【正文】 has done it lot s of ti mes! Leson79 By ai r 乘飛機(jī) I used to tr avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used to l ive i n Sout h Am er ica and I used to f l y t her e f r om Eur ope in t he hol idays. An ai rhostess would t ake charge of me and I never had an unpleasant exper ience. I am used to tr avel ing by ai r and onl y on one occasi on have I ever felt f ri ghtened. Af ter taking of f , we were f lyi ng low over t he ci ty and slowl y gaining he i ght , when the plane suddenly t urned r ound and f lew back t o the ai rport . Whil e we wer e wai ting to l and, an air hostes t old us t o keep cal m and t o get of f the plane quietl y as soon as i t had t ouched down. Ever ybody on board was worr ied and we wer e curi ous to f ind out what had happened. Lat er we learnt t hat ther e was a ver y i mport ant person on boar d. The pol ice had been told that a bomb had been pl ant ed on the plane. Aft er we had landed, the pl ane was searched thoroughly. Fort unatel y, nothi ng was found and f ive hour s l at er we were abl e to t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 Per haps the most ext raordi nar y buil di ng of the ni enth centur y was the Cr ystal Pal ace, which was buil t in Hyde Par k f or t he Gr eat Exhibit ion of 1851. The Cr ystal Pal ace was di f erent fr om al ot her buil dings in t he wor ld, for it was m ade of ir on and glas. It was one of the bi ggest bui ldi ngs of al t ime and a lot 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 l d. There was al so a great deal of m achi ner y on display. The most wonderf ul pi ece of m achiner y on show was Nasm yth39。s cl ot hes. Now, dressed i n a bl ue uni for m and wi th a ri fl e over hi s shoulder, t he pri soner marched bol dly up and down i n f r ont of t he cam p. He coul d hear shout ing i n the camp i tself . Lights wer e blazing and men wer e r unni ng her e and there: they had j ust discover ed that a pr isoner had escaped. At t hat m oment , a lar ge bl ack car wi th f our of f icers i nsi de it, stopped at he cam p gates. The of fi cer s got out and the pri soner stood to at tenti on and sal ut ed as they pased. When they had gone, the dr iver of the car came t owards him . The m an obvi ously wanted to talk. He was r ather el der ly wit h grey hai r and cl ear blue eyes. The pri soner fel t sor ry f or him, but there was not hi ng else he coul d do. As the m an came near, t he pri soner knocked hi m to t he ground wi th a sharp bl ow. Then, jumpi 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 sail ors someti mes cl aim to have sen m onst er s in the sea. Though people have oft en laughed at stor ies tol d by sea men, it i s now known that many of these 39。 which have at t im es been sighted are si mply st range fi sh. Occasi onal ly, unusual cr eatur es ar e washed t o t he shore, but they are r arely caught out at sea. Some ti me ago, however , a peculi ar fi sh was caught near Madagascar . A smal f ishingboat was car ri ed mil es out t o sea by the powerf ul f ish as i t pul led on t he li ne. Realizi ng that this was no or dinary fi sh, the f isherman m ade every ef for t not t o damage it in any way. When i t was eventual y br ought to shore, it was f ound to be over thir teen f et l ong. It had a head li ke a horse, bi g blue eyes, shi ning sil ver skin, and a bri ght r ed tai l, The fi sh, whi ch has since been sent to a museum where i t is being examined by a scienti st , is cal ed an oar fi sh. Such crea tures have rar el y been seen ali ve by man as they l ive at a dept h of si x hundr ed f et. Lesson83 Af ter t he electi ons 大選之后 The f or mer Pri me Mini st er , Mr Went wor th Lane, was def eated i n t he recent electi ons. He i s now r et ir ing f rom poli ti cal li fe and has gone abr oad. My fr iend, Crawl ey, has al ways been a f anat ical opponent of Mr Lane39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane lived t her e, t he policeman on duty told him that si nce hi s def eat , the exPr ime Mi ni ster had gone abroad. On t he f ol l owing day, Crawl ey went t o the house agai n. The same poli ceman was j ust wal ki ng slowl y past the entr ance, when Cr awl ey asked t he same question. Though a li t le suspi ci ous this t im e, t he pol ice man gave hi m the sam e answer . The day af ter, Cr awley went to the house once mor e and asked exactl y the same quest ion. This t ime, the poli cem an lost hi s temper .39。 he shouted, 39。 I know,39。 but I love t o hear you say it ! 39。fr ee ri des39。 t im e. Even so, people ar e goi ng to fi nd it dif fi cul t to get to work. But so far , t he publ ic has expr esed it s grat it ude t o t he st udents i n l et ter s to t he Press. Onl y one or t wo people have obj ect ed that the students wi l dri ve too f ast ! Leson85 Never t oo old to l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just received a let ter fr om m y old school i nfor ming m e that my f orm er head m ast er , Mr Regmald Page, wil l be reti ri ng next week. Pupi ls of the school , ol d and new, wil l be sending him a pr esent to m ar k t he occasi on. Al l those who have contr ibut ed towards t he gif t wi l l si gn their names in a large al bum which wi l l be sent to t he headmaster39。At t he tim e the m ur der was m it ted, I was tr avel ing on t he o39。 sai d t he man. 39。 asked t he inspector . 39。 answered t he man.39。clock. My employer wi l conf ir m that I was t her e on t im e. 39。 asked t he inspector . 39。 39。 39。 39。t not ice anyt hing unusual ?39。 39。 said the i nspect or, 39。cl ock tr ai n, but t hat you caught the which would st il l get you to work on tim e. You see, on the mor ning of t he m ur der , the o39。 Lesson88 Trapped i n a m ine 困在礦井里 Si x men have been t rapped in a mine f or seventeen hour s. I f they are