【正文】 I sai d. 39。cl ock tr ai n, but t hat you caught the 8. 25 which woul d sti l get you t o wor k on t ime. You se, on t he morning of t he m ur der, the 8. 0 o39。cl ock. My employer wil conf irm that I was t her e on tim e. 39。 I know,39。s wif e went on aski ng quest ions, when she suddenly not iced a bi g hole i n her husband39。What has happened ?39。 So do I, 39。t not ice anyt hi ng unusual ?39。At the tim e the m ur der was mi t ed, I was tr avel li ng on the 8. 0 o39。f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al l f ishi ng boat was car ied m il es out t o sea by t he powerf ul f ish as it pul led on t he l ine. Reali zi ng t hat this was no or di nary fi sh, the fi sherm an m ade ever y ef ort not t o damage it i n any way. When i t was event ual y br ought t o shor e, it was found t o be over thir teen f et long. It had a head li ke a hor se, bi g bl ue eyes, shining si lver ski n, and a bri ght red tail, The f ish, which has si nce been sent t o a m useum where it i s being exam ined by a scientist, is cal led an oarfi sh. Such cr eatur es have rarely been sen al ive by m an as t hey li ve at a dept h of si x hundr ed f et. Leson83 Aft er t he el ecti ons 大選之后 The f orm er Prim e Minister, Mr Went wor th Lane, was def eated in t he r ecent el ecti ons. He is now r eti ri ng f rom pol it cal li fe and has gone abroad. My fr iend, Crawl ey, has al ways been a fanati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。cl ock tr ai n to London,39。 39。 answered the poli ceman in t he same t one. 39。 she asked. 39。s hat . 39。 answer e d Cr awl ey,39。 39。cl ock tr ai n di d not run at al. I t br oke down at Ferngreen stati on and was taken off the li ne.39。You se, I 39。d prefer t o st ay here,39。t hat you ar e not teli ng t he t r ut h. I suggest that you di d not catch the 8. 0 o39。 I m ust be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。 39。 The Ambassador 39。 Fort unately, t he shouti ng woke up my wif e who opened the window j ust as t he pol iceman had start ed t o clim b towar ds me. Leson93 A nobl e gi ft 崇高的禮物 One of t he most f amous m onum ents i n t he worl d, t he Statue of Li bert y, was presented to t he Unit ed States of Am erica in t he ni eenth cent ur y by t he people of Fr ance. The great statue, whi ch was designed by the scul pt or Auguste Bart holdi, took t en year s to plete. The act ual f i gure was m ade of copper suppor ted by a metal fr amewor k whi ch had been especi al ly constr ucted by Eif f el. Bef ore it coul d be tr ansport ed t o the Uni ted St at es, a sit e had to be found f or it and a pedest al had t o be built . The si te chosen wa s an i sl and at t he ent rance of New Yor k Har bour. By 1884, a statue whi ch was 151 feet t al , had been er ected i n Pari s. The f ol owi ng year , i t was t aken t o pi eces and sent t o Am eri ca. By t he end of October 1886, t he statue had been put toget her agai n and it was of fi ci al y pr esent ed t o t he Am eri can people by Bar thol di . Ever since t hen, t he great m onument has been a sym bol of li bert y for the m il ions of peopl e who have passed t hr ough New Yor k Har bour t o m ake thei r homes i n Am er ica. Lesson94 Fut ure cham pi ons 未來(lái)的冠軍 Exper iment s have pr oved t hat chil dr en can be i nstr ucted in swimmi ng at a very ear ly age. At a special swimmi ng pool i n Los Angel es, chil dr en bee exper t at hol di ng t heir breat h under water even before t hey can wal k. Babi es of t wo m ont hs old do not appear to be reluct ant to ent er t he water, It is not l ong bef or e they are so accustom ed t o swimm ing that t hey can pi ck up weight s fr om the fl oor of t he pool. A gam e t hat is ver y popul ar wit h these young swimm er s i s the under wat er tr icycl e r ace. Tri cycles ar e l ined up on the f loor of the pool seven f et under wat er . The chil dr en pet e agai nst each ot her t o reach t he other end of the pool. Many pe dal thei r t ri cycl es, but m ost of t hem prefer to push or dr ag t hem . Som e chil dren can cover t he whol e lengt h of the pool wi thout i ng up f or breat h even once. Whet her they wi l ever be e f ut ur e Ol ym pi c cham pi ons, onl y tim e wi l tel. Meanwhil e, they shoul d encourage t hose among us who cannot swim fi ve yar ds before t hey ar e gaspi ng f or air . Lesson95 A fant asy 純屬虛構(gòu) When the Am basador of Escalopi a returned hom e for lunch, his wi fe got a shock. He looked pale and hi s cl ot hes wer e i n a fr ight ful st at e. 39。I enjoy cl eani ng wi ndows at ni ght. 39。 And you di dn39。s home. We shal l al l r em ember Mr Page f or hi s pati ence and under st andi ng and for the ki ndl y encouragement he gave us when we went so unwil li ngly t o school. A great many f ormer pupi ls wil l be at endi ng a f ar ewel dinner in his honour next Thur sday. It is a cur ious coinci dence t hat he day bef or e hi s r et ir ement, Mr Page wil have been teaching for a t otal of fort y years. Af ter he has r et ir ed, he wil l devot e himsel f to gar dening. For him, t hi s wi l be an ent ir el y new hobby. But t hi s does not m at ter, for, as he has oft en r em ar ked, one i s never too old t o l ear n. Leson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he m an tr ied to swing the speedboat r ound, the st eri ng wheel came away i n hi s hands. He waved desper at el y to his pani on, who had been water ski ng f or t he l ast fi teen mi nut es. Both men had har dly had t ime t o r eali ze what was happening when they wer e t hrown vi ol ent 1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had st ruck a buoy, but it conti nued t o m ove ver y qui ckl y across t he wat er. Bot h m en had j ust begun t o swim t owards the shore. when t hey not iced wi th dism ay t hat the speed boat was movi ng i n a ci rcle. I t now cam e str ai ght towar ds t hem at remendous speed. In l ess than a mi nute, i t roar ed past them onl y a few feet away. Aft er it had pased, t hey swam on as qui ckly as t hey coul d because t hey knew that t he boat woul d soon r et ur n. They had j ust ha