【正文】 that you are not telling the truth. I suggest that you did not catch the o39。t notice anything unusual ?39。39。clock. My employer will confirm that I was there on time.39。 said the man.Lesson86 Out of control 失控 time. Even so, people are going to find it difficult to get to work. But so far, the public has expressed its gratitude to the students in letters to the Press. Only one or two people have objected that the students will drive too fast! but I love to hear you say it !39。s Radical Progressive Party. After the elections, Crawley went to the former Prime Minister39。Fishermen and sailors sometimes claim to have seen monsters in the sea. Though people have often laughed at stories told by seamen, it is now known that many of these 39。Lesson79 By air 乘飛機(jī)t wearing it at the time. If I had been, I would not have been able to get home for lunch.39。And how can you explain that ?39。39。 answered the Ambassador drily. 39。39。Lesson94 Future champions 未來的冠軍 ve forgotten my key.39。Excuse my interrupting you. I hate to interrupt a man when he39。t think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night.39。This is the Poo and Ee Seed Bird Company. Good ladies, evening and gentlemen !39。At ten to eight. I bought a paper and waited for the train.39。 asked the inspector.39。Lesson87 A perfect alibi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù)I have just received a letter from my old school informing me that my former head master, Mr Regmald Page, will be retiring next week. Pupils of the school, old and new, will be sending him a present to mark the occasion. All those who have contributed towards the gift will sign their names in a large album which will be sent to the headmaster39。Lesson84 On strike 罷工Mr Lane was defeated in the elections. He has retired from political life and gone to live abroad !39。s clothes. Now, dressed in a blue uniform and with a rifle over his shoulder, the prisoner marched boldly up and down in front of the camp. He could hear shouting in the camp itself. Lights were blazing and men were running here and there: they had just discovered that a prisoner had escaped. At that moment, a large black car with four officers inside it, stopped at the camp gates. The officers got out and the prisoner stood to attention and saluted as they passed. When they had gone, the driver of the car came towards him. The man obviously wanted to talk. He was rather elderly with grey hair and clear blue eyes. The prisoner felt sorry for him, but there was nothing else he could do. As the man came near, the prisoner knocked him to the ground with a sharp blow. Then, jumping into the car, he drove off as quickly as he could. Lesson80and an enormous appetite. My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars. They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket. After seven days of this I went to a party. Everybody around me was smoking and I felt extremely unfortable. When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear. I took one guiltily, lit it and smoked with satisfaction. My wife was delighted that things had returned to normal once more. Anyway, as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking. He himself has done it lots of times! The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 39。Busmen have decided to go on strike next week. The strike is due to begin on Tuesday. No one knows how long it will last. The busmen have stated that the strike will continue until general agreement is reached about pay and working conditions. Most people believe that the strike will last for at least a week. Many owners of private cars are going to offer 39。s home. We shall all remember Mr Page for his patience and understanding and for the kindly encouragement he gave us when we went so unwillingly to school. A great many former pupils will be attending a farewell dinner in his honour next Thursday. It is a curious coincidence that the day before his retirement, Mr Page will have been teaching for a total of forty years. After he has retired, he will devote himself to gardening. For him, this will be an entirely new hobby. But this does not matter, for, as he has often remarked, one is never too old to learn. 39。Of course I do,39。39。39。Lesson91 Three men in a basket 三人同籃s busy working, but would you mind ing with me to the station ?39。Fortunately, the shouting woke up my wife who opened the window just as the policeman had started to climb towards me.Experiments have proved that children can be instructed in swimming at a very early age. At a special swimming pool in Los Angeles, children bee expert at holding their breath under water even before they can walk. Babies of two months old do not appear to be reluctant to enter the water, It is not long before they are so accustomed to swimming that they can pick up weights from the floor of the pool. A game that is very popular with these young swimmers is the underwater tricycle race. Tricycles are lined up on the floor of the pool seven feet under water. The children pete against each other to reach the other end of the pool. Many pedal their tricycles, but most of them prefer to push or drag them. Some children can cover the whole length of the pool without ing up for breath even once. Whether they will ever bee future Olympic champions, only time will tell. Meanwhile, they should encourage those among us who cannot swim five yards before they are gasping for air.What has happened ?39。University students set the Embassy on fire this morning.39。I was in my office as usual,39。 she asked. I used to travel by air a great deal when I was a boy. My parents, used to live in South America and I used to fly there from Europe in the holidays. An airhostess would take charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experience. I am used to travelling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened. After taking off, we were flying low over the city and slowly gaining height, when the plane suddenly turned round and flew back to the airpo