【正文】 Then, j umping into t he car, he drove of f as qui ckly as he coul d. Leson82 Monst er or fish? 是妖還是魚？ Fi sher men and sail or s omet imes claim to have sen monsters in t he sea. Though people have of ten laughed at st or ies told by seamen, i t i s now known t hat many of t hese 39。 39。t be beter, Glori a, 39。 Ther e39。 I was j ust wonder ing how t o spend t he morning unti l I saw you. You39。s hospit al. Dr essed up as Fat her Chr istmas and acpanied by a 39。 I answered. 39。 lesson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being test ed f or a driving l icence f or t he thi rd ti me. I had been asked t o dr ive in heavy traf ic and had done so successf ul ly. Af ter havi ng been i nstr ucted to dri ve out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sure t hat I had passed, I was almost beginning to enj oy my t est. The exami ner must have been pl eased wit h my perf ormance, f or he smi led and said, 39。t we e more oft en ?39。Wel , I 39。s Radical Progresive Part y. Af ter t he elect ions, Crawley went t o the former Pr ime Mi ni st er 39。guard of honour39。 I 39。Just one mor e thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenl y cr osses the road in fr ont of you. As soon as I tap on the window, I want t he car t o be stopped immedi at el y. 39。 Ther e39。 I was j ust wonder ing how t o spend t he morning unti l I saw you. You39。 t ime. Even so, people are goi ng t o fi nd i t dif fi cult to get o wor k. But so far, the publi c has expresed i ts grati ude to t he students in l et ters to t he Pr ess. Onl y one or two peopl e have objected t hat the st udent s wi l drive too fast! Leson85 Never too ol d to l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just r ecei ved a let er f rom my old school infor ming me that my for mer head mast er , Mr Regmal d Page, wil l be reti ring next wek. Pupi ls of t he school , old and new, wil be sending him a pr esent to mark the occasion. Al l t hose who have contr ibut ed t owards the gift wil l sign their names in a large al bum whi ch wil l be sent to the headmaster39。s st eam hammer. Though in those days, t ravel ing was not as easy as it is today, st eam boats car ri ed t housands of visit or s across t he Channel f rom Eur ope. On ar riving in England, they were taken t o the Cryst al Pal ace by t rain. Ther e wer e si x mil ion visi tors in al , and the pr of it s from t he exhi bi tion were used to build museums and col leges. Lat er , t he Cr ystal Palace was moved to Sout h London. I t remai ned one of the most f amous buil di ngs in t he worl d unt il it was bur nt down in 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had ki led the guard, the pr isoner of war qui ckly dragged him i nt o the bushes. Working r apidly i n the darkness, he soon changed i nt o the dead man39。m Rockwal l Sli nger and this is Merl in Gr eves.39。 It couldn39。 he answered. 39。 Bert answer ed. 39。guard of honour39。 I 39。Just one mor e thing, Mr Eames. Let us suppose t hat a chil d suddenl y cr osses the road in fr ont of you. As soon as I tap on the window, I want t he car t o be stopped immedi at el y. 39。 Meanwhil e, two other act or s, Rockwal l Sl inger and Merl in Greeves, had car ri ed t wo large food basket s to a shady spot under some t rees. When they had al made themselves f ortable, a str anger appeared. He l ooked ver y angry. 39。m Br inksley Meer s, and my other name i s Glori a Gl eam. Now you get out of here f ast ! 39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane l ived t he re, the poli ceman on dut y told him that si nce his def eat, the ex Pr ime 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 ceman was just walking sl owl y past t he ent rance, when Cr awl ey asked the same quest ion. Though a l it le suspicious this t ime, t he policeman gave him t he same answer. The day af ter, Crawley went to the house once more and as ked exact ly the same question. This ti me, the pol iceman lost his temper .39。 of six pret y gi rl s, he set off down t he main str et of the city r iding a baby el ephant cal ed Jumbo. He, should have known t hat the poli ce woul d never alow t hi s sort of t hi ng. A pol iceman a pproached Jimmy and told him he ought to have gone al ong a si de str et as Jumbo was holding up the traf ic. Though Ji mmy agr ed to go at once, Jumbo r ef used t o move. Fi fteen poli cemen had to push ver y hard t o get hi m off the main st reet . The pol ice had a di f f i cult time, but they were most amused. 39。m going to.. .39。 I conti nued dr iving and after some ti me, the examiner t apped loudl y. Though the sound could be heard clear ly, it took me a l ong ti me to r eact . I suddenly presed the br ake pedal har d and we wer e bot h thrown forward. The examiner l ooked at me sadl y. 39。 he answered. 39。 Bert answer ed. 39。 t o peopl e on t heir way to work. This wil l relieve pr essure on the tr ai ns t o some extent. Meanwhi le, a number of uni ver sit y st udent s have volunteer ed t o dr ive buses while t he str ike l asts. Al l the young men ar e exper t dr iver s, but bef or e they dri ve any of the buses, they wi l have t o pass a special t est. The students are goi ng t o take t he t est in two days39。 I lit a cigar et te to calm my nerves. I smoked with concent ration and pl easur e as I was ure that hi s would be my last cigar et te. For a whole week I did not smoke at al and dur ing this ti me, my wi fe suf fered teri bl y. I had al the usual symptoms of som eone giving up smoking: a bad t emper and an enor mous appet ite. My fr iends kept on off er ing me ci garet es and cigars. They made no ef or t to hide thei r amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweet s f rom my pocket. After seven days of t hi s I went t o a part y. Ever ybody around me was smoki ng and I felt extr emely unfor tabl e. When my old f ri end Bri an urged me to acept a ci garet e, it was more t han I could bear. I took one gui lti ly, l it it and smoked wit