【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 slowl y past t he ent rance, when Cr awl ey asked t he sam e questi on. Though a li t le suspi ci ous this t im e, t he pol iceman gave hi m the sam e answer. The day af ter, Cr awley went t o the house once m or e and asked exactl y t he same quest i on. This t im e, t he poli cem an l ost hi s t em per. 39。 I tol d you yest er day and t he day bef ore yest erday, 39。 he shout ed, 39。Mr Lane was def eat ed i n t he el ect ions. He has r et ir ed f rom pol it ical if e and gone to l i ve abr oad ! 39。 I know,39。 answer ed Cr awl 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 to begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong it wi l l ast. The busm en have st at ed t hat the str i ke wi l conti nue unti l gener al agr ement i s r eached about pay and worki ng condit ions. Most peopl e bel i eve t hat t he st ri ke wil l last f or at l east a week. Many owner s of pri vat e car s are goi ng t o of fer 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 esur 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 er ed t o dr ive buses whi le t he st ri ke l asts. Al t he young m en are exper t dri ver s, but bef or e t hey dri ve a ny 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。 ti me. Even so, peopl e ar e goi ng t o f ind i t di f i cult t o get to wor k. But so f ar, t he publi c has expr esed it s grati t ude t o t he st udents i n l et ters t o t he Press. Onl y one or t wo people have obj ect ed t hat t he st udents wi l dri ve t oo fast ! Leson85 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 r om my ol d school inf or mi ng me t hat m y f orm er head mast er, Mr Regm al d Page, wi l be r et ir i ng next week. Pupil s of t he school, ol d and new, wi l be sendi ng him a pr esent t o m ar k t he occasi on. Al l those who have contr i but ed t owar ds t he gi ft wi l si gn their nam es i n a lar ge al bum whi ch wil l be sent to t he headm aster39。s hom e. We shal l al l r em em ber Mr Page f or hi s 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 ar ewel di nner i n hi s honour next Thur sday. It i s a cur i ous coincidence t hat he day bef or e hi s r et ir em ent , Mr Page wil l have been t eaching f or a t ot al of f or t y year s. Af t er he has r eti r ed, he wi l devot e him self t o gar dening. For him , t hi s wil l be an ent ir ely new hobby. But t his does not m at t er , for, as he has oft en r em ar ked, one is never t oo ol d to l ear n. Lesson86 O ut of cont rol 失控 As t he man t ri ed to swi ng t he speed boat r ound, t he st eri ng wheel cam e away i n hi s hands. He waved desper atel y to hi s pani on, who had been water ski i ng for t he l ast f if teen mi nut es. Bot h men had hardl y had tim e t o r eali ze what was happeni ng when t he y wer e t hr own vi ol ent 1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had st r uck a buoy, but i t cont inued t o m ove ver y quickl y acr oss t he water. Bot h men had j ust begun t o swim t owards t he shor e. when t hey noti ced wit 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 inute, 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 they coul d because t hey 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 pl eted a ci rcle. On t his occasi on, however, i t had sl owed down consi der abl y. The petr ol had nearl y al been used up. Befor e long, t he noi se dropped pl etel y and t he boat began t o dr if t gentl y across the wat er . Leson87 A perfect al i bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù) 39。At t he ti me t he mur der was mi t ed, I was tr avel li ng on t he 8. 0 o39。cl ock t rai n t o London, 39。 sai d the 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 m an. 39。 I m ust be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。cl ock. My empl oyer wil l conf ir m t hat I was t her e on t im e.39。 39。 Woul d a l at er tr ai n get you t o wor k on t im e ?39。 asked t he inspect or . 39。 I suppose it woul d, but I never catch a l at er tr ai 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 nspect or, 39。t hat you ar e not t eli ng t he t r ut h. I suggest t hat you did not cat ch t he 8. 0 o39。cl ock tr ain, but t hat you caught t he 8. 25 whi ch woul d stil l get you t o wor k on ti me. You see, on t he m or ni ng of t he m ur der , t he 8. 0 o39。cl ock tr ai n di d not r un at al l. I t br oke down at Fer ngr een st at i on and was t aken of f t he l ine.39。 Leson88 Trapped i n a m i ne 困在礦井里 Si x m en have been tr apped i n a mi ne f or s eventeen hours. If t hey ar e not br ought t o t he surf ace soon t hey m ay lose their l ives. However, r escue oper at i ons ar e pr oving di f icult. I f expl osi ves ar e used, vibr at ions wil l cause t he r oof of t he mi ne to coll apse. Rescue wor ker s ar e t her efor e dr il li ng a hole on t he nort h si de of t he m ine. They i ntend t o br i ng t he m en up i n a speci al capsul e. I f ther e had not been a har d l ayer of rock beneat h t he soi l, t hey woul d have pl eted t he j ob i n a f ew hour