【正文】 t i ons. He has reti red fr om polit ical l if e and gone to l ive abr oad ! 39。 I know,39。 answered Cr awley, 39。 but I l ove t o hear you say it ! 39。 Lesson84 O n strike 罷工 Busmen have deci ded t o go on st ri ke next wek. The st ri ke is due to begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how long it wil l last . The busm en have st at ed t hat t he str ike wil l conti nue unt il general agreem ent is r eached about pay and working conditi ons. Most people beli eve t hat the st ri ke wi l l ast for at least a week. Many owners of pri vate car s are going t o off er 39。f ree ri des39。 t o people on t hei r way t o wor k. Thi s wil l reli eve presur e on t he t rains t o some ext ent. Meanwhi le, a number of univer si ty students have vol unteer ed to dri ve buses whil e t he str ike last s. Al l the young men are expert dri vers, but before t hey dri ve any of t he buses, t hey wi l have t o pass a special test. The students are going t o take the t est in t wo days39。 t ime. Even so, peopl e ar e goi ng to f ind it di fi cult t o get t o wor k. But so f ar , t he publ ic has expr essed it s grati ude t o t he st udents i n l et er s t o the Pres. Only one or t wo people have obj ected t hat the st udent s wil l dr ive t oo f ast! Lesson85 Never t o ol d to l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just r eceived a let er f rom m y old school i nf ormi ng m e that m y form er head m aster, Mr Regm al d Page, wil be r et ir ing next week. Pupil s of t he school, ol d and new, wi l be sending him a present t o mar k the occasion. Al l t hose who have cont ri but ed t owar ds t he gi ft wil l si gn thei r names in a large album which wil l be sent to t he headmast er39。s hom e. We shal l al l rem em ber Mr Page f or hi s pati ence and under st andi ng and f or the kindl y encour agem ent he gave us when we went so unwil li ngly t o school . A gr eat many f ormer pupils wi l be at endi ng a f ar ewel dinner i n his honour next Thursday. It i s a cur ious coinci dence t hat t he day bef or e his r et ir ement , Mr Page wi l have been t eachi ng for a total of fort y years. Aft er he has r et ir ed, he wil l devot e him self t o gar dening. For him, t hi s wil be an entir el y new hobby. But t his does not mat er, f or, as he has oft en rem ar ked, one i s never t oo ol d t o lear n. Lesson86 O ut of cont rol 失控 As t he m an t ri ed t o swing t he speed boat round, the steer ing wheel cam e away in his hands. He waved desper at el y to hi s pani on, who had been wat er ski ng for t he l ast fi ft en mi nutes. Both m en had har dl y had tim e to r eali ze what was happeni ng when t hey wer e thrown violent 1y int o the sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but it conti nued t o m ove very quickl y acr oss t he water. Both m en had j ust begun to swim t owards the shor e. when they noti ced wit h dism ay that t he speedboat was m ovi ng in a ci rcle. It now came str ai ght t owards t hem at tr em endous speed. I n les t han a minut e, i t roar ed past them onl y a f ew f et away. Af ter it had pased, t hey swam on as quickl y as t hey could because t hey knew t hat the boat woul d soon r et ur n. They had j ust had enough tim e t o swim out of danger when t he boat again pl et ed a ci rcle. On t hi s occasion, however , it had sl owed down consi der ably. The petr ol had nearl y al l been used up. Bef or e long, t he noise dropped pl et el y and t he boat began t o dri ft gentl y acr oss t he water. Lesson87 A perf ect ali bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù) 39。At the tim e t he m ur der was mit ted, I was t ravel ing on t he 8. 0 o39。cl ock tr ai n t o London,39。 sai d t he m an. 39。Do you al ways cat ch such an earl y tr ai n ?39。 asked t he i nspector. 39。Of cour se I do,39。 answered t he man. 39。 I m ust be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。cl ock. My em pl oyer wil conf irm t hat I was t here on t ime.39。 Woul d a l at er tr ai n get you t o wor k on t ime ?39。 asked t he inspect or . 39。 I suppose i t woul d, but I never cat ch a later tr ai n. 39。 At what time di d you ari ve at t he stati on ?39。 At ten t o ei ght. I bought a paper and wait ed for the t rai n. 39。 And you di dn39。t not ice anyt hi ng unusual ?39。 Of cour se not.39。 39。I suggest, 39。 said t he inspect or , 39。t hat you are not tel ing t he t ruth. I suggest that you did not catch t he 8. 0 o39。cl ock t rain, but t hat you caught the which woul d st il get you t o wor k on tim e. You se, on the morning of t he m ur der, t he 8. 0 o39。cl ock t rain di d not r un at al. It broke down at Fer ngr en st at ion and was taken off t he li ne.39。 Leson88 Trapped i n a mi ne 困在礦井里 Si x m en have been t rapped in a mine f or s event een hour s. I f they ar e not br ought t o t he surf ace soon t hey may l ose thei r li ves. However, r escue oper at ions ar e provi ng di f icul t. If expl osi ves ar e used, vi br at ions wil cause t he r oof of t he mi ne to collapse. Rescue wor kers are t her ef or e dril li ng a hol e on the nor th si de of t he mi ne. They i ntend t o bri ng the men up i n a speci al capsul e. I f there had not been a har d l ayer of r ock beneat h t he soil, t hey would have pl et ed the j ob i n a f ew hour s. As it i s, t hey have been dr il li ng f or si xt en hour s and t hey stil l have a l ong way t o go. Meanwhil e, a m icrophone, which was lower ed into t he m ine t wo hours ago, has enabl ed t he m en to keep in t ouch wit h t he closest relati ves. Though t hey ar e r unning out of f ood and dri nk, the men are cheerf ul and confi dent t hat t hey wil l get out soon. They have been t ol d that r escue oper at ions ar e progr essi ng sm oothly. If t hey knew how di f icul t it was t o dr il t hrough t he har d rock, t hey woul d l ose heart. Lesson89 A sl i p of t he t ongue 口誤 Peopl e wil do anyt hi ng to see a f ree show even if i t is a bad one. When the news got r o