【正文】 arf i sh. Such cr eat ures have rarel y been seen alive by man as they li ve at a depth of si x hundr ed feet. Leson83 Af ter t he el ect ions 大選之后 The for mer Pri me Minist er , Mr Went wort h Lane, was defeated i n the r ecent elections. He is now ret ir ing f rom pol it ical li fe and has gone abr oad. My fr iend, Cr awley, has al ways been a f anat ical opponent of Mr Lane39。 but I love t o hear you say it ! 39。 said t he man. 39。 Woul d a l ater tr ai n get you to wor k on t ime ?39。t not ice anything unusual ?39。This i s the Poo and Ee Seed Bir d Company. Good ladies, evening and gent lemen ! 39。 answer ed the poli ceman in t he sam e t one. 39。ve for got ten my key.39。s clot hes. Now, dressed i n a blue uni form and wi th a ri fl e over his shoulder, t he pr isoner m ar ched bol dl y up and down i n fr ont of t he cam p. He coul d hear shouting in t he camp it sel f. Light s were bl azing and m en were r unni ng her e and ther e: t hey had j ust discover ed tha t a pri soner had escaped. At that moment, a l ar ge black car wi th four off icers i nsi de it , st opped at the camp gates. The of fi cer s got out and the pr isoner stood t o at ent ion and sal uted as they passed. When they had gone, t he dr iver of the car came towards hi m. The man obviousl y wanted t o tal k. He was rather elderl y wi th gr ey hai r and cl ear bl ue eyes. The pr isoner f el t sor ry for him , but ther e was not hing else he could do. As t he man cam e near , the pri soner knocke d him to the ground wi th a shar p blow. Then, j um ping i nt o t he car , he dr ove off as quickly as he coul d. Lesson82 Monst er or fi sh? 是妖還是魚？ Fi sher men and sai lors someti mes claim t o have seen monst ers i n the sea. Though peopl e have of ten l aughed at st or ies t old by s eam en, i t i s now known t hat many of t hese 39。 I know,39。At t he ti me t he murder was mit ted, I was tr avel ing on the o39。clock. My empl oyer wi l conf ir m that I was there on t im e. 39。 39。cl ock t rai n did not run at al . It broke down at Ferngreen st at i on and was taken off t he line.39。 39。 I looked down and nearl y f el l off t he ladder when I saw a poli cem an. I i mmediatel y regr et ted answer ing i n t he way I did, but I said, 39。t hat you ar e not t eli ng the t rut h. I suggest that you did not cat ch the o39。At what ti me did you ar ri ve at the stati on ?39。 answer ed the man.39。 ti me. Even so, peopl e ar e going t o f ind i t di f icult t o get o wor k. But so f ar , the publi c has expressed i ts gr ati tude to the student s in let er s t o the Pr ess. Only one or two peopl e have objected t hat t he st udent s wil l dr ive t oo f ast! Lesson85 Never too ol d t o learn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have j ust r eceived a l et t er fr om m y old school i nfor ming m e that my f orm er head m ast er , 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 to m ar k t he occasi on. Al l those who have contr ibut ed towards t he gif t wi l l si gn their names in a large al bum which wi l l be sent to t he headmaster39。 he shouted, 39。 Fort unat el y, t he shout ing woke up my wif e who opened the wi ndow just as t he poli ceman had star ted to cl im b towar ds me. Lesson93 A noble gif t 崇高的禮物 One of t he most f amous monum ent s in the wor ld, the St at ue of Libert y, was pr esented t o the Uni ted St at es of Am eri ca in t he nieent h cent ury by the peopl e of France. The great st atue, which was desi gned by t he scul pt or August e Bart hol di , took t en years to plet e. The actual fi gur e was made of copper support ed by a met al f ramewor k which had been especi al y constr uct ed by Eif f el . Bef ore it coul d be tr ansport ed to the Uni ted Stat es, a sit e had to be f ound for it and a pedestal had to be bui lt . The si te chosen was an i sl and at t he ent r ance of New Yor k Har bour . By 1884, a stat ue which was 151 f et tal l, had been er ect ed in Pari s. The f oll owing year, it wa s t aken t o pieces and sent to Am eri ca. By t he end of Oct ober 1886, t he st atue had been put together agai n and it wa s off ici al ly pr esented t o t he Ameri can people by Bar tholdi . Ever since then, the great monument has been a sym bol of li ber ty for the m il li ons of peopl e who have passed thr ough New York Harbour to m ake t hei r homes in Am eri ca. Leson94 Future champions 未來的冠軍 Experi ments have proved that chi ldr en can be i nst ructed i n swim ming at a very ear ly age. At a special swi mm ing pool in Los Angeles, chi ldren bee exper t at holdi ng their br eat h under water even bef ore t hey can wal k. Babi es of t wo months ol d do not appear t o be r el uct ant t o enter the wat er , It i s not l ong bef ore t hey ar e so acustomed t o swim ming t hat t hey can pi ck up weights f rom the f loor of the pool. A game that is very popular wi th t hese young swi m m er s i s t he under wat er t r i cycl e r ace. Tr i cycl es ar e l i ned up on t he var i ous part s of the wor ld. There was also a gr eat deal of m achinery on display. The m ost wonderf ul pi ece of machinery on show was Nasmyt h39。 I sai d. 39。 39。cl ock t rai n did not run at al . It broke down at Ferngreen st at i on and was taken off t he line.39。 39。clock. My empl oyer wi l conf ir m that I was there on t im e. 39。At t he ti me t he murder was mit ted, I was tr avel ing on the o39。 I know,39。s clot hes. Now, dressed i n a blue uni form and wi th a ri fl e over his shoulder, t he pr isoner m ar ched bol dl y up and down i n fr ont of t he cam p. He coul d hear shouting in t he camp it sel f. Light s were bl azing and m en were r unni ng her e and ther e: t hey had j ust discover ed tha t a pri soner had escaped. At that moment, a l ar ge black car wi th four off icers i nsi de it , st opped at the camp gates. The of fi cer s got out and the pr isoner