【正文】 si nce hi s def eat , the ex Pr im 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 sam e poli cem an was j ust wal ki ng sl owl y past t he ent rance, when Cr awley asked t he sam e questi on. Though a li t le suspi ci ous thi s t im e, t he pol i ceman gave hi m the sam e answer . The day af ter, Cr awl ey went t o t he house once m or e and asked exactl y t he sam e quest i on. This t im e, t he pol icem an l ost his t em per .39。 I t ol d you yest er day and t he day bef ore yester day,39。 he shout ed, 39。Mr Lane was def eat ed i n t he el ect i ons. He has reti red f r om polit i cal li fe and gone t o li ve abr oad !39。 39。 I know,39。 answered Cr awley,39。 but I l ove to hear you say i t !39。 Lesson84 O n st ri 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 i t wil l ast . The busmen ha ve st ated t hat t he st ri ke wil l conti nue unt il gener al agr eem ent i s reached about pay and wor ki ng condit i ons. Most people beli eve that he str ike wi l l ast f or at least a week. Many owners of pri vate cars ar e goi ng t o off er 39。f r ee ri des39。 t o people on t hei r way t o wor k. Thi s wil l reli eve pr essur e on the t rai ns t o som e ext ent. Meanwhil e, a num ber of uni ver sit y st udent s have vol unt eer ed to dr i ve buses whi l e t he str ike l ast s. Al l t he young m en are exper t 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 test . The st udent s ar e goi ng t o t ake t he test in t wo days39。 ti me. Even so, peopl e are goi ng to f i nd i t dif fi cul t to get t o work. But so far, t he publ ic has expr esed it s gr at it ude t o t he st udents i n l et ter s to t he Pr ess. Onl y one or t wo peopl e have objected t hat t he st udents wil 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 let er f r om m y ol d school i nf ormi ng m e that m y f or m er head m ast er, Mr Regm ald Page, wil l be reti ri ng next wek. Pupil s of t he school , ol d and new, wil l be sending him a pr esent to m ark t he occasi on. Al t hose who have cont ri but ed t owar ds the gif t wil l si gn t hei r nam es i n a l ar ge album whi ch wi l be sent t o t he headm ast er 39。s home. We shal al r em em ber Mr Page for his pati ence and underst anding and f or t he ki ndl y encouragem ent he gave us when we went so unwil li ngl y t o school. A great m any f orm er pupi ls wi l be at endi ng a f arewel di nner i n hi s honour next Thur sday. It i s a cur i ous coi nci dence that the day befor e hi s r et ir em ent , Mr Pa ge wi l have been t eaching f or a t ot al of f ort y year s. Af t er he has r et ir ed, he wi l devot e him sel f t o gar deni ng. For hi m, t hi s 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 i s never t oo ol d t o lear n. Leson86 O ut of cont rol 失控 As the m an t ri ed t o swing t he speed boat r ound, t he st eer ing 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 fi ft een m inutes. Bot h m en had har dl y had ti me t o r eal ize what was happening when t hey were t hrown vi olent1y i nt o t he sea. The speedboat had str uck a buoy, but it conti nued t o m ove ver y qui ckl y across the wat er . Both m en had just begun t o swim t owar ds t he shor e. when t hey not i ced wi t h di sm ay t hat t he speed boat was m ovi ng in a ci r cl e. I t now cam e st r ai ght t owards t hem at t r em endous speed. I n l ess t han a m inut e, it r oar ed past t hem onl y a f ew f eet away. Aft er i t had passed, t hey swam on as qui ckl y as t hey coul d because t hey knew t hat t he boat woul d soon r et ur n. They had just had enough tim e t o swim out of danger when t he boat agai n plet ed a ci rcl 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, the noise dr opped plet el y and the boat began t o dr if t gent ly acr oss t he wat er. Leson87 A perf ect ali bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù) 39。At t he t im e the m ur der was mi t ed, I was t r aveli ng on t he 8. 0 o39。cl ock t r ai n t o London,39。 sai d t he m an. 39。Do you al ways cat ch such an earl y t rai n ?39。 asked t he i nspect or . 39。Of course I do,39。 answer ed t he man.39。 I m ust be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。cl ock. My em pl oyer wi l confi rm t hat I was t her e on tim e.39。 39。 Would a later tr ai n get you t o wor k 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 di d you ar ri ve at t he st ati on ?39。 39。At t en t o ei ght. I bought a paper and wait ed f or t he tr ai n.39。 39。And you di dn39。t not ice anyt hi ng unusual ?39。 39。 Of course not.39。 39。I suggest ,39。 sai d t he i nspector, 39。t hat you ar e not t el ing t he tr ut h. I suggest t hat you did not cat ch t he 8. 0 o39。cl ock t rai n, but t hat you caught t he 8. 25 whi ch woul d sti l get you t o wor k on t im e. You see, on t he mor ni ng of the m ur der , t he 8. 0 o39。cl ock tr ain di d not run at al l. I t broke down at Fer ngreen st ati on and was taken of f t he l i ne.39。 Lesson88 Trapped in a mi ne 困在礦井里 Six m en have been tr apped i n a mi ne f or sevent een hours. If t hey ar e not brought t o t he sur face soon t hey m ay l ose t hei r l i ve s. However, r escue operati ons ar e pr ovi ng di f i cult . If explosives are used, vi br at i ons wi l cause t he r oof of t he m ine t o col lapse. Rescue wor kers ar e theref or e dri l i ng a hol e on t he nor th si de of t he m i ne. They int end t o bri ng t he m en up i n a spec ial capsul e. If t her e had not been a hard l ayer of r ock beneat h t he soil , they woul d have pl et ed t he j ob i n a f ew hour s. As i t i s, t hey have been dri