【正文】 ost famous monuments i n the wor ld, t he St atue of Liber ty, was presented t o t he Unit ed States of Amer ica in the nieenth centur y by the people of Fr ance. The gr eat stat ue, which was designed by the scul ptor August e Bart holdi, t ook ten year s to pl ete. The act ual f igure was m ade of coppe r suppor ted by a m et al f r am ewor k whi ch had been especial y const ructed by Ei f el. Befor e it could be t ranspor ted t o the Uni ted St a tes, a sit e had to be found for i t and a pedest al had t o be buil t. The site chosen was an island at the entr ance 支出標(biāo)準(zhǔn)及審核作業(yè)手冊(cè) 行政院主計(jì)處編訂 中華民國(guó) 95 年 1 月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 ected t hat he st udent 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 ol d school inf ormi ng me t hat m y for mer head master, Mr Regm al d Page, wi l be r et ir ing next week. Pupil s of the school, old and new, wi l be sendi ng him a present t o mark the occasion. Al 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 headm ast er 39。 answer ed the m an. 39。At what ti me di d you ar ive at the stat ion ?39。I suggest ,39。 I don39。 39。My key,39。 Your what ?39。Excuse m y int er rupt ing you. I hate to i nter upt a man whe n he39。Thi s is t he Poo and Ee Seed Bir d Company. Good l adi es, eveni ng and gentl emen ! 39。 Of cour se not. 39。 I suppose i t would, but I never catch a l ater tr ain.39。 asked the i nspect or. 39。My key,39。 39。 I don39。I suggest ,39。At what ti me di d you ar ive at the stat ion ?39。 answer ed the m an. 39。 Fort unat ely, the shout ing woke up m y wi fe who opened the wi ndow j ust as the poli ceman had star ted t o cli mb t owar ds m e. Leson93 A noble gi ft 崇高的禮物 One of the most famous monuments i n the wor ld, t he St atue of Liber ty, was presented t o t he Unit ed States of Amer ica in the nieenth centur y by the people of Fr ance. The gr eat stat ue, which was designed by the scul ptor August e Bart holdi, t ook ten year s to pl ete. The act ual f igure was m ade of copper suppor ted by a m et al f r am ewor k whi ch had been especial y const ructed by Ei f el. Befor e it could be t ranspor ted t o the Uni ted St ates, a sit e had to be found for i t and a pedest al had t o be buil t. The site chosen was an island at the entr ance 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 ected t hat he st udent 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 ol d school inf ormi ng me t hat m y for mer head master, Mr Regm al d Page, wi l be r et ir ing next week. Pupil s of the school, old and new, wi l be sendi ng him a present t o mark the occasion. Al 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 headm ast er 39。d prefer t o st ay here,39。 I l ooked down and near ly fel of f the l adder when I saw a pol iceman. I imm edi at ely r egr et ed answeri ng in the way I di d, but I sai d, 39。t hat you ar e not tel ing t he tr uth. I suggest t hat you did not cat ch the 8. 0 o39。At ten t o eight. I bought a paper and wai ted f or the t rain. 39。cl ock. My em pl oyer wi l confi rm that I was there on ti me.39。At the ti me t he murder was mi t ed, I was tr avel li ng on the 8. 0 o39。Do you al ways catch such an ear ly tr ai n ?39。 asked the inspect or. 39。 39。 Lesson88 Trapped in a mi ne 困在礦井里 Six men have been tr apped i n a m ine f or sevent en hours. If t hey ar e not br ought t o the surf ace soon t hey m ay lose their l ive s. However, r escue oper ati ons ar e proving di f icult . If expl osi ves ar e used, vibr at ions wi l cause t he r oof of t he mi ne to coll apse. Rescue wor ker s ar e t her ef ore dr il li ng a hole on t he nort h si de of the mi ne. They i nt end to br ing t he men up i n a speci al capsule. I f t here had not been a hard layer of r ock beneat h t he soi l, they woul d have plet ed the j ob in a few hour s. As i t is, they have been dri l ing f or si xteen hour s and they sti 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 wit h the cl osest 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 conf ident t hat t hey wi l l get out soon. They have been t old t hat r escue oper ati ons ar e progressi ng smoothly. I f they knew how dif f icult it was t o dri l t hr ough the hard rock, t hey woul d lose hear t. Leson89 A sl ip of t he tongue 口誤 Peopl e wi l do anything t o see a fr ee showeven i f i t is a bad one. When the news got round t hat a vari ety show would be present ed at our local ci nema by the P. and U. Bir d Seed Company, we al l rushed t o see it . We had to queue f or hour s to get in and t her e must have been several hundr ed peopl e present just be f ore t he show began. Unfor tunat ely, the show was one of the dull est we have ever seen. Those who fai led t o get i n need not have felt di sappoi nted as many of the ar ti st es who should have appear ed di d not e. The only funny thi ngs we hear d that evening came f rom the advert iser at the beginning of t he programm e. He was obvi ously ver y nervous and for som e mi nut es st ood awkwar dly bef or e t he micr ophone. As soon as he opened his mout h, everyone burst out l aughi ng. We al know what the poor man should have said, but what he act ualy sai d was: 39。 answered t he pol iceman i n the same t one. 39。ve for got ten m y key. 39。clock tr ain t o London, 39。 39。 And you didn39。clock tr ain, but t hat you caught t he 8. 25 which woul