【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ea nwhi le, t hey shoul d encour age t hose am ong us who cannot swi m fi ve yar ds bef ore t hey ar e gaspi ng f or air . Lesson95 A f antasy 純屬虛 構(gòu) When t he Am bassador of Escal opi a r et ur ned hom e f or l unch, his wi f e got a shock. He looked pal e and his cl ot hes wer e i n a f ri g ht f ul stat e. 39。What has happened ?39。 she asked. 39。How di d your cl ot hes get i nt o such a mess ?39。 39。A fi r e ext i nguisher, m y dear, 39。 ans wer ed t he Am bassador dr il y. 39。Uni ver si ty st udents set the Em bassy on fi r e t his m orni ng.39。 39。Good heavens!39。 exclaim ed hi s wi fe. 39。And wher e wer e you at t he tim e ?39。 I was i n my of fi ce as usual,39。 answer ed t he Am basador . 39。The f ir e br oke out in t he basement. I we nt down imm edi atel y. of cour se, and t hat f ool , Horst, aim ed a fi r e ext i nguisher at m e. He t hought I was on f ir e. I m ust defi ni t el y get t hat f el ow post ed. 39。 The Am basador 39。s wi f e went on asking quest ions, when she suddenl y not iced a bi g hol e i n her husband39。s hat . 39。And how can you explain that ?39。 she asked. 39。Oh, that, 39。 said t he Ambassador. 39。Someone fi r ed a shot thr ough m y off ice wi ndow. Accur at e, don39。t you thi nk ? Fort unat el y, I wasn39。t weari ng it at the t ime. I f I had been, I woul d not have been abl e to get home f or l unch.39。 Leson96 The dead ret urn 亡靈返鄉(xiāng) A Fest ival for t he Dead is held once a year i n Japan. This f esti val i s a cheer ful occasion, for on thi s day, t he dead are said to r etur n to t hei r homes and they are wel ed by the l iving. As t hey ar e expected t o be hungr y aft er t hei r long j our ney, f ood is l ai d out for them. Speci al y made lanter ns ar e hung outside each house to hel p the dead to fi nd their way. Al ni ght l ong, peopl e dance and sing. 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Both men had har dly had t im e to r eal ize what was happening when t hey were t hrown vi ol ent1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but i t cont inued to m ove ver y quickly across the wat er . Both m en had just begun to swi m towards t he shor e. when t hey not iced wi th di smay t hat t he speedboat was m ovi ng in a ci r cl e. It now came str aight towards t hem at tr em endous speed. I n l ess t han a minut e, i t r oared past t hem only a f ew f eet away. Aft er it had passed, they swam on as qui ckl y as they coul d because they knew t hat t he boat would soon ret urn. They had j ust had enough t im e to swi m out of danger when the boat again pl et ed a cir cle. On t hi s occasion, however, i t had slowed down considerably. The pet rol had near ly al l been used up. Bef or e l ong, the noi se dr opped plet el y and the boat began to dri ft gent ly acr oss t he water. Leson87 A perf ect ali bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。At the t ime the mur der was m it ed, I was t ravel ing on t he 8. 0 o39。clock t rain 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 ti me.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 t im e did you ar i ve at t he st at ion ?39。 39。At t en to ei ght . I bought a paper and wait ed for t he t r ai n. 39。 And you di dn39。t noti ce anyt hi ng unusual ?39。 39。 Of cour se not .39。 39。I suggest,39。 said t he i nspect or , 39。t hat you are not t el li ng the t rut h. I suggest t hat you di d not cat ch 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 to wor k on t im e. You see, on t he m or ni ng of t he m ur der, t he 8. 0 o39。cl ock tr ai n di d not run at al l. I t broke down at Fer ngreen st ati on and was t aken of f t he l i ne.39。 Leson88 Trapped i n a m i ne 困在礦井里 Six m en have been tr apped i n a mi ne f or sevent en hours. If t hey ar e not br ought t o t he surf ace soon t hey m ay lose their l ives. However, r escue oper at i ons ar e pr oving di f icult. I f