【正文】 eet away. Aft er it had passed, they 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 ime t o swi m out of danger when t he boat agai n pleted a ci rcle. On t his occasion, however , i t had sl owed down considerably. The petr ol had nearl y al been used up. Bef ore l ong, t he noi se dr opped pl et ely and t he boat began t o dri ft gentl y acr oss t he water . Lesson87 A perf ect al ibi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù) 39。 Lesson84 On st rike 罷工 Busmen have deci ded t o go on str ike next week. The str ike i s due t o begin on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong it wi l last. The busm en have stat ed that he str ike wi l cont inue unti l general agreement i s reached about pay and wor king condi ti ons. Most people bel ieve that the str ike wi l l ast f or at l east a week. Many owners of pr ivate cars ar e going t o off er 39。Mr Lane was defeated i n the e l ect ions. He has r et ir ed fr om pol it ical if e and gone to l ive abroad ! 39。s Radical Progressi ve Part y. Af ter t he el ect ions, Cr awley went t o the f ormer Pr ime Mini st er39。s steam hamm er . Though i n t hose days, tr avel li ng was not as easy as i t is t oday, st eam boat s car ri ed thousands of visit ors across the Channel f rom Europe. On ar iving in England, they were taken to t he Crystal Palace by tr ain. Ther e wer e si x mi l ion vi si tor s in al l, and the prof it s fr om the exhi bit ion wer e used t o buil d museums and coll eges. Lat er, the Cr ystal Pal ace was m oved t o South London. I t remai ned one of t he most f amous bui ldings i n the wor ld unt il i t was bur nt down in 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil led t he guar d, t he pri soner of war quickl y dragged hi m into the bushes. Worki ng rapidl y in the darknes, he soon changed i nt o t he dead man39。s cr op bef ore t he Sept ember r ains. On the r ight, you can se Mr s Brabant e herself . She has been hel pi ng her husband f or thi rt y year s now. Mrs Brabant e is talking to t he manager of the l ocal factor y where t he cr op i s pr ocessed. This l ast scene shows you what wi l l happen at t he end of t he har vest : the f amous Cal abri an macar oni eati ng pet it ion ! Si gnor Frat el li , the present champion, has won it ever y year since 1961. And that ends our special bul le t in f or t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We are now ret ur ning you t o the st udi o.39。 in the snow. For tunately, a pil ot saw the signal and sent a mesage by radio to t he near est town. I t was not long befor e a heli copt er ar ri ved on t he scene to rescue t he sur vi vor s of t he plane crash. Lesson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。Wel l, I 39。m Rockwal Sli nger and t hi s i s Merl in Gr eeves.39。 Look, sheri f , 39。 I 39。t we e mor e oft en ?39。 I t coul dn39。s son, Donald, also set up a wor ld record. Like hi s father , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who pl ay tr uant f rom school ar e unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。s foot st eps m any years l ater, Si r Malcolm 39。 sai d Gl or i a Gleam. 39。No newspaper men, no f il m fans! Why don39。 he shout ed: 39。 39。t be t oo har d on us. I39。 said the sher if f wi th a sneer . 39。 SOS39。 we are t aki ng you to the macaroni fi el ds of Cal abr ia. Macaroni has been grown in t his ar ea f or over six hundred years. Two of the l eadi ng grower s, Gi useppe Moldova and Ri car do Brabant e, tel me that hey have been expecti ng a spl endi d crop t his year and harvesti ng has begun ear li er t han usual. Her e you can see two worker s who, between t hem , have just fi nished cut ti ng three cart l oads of golden brown macar oni st al ks. The whole vi l age has been worki ng day and ni ght gatheri ng and threshing t his year 39。 I l it a ci gar et te to calm my ner ves. I sm oked wi th concent rat ion and pleasur e as I was sur e that thi s woul d be my last ci gar ete. For a whole week I di d not smoke at al and dur ing t his t ime, my wif e suf f er ed ter ri bl y. I had al l t he usual sym pt oms of som eone gi vi ng up smoking: a bad temper and an enorm ous appeti te. My f ri ends kept on off er ing m e cigaret es and ci gar s. They made no ef for t o hide t hei r amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweet s f rom my pocket . Af t er seven days of thi s I went t o a part y. Ever ybody around me was sm oki ng and I felt extr emely unfor table. When m y old f ri end Bri an urged me to accept a cigaret te, it was mor e than I coul d bear. I took one guil ti ly, li t it and sm oked wi th sat isfacti on. My wif e was deli ght ed that things had r et urned to nor mal once m ore. Anyway, as Br ian pointed out , i t is t he easiest thing i n t he worl d to gi ve up smoking. He him self has done it lot s of ti mes! Leson79 By ai r 乘飛機(jī) I used to tr avel by air a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ent s, used to l ive i n Sout h Am er ica and I used to f l y t her e f r om Eur ope in t he hol idays. An ai rhostess would t ake charge of me and I never had an unpleasant exper ience. I am used to tr avel ing by ai r and onl y on one occasi on have I ever felt f ri ghtened. Af ter taking of f , we were f lyi ng low over t he ci ty and slowl y gaining he i ght , when the plane suddenly t urned r ound and f lew back t o the ai rport . Whil e we wer e wai ting to l and, an air hostes t old us t o keep cal m and t o get of f the plane quietl y as soon as i t had t ouched down. Ever ybody on board was worr ied and we wer e curi ous to f ind out what had happened. Lat er we learnt t hat ther e was a ver y i mport ant person on boar d. The pol ice had been told that a bomb had been pl ant ed on the plane. Aft er we had landed, the pl ane was searched thoroughly. Fort unatel y, nothi ng was found and f ive hour s l at er we were abl e to t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 Per haps the most ex