【正文】 m oment, a l ar ge black car wi t h f our off i cers i nsi de it , st opped at t he camp gat es. The of fi cer s got out and t he pr isoner st ood t o at ent i on and sal ut ed as t hey passed. When t hey had gone, t he dri ver of t he car cam e t owar ds hi m. The man obviousl y want ed t o t al k. He was r at her el derl y wi t h gr ey hai r and cl ear bl ue eyes. The pr isoner f elt sorr y f or him , but t her e was nothi ng el se he coul d do. As t he man cam e near , t he pr isoner knocke d him t o t he gr ound wit h a shar p bl ow. Then, j umpi ng i nt o t he car , he drove off as quickl y as he coul d. Leson82 Monster or fi sh? 是妖還是魚？ Fisher men and sai l or s som et im es cl aim t o have sen m onster s i n t he sea. Though people have oft en laughed at stori es t ol d by s eamen, it i s now known t hat many of t hese 39。m onst ers39。 which have at t im es been sighted ar e si mpl y st r ange fi sh. Ocasi onal ly, unusual cr eat ur es ar e washed t o t he shor e, but they ar e rar el y caught out at sea. Som e ti me ago, however, a peculi ar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al fi shi ngboat was car i ed m il es out t o sea by t he powerf ul f ish as i t pul led on t he li ne. Real i zi ng t hat thi s was no ordi nar y fi sh, t he fi sherm an m ade ever y ef ort not t o damage it i n any way. When it was event ual l y br ought t o shor e, i t was f ound t o be over t hi rt een feet l ong. I t had a head l i ke a hor se, bi g bl ue eyes, shi ni ng sil ver ski n, and a bri ght r ed tail , The fi sh, whi ch has si nce been sent to a m useum wher e i t i s being exam i ned by a scienti st , is cal ed an oar fi sh. Such creatur es have r ar el y been sen ali ve by man as t hey l i ve at a dept h of six hundr ed f eet . Lesson83 Aft er t he el ect ions 大選之 后 The f orm er Pr im e Mi ni ster, Mr Went wor t h Lane, was def eat ed i n the r ecent el ect i ons. He is now reti ri ng fr om pol it ical l if e and has gone abr oad. My fr iend, Cr awl ey, has al ways been a f anat ical opponent of Mr Lane39。s Radi cal Pr ogr essive Part y. Aft er t he electi ons, Cr awl ey went t o t he f orm er Prim e Minist er 39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane l i ved t her e, t he pol i ceman on dut y t ol d him t hat si nce hi s defeat, t he ex Prim e Mi nist er had gone abr oad. On the f ol l owi ng day, Cr awl ey went t o t he house agai n. The sam e poli cem an was j ust wal ki ng sl owl y past t he ent rance, 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 awley went t o the house once m or e and asked exact ly t he sam e questi on. Thi s tim e, t he poli cem an l ost hi s temper.39。 I t old you yester day and t he day bef or e yest erday, 39。 he shout ed, 39。Mr Lane was def eat ed i n t he el ect i ons. He has reti r ed f r 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 stri ke 罷工 Busm en have deci ded t o go on st ri ke next wek. The st ri ke is due t o begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong it wi l l ast. The busm en have st at ed t hat t he str i ke wil l conti nue unt il gener al agr eem ent is r eached about pay and wor ki ng condit i ons. Most people beli eve t hat t he st ri ke wi l l ast f or at least a wek. Many owners of pri vat e cars ar e goi ng t o of f er 39。f r ee r i des39。 t o peopl e on t hei r way t o work. Thi s wi l r el i eve pr essur e on t he t r ai ns to some ext ent. Meanwhil e, a num ber of universit y st udent s have vol unt eer ed t o dr i ve buses whi l e the str i ke l ast s. Al l t he young m en are exper t dri ver s, but bef or e they dri ve any of t he buses, t hey wil l have t o pas a speci al t est . The st udents ar e goi ng t o take t he t est i n t wo days39。 tim e. Even so, people ar e goi ng t o fi nd it di f icult t o get t o wor k. But so f ar , t he publ i c has expressed i ts gr at it ude t o t he st udent s in l et t er s t o t he Pr ess. Onl y one or t wo peopl e have objected t hat t he st udents wi l dr i ve t oo f ast! Lesson85 Never too ol d t o learn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et t er f rom my ol d school inf or mi ng m e t hat m y form er head m ast er, Mr Regm al d Page, wi l be r et ir ing next week. Pupi ls of t he school, old and new, wil l be sendi ng hi m a present t o m ark t he occasion. Al t hose who have cont ri but ed t owar ds the gif t wil l si gn t heir nam es i n a l ar ge al bum whi ch wil l be sent t o the headm ast er39。s hom e. We shal l al r emember Mr Page for his pati ence and under standi ng and for t he ki ndly encour agement he gave us when we went so unwi l ingly t o school. A great many for mer pupi ls wi l be at endi ng a f ar ewel dinner in hi s honour next Thursday. I t is a curi ous coi nci dence that the day befor e his r et ir ement, Mr Page wi l have been t eaching f or a total of for ty years. Af ter he has r eti red, he wil l devote hi msel f to gar deni ng. For him, t hi s wi l be an enti rely new hobby. But this does not m at ter , f or, as he has of t en r emarked, one i s never t oo ol d t o learn. Leson86 Out of cont rol 失控 As the man t ri ed to swi ng the speed boat r ound, the steeri ng wheel came away i n his hands. He waved desper at el y t o his panion, who had been wat er skii ng for t he last f if t en m inutes. Bot h men had hardl y had ti me to reali ze what was happening when they were thrown vi olent1y i nto t he sea. The speedboat had str uck a buoy, but it cont inued to move ver y quickly acr oss t he water. Bot h men had just begun t o swim towar ds the shor e. when they not iced wi th di sm ay that the have j ust f ini shed cutt ing t hree car t loads of gol den brown m acaroni stalks. The whol e vil lage has ben wor king day and night