him sel f has done i t l ots of ti m es! Lesson79 By ai r 乘飛機(jī) I used t o t ravel by ai r a great deal when I was a boy. My parents, used t o li ve i n Sout h Am er ica and I used t o f ly t her e f rom Europe i n the 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 a ir 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 ning he i ght, when t he plane suddenl y t urned r ound and f lew back t o the air port . Whil e we wer e wait i ng t o l and, an air host es t old us t o keep calm and t o get of f the pl ane quietl y as soon as i t had touched down. Ever ybody on boar d was wor ri ed and we were curi ous to f i nd out what had happened. Lat er we l ear nt t hat t her e was a ver y i m port ant per son on boar d. The poli ce had been t ol d t hat a bomb had been pl anted on t he pl ane. Af t er we had l anded, t he pl ane was sear ched t hor oughl y. For t unatel y, nothi ng was found and fi ve hour s l at er we were abl e t o t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 Per haps t he most ext raor di nar y buil di ng of t he ni eent h cent ur y was t he Cr ystal Pal ace, whi ch was bui lt i n Hyde Par k f or the Gr eat Exhi bi ti on of 1851. The Cr yst al Palace was dif fer ent f rom al l ot her bui ldi ngs i n t he wor l d, f or i t was made of ir on a nd 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 wer e sent to t he exhi bi ti on f rom var i ous part s of t he wor ld. Ther e was also a gr eat deal of m achi ner y on di spl ay. The m ost wonderf ul pi ece of m achi ner y on show was Nasm yt h39。 Lesson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m um my of an Egypti an wom an who di ed i n 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper ati on. The m umm y i s t hat of Shepenm ut who was once a si nger in 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 m umm y, doct ors have been t r yi ng t o fi nd out whet her t he wom an died of a r ar e disease. The onl y way t o do t hi s was t o oper at e. The oper ati on, whi ch l ast ed f or over f our hours, proved t o be ver y dif fi cul t because of t he har d r esi n which cover ed t he ski n. The doct ors r em oved a secti on of t he m umm y and sent i t o a l abor ator y. They also f ound somet hi ng which t he Xr ay of t he god Duam ut ef . This god whi ch has t he head of a cow was norm al y placed inside a m umm y. The doct or s have not yet deci ded how t he