【正文】 Leson87 A perf ect ali bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù) 39。 Lesson84 O n st ri ke 罷工 Busm en have deci ded t o go on st ri ke next wek. The st ri ke is due t o begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong i t wil l ast . The busmen ha ve st ated t hat t he st ri ke wil l conti nue unt il gener al agr eem ent i s reached about pay and wor ki ng condit i ons. Most people beli eve that he str ike wi l l ast f or at least a week. Many owners of pri vate cars ar e goi ng t o off er 39。 39。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 sl owl y past t he ent rance, when Cr awley asked t he sam e questi on. Though a li t le suspi ci ous thi s t im e, t he pol i ceman gave hi m the sam e answer . The day af ter, Cr awl ey went t o t he house once m or e and asked exactl y t he sam e quest i on. This t im e, t he pol icem an l ost his t em per .39。Mr Lane was def eat ed i n t he el ect i ons. He has reti red f r om polit i cal li fe and gone t o li ve abr oad !39。 but I l ove to hear you say i t !39。 ti me. Even so, peopl e are goi ng to f i nd i t dif fi cul t to get t o work. But so far, t he publ ic has expr esed it s gr at it ude t o t he st udents i n l et ter s to t he Pr ess. Onl y one or t wo peopl e have objected t hat t he st udents wil 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 let er f r om m y ol d school i nf ormi ng m e that m y f or m er head m ast er, Mr Regm ald Page, wil l be reti ri ng next wek. Pupil s of t he school , ol d and new, wil l be sending him a pr esent to m ark t he occasi on. Al t hose who have cont ri but ed t owar ds the gif t wil 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。 sai d t he m an. 39。 answer ed t he man.39。 Would a later tr ai n get you t o wor k on t im e ?39。At what t im e di d you ar ri ve at t he st ati on ?39。And you di dn39。 39。cl ock t rai n, but t hat you caught t he 8. 25 whi ch woul d sti l get you t o wor k on t im e. You see, on t he mor ni ng of the m ur der , t he 8. 0 o39。 l esson90 Whats f or supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Br azi l is one of t he r ichest count ri es in t he worl d, m uch of i t has not yet been devel oped. It was m ai nl y f or t his r eason t hat t he Brazil an gover nm ent decided t o have a new ci t y bui lt 600 mi les nort h west of Ri o de Janei ro. Desi gned by t he gr eat ar chit ect Luci o Costa, t he new ci ty, Br asil ia, r epl aced Ri o de Janeir o as the c api t al of Br azif i n 1960. Br asi li a has been caref ul ly pl anned f or m oder n li ving. It s wi de r oads, whi ch can t ake f our t en l anes of tr af ic, have been kept away f r om li vi ng ar eas. Chi ldr en do not have t o cr oss busy st r et s t o go t o school. Housewi ves can vi sit shoppi ng centr es on f oot, f or i n t hese speci al l y desi gned li vi ng ar eas, car s ar e unnece ssar y. At f ir st , t he gover nment had gr eat dif fi cult y i n per suading peopl e t o leave Ri o and t o set tl e i n Br asil ia. Since 1960, however , the popul ati on has been gr owi ng al l t he t im e. Br asi li a has qui ckl y est abl ished it self as t he capit al of t he count ry. The idea t o have t he capit al m oved so f ar inl and wi l have a gr eat ef f ect on t he fut ur e of Br azil . Lesson91 Three m en in a basket 三人同籃 A pil ot noti ced a bal l oon whi ch semed t o be making f or a Royal Ai r Force St at ion nearby. He i nf orm ed t he st ati on at once, but no one t her e was abl e t o expl ai n t he m yst er y. The of fi cer i n t he contr ol tower was ver y angr y when he hear d the news, bec ause bal oons can be a gr eat danger to ai rcr af t. He sai d t hat someone mi ght by spyi ng on t he st at i on and t he pil ot was or der e d t o kep t rack of the str ange obj ect. The pil ot m anaged t o ci r cl e t he bal oon f or som e t im e. He could m ake out t hr ee m en i n a basket under it and one of them was hol di ng f iel d gl asses. When the bal oon was over t he st at i on, t he pi lot saw one of the m en t aki ng phot ographs. Soon aft er war ds, t he bal oon began t o descend and it l anded near an air fi eld. The poli ce wer e cal ed i n, but t hey coul d not ar rest anyone, f or t he basket cont ai ned t wo Members of Parl i am ent and the Comm andi ng Of i cer of t he st ati on! As t he Comm andi ng Of fi cer explai ned l at er, one hal f of the st ati on di d not know what t he ot her half was doi ng ! Lesson92 Aski ng f or t roubl e 自找麻煩 It m ust have been about t wo i n the m or ning when I r etur ned hom e. I tr i ed t o wake up m y wif e by r i ngi ng the door bel l, but she was f ast asl eep, so I got a l adder fr om t he shed i n t he gar den, put i t agai nst t he wal l, and began cl im bi ng t owar ds t he bedr oom wi ndow. I was al most t here when a sar cast i c voi ce bel ow said,39。I enj oy cl eani ng wi ndows at ni ght.39。Excuse m y i nt er r upt ing you. I hat e to i nter upt a m an when he39。d pr ef er t o stay her e,39。 Your what ?39。 For t unatel y, t he shouti ng woke up my wi f e who opened t he wi ndow j ust as t he pol icem an had st art ed to cl im b towar ds m e. Lesson93 A nobl e gif t 崇高的禮物 One of t he m ost f am ous m onum ent s in t he worl d, t he St at ue of Li ber t y, was pr esent ed t o the Uni ted St at es of Am eri ca i n t he ni eent h cent ury by t he peopl e of France. The gr eat st atue, which was desi gned by t he scul pt or August e Bart hol di , t ook t en year s to pl et e. The act ual fi gur e was m ade of copper support ed by a m et al f r am ewor k whi ch had been especial y const ructed by Ei f el . Bef or e it could be t r anspor ted t o t he Uni t ed St at es, a sit e had t o be found f or i t and a pedest al had t o be buil t. The sit e chose n was an isl and at t he entr ance of New Yor k Har bour. By 1884,