【正文】 el 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 gai ni ng height , when the pl ane suddenly turned round and f lew back to t he air port . Whi le we wer e wai ti ng t o land, an air hostes t ol d us to keep cal m and t o get of f the pl ane qui et ly as oon as it had touched down. Ever ybody on board was wor ri ed and we were curious to fi nd out what had happened. Later we lear nt that here was a very i mport ant 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 landed, t he plane was searched thoroughly. Fort unately, nothing was found and fi ve hour s l at er we were abl e to take of f agai n. Lesson80 The Cryst al Pal ace 水晶宮 Perhaps t he most ext raor dinar y buil di ng of the ni ent h century was t he Cr ystal Palace, whi ch was buil t in Hyde Par k for the Great Exhi bi tion of 1851. The Cr ystal Palace was di f er ent from al other buildings in the wor ld, for it was made of iron and glass. It was one of the biggest bui ldings of al l time and a l ot of peopl e from many count ri es came t o see it. A great many goods were sent t o the exhibit ion from var i ous parts of the wor ld. Ther e was also a gr eat deal of machiner y on displ ay. The most wonderf ul piece of machi nery on show was Nasmyt h39。s cl ot hes. Now, dr essed in a blue unif orm and with a r if le over hi s houlder, the pr isoner marched boldly up and down i n front of the camp. He coul d hear shouti ng i n the camp it self. Lights wer e bl az ing and men wer e r unni ng here and t here: they had just discovered that a pri soner had escaped. At that moment, a large black car wi th four of ficers insi de i t, st opped at the camp gates. The of fi cers got out and t he pri soner stood t o at tent ion and saluted as t hey passed. When they had gone, the driver of the car came towards hi m. The man obvi ously want ed to t al k. He was r at her el der ly wit h gr ey hair and clear blue eyes. The prisoner felt sorr y for hi m, but ther e was not hi ng else he coul d do. As t he man came near , t he pri soner knocked hi m to t he gr ound with a sharp blow. Then, j umping into t he car, he drove of f as qui ckly as he coul d. Leson82 Monster or fish? 是妖還是魚？ Fisher men and sailor s omet imes claim to have seen monsters in t he sea. Though people have of ten laughed at st or ies t old by seamen, i t i s now known that many of t hese 39。 which have at times been si ghted are si mpl y st range fi sh. Ocasional ly, unusual cr eatur es ar e washed to t he shor e, but they ar e r ar ely caught out at sea. Some ti me ago, however , a peculi ar f i sh was caught near Madagascar . A smal fi shingboat was car ri ed mi les out t o sea by t he power ful fish as i t pulled on the line. Real izing that t hi s was no or di nary f ish, the fi sherman made every ef or t not to damage i t i n any way. When i t was event ual y brought t o shore, i t was found t o be over thir teen f et long. It had a head li ke a hor se, bi g bl ue eyes, shining sil ver skin, and a bright r ed tai l, The f ish, which has si nce been sent to a museum wher e it is bei ng exami ned by a scient ist, is cal ed an oar fish. Such creatures have r ar el y been seen ali ve by man as they live at a depth of si x hundr ed f eet. Lesson83 Af ter the el ecti ons 大選之后 The former Pr ime Mi ni st er , Mr Wentwort h Lane, was defeat ed in t he r ecent elect ions. He i s now r et ir ng f rom polit ical li fe and has gone abroad. My fr iend, Crawley, has always been a fanat ical opponent of Mr Lane39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane li ved ther e, t he pol iceman on duty t ol d him t hat si nce his def eat, the ex Pr ime Mi ni st er had gone abr oad. On t he f ol lowing day, Cr awl ey went t o the house again. The same pol iceman was j ust wal ki ng slowly past the entr ance, when Crawley asked t he same question. Though a li tl e suspicious this ti me, the poli ceman gave hi m the same answer . The day after , Cr awley went to t he house once mor e and asked exactly t he same questi on. Thi s t ime, t he policeman l ost hi s t emper.39。 he shout ed, 39。 I know,39。 but I l ove to hear you say i t ! 39。 20xx 年完成鋼產(chǎn)量 103萬噸，產(chǎn)品銷售收入 ，have j ust fi ni shed cut ti ng t hr ee car t loads of golden br own macar oni stal ks. The whole vil lage has been worki ng day and ni ght gatheri ng and t hr eshi ng this year39。 Leson77 A sucessf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m umm y of an Egypt ian woman who di ed i n 800 B. C. has just had an oper ati on. The mumm y is t hat of Shepenmut who was once a singer in t he Tem pl e of Thebes. As t her e wer e str ange m ar ks on t he Xr ay pl at es taken of t he m umm y, doctors have been tr yi ng t o fi nd out whet her the woman di ed of a rare disease. The onl y way t o do t hi s was t o oper at e. The oper at ion, which last ed f or over f our hours, proved t o be ver y dif icul t because of the hard r esin which cover ed t he ski n. The doctors r emoved a secti on of t he m ummy and sent it t o a l aboratory. They al so f ound som et hi ng whi ch t he Xr ay of t he god Duam ut ef . This god whi ch has t he head of a cow was normal y pl aced i nside a m umm y. The doct or s have not yet deci ded how the woman di ed. They f eared that t he mumm y woul d f al l t o pi eces when they cut i t open, but f ort unately t hi s has not happened. The m umm y succesf ull y survived t he oper at ion. Leson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter eading an art icle ent itl ed 39。 I l it a ci garet e to calm m y ner ves. I sm oked wi th concentr at ion and pleasur e as I was sure t hat hi s woul d be my last cigar et te. For a whole week I did not sm oke at al and duri ng t hi s t ime, m y wi fe suf fered ter ibly. I had al t he usual sym pt oms of som eone gi vi ng up sm oki ng: a bad tem per and an enorm ous appet it e. My f