【正文】 f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al l f ishi ng boat was car ied m il es out t o sea by t he powerf ul f ish as it pul led on t he l ine. Reali zi ng t hat this was no or di nary fi sh, the fi sherm an m ade ever y ef ort not t o damage it i n any way. When i t was event ual y br ought t o shor e, it was found t o be over thir teen f et long. It had a head li ke a hor se, bi g bl ue eyes, shining si lver ski n, and a bri ght red tail, The f ish, which has si nce been sent t o a m useum where it i s being exam ined by a scientist, is cal led an oarfi sh. Such cr eatur es have rarely been sen al ive by m an as t hey li ve at a dept h of si x hundr ed f et. Leson83 Aft er t he el ecti ons 大選之后 The f orm er Prim e Minister, Mr Went wor th Lane, was def eated in t he r ecent el ecti ons. He is now r eti ri ng f rom pol it cal li fe and has gone abroad. My fr iend, Crawl ey, has al ways been a fanati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。s Radi cal Pr ogr essi ve Part y. Aft er the el ecti ons, Cr awl ey went t o t he f ormer Pr ime Mi ni st er39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane li ved t here, t he poli cem an on dut y told him t hat si nce hi s defeat , t he exPrim e Minister had gone abroad. On the foll owi ng day, Crawley went to t he house agai n. The sam e poli cem an was just walking sl owl y past t he ent rance, when Cr awl ey asked the sam e questi on. Though a l it le suspi ci ous t his t ime, t he policem an gave him t he sam e answer. The day af ter, Crawley went t o the house once more and asked exact ly t he same quest ion. This tim e, t he pol iceman lost his t emper .39。 I t ol d you yester day and the day bef or e yesterday,39。 he shouted, 39。Mr Lane was def eated in t he electi ons. He has r et ir ed f rom pol it ical li fe and gone t o li ve abr oad !39。 39。 I know,39。 answer ed Cr awl ey,39。 but I love t o hear you say it !39。 Leson84 O n stri ke 罷工 Busmen have deci ded t o go on st ri ke next wek. The str ike is due t o begin on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong i t wi l last. The busm en have st at ed t hat the st ri ke wil l cont inue until general agreement i s reached about pay and wor ki ng condit i ons. Most peopl e beli eve t hat he str ike wi l last f or at l east a week. Many owners of pr ivat e cars are goi ng t o off er 39。f r e ri des39。 t o peopl e on t heir way to work. This wil l relieve pr essur e on t he tr ai ns t o som e ext ent. Meanwhi le, a num ber of univer sit y st udent s have volunt eer ed t o dr ive buses whi le t he stri ke l ast . Al l the young men are exper t dr iver s, but bef or e they dri ve any of t he buse s, they wi l have to pass a speci al test . The st udent s ar e going to t ake the test i n t wo days39。 tim e. Even so, peopl e ar e going t o f ind it di f icul t o get to wor k. But so far, the publi c has expr essed it s gr at it ude to t he students in l et er s to t he Press. Onl y one or t wo peopl e have object ed t hat the st udent s wi l dr i ve t oo f ast ! Leson85 Never too ol d t o l earn 活到老學到老 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et er f rom my old school i nf orm ing m e that my f orm er head m ast er, Mr Regm al d Page, wil l be r eti ri ng next week. Pupi ls of the school, ol d and new, wil l be sendi ng him a present t o m ar k t he occasi on. Al t hose who have cont ri but ed t owards t he gi ft wil sign thei r nam es i n a large al bum which wil l be sent t o the headmast er 39。s home. We shal l al l r em ember Mr Page f or hi s pati ence and under st andi ng and for the ki ndl y encouragement he gave us when we went so unwil li ngly t o school. A great many f ormer pupi ls wil l be at endi ng a f ar ewel dinner in his honour next Thur sday. It is a cur ious coinci dence t hat he day bef or e hi s r et ir ement, Mr Page wil have been teaching for a t otal of fort y years. Af ter he has r et ir ed, he wil l devot e himsel f to gar dening. For him, t hi s wi l be an ent ir el y new hobby. But t hi s does not m at ter, for, as he has oft en r em ar ked, one i s never too old t o l ear n. Leson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he m an tr ied to swing the speedboat r ound, the st eri ng wheel came away i n hi s hands. He waved desper at el y to his pani on, who had been water ski ng f or t he l ast fi teen mi nut es. Both men had har dly had t ime t o r eali ze what was happening when they wer e t hrown vi ol ent 1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had st ruck a buoy, but it conti nued t o m ove ver y qui ckl y across t he wat er. Bot h m en had j ust begun t o swim t owards the shore. when t hey not iced wi th dism ay t hat the speed boat was movi ng i n a ci rcle. I t now cam e str ai ght towar ds t hem at remendous speed. In l ess than a mi nute, i t roar ed past them onl y a few feet away. Aft er it had pased, t hey swam on as qui ckly as t hey coul d because t hey knew that t he boat woul d soon r et ur n. They had j ust had enough t ime t o swim out of danger when t he boat again pl et ed a cir cl e. On this occasion, however , i t had sl owed down consider abl y. The pet r ol had nearl y al l been used up. Bef ore l ong, t he noi se dropped pletely and t he boat began t o drif t gent ly acr oss the wat er . Leson87 A perf ect ali bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。At the tim e the m ur der was mi t ed, I was tr avel li ng on the 8. 0 o39。cl ock tr ai n to 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 nspect or. 39。Of course I do, 39。 answered the m an.39。 I m ust be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。cl ock. My employer wil conf irm that I was t her e on tim e. 39。 Woul d a later t rai n get you to work on tim e ?39。 asked t he i nspect or . 39。 I suppose i t woul d, but I never catch a later tr ai n.39。 39。At what t ime did you ar ri ve at he stati on ?39。 At t en t o ei ght. I bought a paper and wait ed f or t he tr ai n. 39。 And you di dn39。t not ice anyt hi ng unusual ?39。 39。 Of cour se not.39。 39。I suggest,39。 sai d t he i nspector, 39。t hat yo