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ps for m any years and hel ped peopl e understand how m uch they behave l i ke hum ans. Watchi ng a fami l yof chim ps waki ng up i s our first acti vity of the day. Thi s m eans goi ng back to the pl ace where we l eft the fami ly sl eepi ng i n a tree the ni ght before. Everybody si ts and waits in the shade of the trees whil e the fami ly begi ns to wake up and move we fol ow as they wonder into the forest. Most of the ti me,chi mps ei ther feed or clean each other as a way of showi ng love i n their fam il y. Jane worns us that our grou i s going tobe very ti red and dirty 生態(tài)型原種種豬擴繁工程 可行性報告 pati ence and under standi ng and f or t he ki ndl y encour agement he gave us when we went so unwil li ngl y t o school. A gr eat many f or mer pupil s wil l be at endi ng a f ar ewel l di nner in hi s honour next Thur sday. It i s a curi ous coi nci dence t hat t he day bef or e his r et ir em ent , Mr Page wi l have been t eaching f or a tot al of f or t y year s. Af ter he has reti red, he wil l devot e hi msel f t o gar deni ng. For him, t his wi l be an enti rel y new hobby. But thi s does not m at er , f or, as he has oft en r em ar ked, one is never t oo ol d t o l ear n. Lesson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he m an tr ied t o swi ng t he speedboat r ound, t he st eer i ng wheel cam e away in hi s hands. He waved desper atel y to hi s pani on, who had been water ski i ng f or t he l ast fi ft een mi nut es. Bot h m en had har dly had t im e t o r eal ize what was happening when t he y wer e t hr own vi ol ent 1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but i t conti nued to m ove ver y qui ckly acr oss t he wat er. Bot h m en had just begun t o swi m towar ds t he s hor e. when t hey not iced wi th di sm ay that he speed boat was m oving i n a cir cl e. It now came str aight towar ds t hem at tr em endous speed. In l es t han a mi nut e, i t roared past t hem onl y a few feet away. Af ter it had pased, t hey swam on as qui ckl y as t hey could because t hey knew t hat t he boat woul d soon r et ur n. They had just had enough tim e t o swim out of danger when t he boat agai n plet ed a ci rcl e. On t his occasi on, however , i t had sl owed down consi der abl y. The petr ol had nearl y al been used up. Befor e long, t he noi se dr opped pl etel y and t he boat bega n to dr if t gentl y acr oss t he wat er . Leson87 A perfect al i bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。At the ti me t he m ur der was mi t ed, I was t ravel li ng on t he 8. 0 o39。cl ock t rai n to London,39。 sai d t he m an. 39。Do you al ways cat ch such an earl y t rai n ?39。 asked t he inspect or . 39。Of course I do, 39。 answer ed t he man.39。 I must be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。cl ock. My em pl oyer wi l confi rm t hat I was t her e on tim e. 39。 39。 Would a later tr ai n get you t o wor k on tim e ?39。 asked the i nspect or. 39。 I suppose it woul d, but I never cat ch a lat er t rai n.39。 39。At what t im e did you ar ri ve at t he st ati on ?39。 39。At t en t o ei ght . I bought a paper and wait ed f or t he tr ai n.39。 39。And you di dn39。t not ice anyt hi ng unusual ?39。 Of course not. 39。 I suggest ,39。 sai d t he i nspector, 39。t hat you ar e not tel i ng t he tr uth. I suggest t hat you di d not catch t he 8. 0 o39。cl ock t r ai n, but t hat you caught t he 8. 25 whi ch would sti l get you t o work on t im e. You see, on the m or ning of t he m urder, t he 8. 0 o39。cl ock t r ai n did not r un at al . It br oke down at Fer ngr een st at ion and was t aken of f t he li ne. 39。 Lesson88 Trapped i n a mi ne 困在礦井里 Si x men have been t r apped i n a m i ne f or sevent een hour s. I f they ar e not br ought to t he sur f ace soon they may l ose t hei r li ves. However , rescue oper ati ons ar e pr ovi ng dif fi cul t. I f expl osi ves are used, vi br ati ons wil cause t he r oof of t he m i ne t o col l apse. Rescue workers ar e theref or e dri l i ng a hol e on t he nor th si de of t he mi ne. They i nt end t o bri ng t he m en up i n a special capsule. If t her e had not been a hard l ayer of r ock beneat h t he soil , they woul d have plet ed t he j ob i n a f ew hours. As it i s, t hey have been dri li ng f or si xt een hour s and t hey st il l have a l ong way t o go. Meanwhi le, a mi cr ophone, which was l ower ed i nt o t he m ine t wo hours ago, has enabl ed the m en t o keep in t ouch wit h t he cl osest r elati ves. Though t hey ar e r unni ng out of f ood and dr i nk, t he m en ar e cheer ful and conf ident t hat t hey wil l get out soon. They have been tol d that rescue operati ons ar e pr ogr essing smoot hl y. I f t hey knew how di f icult i t was t o dr il l t hr ough t he har d r ock, they woul d lose heart . Lesson89 A sli p of t he tongue 口誤 Peopl e wil l do anyt hing t o see a fr ee showeven if i t is a bad one. When t he news got r ound t hat a vari et y show woul d be pr esent ed at our local ci nem a by the P. and U. Bir d Seed Company, we al l rushed t o see i t. We had t o queue f or hours t o get in and t her e must have been several hundr ed peopl e pr esent j ust be f ore t he show began. Unf ort unat el y, the show was one of the dull est we have ever seen. Those who fail ed t o get i n need not ha ve f elt disappoi nt ed as many of the art i st es who shoul d have appear ed di d not e. The only f unny thi ngs we hear d that evening cam e f r om t he adver ti ser at t he begi nni ng of t he programm e. He was obvi ousl y ver y nervous and f or som e m i nut es st ood awkwar dl y bef or e t he m icr ophone. As soon as he opened his m out h, ever yone burst out l aughi ng. We al l know what he poor m an shoul d have sai d, but what he act ual l y sai d was: 39。Thi s is t he Poo and Ee Seed Bir d Company. Good l adi es, eveni ng and gentl em en !39。 l esson90 Whats f or supper ? 晚餐吃什么? Though Br azi l is one of t he r i chest count ri es in t he worl d, m uc