【正文】 hom e. We shal l al l remember Mr Page f or hi s pat ience and understanding and f or the kindly encouragement he gave us when we went so unwi l ingly t o school . A gr eat m any f orm er pupil s wil l be atending a farewel l di nner i n his honour next Thur sday. It i s a cur ious coincidence that he day bef ore hi s ret ir em ent , Mr Page wil l have been teachi ng for a t otal of f ort y year s. Af t er he has r et ir ed, he wi l devot e him self t o gardening. For hi m, thi s wil l be an ent ir el y new hobby. But t hi s does not mat er, f or , as he has of ten r em ar ked, one i s never too ol d to lear n. Lesson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he man tr i ed to swi ng the speedboat round, t he steer ing wh el came away in hi s hands. He waved desperatel y to hi s pani on, who had been water skii ng for the l ast f if teen mi nut es. Both men had har dly had t ime to r eal ize what was happening when t hey wer e t hr own vi ol ent 1y int o t he sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but i t conti nued to m ove ver y qui ckly across the wat er . Both m en had just begun to swi m towards t he shor e. when t hey not iced wit h dismay t hat t he FB750Q20NZ 電動汽車充電器 技術(shù)說明書 重慶宣繽工貿(mào) 有限公司 目 錄 have j ust fi nished cut ti ng t hr ee cart l oads of gol den br own macar oni st al ks. The whol e vi l age has been wor ki ng day and ni ght gat heri ng and t hr eshi ng t his year39。 Lesson84 On stri ke 罷工 Busmen have decided to go on st ri ke next week. The st ri ke is due t o begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how long i t wi l l ast . The busmen have st ated t hat the st ri ke wil l conti nue unt il gener al agr ement is r eached about pay and worki ng condit ions. Most people beli eve t hat t he st ri ke wi l last for at least a week. Many owner s of pri vat e cars are goi ng to of fer 39。 39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane l ived there, the pol icem an on duty t old hi m t hat since his defeat, t he ex Pri me Minist er had gone abr oad. On the f ol lowi ng day, Cr awley went to the house again. The sam e pol ic eman was just walki ng sl owly past the entr ance, when Crawl ey asked the same quest ion. Though a l it tl e suspicious t hi s ti me, the poli cem an gave him t he same answer. The day aft er , Crawl ey went t o t he house once m ore and asked exact ly the sam e questi on. Thi s ti me, the poli ceman l ost his t emper. 39。s clot hes. Now, dressed i n a blue uni form and wi th a ri fl e over his shoulder, t he pr isoner m ar ched bol dl y up and down i n fr ont of t he cam p. He coul d hear shout ing i n the camp i tself . Lights wer e blazing and men wer e r unning her e and there: they had just discovered t hat a pr isoner had escaped. At t hat m om ent , a lar ge bl ack car wi th f our of f icer s i nside i t, stopped at he cam p gat es. The of fi cer s got out and the pri soner stood to at tenti on and sal ut ed as they pased. When they had gone, the dr iver of t he car came t owards him . The man obvi ously want ed to talk. He was r ather el der ly wit h grey hair and clea r blue eyes. The pri soner fel t sor ry f or him, but there was not hi ng else he coul d do. As the man came near, t he pr isoner knocked hi m to t he ground wi th a sharp bl ow. Then, jumpi ng int o the car, he dr ove of f as qui ckl y as he coul d. Leson82 Monster or f ish? 是 妖還是魚？ Fishermen and sail or s someti mes cl aim to have seen m onster s in the sea. Though people have oft en laughed at stor ies tol d by seamen, it i s now known that many of these 39。 Leson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The mummy of an Egypti an woman who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper ati on. The mum my i s that of Shepenm ut who was once a singer in t he Temple of Thebes. As t her e were st range marks on t he X ray plat es t aken of t he mummy, doct ors have been tr yi ng to fi nd out whether t he woman died of a r ar e disease. The onl y way t o do t hi s was to oper at e. The operat ion, whi ch lasted f or over f our hours, proved to be ver y dif fi cul t because of t he hard r esi n which covered t he ski n. The doctors removed a sect ion of the m um my and sent i t to a l abor atory. The y also f ound somethi ng which t he Xr ay of the god Duamutef . Thi s god which has t he head of a cow was norm al ly pl aced i nsi de a mumm y. The doctor s have not yet decided how t he woman died. They f ear ed that the m ummy woul d fal l to pi eces when the y cut it open, but for tunat ely t his has not happened. The mummy successfull y survived t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter r eading an ar ti cl e ent it led 39。 t o peopl e on their way t o wor k. Thi s wil l r eli eve pressur e on t he t rai ns t o som e ext ent. Meanwhil e, a num ber of uni ver sit y st udent s have vol unt er ed t o dr ive buses whi le t he st ri ke l asts. Al t he young m en ar e exper t dr i ver s, but bef ore t hey dr i ve any of t he buses, t hey wil have t o pass a speci al t est. The st udents ar e goi ng t o take t he t est i n t wo days39。 answered Cr awl ey,39。 he shout ed, 39。 whi ch have at t im es been si ghted ar e sim pl y st range fi sh. Occasi onal y, unusual cr eat ur es ar e washed t o t he shor e, but they are r arel y caught out at sea. Som e ti me ago, however, a pecul i ar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al l fi shi ng boat was car i ed m il es out t o sea by t he power f ul f ish as it pull ed on t he l i ne. Real i zi ng that this was no or di nar y fi sh, t he f i sherm an m ade ever y ef f or t not t o dam age it i n any way. When it was event ual ly br ought t o s hor e, i t was found t o be over t hi rt een feet l ong. I t had a head l i ke a hor se, big bl ue eyes, shi ni ng si l ver ski n, and a bri ght r ed tail , The fi sh, whi ch has si nce been sent to a m useum wher e i t i s being exam i ned b