【正文】 said t he sher if f wit h a sneer . 39。 39。No newspaper m en, no fi lm f ans! Why don39。 t ime. Even so, peopl e are going to f ind i t di f fi cul t o get to wor k. But so f ar, the publi c has expr essed it s gr ati tude to the student s in let ers t o the Pr es. Only one or t wo peopl e have obj ect ed t hat he s tudent s wil l dri ve too f ast ! Lesson85 Never t oo ol d t o l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just r ecei ved a let er f r om my old school inf orm ing me that m y f or mer head master, Mr Regm al d Page, wi l be r etir i ng next week. Pupil s of the school, ol d and new, wi l be se ndi ng him a present t o mar k the occasion. Al l t hose who have contr ibuted t owar ds the gi ft wi l sign t hei r nam es i n a l ar ge album which wi l be sent t o the headmast er 39。Mr Lane was def eat ed i n t he el ect ions. He has r eti red f rom pol it ical li fe and gone to live abr oad ! 39。s st eam hammer. Though in those days, t ravel ing was not as easy as it i s today, steam boats car ied t housands of vi si tor s acr oss t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ar ri ving i n Engl and, t hey wer e t aken t o the Cr yst al Pal ace by t rai n. There were six mil li on visit ors i n al , and t he pr ofi ts f rom t he exhibi ti on were used to bui ld m useums and c ol leges. Later , the Cr yst al Palace was moved to Sout h London. I t r emained one of the most famous buil di ngs in t he worl d unti l it was burnt down in 1936. Leson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had ki l ed the guard, the pr isoner of war quickly dr agged him i nt o t he bushes. Wor king r api dly i n t he dar kness, he soon changed into the dead man39。 in the snow. For tunately, a pil ot saw the signal and sent a m esage by radio t o t he near est town. It was not long befor e a heli copter ar ri ved on t he scene to rescue t he sur vivors of t he plane cr ash. Leson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。m Rockwal l Slinger and this i s Mer li n Gr eves. 39。 I39。 It couldn39。 but I l ove t o hear you say it ! 39。s Radical Progressi ve Par ty. Af ter t he el ect ions, Cr awley went to the f ormer Pr ime Mini st er39。s cr op befor e the September rains. On t he ri ght , you can see Mr s Br abante her self . She has been hel ping her husband for t hi rt y years now. Mr s Br abante i s tal ki ng to the manager of t he local f actor y where the crop i s procesed. Thi s last scene shows you what wil l happen at the end of the harvest : t he famous Calabri an macar oni eat ing peti tion ! Si gnor Fr atel i, the pr esent champi on, has won it every year si nce 1961. And t hat ends our special bull et in for today, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We are now ret ur ning you t o the st udi o. 39。Wel l, I39。 Look, sher if f, 39。t we e m ore of ten ?39。m eant im e, tr avel led t o Calai s. No one noti ced t he boy as he cr ept of f. Fr om t her e, he hi tch hi ked t o Pari s i n a lor ry. The dri ver gave hi m a f ew biscui ts and a cup of coff ee and l eft him j ust out side t he ci ty. The next car t he boy stopped di d not take him i nt o t he centr e of Par is as he hoped it woul d, but t o Per pi gnan on t he Fr enchSpani sh bor der. There he was pi cked up by a pol icem an and sent back t o England by t he l ocal aut hori ti es. He has surel y set up a r ecor d f or t he t housands of boys who dr eam of evadi ng school . Lesson74 O ut of t he li m eli ght 舞臺(tái)之外 An anci ent bus st opped by a dr y r iver bed and a par ty of f am ous act or s and act resses got of f. Dressed i n dar k gl asses and ol d cl ot hes, t hey had t aken speci al pr ecauti ons so t hat no one shoul d r ecognize t hem. But as t hey soon di scover ed, di sgui ses can som et im es be t oo perf ect . 39。 Meanwhi le, t wo ot her act ors, Rockwal Sl inger and Merl in Gr eeves, had car ri ed two l arge f ood basket s to a shady spot under some t r es. When they had al made t hemselves for table, a str anger appeared. He looke d ver y angry. 39。said Rockwal l, 39。m Br i nksley Meer s, and my other name is Gl ori a Gleam. Now you get out of her e fast !39。 Lesson77 A sucessf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The m um my of an Egypti an woman who died i n 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper at ion. The mumm y is t hat of Shepenmut who was onc e a singer in t he Tem ple of Thebes. As ther e were str ange marks on t he Xr ay plates t aken of the m ummy, doct ors have been t ryi ng to f ind out whether the woman di ed of a rar e disease. The onl y way to do t his was t o oper ate. The oper at ion, which l ast ed for over f our hour s, proved t o be ver y dif f icult because of t he har d r esi n which covered t he skin. The doctors r emoved a secti on of the m um my and sent i t to a l abor atory. They also f ound somethi ng which t he Xr ay of the god Duamutef . Thi s god which has the head of a cow was norm al ly pl aced i nsi de a mumm y. The doctor s have not yet deci ded how t he woman died. They f ear ed that the m um my woul d fal l to pi eces when the y cut it open, but fort unat ely t his has not happened. The m ummy successf ull y sur vived t he oper at ion. Lesson78 The l ast one? 最后一枝嗎？ Af ter reading an ar ti cl e ent it led 39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane l ived t her e, t he pol ic eman on duty told hi m that si nce hi s def eat , the exPr ime Mi ni ster had gone abr oad. On t he fol lowi ng day, Cr awl ey went to t he house agai n. The same poli cem an was just wal king slowl y past t he ent rance, when Cr awley asked the sam e questi on. Though a li t le suspi cious thi s ti me, t he poli ceman gave him the same answer . The day af ter , Cr awley went t o the house once mor e and asked exac t ly t he same questi on. This t im e, t he pol iceman lost his t em per .39。 Lesson84 O n strike 罷工 Busmen have deci ded to go on st ri ke next week. The str ike i s due to begin on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong it wi l l ast. The busmen have st at ed that the str ike wi l conti nue unt il gener al agr