【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ng.39。 39。Good heavens!39。 exclaimed hi s wife. 39。And where were you at the time ?39。 I was in my off ice as usual,39。 answer ed t he Ambassador . 39。The f ire br oke out in t he basement. I went down i mmediately. of course, and t hat fool , Horst, aimed a f ir e exti nguisher at me. He t hought I was on f ir e. I must defi ni tely get that f el low posted.39。 The Ambasador39。s wi fe went on aski ng questi ons, when she suddenl y noti ced a big hol e in her husband39。s hat. 39。And how can you explain that ?39。 she asked. 39。Oh, that,39。 said t he Ambasador. 39。Someone f ired a shot t hrough my off ice wi ndow. Accur at e, don39。t you t hi nk ? Fortunat el y, I wasn39。t wearing it at he t ime. I f I had been, I would not have been abl e to get home f or l unch.39。 Leson96 The dead return 亡靈返鄉(xiāng) A Festi val for t he Dead is held once a year in Japan. Thi s festi val is a cheer ful occasion, for on this day, t he dead are sai d to retur n to their homes and they are weled by the li vi ng. As t hey are expect ed to be hungry aft er their long j our ney, f ood is l ai d out for t hem. Speci al lymade l anterns are hung out si de each house t o help t he dead t o find their way. Al ni ght long, peopl e dance and sing. I n the earl y mor ning, the food that had been laid out f or t he dead i s t hr own i nto a 39。f r ee r ides39。 to people on thei r way to wor k. Thi s wil reli eve presur e on t he t rains to some ext ent. Meanwhile, a number of univer si ty students have volunteer ed t o dr ive buses whil e t he str ike last s. Al the young men are expert dr iver s, but bef or e they dr ive any of t he buses, they wi l have to pass a special test . The students are going to take the test in two days39。 t ime. Even so, people are going to fi nd i t di fi cult t o get to work. But so f ar , t he publ ic has expresed its grati tude t o the students i n leters t o the Pr ess. Only one or two people have obj ected that the st udent s wil dri ve t oo f ast! Lesson85 Never too old t o learn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have j ust r eceived a l et ter f rom my old school i nf or ming me that my f or mer head master, Mr Regmal d Page, wil l be reti ri ng next wek. Pupi ls of t he school, ol d and new, wil be sendi ng him a pr esent to mark t he occasi on. Al l those who have cont ributed towar ds t he gif t wi l si gn t heir names in a lar ge album whi ch wi l be sent to t he headmaster39。s home. We shal al remember Mr Page f or his pat i ence and understanding and f or the kindl y encouragement he gave us when we went so unwil li ngly t o school. A great many f or mer pupi ls wil l be atendi ng a f ar ewel dinner in his honour next Thursday. I t i s a curi ous coi ncidence that the day bef ore his reti rement, Mr Page wil l have been teaching for a total of fort y years. Af ter he has reti red, he wil devote himsel f t o gardeni ng. For him, this wil l be an enti rely new hobby. But this does not mat ter, for, as he has oft en r emarked, one i s never too old to l earn. Lesson86 Out of control 失控 As the man tr ied t o swi ng t he speed boat r ound, t he steer ing wheel came away in his hands. He waved desper at el y to his pani on, who had been water skii ng f or t he l ast f if teen mi nutes. Both men had har dl y had ti me to r ealize what was happeni ng when t hey were thrown violent 1y i nt o the sea. The speedboat had st ruck a buoy, but it conti nued to move ver y qui ckly acr oss the wat er . Both men had j ust begun t o swim towar ds t he shor e. when they noti ced wit h di smay that t he speed boat was moving in a cir cl e. It now came st raight towards them at tr emendous speed. I n les than a minut e, it roared past he m only a few f et away. Aft er i t had pased, they swam on as qui ckly as they coul d because t hey knew that he boat woul d soon r eturn. They had just had enough t ime t o swim out of danger when t he boat again pl et ed a circle. On this occasion, however , i t had sl owed down consider ably. The pet rol had nearly a l been used up. Bef or e long, the noise dropped pletel y and the boat began t o dr if t gent ly acr oss the water . Lesson87 A perfect alibi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。At the time t he murder was mit ted, I was t ravel ing on t he o39。clock train t o London,39。 said t he man. 39。Do you al ways catch such an ear ly t rain ?39。 asked the inspector. 39。Of course I do,39。 answer ed t he man.39。 I must be at work at o39。clock. My employer wil l conf ir m that I was ther e on t ime.39。 39。 Would a later tr ain get you to work on ti me ?39。 asked t he inspector. 39。 I suppose it would, but I never catch a later train.39。 39。At what t i me di d you ar ive at the st at ion ?39。 39。At ten to eight . I bought a paper and wai ted for t he t rain.39。 39。And you didn39。t notice anything unusual ?39。 39。 Of course not. 39。 I suggest, 39。 sai d the inspector , 39。t hat you are not t el ing the tr ut h. I suggest t hat you di d not catch the o39。clock t rain, but t hat you caught the 8. 25 which woul d st il get you t o wor k on t ime. You se, on t he morning of t he mur der, the o39。cl ock tr ai n di d not run at al . I t br oke down at Ferngreen station and was taken off the li ne.39。 Leson88 Trapped i n a mine 困在礦井里 Six men have been trapped in a mi ne f or sevent en hours. I f they are not brought to the sur face soon they may l ose thei r live s. However , r escue operati ons are provi ng dif fi cult . I f explosives ar e used, vi br at ions wi l cause the roof of the mine to collapse. Rescue wor kers are t herefore dri l ing a hole on the nor th si de of the mine. They i nt end to bri ng t he men up in a speci al capsule. If there had not been a har d layer of r ock beneath t he soi l, they would have pleted the job in a f ew hours. As it is, they have been dr il ling f or sixteen hour s and they sti l have a l ong way to go. Meanwhile, a microphone, whi ch was lower ed i nt o the mine two hours ago, has enable