【正文】 ar ri ed mi les out t o sea by t he powerf ul fi sh as i t pul l ed on t he li ne. Reali zi ng t hat t hi s was no or di nar y f ish, t he fi sherm an made ever y ef ort not t o dam age i t i n any way. When it was eventual y br ought t o shore, it was f ound t o be over t hir teen f et l ong. It had a head li ke a horse, bi g blue eyes, shi ning sil ver ski n, and a bri ght r ed t ai l, The fi sh, whi ch has si nce been sent t o a m useum wher e i t is bei ng exami ned by a sci ent ist, i s cal ed an oarf ish. Such cr eat ur es have r arel y been seen al ive by m an as t hey li ve at a dept h of si x hundr ed feet. Leson83 Af ter t he el ect i ons 大選之后 The f orm er Prim e Mi nist er , Mr Went wort h Lane, was defeated i n t he r ecent electi ons. He i s now r et ir ing f r om pol it i cal li fe and has gone abr oad. My fr iend, Crawl ey, has al ways been a fanat ical opponent of Mr Lane39。s Radi cal Pr ogr essi ve Part y. Aft er t he el ect i ons, Crawl ey went t o t he f orm er Pr im e Mi nister39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane li ved there, t he poli cem an on dut y t ol d him t hat si nce his def eat, t he exPri m e Mi ni st er had gone abr oad. On t he f oll owi ng day, Crawl ey went t o t he house agai n. The same poli cem an was just wal king sl owl y past t he ent r ance, when Cr awl ey asked the sam e questi on. Though a l it tl e suspici ous t hi s ti me, t he poli cem an gave him t he sam e answer. The day aft er, Cr awl ey went to t he house once mor e and asked exactl y t he same quest i on. This t im e, t he pol icem an l ost hi s t em per .39。 I t ol d you yest er day and t he day bef or e yester day,39。 he shout ed, 39。Mr Lane was def eat e d in t he electi ons. He has reti r ed fr om poli ti cal li f e and gone t o li ve abroad !39。 39。 I know,39。 answer ed Crawl ey,39。 but I l ove t o hear you say it !39。 Lesson84 O n st ri ke 罷工 Busm en have deci ded t o go on st ri ke next week. The str i ke i s due t o begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how long i t wil l ast . The busm en have st ated t hat t he st ri ke wil l cont inue unti l general agr eem ent i s r eached about pay and wor king condi ti ons. Most peopl e bel ieve t hat t he st ri ke wil l ast f or at l east a week. Many owner s of pri vat e car s are goi ng to of f er 39。f r e r i des39。 t o peopl e on t hei r way t o work. This wi l r el i eve pr essur e on t he tr ai ns t o some ext ent. Meanwhi le, a num ber of uni ver sit y st udents have vol unt eer ed t o dri ve buses whil e t he str i ke l ast s. Al l the young m en ar e expert dri ver s, but befor e they dri ve any of t he buses, t hey wil l have t o pas a speci al t est . The st udent s ar e going t o t ake t he test i n t wo days39。 tim e. Even so, peopl e ar e going t o fi nd it di f icult t o get t o wor k. But so f ar , t he publi c has expr essed i ts gr at it ude t o t he student s i n l et er s t o t he Pr es. Only one or t wo peopl e have obj ect ed t hat t he st udent s wil l dr i ve t oo f ast! Lesson85 Never t oo ol d t o l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et er f r om m y ol d school i nf ormi ng m e t hat m y f or mer head m aster, Mr Regm al d Page, wi l be r et ir i ng next week. Pupil s of the school, ol d and new, wi l be sendi ng him a pr esent t o mar k t he occasi on. Al l t hose who have contr ibuted t owards t he gi ft wi l si gn t hei r nam es i n a l arge al bum which wi l be sent t o t he headm ast er39。s hom e. We s hal al r em em ber Mr Page f or his pati ence and understanding and f or t he ki ndl y encouragem ent he gave us when we went so unwi l i ngl y t o school . A gr eat m any f orm er pupil s wil l be at t endi ng a far ewel di nner i n his honour next Thur sday. It i s a curi ous coi nci dence that he day bef or e hi s r et ir em ent , Mr Page wil l have been t eachi ng f or a t otal of f or ty years. Aft er he has r eti red, he wil l devote hi msel f t o gar deni ng. For him, t his wi l be an enti rel y new hobby. But thi s does not m at er , f or , as he has oft en r em ar ked, one is never t oo ol d to l ear n. Lesson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he m an tr i ed t o swi ng t he speed boat round, t he st eer i ng wheel cam e away i n hi s hands. He waved desperat el y t o hi s pani on, who had been wat er skii ng f or t he last f if t en mi nut es. Bot h men had hardl y had t im e t o reali ze what was happeni ng when they wer e thr own viol ent 1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had st ruck a buoy, but it conti nued t o m ove very qui ckl y acr oss t he wat er . Bot h m en had j ust begun to swim t owards t he shor e. when t hey noti ced wit h dism ay t hat t he speedboat was m ovi ng i n a cir cl e. It now came str aight towar ds t hem at tr em endous speed. I n l es t han a mi nut e, i t r oar ed past them onl y a f ew f et away. Af t er i t had passed, they swam on as qui ckl y as t hey coul d because they knew t hat t he boat would soon r et urn. They had j ust had enough t im e t o swi m out of danger when t he boat agai n pleted a ci rc l e. On t his occasi on, however , it had sl owed down consi der abl y. The pet rol had nearl y al been used up. Bef or e l ong, t he noi se dr opped plet el y and t he boat began t o dri ft gent l y acr oss t he water. Lesson87 A perf ect ali bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。At t he t im e t he m urder was m it ted, I was tr avel i ng on the 8. 0 o39。cl ock tr ain t o London,39。 sai d t he man. 39。Do you al ways cat ch such an ear l y tr ai n ?39。 asked t he i nspector. 39。Of cour se I do,39。 answered t he m an. 39。 I m ust be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。cl ock. My em pl oyer wi l conf ir m that I wa s there on t im e. 39。 Would a l ater tr ain get you t o work on t im e ?39。 asked the i nspect or. 39。 I suppose i t woul d, but I never cat ch a lat er t rai n.39。 39。At what t im e did you ar r i ve at the stat ion ?39。 39。At t en to eight . I bought a paper an