【正文】 I enjoy cleaning wi ndows at ni ght .39。cl ock tr ain, but t hat you caught the 8. 25 which woul d st il l get you t o work on ti me. You see, on the mor ning of t he murder, t he o39。 At ten t o eight. I bought a paper and wai ted f or t he tr ain.39。 I must be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。s hom e. We shal l al l remember Mr Page for hi s pat ience and understanding and f or t he kindly encouragem ent he gave us when we went so unwi l ingly to school . A gr eat many f or mer pupi ls wi l l be at tendi ng a f ar ewel dinner in hi s honour next Thursday. I t is a cur ious coi nci dence t hat t he day befor e his r eti rement, Mr Page wi l have been t eaching f or a tot al of f or ty year s. Af ter he has reti red, he wil l devot e hi mself t o gar deni ng. For him, t his wi l be an enti rel y new hobby. But thi s does not mat er , for , as he has oft en remar ked, one is never t oo old t o l ear n. Leson86 Out of cont rol 失控 As the man tr ied t o swi ng t he speed boat r ound, t he steeri ng wheel came away i n his hands. He waved desper at el y t o his panion, who had been wat er skii ng for t he last f if teen mi nutes. Bot h men had hardly had tim e to reali ze what was happening when they were t hrown vi olent1y i nto t he sea. The speedboat had str uck a buoy, but it cont inued to move ver y quickly acr oss t he water. Both men had just begun t o swim towar ds the shor e. when they not iced wi th di sm ay that the speedboat was moving i n a cir cle. It now came str aight towar ds t hem at tr emendous speed. In l es t han a mi nut e, i t roared past t hem only a few feet away. Af ter it had passed, t hey swam on as qui ckl y as they could because they knew t hat t he boat would soon r et urn. They had just had enough t im e to swi m out of danger when the boat again pl eted a cir cle. On t hi s oc casion, however, i t had sl owed down considerably. The petr ol had near ly al l been used up. Bef ore l ong, t he noi se dr opped plet el y and the boat began t o dri f t gentl y acr oss the water . Lesson87 A perf ect al ibi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據 39。Mr Lane was defeated i n the el ect ions. He has r et ir ed fr om pol it ical if e and gone to l ive abroad ! 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。You see, I39。So do I ,39。 Leson88 Trapped in a mi ne 困在礦井里 Six m en have been tr apped i n a mi ne for seventeen hours. If t hey ar e not br ought t o the surf ace soon t hey m ay lose their l ives. However, r escue oper ations are pr oving di f icult . I f expl osi ves ar e used, vibrat ions wil l cause the r oof of t he mi ne to coll apse. Rescue worker s ar e t her ef ore dr il li ng a hole on t he nor th si de of the mi ne. They i nt end to br ing t he men up i n a special capsule. If t her e had not been a hard layer of r ock beneat h t he soi l, they would have plet ed the j ob in a f ew hours. As i t is, t hey have been dri l ing f or si xt een hour s and they stil l have a long way t o go. Meanwhi le, a mi cr ophone, which was l ower ed int o the m ine t wo hours ago, has enabl ed the men t o keep in t ouch wi t h the closest r elati ves. Though t hey ar e r unni ng out of f ood and dr ink, the men ar e cheerf ul and confi dent t hat t hey wi l l get out soon. They have been t old t hat r escue oper at i ons ar e pr ogr essi ng smoothl y. I f they knew how di f icult i t was t o dr il l t hrough the har d rock, they would l ose heart . Lesson89 A sli p of the t ongue 口誤 Peopl e wil l do anyt hing t o see a f r e showeven if i t i s a bad one. When the news got r ound that a var iet y show would be pr esented at our l ocal cinema by t he P. and U. Bi r d Sed Com pany, we al r ushed t o see i t. We had to queue for hours t o get i n and ther e must have been sever al hundred people pr esent just be for e the show began. Unf ort unat el y, t he show was one of t he dullest we have ever sen. Those who f ail ed to get in need not have f elt disappoi nt ed as many of the art istes who should have appeared di d not e. The onl y f unny t hings we heard t hat evening came f rom the adver ti ser at the beginning of the pr ogramme. He was obviously very ner vous and f or some minutes stood awkwar dl y befor e the mi crophone. As soon as he opened his mout h, everyone bur st out l aughing. We al l know what t he poor man shoul d have said, but what he actual y sai d was: 39。And you di dn39。 39。cl ock tr ai n t o London,39。 answer ed Crawl ey, 39。m onster s39。 which have at ti mes been sighted ar e si m pl y str ange f ish. Ocasional ly, unusual cr eat ures are washed to t he shor e, but they are rar el y caught out at sea. Some t ime ago, however, a peculi ar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al fi shi ng boat 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 t hat his was no or dinary f ish, the f isher man m ade every ef for t not to dam age i t in any way. When i t was eventual y brought to shore, it was f ound t o be over t hir teen feet long. It had a head li ke a hor se, big bl ue eyes, shi ning sil ver skin, and a bri ght r ed tail , The fi sh, which has since been sent to a m useum wher e i t i s bei ng exam ined by a scienti st , i s cal led an o