【正文】 39。 39。Your what ?39。s busy wor king, but woul d you mind i ng wi th me to t he stati on ?39。 I don39。 I suggest, 39。 At what ti me di d you ar ive at the st at ion ?39。Of cour se I do, 39。 to people on thei r way to work. Thi s wi l reli eve pr essur e on t he t rains to some ext ent. Meanwhile, a number of univer si ty students have volunteer ed t o dr ive buses while t he str ike last s. Al the young men are exper t dr iver s, but bef or e they dr ive any of t he buses, they wi l have to pass a special test . The students are going to take the test in two days39。 I told you yest er day and the day before yesterday, 39。 excl ai m ed hi s wi f e. 39。 she asked. 39。ve for gott en my key.39。 answer ed t he policeman in t he same t one. 39。Thi s is the Poo and Ee Sed Bir d Company. Good ladies, eveni ng and gent lemen ! 39。 39。 asked t he i nspector. 39。Do you always cat ch such an earl y train ?39。 Leson84 On strike 罷工 Busmen have decided t o go on st ri ke next wek. The st rike is due t o begin on Tuesday. No one knows how long i t wi l last . The busmen have stated that the st ri ke wil l cont inue unti l general agreement i s reached about pay and working condi tions. Most people bel ieve that he str ike wil last f or at l east a week. Many owners of pr ivat e cars are going to offer 39。s Radi cal Pr ogr essi ve Party. Aft er the el ecti ons, Cr awl ey went to t he f ormer Pr ime Minister39。 I know, 39。At the ti me the m ur der was mi t ed, I was travel ling on the 8. 0 o39。clock. My empl oyer wi l confi rm t hat I was there on time.39。 39。clock t rain, but t hat you caught the whi ch would st il l get you to work on time. You se, on t he morni ng of the mur der, the o39。I enjoy cl eaning windows at night.39。d prefer to stay here,39。 I shout ed.39。Uni ver si t y st udent s set t he Em bassy on f i r e t hi s m or ni ng. 39。The f i r e br oke out i n t he basem ent . I went down f i sh was caught near Madagascar . A smal fi shingboat was car ri ed mi les out t o sea by t he power ful fish as i t pulled on the line. Real izing that t hi s was no or di nary f ish, the fi sherman made eve ry ef or t not to damage i t i n any way. When i t was event ual y brought t o shore, i t was found t o be over thir teen f et long. It had a head li ke a hor se, bi g bl ue eyes, shining sil ver skin, and a bright r ed tai l, The f ish, which has si nce been sent to a museum wher e it is bei ng exami ned by a scient ist, is cal ed an oar fish. Such creatures have r ar el y been seen ali ve by man as they live at a depth of si x hundr ed f eet. Lesson83 Af ter the el ecti ons 大選之后 The former Pr ime Mi ni st er , Mr Wentwort h Lane, was defeat ed in t he r ecent elect ions. He i s now r et ir ng f rom polit ical li fe and has gone abroad. My fr iend, Crawley, has always been a fanat ical opponent of Mr Lane39。 but I love to hear you say it ! 39。 sai d the man. 39。 Would a l at er tr ai n get you to wor k on t ime ?39。t notice anything unusual ?39。 Lesson88 Trapped i n a mine 困在礦井里 Si x men have been tr apped i n a mine f or sevent en hours. If they are not br ought to t he sur face soon t hey may lose their li ves. However , rescue oper at ions are proving di f icul t. If explosi ves ar e used, vibrations wi l cause t he r oof of t he mi ne t o coll apse. Rescue wor ker s are t herefor e dr il ing a hole on the nor th side of the mine. They i nt end to br ing the men up in a special capsul e. If there had not been a har d layer of r ock beneath t he soil, they would have pl et d the job in a f ew hours. As i t i s, they have been dri li ng f or sixteen hour s and they sti l have a long way to go. Meanwhil e, a microphone, which was lowered into the mine two hour s ago, has enabled the men t o keep in touch wi th the closest relati ves. Though they are r unning out of f ood and dri nk, the m en ar e cheerf ul and conf ident that hey wil l get out soon. They have been t ol d that rescue operations ar e pr ogressing smoothly. If they knew how di fi cult it was to dril l through the har d rock, they would lose hear t. Leson89 A slip of the tongue 口誤 Pe opl e wi l do anyt hi ng to see a fr e showeven if it is a bad one. When the news got round that a variety show would be pr esent ed at our local ci nema by t he P. and U. Bird Seed Company, we al rushed to se it . We had to queue for hours to get i n and there must have been several hundr ed people present j ust be fore t he show began. Unfort unately, t he show was one of the dull est we have ever seen. Those who f ail ed t o get in need not have felt disappoi nt ed as many of t he art istes who should have appeared did not e. The onl y funny thi ngs we hear d that evening came fr om the adver ti ser at the beginni ng of the pr ogr amme. He was obviously very ner vous and for some minutes stood awkwardly bef or e the microphone. As soon as he opened hi s mouth, everyone bur st out laughing. We al know what he poor man shoul d have sai d, but what he actualy sai d was: 39。So do I ,39。You se, I39。What has happened ?39。Good heavens! 39。The fi re broke out i n the basement . I went down *鎳業(yè)有限責(zé)任公司 年產(chǎn) 30萬噸多元金屬鎳項(xiàng)目（一期 10萬噸） 可行性研究報(bào)告 中國鳥林工程技術(shù)有限公司 f i sh was caught near Madagascar . A smal fi shingboat was car ri ed mi les out t o sea by t he power ful fish as i t pulled on the line. Real izing that t hi s was no or di nary f ish, the fi sherman made every ef or t not to damage i t i n any way. When i t was event ual y brought t o shore, i t was found t o be over thir teen f et long. It had a head li ke a hor se, bi g bl ue eyes, shining sil ver skin, and a bright r ed tai l, The f ish, which has si nce been sent to a museum wher e it is bei ng exami ned by a scient ist, is cal ed an oar fish. Such creatures have r ar el y been seen ali ve by man as they live at a depth of si x hundr ed f eet. Lesso