【正文】 pr isoner knocked hi m t o t he ground wit h a sharp bl ow. Then, j um pi ng i nt o t he car, he dr ove of f as qui ckl y as he coul d. Lesson82 Monst er or fi sh? 是妖還是魚？ Fi sherm en and sail ors someti mes claim t o have seen m onst er s i n t he sea. Though peopl e have of ten l aughed at st or i es t old by seam en, i t is now known t hat m any of t hese 39。m onst er s39。 whi ch have at ti mes been si ght ed ar e sim pl y str ange f ish. Occasi onal y, unusual creatur es ar e washed t o the shore, but t hey ar e r ar el y caught out at sea. Som e t im e ago, however , a peculi ar fi sh was caught near Madagascar . A smal f ishi ng boat was car ri ed mi les out t o sea by t he power ful fi sh as i t pul l ed on t he li ne. Reali zing t hat t hi s was no or di nar y f ish, t he fi sherm an m ade ever y ef ort not t o dam age i t i n any way. When i t 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 hor se, 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 museum where i t is bei ng exami ned by a sci enti st, is cal ed an oar fi sh. Such creat ur 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 nister, Mr Went wor t h Lane, was defeat ed i n t he r ecent el ect i ons. He is now r eti ri ng f r om pol it ical li fe and has gone abr oad. My fr iend, Crawl ey, has al ways been a f anat 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 form er Pr im e Mi nister39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane li ved t her e, t he pol icem an on duty t old him t hat si nce hi s def eat , t he exPr 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 same poli cem an was just wal ki ng 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 ed i n t he el ect ions. He has r eti red f r om pol it 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 t o hear you say i t !39。 Leson84 O n st ri ke 罷工 Busm en have deci ded t o go on str ike next week. The st ri ke i s 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 that the str ike wi l conti nue unti l gener al agr ement is r eached about pay and worki ng condit ions. Most peopl e beli eve t hat t he st ri ke wil l l ast for at least a wek. Many owners of pri vat e cars ar e goi ng t o of f er 39。f r ee ri des39。 to peopl e on t hei r way t o wor k. This wil r eli eve pr esure on t he tr ains t o som e ext ent . Meanwhi l e, a number of uni ver si t y st udent s have vol unt er ed t o dri ve buses whi le t he st ri ke lasts. Al t he young m en ar e exper t dr i ver s, but bef ore t hey 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 t ake t he t est i n t wo days39。 tim e. Even so, peopl e ar e goi ng t o f ind i t di f i cult t o get o wor k. But so f ar, t he publi c has expr essed it s grati t ude t o t he st udents i n l et er s t o the 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 me t hat m y f or mer 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 hi m a present t o mar k the occasi on. Al t hose who have cont ri buted t owar ds the gif t wi 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 f or hi s pati ence and under st andi ng and for t he ki ndl y encour agement he gave us when we went so unwil li ngl y t o school. A gr eat m any f orm er pupil s wi l be at endi ng a far ewel l di nner i n his honour next Thur sday. It i s a curi ous coi nci dence that the day bef or e hi s r et ir em ent , Mr Page wil l have been teachi ng f or a t otal of fort y years. Aft er he has r et ir ed, he wi l devot e him sel f to gar deni ng. For hi m, t hi s wil l be an ent ir el y new hobby. But t his does not m at ter, f or, as he has of ten r em arked, one i s 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 desperatel y to hi s pani on, who had been water ski i ng f or t he l ast fi ft een mi nut es. Bot h m en had har dly had t im e t o r eal ize what was happeni ng when t hey 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 conti nued t o m ove ver y qui ckl y across the wat er . Both m en had j ust begun t o swi m t owar ds t he s hor e. when t hey noti ced wit h di sm ay t hat t he speedboat was m ovi ng i n 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 he y swam on as qui ckl y as t hey coul d because they knew t hat t he boat woul d soon ret ur n. They had j ust had enough t im e t o swim out of danger when the boat again pl et ed a cir cl e. On t hi s occasi on, however, it had slowed down consi der abl y. The pet r ol had near ly al l been used up. Bef or e l ong, t he noise dr opped plet el y and t he boat began t o dr if t gentl y across the wat er