【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 ir ed fr om poli ti cal l if e and gone t o l ive abroad !39。 39。 I know, 39。 answered Cr awl ey,39。 but I love to hear you say it !39。 Leson84 On st ri ke 罷工 Busmen have decided t o go on str ike next week. The st ri ke is due t o begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how long i t wil l last. The busmen have stated t hat t he st ri ke wil l cont inue unti l general agr eem ent i s reached about pay and wor ki ng condi ti ons. Most people beli eve that the str ike wi l l ast for at least a wek. Many owners of pr ivate cars ar e goi ng to off er 39。f r ee ri des39。 to people on t hei r way to work. This wi l r eli eve pr essur e on t he tr ai ns to some ext ent . Meanwhi le, a number of universi ty students have vol unteer ed to dri ve buses whil e the str ike l ast s. Al l the young men are expert dri ver s, but befor e they dri ve any of t he buses, t hey wil l have t o pas a speci al test . The st udents ar e going t o take t he test i n two days39。 ti me. Even so, people ar e going t o fi nd it di f icult t o get t o wor k. But so f ar , the publi c has expressed i ts gr at it ude to t he st udent s in l et t er s t o t he Press. Onl y one or t wo people have obj ect ed that the student s wi l dri ve too f ast ! Lesson85 Never t oo old to l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just recei ved a let ter fr om m y old school i nfor ming m e that my f ormer head m aster , Mr Regmald Page, wil l be reti ri ng next week. Pupi ls of the school , ol d and new, wil l be sending him a pr esent t o m ar k t he occasi on. Al l those who have contr ibuted t owards t he gi ft wi l sign their names in a large al bum which wi l l be sent t o t he headmast er39。s hom e. We shal l al l remember Mr Page for his pat ience and understanding and f or t he kindly encour agem ent he gave us when we went so unwi l ingly to school . A great many for mer pupi ls wi 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 the 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 devote hi mself to gar deni ng. For him , t his wi l be an enti rely new hobby. But this does not mater , 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 m an tr ied t o swing t he speedboat r ound, t he st er ingwheel cam e away in hi s hands. He waved desper ately to hi s panion, who had been wat er ski ing f or the l ast fi ft een minutes. Both m en had har dl y had ti me t o r eal ize what was happeni ng when they wer e thr own viol ent 1y into the sea. The speedboat had st ruck a buoy, but it conti nued t o move very qui ckl y acr oss t he water . Bot h men had j ust begun to swi m t owar ds the shore. when they noti ced wi t h dismay t hat the speed boat was movi ng in a ci rcle. I t now came st rai ght t owar ds them at t remendous speed. In less than a mi nute, it roar ed past them onl y a f ew feet away. Af ter i t had pased, t hey swam on as quickly as t hey could because t hey knew that the boat woul d soon r etur n. They had just had enough ti me t o swim out of danger when t he boat agai n pleted a ci rcl e. On this oc casi on, however , it had sl owed down consi der abl y. The petr ol had nearl y al been used up. Before long, t he noise dropped pl etely and t he boat began t o dr if t gentl y across the water . Lesson87 A perf ect al i bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù) 39。At the t im e the mur der was m it ed, I was t ravel ing on t he 8. 0 o39。clock t rai n to London,39。 sai d the m an. 39。Do you al ways cat ch such an earl y tr ain ?39。 asked the i nspector . 39。Of cour se I do, 39。 answered t he man. 39。 I must be at work at o39。cl ock. My employer wil l conf ir m t hat I was t her e on t ime.39。 39。 Woul d a lat er t rai n get you t o work on ti me ?39。 asked the i nspector. 39。 I suppose it would, but I never cat ch a later t rain. 39。 At what im e did you ar ri ve at t he st at ion ?39。 39。At t en to ei ght . I bought a paper and wait ed for the t rai n. 39。 39。And you didn39。t noti ce anyt hi ng unusual ?39。 39。 Of cour se not .39。 39。I suggest, 39。 said t he inspect or , 39。t hat you are not tel li ng the t ruth. I suggest hat you di d not catch t he o39。cl ock t rai n, but that you caught the whi ch would sti l get you to wor k on t im e. You see, on t he mor ni ng of the mur der , the 8. 0 o39。clock tr ain di d not run at al. I t broke down at Fer ngreen st ati on and was taken of f the l ine.39。 Leson88 Trapped i n a mine 困在礦井里 Six men have been tr apped i n a mi ne for s eventeen hours. If t hey ar e not br ought to the surf ace soon t hey may l ose t hei r li ves. However , rescue operati ons ar e provi ng dif fi cul t. If explosives are used, vi br ati ons wi l cause t he roof of the m ine t o col lapse. Rescue wor ker s are therefor e dri l ing a hol e on the nort h side of t he mine. They intend t o bri ng the m en up in a speci al capsul e. I f there had not been a har d l ayer of rock beneath the soil, t hey woul d have pl eted t he job i n a few hour s. As it is, they have been dr il li ng for sixteen hours and t hey sti l have a long way to go. Meanwhil e, a m icrophone, whi ch was lowered i nto t he mi ne two hour s ago, has enabled t he men to keep i n touch wi th t he cl osest relat ives. Though they are r unning out of f ood and dri nk, t he men are cheer ful and conf ident that they wi l get out soon. They have been tol d that rescue operat ions are pr ogr esing smoothl y. I f they knew how di f icult i t was to dr il l through t he har d r ock, they would lose hear t. Lesson89 A sli p of t he tongue 口誤 Peopl e wi l do anyt hing t o se a fr ee showeven if i t is a bad one. When the news got round that a vari et y show would be pr esented at our l ocal ci nem a by t he P. and U. Bi r d Seed Com pany, we al l r ushed t o