【正文】 he news, because bal loons can be a great danger to air craf t. He said t hat someone might by spyi ng on the stat ion and the pi lot was ordered t o keep tr ack of t he st range object. The pil ot m anaged to ci rcle the bal oon f or som e ti me. He coul d make out three men in a basket under i t and one of t hem was holding f iel d glasses. When the bal oon was over t he st ation, the pi lot saw one of the men t aki ng phot ogr aphs. Soon af t er wards, the bal oon began to descend and i t landed near an ai rf iel d. The poli ce were cal ed in, but they coul d not ar rest anyone, f or the basket cont ai ned two Members of Parl iament and t he Commanding Of f icer of t he stati on! As the Commanding Of icer expl ai ned later , one half of t he st at ion di d not know what t he other hal f was doing ! Leson92 Asking f or trouble 自找麻煩 It m ust have been about t wo i n the m or ning when I r etur ned home. I tr ied t o wake up my wif e by r inging t he door bel , but she was fast asl ep, so I got a l adder fr om t he shed i n t he gar den, put i t agai nst the wal l, and began cl imbi ng towards t he bedr oom wi ndow. I was al most t her e when a sar cast ic voice below sai d, 39。 39。 39。Of cour se I do,39。 I shout ed. 39。Wel , I39。t t hink t he windows need cl eaning at t hi s ti me of t he ni ght.39。 sai d t he inspector , 39。 39。 I m ust be at wor k at o39。s home. We shal al r em em ber Mr Page f or his pati ence and under st andi ng and for the ki ndl y encour agement he gave us when we went so unwil li ngl y t o school. A great m any form er pupil s wi l be at endi ng a far ewel l di nner i n his honour next Thur sday. It i s a curi ous 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 for ty years. Aft er he has r et ir ed, he wi l devote him sel f to gardening. For hi m, thi s wil l be an ent ir ely new hobby. But t his does not m at t er , 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 tr ied t o swi ng the speedboat round, t he st eer ing wheel came away in hi s hands. He waved desperatel y to hi s pani on, who had been water skiing for the l ast f if teen mi nut es. Both men had har dly had t ime to r eal ize what was happening when t hey wer e t hr own vi ol ent 1y int o the sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but i t conti nued to m ove ver y qui ckl y across the wat er . Both m en had just begun to swi m towards t he shor e. when t hey not iced wit h dismay t hat t he speedboat was m ovi ng in a cir cl e. I t now came str ai ght t owards t hem at remendous speed. I n less than a minute, it r oar ed past the m onl y a f ew f et away. Af t er i t had passed, they swam on as quickly as t hey coul d because they knew that the boat woul d soon retur n. They had j ust had enough t ime t o swi m out of danger when the boat again plet ed a cir cl e. On thi s occasi on, however , it had slowed down consi der abl y. The pet rol had near ly al l been used up. Befor e long, the noise dropped pletel y and the boat began to dr if t gent ly across the wat er . Leson87 A perfect alibi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。 asked the i nspect or. 39。 I suppose i t would, but I never catch a l ater tr ain.39。 Of cour se not. 39。Thi s is t he Poo and Ee Seed Bir d Company. Good l adi es, eveni ng and gentl emen ! 39。Excuse m y int er rupt ing you. I hate to i nter upt a man whe n he39。 Your what ?39。 said the man. 39。 Would a later tr ain get you to work on t im e ?39。t notice anythi ng unusual ?39。cl ock tr ai n did not r un at al l. It br oke down at Ferngr en st at ion and was t aken off t he li ne. 39。 So do I, 39。You se, I 39。At the ti me t he murder was mi t ed, I was tr avel li ng on the 8. 0 o39。cl ock. My em pl oyer wi l confi rm that I was there on ti me.39。At ten t o eight. I bought a paper and wai ted f or the t rain. 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。 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。d prefer t o st ay here,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. 。You se, I 39。 So do I, 39。cl ock tr ai n did not r un at a l l. It br oke down at Ferngr en st at ion and was t aken off t he li ne. 39。t notice anythi ng unusual ?39。 Would a later tr ain get you to work on t im e ?39。 said the man. 39。 Your what ?39。Excuse m y int er rupt ing you. I hate to i nter upt a man when 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 sta