【正文】 in t he worl d to give up smoki ng. He hi mself has done it lots of times! Lesson79 By air 乘飛機(jī) I used t o travel by ai r a great deal when I was a boy. My par ents, used t o li ve i n South America and I used to f ly there fr om Eur ope in t he holidays. An air hostes woul d take char ge of me and I never had an unpleasant exper ience. I am used to t ravel ing by air and only on one occasion have I ever f el t f ri ghtened. Af ter taki ng off , we were f lying low over the ci ty and slowly gaining height, when the pl ane suddenly t ur ned round and flew back t o t he air por t. Whi le we were wait ng t o land, an air hostes t ol d us t o keep calm and to get off the pl ane qui et ly as oon as it had touched down. Ever ybody on boar d was worri ed and we wer e curi ous to f ind out what had happened. Later we lear nt that here was a very i mpor tant per son on boar d. The poli ce had been t ol d that a bomb had been planted on t he plane. Aft er we had l anded, t he plane was searched thoroughly. Fort unately, nothing was f ound and fi ve hour s later we were abl e to take of f agai n. Lesson80 The Cryst al Palace 水晶宮 Per haps t he most ext raordinar y buil di ng of the ni ent h century was the Cr ystal Palace, whi ch was bui lt in Hyde Park for the Great Exhi bi tion of 1851. The Cr ystal Palace was di f er ent from al other buildings in the world, for it was made of ir on and gl ass. It was one of the biggest buildings of al time and a lot of peopl e from many count ri es came t o see it. A great many goods were sent to the exhibit ion from vari ous part s of t he worl d. There was al so a great deal of machinery on di splay. The most wonder ful piece of machinery on show was Nasm yt h39。s st eam hammer . Though in t hose days, travel ling was not as easy as it is t oday, st eam boat s car ied thousands of vi si tors acr oss the Channel f rom Europe. On ar ri vi ng i n England, they were t aken to the Cryst al Pal ace by train. There were six mil lion visitor s i n al l, and the profi ts fr om the exhibiti on we re used to buil d museums and col leges. Later, the Cryst al Pal ace was moved to Sout h London. It remai ned one of the most famous bui ldings i n the wor ld unt il it was burnt down in 1936. Leson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had ki l ed t he guard, the pr isoner of war quickl y dr agged him into the bushes. Wor ki ng r apidly i n the dar kness, he soon changed i nt o the dead man39。monst er s39。s Radical Progr esive Part y. Aft er t he elect ions, Cr awl ey went t o the former Pr ime Mi ni st er 39。 I told you yesterday and the day bef ore yesterday,39。Mr Lane was def eated in t he elect ions. He has retir ed f rom polit ical li fe and gone t o live abr oad !39。 I know, 39。 but I love t o hear you say it !39。fr e r ides39。 ti me. Even so, people are goi ng t o find i t di f ficult to get to work. But so far, the public has expr essed it s gr at itude to the students in l et er s to the Pres. Onl y one or t wo peopl e have object ed t hat the students wi l dr ive too fast ! Leson85 Never t oo ol d to learn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just recei ved a leter fr om my ol d school informi ng me t hat my former head master, Mr Regmald Page, wi l be r etir ing next week. Pupil s of the school, old and new, wi l be sending hi m a present t o mar k the occasion. Al those who have contri buted towards the gi ft wil l sign thei r names i n a large al bum which wil l be sent t o the headmast er 39。At the time t he murder was mi ted, I was t ravel ing on t he o39。 said t he man. 39。 asked the inspector. 39。 answer ed t he man.39。clock. My employer wil l conf ir m that I was ther e on t ime.39。 Would a later tr ain get you to work on ti me ?39。 I suppose it would, but I never catch a later train.39。At what ti me di d you ar ri ve at the stati on ?39。At ten to ei ght . I bought a paper and wait ed f or t he t rain.39。And you di dn39。 Of course not. 39。 sai d the i nspector, 39。cl ock tr ai n, but that you caught the 8. 25 which woul d sti l get you t o wor k on t ime. You see, on the morning of t he murder, the 8. 0 o39。 Leson88 Trapped in a mine 困在礦井里 Six men have been t rapped in a mine for seventeen hours. I f t hey are not brought t o t he surface soon t hey may lose their li ves. However, rescue oper at ions are proving di f icul t. If explosi ves ar e used, vibrations wil cause t he r oof of t he mi ne t o coll apse. Res cue wor ker s are t heref or e dr il ing a hole on the nor th side of the mine. They i nt end to br ing the men up in a special capsul e. If there had not been a har d layer of r ock beneat h the soil, they would have pl et ed the job in a f ew hours. As i t i s, they have been dri li ng f or sixteen hour s and they st il have a long way to go. Meanwhil e, a microphone, which was lowered into the mine two hour s ago, has enabled the men t o keep in touch wi th the closest relati ves. Though they are r unning out of f ood and dri nk, the men are cheerf ul and conf ident that they wi l get out soon. They have been told t hat rescue oper at ions are progresing smoothly. I f they knew how dif ficult it was t o dr il t hr ough the hard r ock, t hey woul d lose heart . Lesson89 A sl ip of t he tongue 口 誤 People wil l do anything t o see a f ree show even i f it is abad one. When t he news got r ound that a var iety show woul d be pr esented at our l ocal cinema by the P. and U. Bir d Seed Company, we al rushed to se i t. We had to queue for hours t o get i n and there must have been sever al hundred peopl e pr esent just be fore t he show began. Unfor tunately, the show was one of the dull est we have ever seen. Those who f ai led to get in need not have felt disappoi nt ed as many of the art istes who should have appear ed did not e. The onl y funny t hi ngs we heard that evening came f rom the adverti ser at the beginni ng of the progr amme. He was obviousl y very nervous and f or some