【正文】 had happened. Later we l ear nt that there was a ver y impor tant per son on boar d. The pol i ce had been tol d that a bomb had been pl ant ed on the pl ane. Af ter we had landed, t he plane was searched thor oughly. Fort unat el y, not hing was f ound and f ive hours l ater we wer e abl e to take off again. Lesson80 The Crystal Pal ace 水晶宮 Perhaps the m ost ext raor di nar y buil ding of t he ni eent h cent ur y was t he Crystal Palace, whi ch was bui lt i n Hyde Park f or the Gr eat Exhibi ti on of 1851. The Crystal Palace was dif ferent fr om al l ot her bui ldings in the wor ld, for i t was made of i ron and gl ass. It was one of the biggest buil dings of al l ti me and a l ot of peopl e f rom many countr ies came t o se i t. A great many goods wer e sent to the exhi bit ion f rom var ious part s of the wor ld. Ther e was also a gr eat deal of machinery on di s pl ay. The m ost wonder f ul pi ece of machinery on show was Nasmyt h39。s cl othes. Now, dr essed in a bl ue unif or m and wi t h a r if le over hi s shoul der , the pri soner marched boldly up and down in f r ont of the camp. He could hear shouti ng in t he cam p it sel f. Li ght s were bl azi ng and m en were r unni ng here and t her e: t hey had j ust di scover ed that a pri soner had escaped. At that moment, a l ar ge black car wi t h four off icers insi de it , st opped at the camp gates. The of f icers got out and t he pr isoner stood t o at ent ion and saluted as t hey passed. When t hey had gone, t he dri ver of the car cam e towar ds hi m. The man obviousl y wanted t o t al k. He was rat her elderl y wi th gr ey hai r and clear blue eyes. The pri soner fel t sorr y f or hi m, but there was not hi ng else he coul d do. As the m an came near, t he pr isoner knocked hi m to t he ground wit h a sharp bl ow. Then, jumpi ng int o the car, he drove of f as qui ckl y as he coul d. Leson82 Monster or f ish? 是妖還是魚？ Fishermen and sail or s sometim es cl aim to have sen m onster s in t he sea. Though people have oft en laughed at stor ies tol d by seamen, it i s now known that many of these 39。 which have at t imes been si ghted are si mply st range fi sh. Occasi onal y, unusual creatur es ar e washed t o the shore, but t hey ar e r ar ely caught out at sea. Some ti me ago, however , a pecul iar fi sh was caught near Madagascar . A smal f ishing boat was car ri ed mi les out t o sea by the powerf ul fi sh as i t pul led on t he li ne. Reali zi ng that thi s was no ordinar y fi sh, t he fi sherm an made ever y ef ort not to damage it i n any way. When it was event ual ly br ought to shor e, i t was found to be over thi rt en f eet l ong. I t had a head l ike a horse, bi g blue eyes, shining si lver ski n, and a br ight r ed tail , The f i sh, which has since been sent t o a m useum wher e it i s bei ng exami ned by a sci ent ist, i s cal led an oarf ish. Such cr eat ur es have r arely been seen al ive by m an as t hey li ve at a depth of six hundr ed feet. Leson83 Aft er t he el ect ions 大選之后 The for mer Pri me Mi nister , Mr Went wort h Lane, was defeated i n the r ecent el ect ions. He is now reti ri ng f rom pol it ical if e and has gone abroad. My f ri end, Cr awley, has always been a f anati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane l ived there, the pol iceman on duty t old hi m t hat since his def eat, t he ex Pri me Mini st er had gone abr oad. On the f ol lowi ng day, Cr awley went to the house again. The same pol iceman was j ust walki ng sl owly past the entr ance, when Crawl ey asked the same quest ion. Though a l it tl e suspicious t his ti me, the poli ceman gave him t he same answer. The day aft er , Crawl ey went t o t he house once more and asked exact ly the sam e questi on. Thi s ti me, t he poli ceman l ost his t emper. 39。 he shout ed, 39。 39。 answered Cr awley,39。 Lesson84 On stri ke 罷工 Busm en have decided to go on st ri ke next week. The st ri ke is due to begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how long i t wi l l ast . The busmen have st ated t hat the st ri ke wil l conti nue unt il gener al agr ement is r eached about pay and worki ng condit ions. Most people beli eve t hat t he st ri ke wi l last for at least a week. Many owners of pri vat e car s are goi ng to of fer 39。 t o peopl e on thei r way to wor k. This wi l r el ieve pressur e on t he t r ai ns to some extent. Meanwhil e, a num ber of universit y student s have vol unt er ed to dr ive buses whi le the str ike l asts. Al l t he young men are exper t dri ver s, but bef ore t hey dri ve any of t he buses, t hey wil l have t o pass a speci al t est . The st udents ar e goi ng to take the t est i n two days39。s hom e. We shal l al l remember Mr Page for his 國美電器經(jīng)營管理手冊 （ — 20202017） 管理系統(tǒng)分冊 head of a cow was norm al l y pl aced i nsi de a m umm y. The doct or s have not yet decided how t he wom an died. They feared 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 m umm y successfull y sur vi ved t he oper at i on. Leson78 The last one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af t er r eadi ng an ar ti cl e entit l ed 39。 I l it a ci gar et e to calm m y ner ves. I sm oked wi t h concent r at ion and pl easur e as I was sur e t hat t hi s would be m y l ast ci gar et e. For a whol e 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 ptoms of som eone gi ving up smoki ng: a bad tem per and an enorm ous appeti te. My fr iends kept on off eri ng m e ci gar et tes and ci gars. They m ade no ef f or t to hi de their amusem ent whenever I pr oduced a packet of sweets f r om my pocket . Aft er seven days of t hi s I went to a par ty. Ever ybody ar ound m e was sm oking and I f el t ext remel y unf ort abl e. When m y ol d fr iend Br ian ur ged m e t o a