【正文】 f i sh was caught near Madagascar. A sm al l fi shi ng boat was car ied mi les out to sea by the power ful fi sh as it pull ed on the l ine. Reali zing t hat t hi s was no ordi nar y f ish, t he fi sher man made ever y ef ort not to damage i t i n any way. When it was event ual ly br ought t o shor e, i t was found t o be over t hi rt een feet long. I t had a head l ike a hor se, big bl ue eyes, shini ng si lver ski n, and a br ight red t ail , The f ish, which has since been sent t o a m useum wher e it i s bei ng exami ned by a sci ent ist, i s cal led an oarf ish. Such cr eat ur es have r arely been seen al ive by m an as t hey li ve at a depth of six hundr ed f eet. Leson83 Aft er the el ect ions 大選之后 The form er Pr im e Mi nister , Mr Wentwor th Lane, was def eated in the r ecent el ect ions. He is now reti ri ng fr om pol it ical if e and has gone abroad. My f ri end, Cr awl ey, has always been a fanati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。s Radi cal Pr ogr esive Par ty. Aft er the e lecti ons, Crawl ey went to t he for mer Pri me Minister 39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane li ved there, the poli ceman on dut y t ol d him t hat since his defeat, t he ex Pri me Minist er had gone abr oad. On t he fol lowi ng day, Cr awl ey went to t he house again. The same pol iceman was just walking sl owl y past he ent r ance, when Cr awley asked the same questi on. Though a l it tl e suspicious thi s ti me, the poli ceman gave him the same answer . The day af ter , Crawl ey went t o the house once m or e and asked exact ly t he sam e questi on. Thi s ti me, t he pol iceman l ost his t emper .39。 I t ol d you yest er day and the day bef ore yester day,39。 he shout ed, 39。Mr Lane was def eat ed in t he elections. He has reti red f rom poli ti cal li fe and gone to li ve abr oad !39。 39。 I know, 39。 answered Cr awl ey,39。 but I l ove to he ar you say i t !39。 Lesson84 O n stri ke 罷工 Busm en have decided to go on st ri ke next week. The st ri ke is due to begin on Tuesday. No one knows how long it wi l l ast . The busmen have st ated that the str ike wi l l conti nue unt il 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 last for at least a week. Many owner s of pri vat e car s are goi ng to of fer 39。f ree r ides39。 t o peopl e on their way to wor k. Thi s wi l rel ieve pressur e on the t rai ns t o som e ext ent. Meanwhil e, a number of uni ver sity st udent s have volunteered t o dr ive buses whi le t he st ri ke lasts. Al t he young men ar e exper t dr ivers, but bef or e t hey dr ive any of the buses, they wi l have to pass a special test. The student s are goi ng to t ake the test in t wo days39。 t ime. Even so, peopl e are goi ng to f ind i t dif fi cul t to get to wor k. But so f ar, t he publi c has expr essed it s grati tude t o the s tudents i n let ers t o the Pr es. Only one or t wo peopl e have obj ect ed that he student s wil l dri ve too f ast ! Lesson85 Never t oo old t o l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just recei ved a let er fr om m y old school i nf orm ing me that my f or mer head master , Mr Regmald Page, wi l be r eti ri ng next week. Pupil s of the school, ol d and new, wi l be sendi ng him a present t o mar k the occasion. Al l t hose who have contr ibuted t owards the gi ft wi l sign t hei r nam es in a l arge album which wi l be sent t o the headmast er 39。s home. We shal 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 li ngly t o school. A great many f or m er pupi ls wi l l be at tending a f arewel dinner in hi s honour next Thursday. I t is a cur ious coi nci dence t hat t he day befor e his r eti rement, Mr Page wi l have been t eaching f or a tot al of f or ty year s. Af ter he has reti red, he wil l devot e himself t o gar deni ng. For him , t his wi l be an enti rel y new hobby. But thi s does not mat er , for , as he has oft en rema r ked, one is never t oo old t o l ear n. Leson86 Out of cont rol 失控 As the m an tr ied t o swi ng t he speed boat r ound, the st er ingwheel came away in hi s hands. He waved desper ately t o his panion, who had been wat er ski ing f or the last fi ft een minutes. Both m en had har dl y had ti me t o r eali ze what was happeni ng when they wer e thr own viol ent 1y into the sea. The speedboat had st ruck a buoy, but it conti nued t o move very qui ckl y acr oss t he water . Bot h men had j ust begun t o swi m t owar ds the shore. when they noti ced wi t h dismay t hat the speed boat was moving in a ci rcle. I t now came st raight towar ds them at t remendous speed. In less than a mi nut e, it roar ed past them onl y a few feet away. Af ter it had pased, t hey swam on as qui ckl y as they coul d because they knew t hat the boat would soon ret ur n. They had j ust had enough t im e to swi m out of danger when the boat again pl et ed a cir cle. On thi s occasion, however, i t had slowed down considerably. The pet rol had near ly al l been used up. Bef or e l ong, the noise dr oppe d plet el y and the boat began to dr i ft gent ly acr oss t he wat er. Leson87 A perfect ali bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。At the t ime the mur der was mi t ed, I was t ravel ing on t he 8. 0 o39。clock t rain to London,39。 sai d the m an. 39。Do you al ways cat ch such an earl y tr ain ?39。 asked the i nspector . 39。Of cour se I do, 39。 answered t he man. 39。 I must be at work at o39。cl ock. My employer wil l conf ir m t hat I was t her e on ti me.39。 39。 Woul d a lat er t rai n get you t o work on ti me ?39。 asked the i nspector. 39。 I suppose it would, but I never cat ch a later t rain. 39。 At what t ime did you ar ive at t he st at ion ?39。 39。At t en to ei ght . I bought a paper and wait ed for the t rai n. 39。 39。And you didn39。t noti ce anyt hi ng unusual ?39。 39。 Of cour se not .39。 39。I suggest, 39。 said t he inspect or , 39。t hat