【正文】 t aken of t he mummy, doctors have been tr yi ng to fi nd out whet her t he woman died of a r ar e disease. The onl y way t o do t his was t o oper ate. The oper at ion, which l ast ed for over f our hour s, proved t o be ver y dif f icult because of t he har d r esi n which covered t he skin. The doctors r emoved a secti on of the m um my and sent i t to a l abor atory. They als o f ound somethi ng which t he Xr ay of the god Duamutef . Thi s god which 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 woman died. They f ear ed that the m um my woul d fal l to pi eces when they cut it open, but fort unat ely t his has not happened. The m ummy successf ull y sur vived t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter reading an ar ti cl e ent it led 39。 I l it a cigar et te t o calm my nerves. I smoked wi th concent rati on and pleasur e as I was sur e that this woul d be my last ci gar et te. For a whole week I did not smoke at al l and dur ing t his t ime, my wi f e suf fer ed ter ibl y. I had al t he usual sympt oms of som eone givi ng up smoki ng: a bad t emper and an enormous appet it e. My f ri ends kept on of fer ing me ci gar et es and cigar 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 ter seven days of this I went to a par ty. Everybody around me was smoking and I f elt ext rem el y un fort abl e. When my ol d f ri end Br i an ur ged me t o acept a ci garet e, i t was more t han I coul d bear . I took one gui lt il y, l it i t and smoke d wi th sati sf act ion. My wi f e was del ighted t hat hings had retur ned to nor mal once mor e. Anyway, as Bri an poi nted out, i t i s the eas iest t hing i n the wor ld to gi ve up sm oki ng. He hi mself has done i t lots of t im es! Lesson79 By air 乘飛機 I used to t ravel by ai r a great deal when I was a boy. My parents, used t o li ve in Sout h Amer ica and I used t o f ly t her e f rom Europe in the holi days. An air host ess would take char ge of me and I never had an unpl easant exper ience. I am used t o tr avel li ng by ai r and onl y on one occasion have I ever f el t fr ightened. Af t er t aki ng off , we were fl yi ng low over t he city and sl owl y gaini ng hei ght , when the pl ane suddenly t ur ned r ound and fl ew back to t he air por t. Whil e we wer e wait ing t o land, an ai r host ess tol d us to keep calm and to get off t he pl ane qui etly as soon as it had t ouched down. Everybody on board was wor ri ed and we wer e cur ious t o fi nd out what had happened. Later we l ear nt that there was a ver y im por tant per son on boar d. The poli ce had been t ol d t hat a bomb had been planted on t he plane. Af ter we had l anded, the plane was sear ched t hor oughl y. For tunately, nothing was f ound and fi ve hour s later we wer e able t o take of f again. Leson80 The Cryst al Pal ace 水晶宮 Per haps t he most extr aor dinary bui lding of t he nieent h cent ury was the Cr yst al Palace, whi ch was buil t i n Hyde Park for the Gr eat Exhi biti on of 1851. The Cr yst al Palace was dif fer ent f rom a l other bui ldi ngs i n the wor l d, f or it was made of ir on and gl as. It was one of the bi ggest bui ldings of al t ime and a l ot of people f rom many count ri es came to see it . A gr eat many goods wer e sent t o the exhibit ion f r om vari ous par ts of the wor ld. There was al so a gr eat deal of machi ner y on di spl ay. The most wonder ful piece of machi ner y on show was Nasmyth39。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 camp it sel f. Li ght s were bl azi ng and men were r unning here and t her e: t hey had j ust di scover ed t hat a pri soner had escaped. At that moment, a l arge black car wit h four off i cer s inside it , st opped at the camp gates. The off icers got out and t he pr isoner st ood t o at ent ion and saluted as t hey passed. When t hey had gone, t he dri ver of the ca r cam e towar ds hi m. The man obviously wanted t o t al k. He was rat her elderl y wi th gr ey hair and clear bl ue eyes. The pr isoner f elt s orr y for hi m, but t her e was nothing el se he could do. As t he man came near , the pr isoner knocked him t o the gr ound wi t h a sha r p blow. Then, j umping i nto t he car , he drove off as quickly as he could. Lesson82 Monst er or fi sh? 是妖還是魚？ Fisher men and sai lor s somet imes clai m t o have seen monsters i n t he sea. Though peopl e have of ten l aughed at st ori es t old by seamen, i t is now known t hat m any of t hese 39。 whi ch have at ti mes been si ght ed ar e sim pl y str ange f ish. Occasionaly, unusual cr eatures are washed to the shor e, but they ar e rar el y caught out at sea. Some t ime ago, however , a peculi ar poli ce would never al low this sor t of t hing. A pol i cem an appr oached Ji m m y and t ol d hi m he ought t o have gone al ong a si de st r eet as Jum bo was hol di ng up t he t r af f i c. Though Ji m m y agr eed t o go t em per at ures. Tazief f has of ten r isked hi s li fe in t his way. He has been able to t el l us more about act ive volcanoes t han any m an al ive. Lesson68 Persi st ent 糾纏不休 I crossed the str et t o avoi d meeti ng him, but he saw me and cam e running t owards me. I t was no use pr et endi ng that I had not sen hi m, so I waved t o him . I never enj oy meeting Ber t Dykes. He never has anyt hing t o do. No mat er how busy you ar e, he always i nsi st s on ing wi th you. I had to think of a way of pr eventi ng him fr om foll owing m e around al mor ning. 39。 I said. 39。 39。 Ber t answered. 39。r e not busy doing anything, are you ?39。 No, not at al l, 39。 I39。 39。 he asked, bef or e I had f inished speaking. ‘ Not at al ,39。but I39。 Then I 39。 he ans