【正文】 t hat evening came f rom the adver ti ser at the beginning of the pr ogramme. He was obviously very ner vous and f or some minutes stood awkwar dl y befor e the mi crophone. As soon as he opened his mout h, everyone bur st out l aughing. We al l know what t he poor man shoul d have said, but what he actual y sai d was: 39。So do I ,39。t thi nk the wi ndows need cleaning at this tim e of the night .39。 sai d the i nspector, 39。 39。Of course I do,39。 to people on t hei r way t o work. This wi l l r eli eve pr esure on t he tr ains t o some ext ent . Meanwhi le, a number of uni ver si ty st udents have volunteered t o dri ve buses whil e the st ri ke last s. Al l the young men ar e expert dr ivers, but befor e they dr ive any of the buses, they wi l have to pas a special test. The student s ar e going t o t ake t he test i n t wo days39。 I told you yester day and t he day bef or e yest erday,39。 I shouted.39。d pr efer to st ay her e,39。I enjoy cleaning wi ndows at ni ght .39。cl ock tr ain, but t hat you caught the 8. 25 which woul d st il l get you t o work on ti me. You see, on the mor ning of t he murder, t he o39。 At ten t o eight. I bought a paper and wai ted f or t he tr ain.39。 I must be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。s hom e. We shal l al l remember Mr Page for hi s pat ience and understanding and f or t he kindly encouragem ent he gave us when we went so unwi l ingly to school . A gr eat many f or mer pupi ls wi l l be at tendi ng a f ar ewel dinner in hi s honour next Thursday. I t is a cur ious coi nci dence t hat t he day befor e his r eti rement, Mr Page wi l have been t eaching f or a tot al of f or ty year s. Af ter he has reti red, he wil l devot e hi mself t o gar deni ng. For him, t his wi l be an enti rel y new hobby. But thi s does not mat er , for , as he has oft en remar ked, one is never t oo old t o l ear n. Leson86 Out of cont rol 失控 As the man tr ied t o swi ng t he speed boat r ound, t he steeri ng wheel came away i n his hands. He waved desper at el y t o his panion, who had been wat er skii ng for t he last f if teen mi nutes. Bot h men had hardly had tim e to reali ze what was happening when they were t hrown vi olent1y i nto t he sea. The speedboat had str uck a buoy, but it cont inued to move ver y quickly acr oss t he water. Both men had just begun t o swim towar ds the shor e. when they not iced wi th di sm ay that the speedboat was moving i n a cir cle. It now came str aight towar ds t hem at tr emendous speed. In l es t han a mi nut e, i t roared past t hem only a few feet away. Af ter it had passed, t hey swam on as qui ckl y as they could because they knew t hat t he boat would soon r et urn. They had just had enough t im e to swi m out of danger when the boat again pl eted a cir cle. On t hi s oc casion, however, i t had sl owed down considerably. The petr ol had near ly al l been used up. Bef ore l ong, t he noi se dr opped plet el y and the boat began t o dri f t 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。Mr Lane was defeated i n the el ect ions. He has r et ir ed fr om pol it ical if e and gone to l ive abroad ! 39。s steam hammer . Though i n those days, tr avel ing was not as easy as it i s today, st eam boat s car ri ed thousands of vi sitor s acr oss t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ar r iving i n England, t hey were t aken t o t he Crystal Pal ace by tr ai n. Ther e were s i x mi l ion visit ors i n al , and t he prof it s fr om t he exhi bi ti on were used t o bui ld museums and coll eges. Lat er , the Cr yst al Pal ace was m oved t o Sout h London. I t remained one of the m ost f am ous buil dings in the wor ld unt il it was burnt down i n 1936. Leson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil led the guard, t he pr isoner of war quickly dr agged hi m i nto t he bushes. Working r apidly in t he dar kness, he soon changed int o the dead man39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane l ived t her e, t he policeman on duty told him that si nce hi s def eat , the exPr im e Mi ni ster had gone abroad. On the f oll owing day, Crawl ey went t o t he house agai n. The same poli ceman was j ust wal king slowl y past the entr ance, when Cr awl ey asked t he same questi on. Though a li t le suspi ci ous this t im e, t he pol iceman gave hi m the sam e answer . The day af ter, Cr awley went to the house once mor e and asked exactl y the same quest ion. This t ime, the pol icem an lost hi s temper .39。fr ee ri des39。 asked t he inspect or . 39。 I suppose i t woul d, but I never catch a l at er tr ai n.39。 I suggest ,39。 I don39。s busy wor king, but would you mind i ng wi th m e to t he stati on ?39。Your what ?39。 which have at ti mes been sighted ar e si m pl y str ange f ish. Ocasional ly, unusual cr eat ures are washed to t he shor e, but they are rar el y caught out at sea. Some t ime ago, however, a peculi ar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al fi shi ng boat was car ied m il es out to sea by t he power ful f ish as it pull ed on the l ine. Real izing t hat his was no or dinary f ish, the f isher man m ade every ef for t not to dam age i t in any way. When i t was eventual y brought to shore, it was f ound t o be over t hir teen feet long. It had a head li ke a hor se, big bl ue eyes, shi ning sil ver skin, and a bri ght r ed tail , The fi sh, which has since been sent to a m useum wher e i t i s bei ng exam ined by a scienti st , i s cal led an oarf 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