【正文】 Som eone f ir ed a shot t hr ough my of fi ce window. Accur ate, don39。The fi r e broke out i n t he basem ent . I went down i mm edi at ely. of cour se, and t hat f ool, Hor st , aimed a f i r e ext inguisher at me. He t hought I was on fi r e. I must def ini tely get that fel low posted.39。Uni ver si ty st udents set he Em bassy on fi re t hi s m or ning.39。 I shout ed. 39。Wel , I39。 I l ooked down and nearl y f el l off t he ladder when I saw a pol icem an. I im mediat el y r egr et ted answer i ng i n t he way I did, but I sai d, 39。t hat you ar e not t el ing t he tr ut h. I suggest t hat you did not cat ch t he 8. 0 o39。At ten t o ei ght. I bought a paper and wait ed f or t he tr ain.39。cl ock. My em pl oyer wi l conf ir m that I was there on t im e. 39。At t he ti me t he mur der was mi t ed, I was t ravel li ng on t he 8. 0 o39。 I know,39。Som eone f ir ed a shot t hr ough my of fi ce window. Accur ate, don39。The f ir e broke out in t he basement. I went down immedi ately. of cour se, and that fool, Hor st , ai med a f i r e ext inguisher at me. He t hought I was on fi r e. I must def ini tely get that fel low posted.39。A fi re ext inguisher , my dear, 39。 he cal ed. 39。 39。 I don39。I suggest,39。At what ti me did you ar r i ve at the stat ion ?39。 answer ed t he man.39。 t im e. Even so, people are goi ng to fi nd it dif fi cul t to get to work. But so far, t he publ ic has expr esed it s grat itude t o the st udents i n let ters t o t he Press. Onl y one or t wo people have obj ect ed that the student s wi l dri ve too f ast ! Lesson85 Never t oo old to l earn 活到老學到老 I have just recei ved a let ter fr om m y old school i nfor ming m e that my f orm er head m aster , Mr Regmald Page, wil l be reti ri ng next week. Pupi ls of the school , ol d and new, wil l be sending him a pr esent t o m ar k t he occasi on. Al l those who have contr ibut ed t owards t he gi ft wi l sign their names in a large al bum which wi l l be sent t o t he headmast er39。Mr Lane was def eat ed in t he elect ions. He has reti red f rom poli tical li fe and gone to li ve abr oad !39。 39。s hom e. We shal l al l remember Mr Page for hi s pat i ence and under st andi ng and f or the ki ndl y encouragement he gave us when we went so unwil li ngl y to school. A gr eat m any f orm er pupil s wi l be at ending a farewel l di nner i n his honour next Thur sday. It i s a cur ious coincidence that the day bef ore hi s ret ir em ent , Mr Page wil l have been teachi ng for a t otal of f ort y year s. Af t er he has r et ir ed, he wi l devot e him sel f t o gardening. For hi m, thi s wil l be an ent ir el y new hobby. But t hi s does not mat ter, f or, as he has of ten r em ar ked, one i s never too ol d to lear n. Lesson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he man t ri ed to swi ng the speedboat round, t he steer i ng wheel came away in his hands. He waved desperatel y to hi s pani on, who had been water skii ng for the l ast f if teen mi nut es. Both men had har dly had t im e to r eal ize what was happening when t hey were t hrown vi ol ent1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but i t cont inued to move ver y quickly across the wat er . Both men had just begun to swi m towards t he shor e. when t hey not iced wi th di smay t hat t he speedboat was m ovi ng in a ci rcle. It now came st raight towar ds them at tr emendous speed. In less than a mi nut e, i t roared past them only a few feet away. Af ter it had pased, t hey swam on as quickly as t hey could because t hey knew that he boat would soon r eturn. They had just had enough ti me t o swi m out of danger when t he boat agai n pleted a ci rcle. On t his occasion, however , i t had sl owed down consider abl y. The petr ol had nearl y al been used up. Bef ore long, t he noi se dropped pl et ely and t he boat began t o dri ft 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(jù) 39。 I must be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。 39。 said t he inspector , 39。t t hink t he windows need cl eaning at t hi s ti me of t he ni ght.39。Wel l, I 39。My key, 39。 answer ed the Am bassador dr ily. 39。 The Ambassador39。t you t hi nk ? Fort unat ely, I wasn39。 answered Cr awley,39。cl ock t rai n to London, 39。 39。 39。cl ock t rai n, but t hat you caught t he 8. 25 whi ch woul d sti l get you t o wor k on ti me. You see, on t he m or ni ng of t he m ur der , the 8. 0 o39。I enjoy cl eani ng wi ndows at ni ght .39。d pref er t o stay here,39。 For tunat ely, t he shout i ng woke up m y wi f e who opened t he window j ust as t he poli cem an had st ar t ed t o cli mb t owards m e. Leson93 A nobl e gi f t 崇高的禮物 One of the m ost f am ous m onuments i n t he worl d, t he Stat ue of Li ber ty, was present ed to t he Unit ed Stat es of Am er ica i n t he ni eent h cent ur y by t he people of Fr ance. The gr eat st at ue, whi ch was desi gned by t he sculpt or Auguste Bar thol di, t ook ten years t o pl ete. The act ual f i gur e was m ade of copper suppor t ed by a m etal fr amewor k whi ch had been especi al ly const r uct ed by Eif fel. Bef ore i t coul d be tr ansport ed to t he Unit ed Stat es, a si te had t o be f ound f or it and a pedestal ha d to be buil t. The sit e chosen was an i sl and at t he ent rance of New Yor k Har bour. By 1884, a st atue whi ch was 151 f et t al , had been er ect ed i n Pari s. The f oll owing year, it was t aken t o pi eces and sent t o Am eri ca. By t he end of Oct ober 1886, t he st at ue had been put t oget her agai n and it was off i ci al l y pr esent ed t o t he Am eri can people by Bar t hol di . Ever si nce t hen, the gr eat m onum ent has been a sym bol of li ber t y f or t he m il li ons of peopl e who have pased t hr ough New Yor k Har bour t o m ake t hei r hom es i n Am eri ca. Lesson94 Fut ure champi ons 未來的冠軍 Experi ments have pr oved t hat chi l dr en can be i nst r uct ed i n swim mi ng at a ver y ear l y age. At a speci al