【正文】 r ecent el ect i ons. He is now reti ri ng f rom pol it ical if e and has gone abr oad. My f r iend, Cr awl ey, has al ways been a f anati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。s clot hes. Now, dr esed i n a blue unif orm and wit h a r if l e over his shoul der , t he pr isoner m ar ched bol dl y up and down i n fr ont of t he cam p. He coul d hear shouti ng i n the cam p i tsel f. Li ght s wer e bl azi ng and men wer e r unni ng her e and t here: they had j ust di scover ed t hat a pr isoner had escaped. At t hat m om ent , a lar ge bl ack car wit h f our of fi cer s i nsi de i t, st opped at t he cam p gat es. The of fi cer s got out and t he pri soner st ood t o at t enti on and sal ut ed as they pased. When they had gone , t he dr iver of t he car came t owards him. The m an obvi ousl y want ed t o tal k. He was r ather el der l y wit h gr ey hai r and cl ear bl ue eyes. The pri soner f el t sor ry f or him, but t her e was not hi ng else he coul d do. As t he m an cam e near, t he pri soner knocked him t o t he gr ound wi th a shar p bl ow. Then, j um pi ng i nt o t he car, he dr ove of f as qui ckl y as he coul d. Lesson82 Monst er or fi sh? 是妖還是魚(yú)？ Fi sherm en and sail ors someti mes claim t o have seen m onst ers i n t he sea. Though peopl e have of t en l aughed at st ori es tol d by seamen, i t is now known that m any of these 39。 I l it a ci gar et e t o calm m y ner ves. I sm oked wit h concentr at i on and pl easure as I was sure t hat t his woul d be my l ast ci gar et te. For a whole wek I di d not sm oke at al l and dur i ng t his t im e, m y wif e suff ered t er ri bly. I had al l t he usual sym pt om s of someone gi vi ng up sm oki ng: a bad t em 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 f or t o hi de their amusem ent whenever I pr oduced a packet of swets f r om m y pocket. Af ter seven days of t his I went t o a part y. Ever ybody ar ound m e was sm oki ng and I felt extr em ely 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 gui lti l y, l it it and smoked wit h sat i sf acti on. My wi f e was del ight ed t hat t hi ngs had ret ur ned t o norm al once m or e. Anyway, as Bri an poi nted out, it i s t he easi est t hi ng i n t he wor l d to gi ve up sm oki ng. He hi mself has done i t lot s of t im es! Leson79 By air 乘飛機(jī) I used t o t r avel by ai r a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used t o l ive i n Sout h Am er i ca and I used to f l y there f r om Eur ope i n t he holi days. An ai rhost es woul d t ake char ge of me and I never had an unpl easant experi ence. I am used to t r aveli ng by air and onl y on one occasi on have I ever felt f ri ght ened. Af ter t aki ng of f, we were f l yi ng low over t he ci ty and sl owl y gaini ng hei ght , when t he pl ane suddenl y t ur ned r ound and f l ew back t o t he ai rport . Whi le we were wai ti ng to l and, an air hostess tol d us t o keep cal m and t o get of f t he pl ane qui et ly as soon as it had t ouched down. Everybody on boar d was wor ri ed and we wer e cur ious t o fi nd out what had happened. Later we l ear nt t hat t here was a ver y im por tant per son on boar d. The poli ce had been t ol d t hat a bom b had been planted on t he pl ane. Aft er we had landed, t he pl ane was searched thor oughly. Fort unat el y, not hi ng was f ound and f ive hours l at er we wer e abl e t o take 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 ury was t he Cr yst al Palace, whi ch was bui lt i n Hyde Par k for t he Great Exhi bi ti on of 1851. The Cr yst al Pal ac e was dif f er ent f r om al ot her bui l di ngs i n t he worl d, f or it was m ade of i ron and glass. I t was one of t he biggest buil di ngs of al l t im e and a l ot of peopl e fr om m any countr i es cam e t o se i t. A great m any goods wer e sent t o the exhi bit ion f r om vari ous pa rt s of t he wor l d. There was al so a gr eat deal of m achi ner y on display. The m ost wonderf ul pi ece of m achi ner y on show was Nasm yt h39。 Leson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The mumm y of an Egypti an woman who di ed i n 800 B. C. has just had an operati on. The m um my i s t hat of Shepenm ut who was once a si nger i n t he Tem pl e of Thebes. As t here wer e str ange m ar ks on t he X r ay pl at es taken of the m umm y, doct or s have been tr yi ng t o f ind out whet her t he wom an di ed of a rar e di sease. The onl y way t o do thi s was t o operat e. The oper ati on, whi ch last ed f or over four hour s, pr oved t o be ver y di f i cult 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 to a labor ator y. The y also f ound som et hi ng whi ch t he X r ay of t he god Duam ut ef. Thi s god whi ch has the head of a cow was norm al ly pl aced i nsi de a mumm y. The doctor s have not yet deci ded how t he wom an died. They feared t hat t he m um m y woul d f al l t o pi eces when t he y cut it open, but f ort unat el y t hi s has not happened. The m umm y successf ull y sur vived 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 l ed 39。have j ust fi nished cut ti ng t hr ee cart l oads of gol den br own macar oni st al ks. The whol e vi l age has been wor ki ng day and ni ght gat heri ng and t hr eshi ng t his year39。s cr op befor e the September rai ns. On t he ri ght , you can see Mr s Br abante her self . She has been hel ping her husband f or t hi rt y years now. Mr s Br abante i s t al ki ng t o the m anager of t he local f act or y wher e the cr op i s pr ocessed. Thi s l ast scene shows you what wil l happen at t he end of t he har vest : t he f am ous Cal abr ian m acaroni eat i ng p