【正文】 ushed to see it. We had t o queue f or hour s t o get i n and ther e must have been sever al hundred people pr esent just be f or e the show began. Unf or tunat el y, t he show was one of t he dull est we have ever sen. Those who f ail ed to get in need not ha ve f el t di sappoi nted as many of t he ar ti st es who should have appeared did not e. The only f unny t hi ngs we hear d t hat eveni ng cam e fr om t he advert iser at t he begi nni ng of t he pr ogr amme. He was obviously very ner vous and f or som e m inut es st ood awkwar dl y bef or e the mi cr ophone. As soon as he opened his m outh, everyone burst out l aughi ng. We al know what t he poor m an shoul d have sai d, but what he actual ly said was: 39。t thi nk t he windows need cleani ng at t hi s tim e of t he ni ght. 39。 answer ed t he poli cem an in the same t one. 39。Wel l, I 39。ve fotten my key.39。My key, 39。s clothes. Now, dresed i n a bl ue uniform and wit h a ri fle over his shoul der, the pri soner mar ched boldly up and down in fr ont of t he camp. He could hear shout ing in the camp i tself . Li ghts were blazi ng and men were r unning here and ther e: they had just discover ed t hat a pr isoner had escaped. At that moment , a l ar ge black car with f our of fi cers i nside it, stopped at the camp gat es. The offi cers got out and the pr isoner stood to atention and sal ut ed as they pased. When t hey had gone, t he dri ver of t he car came t owards him. The man obviously want ed t o talk. He was rather elder ly wi th grey hair and clear blue eye s. The pri soner felt sor ry f or hi m , but ther e was nothing el se he could do. As the man came near , t he pri soner knocked him t o the gr ound with a shar p bl ow. Then, j umping i nt o the car, he dr ove of f as qui ckly as he coul d. Leson82 Monst er or fi sh? 是妖還是魚？ Fi sher men and sail or s somet imes cl ai m to have sen monsters in t he sea. Though people have often laughed at st or ies told by seamen, i t i s now known t hat many of t hese 39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane lived ther e, the pol iceman on duty t ol d hi m that since hi s defeat , t he exPri me Minister had gone abroad. On the foll owi ng day, Crawley went to the house agai n. The same poli ceman was just walking sl owl y past the ent rance, when Cr awl ey asked the same questi on. Though a l it le suspi ci ous this t ime, t he policeman gave him t he same answer. The day af ter , Cr awl ey went t o the house once more and asked exact ly the same quest ion. This ti me, the pol iceman lost his temper .39。 39。 Leson84 On strike 罷工 Busmen have deci ded to go on st rike next wek. The str ike is due t o begin on Tuesday. No one knows how long i t wi l last . The busmen have staed t hat the st rike wil l cont inue until general agreement i s reached about pay and wor king condi tions. Most peopl e beli eve that he str ike wil last f or at l east a week. Many owners of pr ivat e cars are goi ng t o offer 39。s home. We shal al l r eme mber Mr Page for his pati ence and under st anding and for the kindl y encouragement he gave us when we went so unwil lingly to sc hool. A great many f or mer pupi ls wil be at tending a farewel di nner i n hi s honour next Thursday. I t i s a curious coincidence t hat the day bef or e hi s retir ement, Mr Page wil have been teaching for a t ot al of forty year s. Aft er he has reti red, he wi l devote himself t o gardeni ng. For hi m, t his wil be an entir el y new hobby. But this does not mater, f or , as he has of ten remar ked, one is never too old to l earn. Leson86 Out of control 失控 As t he man tr ied to swing the speedboat round, t he steer ingwheel came away in his hands. He waved desperately to his panion, who had been wat er ski ing for the l ast fi teen minut es. Both men had har dly had t ime to r eali ze what was happeni ng when they were t hr own violent1y into the sea. The speedboat had struck a buoy, but it conti nued to move very qui ckly across the water. Bot h men had j ust begun t o swi m towards t he shor e. when t hey not iced wit h di smay that he speed boat was movi ng i n a cir cle. I t now came straight t owards them at remendous speed. In les t han a minute, i t r oared past them only a f ew feet away. Af ter i t had passed, they swam on as quickl y as they could because t hey knew t hat the boat would soon return. They had just had enough time t o swi m out of danger when the boat agai n pl et ed a cir cl e. On this ocasi on, however, it had slowed down considerabl y. The petrol had nearl y al l been used up. Bef or e long, the noise dropped pletel y and the boat began t o dr if t gent ly acr oss the water. Lesson87 A perfect alibi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù) 39。Do you al ways catch such an ear ly t rain ?39。 I must be at work at o39。 I suppose it would, but I never catch a later train.39。At en t o ei ght. I bought a paper and wait ed f or t he t rain.39。 39。cl ock tr ai n, but that you caught the which would sti l get you to wor k on t ime. You see, on the morning of t he murder, the 8. 0 o39。 leson90 Whats for supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Br azil is one of the ri chest count ri es in t he worl d, much of it has not yet been devel oped. I t was mai nl y for this reason that the Brazi li an government decided t o have a new city built 600 m iles nort hwest of Rio de Janei ro. Designed by the gr eat ar chit ect Lucio Costa, the new city, Brasi lia, repl aced Ri o de Janeir o as the capit al of Br azif in 1960. Brasil ia has been car ef ul ly planned for modern li vi ng. It s wi de r oads, which can take f ourt en lanes of traf ic, have been kept away fr om li vi ng areas. Chi ldren do not have t o cr oss busy str eets t o go t o school. Housewi ves can visi t shopping centr es on foot , f or i n these speci al ly designed li vi ng areas, cars are unnecessary. At f irst, the gover nment had great dif icul ty i n persuading peopl e to leave