【正文】 nery on show was Nasmyt h39。Your what ?39。 I said. 39。s busy worki ng, but would you mi nd ing wi t h me t o the st at ion ?39。 39。 I don39。cl ock t rai n did not run at al . It broke down at Ferngreen stat ion and was taken off t he li ne. 39。 I suggest ,39。 39。 I suppose i t woul d, but I never catch a l at er tr ai n.39。clock. My empl oyer wi l conf ir m that I was there on t im e. 39。 asked t he inspect or . 39。At t he ti me t he murder was mit ted, I was tr avel ling on the o39。f ree r ides39。 I know,39。 I tol d you yester day and t he day bef ore yest erday,39。m onster s39。var i ous part s of the wor ld. There was also a gr eat deal of m achinery on display. The m ost wonderf ul pi ece of machinery on show was Nasmyt h39。 whi ch have at ti mes been sight ed ar e simpl y str ange f ish. Ocasional ly, unusual cr eat ures are washed to the shor e, but they ar e rar el y caught out at sea. Some t ime ago, however , a peculi ar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A smal fi shi ngboat was car ied m il es out to sea by t he power ful f ish as it pull ed on the l ine. Real izing that his was no or dinary f ish, the f isher ma n made every ef f or t not to damage it i n any way. When it was event ual ly br ought t o shor e, i t was found to be over t hi rt een feet l ong. 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 si nce been sent t o a museum wher e it is bei ng exami ned by a sci ent ist, i s cal led an oarf ish. Such creatur es have r ar ely been sen al ive by ma n as t hey live at a depth of six hundred f eet . Lesson83 Aft er the el ect ions 大選之后 The f orm er Pr im e Mi nister, Mr Wentwor th Lane, was def eat ed in the r ecent el ect ions. He is now r eti ri ng fr om pol it cal l if e and has gone abroad. My f ri end, Cr awl ey, has always been a fanati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。 he shouted, 39。 answer ed Crawl ey, 39。 to people on their way t o wor k. Thi s wil l reli eve pr esure on the t rains t o some ext ent . Meanwhile, a number of uni ver si ty st udents have volunteered t o dri ve buses whil e t he st ri ke lasts. Al l the young men ar e expert dr ivers, but befor e t hey dr ive any of the buses, they wi l have to pass a special test. The student s are going to t ake t he test in t wo days39。cl ock tr ai n t o London,39。Of course I do,39。 39。 39。And you di dn39。 sai d the i nspector, 39。 Lesson88 Trapped in a mi ne 困在礦井里 Six men have been t rapped i n a m ine f or sevent en hours. I f t hey are not brought t o t he sur face soon t hey may lose their l ive s. However , r escue oper at ions are pr oving dif fi cult. I f expl osi ves ar e used, vi brati ons wil l cause the r oof of t he mine t o coll aps e. Rescue workers ar e theref ore dr il li ng a hol e on t he nor th si de of t he mi ne. They int end to br ing t he men up in a special c apsule. If t her e had not been a hard l ayer of r ock beneat h the soil , they would have pleted t he job i n a f ew hours. As it i s, t hey have been dri li ng f or si xt een hour s and t hey st il l have a l ong way to go. Meanwhil e, a micr ophone, whi ch was lower ed into the mi ne two hour s ago, has enabled t he men t o keep i n t ouch wi th the closest r el atives. Though t hey ar e running out of food and dr ink, t he men are cheerf ul and confi dent t hat they wi l get out soon. They have been t old t hat r escue oper at ions are pr ogressi ng smoot hly. If t hey knew how dif fi cul t it was t o dri l thr ough the hard r ock, t hey woul d l ose hear t . Lesson89 A sl ip of t he t ongue 口誤 People wi l do anythi ng to see a f ree showeven i f it i s a bad one. When t he news got r ound t hat a var iety show woul d be present ed at our local ci nema by the P. and U. Bi rd Seed Company, we al l rushed to see it . We had t o queue f or hour s to get in and t here m ust have been sever al hundred peopl e present j ust be fore the show began. Unfor tunately, the show was one of the dul lest we have ever seen. Those who f ai led t o get i n need not ha ve fel t di sappointed as m any of t he ar ti st es who shoul d have appear ed did not e. The onl y funny t hi ngs we hear d t hat eveni ng came fr om t he advert iser at t he begi nni ng of the progr am me. He was obvi ousl y very nervous and for some mi nutes st ood awkwardly bef ore t he mi cr ophone. As soon as he opened hi s mouth, ever yone bur st out laughi ng. We al know what the poor man shoul d have said, but what he actual y sai d was: 39。t thi nk the wi ndows need cleaning at this tim e of the night .39。So do I ,39。 39。You see, I 39。 he cal led. 39。s steam hammer . Though i n those days, tr avel ing was not as easy as it i s today, st eam boat s car ri ed thousands of vi sitor s acr oss t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ar r iving i n England, t hey were t aken t o t he Crystal Pal ace by tr ai n. Ther e were si x mi l ion visit ors i n al , and t he prof it s fr om t he exhi bi ti on were used t o bui ld museums and coll eges. Lat er , the Cr yst al Pal ace was m oved t o Sout h London. I t remained one of the m ost f am ous buil dings in the wor ld unt il it was burnt down i n 1936. Leson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil led the guard, t he pr isoner of war quickly dr agged hi m i nto t he bushes. Working r apidly in t he dar kness, he soon changed int o the dead man39。s Radi cal Pr ogr essive Part y. Aft er the electi ons, Crawl ey went t o t he for mer Pr im e Mi nister 39。Mr Lane was defeated i n t he el ect ions. He has r etir ed f rom pol it ical lif e and gone to l ive abroad ! 39。 but I l ove t o hear you say it ! 39。 ti me. Even so, peopl e ar e goi ng to f ind i t dif fi cul t to get to wor k. But so f ar, t he publ ic has expr es ed it s grati tude t o the students i n let ters t o t he Pr es. Only one or t wo peopl e have obj ect ed that the student s wi l dri ve too f ast ! Le