【正文】 entir el y new hobby. But t his does not mat er, f or, as he has oft en rem ar ked, one i s never t oo ol d t o lear n. Lesson86 O ut of cont rol 失控 As t he m an t ri ed t o swing t he speed boat round, the steer ing wheel cam e away in his hands. He waved desper at el y to hi s pani on, who had been wat er ski ng for t he l ast fi ft en mi nutes. Both m en had har dl y had tim e to r eali ze what was happeni ng when t hey wer e thrown violent 1y int o the sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but it conti nued t o m ove very quickl y acr oss t he water. Both m en had j ust begun to swim t owards the shor e. when they noti ced wit h dism ay that t he speedboat was m ovi ng in a ci rcle. It now came str ai ght t owards t hem at tr em endous speed. I n les t han a minut e, i t roar ed past them onl y a f ew f et away. Af ter it had pased, t hey swam on as quickl y as t hey could because t hey knew t hat the boat woul d soon r et ur n. They had j ust had enough tim e t o swim out of danger when t he boat again pl et ed a ci rcle. On t hi s occasion, however , it had sl owed down consi der ably. The petr ol had nearl y al l been used up. Bef or e long, t he noise dropped pl et el y and t he boat began t o dri ft gentl y acr oss t he water. Lesson87 A perf ect ali bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù) 39。Mr Lane was def eat ed i n t he el ect i ons. He has reti red fr om polit ical l if e and gone to l ive abr oad ! 39。s steam hammer. Though i n those days, tr avel li ng was not as easy as i t is t oday, steam boats cari ed thousands of vi sit ors acr oss t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ari vi ng i n England, t hey were t aken to t he Cryst al Palace by t r ai n. Ther e wer e si x mi li on vi si tors i n al, and t he pr ofi ts f r om the exhi bit ion were used t o bui l d m useums and c ol eges. Later, t he Cr ystal Pal ace was m oved t o Sout h London. It r em ai ned one of t he m ost fam ous buil di ngs i n the worl d unt il it was bur nt down i n 1936. Leson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil ed the guar d, t he pri soner of war qui ckly dr agged him i nt o t he bushes. Worki ng r api dl y in t he dar kness, he soon changed into t he dead m an39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane li ved t here, the pol iceman on dut y t ol d him that since hi s def eat, t he ex Prim e Mi ni st er had gone abr oad. On t he f ol lowing day, Cr awl ey went to t he house agai n. The same poli cem an was j ust walking sl owl y past t he entr ance, when Cr awl ey asked t he sam e quest ion. Though a lit tl e suspi ci ous t his tim e, t he policem an gave him t he sam e answer . The day aft er , Crawley went t o the house once more and asked exact ly t he sam e quest ion. Thi s tim e, t he poli cem an l ost his t em per.39。f ree ri des39。 asked t he i nspector. 39。 At what time di d you ari ve at t he stati on ?39。t hat you are not tel ing t he t ruth. I suggest that you did not catch t he 8. 0 o39。 I looked down and nearl y f el of f the l adder when I saw a poli ceman. I imm edi at el y regr et ted answeri ng i n t he way I di d, but I said, 39。d prefer to st ay here,39。 I shout ed.39。 I t ol d you yester day and the day before yesterday,39。fr e r ides39。 asked the i nspector. 39。 39。I suggest,39。This i s t he Poo and Ee Sed Bird Company. Good ladi es, evening and gentl emen !39。 Of course not.39。 asked the inspect or . 39。 said t he man. 39。 but I love to hear you say it !39。s Radi cal Pr ogr essi ve Par ty. After the el ecti ons, Crawley went to t he f or mer Pri me Minister39。 he cal ed. 39。 39。 I don39。I suggest, 39。 asked t he inspect or . 39。 sai d t he m an. 39。 but I l ove t o hear you say it ! 39。 which have at times been si ghted ar e sim pl y st r ange fish. Ocasional y, unusual cr eatures are washed t o the shor e, but t hey ar e rarely caught out at sea. Som e ti me ago, however , a pecul iar fi sh was caught near Madagascar. A smal f ishi ng boat was car ri ed mi les out t o sea by t he powerf ul f ish as it pul led on t he l ine. Real izing t hat this was no or di nary f ish, t he fi sherm an m ade ever y ef ort not t o damage i t in any way. When i t was event ual l y br ought t o shor e, it was f ound t o be over thirt een f eet l ong. I t had a head li ke a hor se, bi g blue eyes, shining sil ver ski n, and a bri ght red t ail , The fish, whi ch has si nce been sent t o a m useum where i t is being exam i ned by a sci enti st, i s cal led an oar fish. Such creat ur es have rarely been seen ali ve by m an as they li ve at a dept h of si x hundr ed feet . Leson83 Af ter t he elect ions 大選之后 The f orm er Pr ime Minist er , Mr Went wort h Lane, was defeat ed i n t he recent el ecti ons. He i s now r et ir ing fr om polit ical l if e and has gone abr oad. My f ri end, Cr awl ey, has al ways been a f anat ical opponent of Mr Lane39。monst er s39。 answered Cr awley, 39。cl ock tr ai n t o London,39。 Woul d a l at er tr ai n get you t o wor k on t ime ?39。 39。 l eson90 Whats f or supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Br azil i s one of t he ri chest count ri es i n t he worl d, m uch of it has not yet been devel oped. It was mai nl y for t his reason that t he Brazil an gover nm ent deci ded t o have a new cit y built 600 mil es nort h west of Rio de Janeir o. Desi gned by the great ar chit ect Lucio Costa, the new ci ty, Brasi lia, r eplaced Ri o de Janeir o as t he capit al of Br azif i n 1960. Brasil ia has been car ef ul ly pl anned f or m odern l iving. I ts wi de roads, whi ch can t ake f ourt en l anes of t raf ic, have been kept away f rom l iving areas. Chi ldren do not have to cr oss busy str ets t o go to school. Housewi ves can vi si t shopping centr es on foot , for i n these speci al ly desi gned li vi ng ar eas, cars are unnecessar y. At fi rst, t he gover nment had great dif fi cult y i n per suadi ng people t o l eave Rio and t o setl e i n Brasi l