【導(dǎo)讀】sincehisdefeat,theex-PrimeMinisterhadgoneabroad.Onthefollowingday,Crawleywenttothehouseagain.Thesamepolicemanwasjustwalkingslowlypasttheentrance,whenCrawleyaskedthesamequestion.Thoughalitlesuspiciousthistime,thepolicemangavehimthesameanswer.Thedayafter,Crawleywenttothehouseoncemoreandaskedexactlythesamequestion.Thistime,thepolicemanlosthistemper.'Itoldyouyesterdayandthedaybeforeyesterday,'

　　

【正文】 ion. Thi s ti me, t he poli cem an lost hi s t em per. 39。 I tol d you yester day and t he day bef or e yest erday, 39。 he shouted, 39。Mr Lane was defeated i n t he el ecti ons. He has r et ir ed fr om pol it cal l if e and gone t o l ive abr oad !39。 39。 I know,39。 answer ed Crawl ey,39。 but I l ove t o hear you say it !39。 Lesson84 O n st ri ke 罷工 Busmen have deci ded t o go on str i ke next week. The str ike i s due t o begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong i t wil l l ast. The busm en have st at ed t hat t he st ri ke wi l cont i nue unti l gener al agreem ent i s r eached about pay and wor king condi ti ons. Most peopl e bel ieve t hat t he str i ke wi l l ast f or at l east a week. Many owner s of pr i vate car s ar e going t o off er 39。f r e e ri des39。 t o people on t hei r way t o wor k. Thi s wi l r el ieve pressur e on t he t r ai ns t o som e extent. Meanwhil e, a num ber of uni versit y st udent s have vol unt eer ed to dr i ve buses whi le t he st ri ke l asts. Al t he young m en ar e exper t dri ver s, but bef ore t hey dri ve any of t he buses, t hey wil have t o pass a speci al t est. The st udents ar e goi ng t o t ake t he t est i n t wo days39。 t im e. Even so, peopl e ar e goi ng t o fi nd it dif fi cul t t o get t o wor k. But so far, t he publ ic has expr esed it s gr ati t ude t o t he st udents i n l et ter s t o t he Press. Onl y one or t wo peopl e have obj ect ed t hat the st udent s wi l dri ve t oo f ast ! Leson85 Never t oo ol d to l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et ter fr om m y ol d school i nform i ng m e t hat my f orm er head m ast er , Mr Regmal d Page, wil l be reti ri ng next wek. Pupi ls of t he school , ol d and new, wil l be sending him a pr esent to m ar k t he occasi on. Al l t hose who have contr i but ed towar ds t he gi f t wil l si gn their nam es i n a lar ge al bum whi ch wil l be sent to t he headmaster39。s hom e. We shal l al l remem ber Mr Page f or hi s pat ience and underst anding and f or t he ki ndl y encouragem ent he gave us when we went so unwi l ingl y t o school. A gr eat many f or mer pupi ls wil be at tendi ng a f ar ewel di nner in hi s honour next Thur sday. I t is a cur ious coi nci dence t hat t he day bef or e hi s r eti rement, Mr Page wi l have been t eachi ng for a t ot al of f ort y year s. Af t er he has r eti r ed, he wi l devot e him self t o gardeni ng. For him , thi s wil l be an enti r el y new hobby. But t hi s does not mat er, f or , as he has of ten r em ar ked, one i s never too ol d t o l ear n. Lesson86 O ut of cont rol 失控 As t he m an tr i ed t o swi ng the speed boat r ound, t he st eer i ng wheel cam e away i n hi s hands. He waved desperat el y t o hi s pani on, who had been wat er skii ng f or t he l ast f if teen mi nut es. Bot h men had hardl y had t im e t o real i ze what was happeni ng when t hey were t hr own vi olent1y i nt o t he sea. The speedboat had str uck a buoy, but i t cont i nued t o m ove ver y quickl y acr oss t he wat er. Bot h men had j ust begun t o swim t owar ds the s hor e. when they not i ced wi t h di sm ay t hat t he speed boat was movi ng i n a cir cle. It now came st rai ght t owar ds t hem at tr em endous speed. I n l ess t han a mi nut e, i t r oar ed past 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 s oon r et ur n. They had just had enough tim e t o swim out of danger when t he boat agai n pleted 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. Bef or e l ong, t he noi se dropped pl et ely and t he boat began t o dri ft gentl y acr oss the wat er . Lesson87 A perf ect al i bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。At t he tim e t he m ur der was m it t ed, I was tr avel i ng on the 8. 0 o39。cl ock tr ai n t o London,39。 said t he man. 39。Do you al ways catch such an ear ly t r ai n ?39。 asked t he i nspect or. 39。Of cour se I do,39。 answer ed the m an.39。 I m ust 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 work on t im e ?39。 asked t he i nspect or. 39。 I suppose i t would, but I never cat ch a l ater tr ain.39。 39。At what ti m e di d you ar i ve at t he st at ion ?39。 At t en t o ei ght. I bought a paper and wai t ed f or 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。 sai d t he inspect or , 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 rai n, but that you caught t he whi ch woul d sti l get you t o wor k on t im e. You see, on t he mor ni ng of the m ur der , t he 8. 0 o39。cl ock tr ain di d not r un 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 t heir l ive s. However, r escue oper at i ons ar e proving di f icult . I f expl osi ves ar e used, vibr at ions wil l cause t he r oof of t he mi ne to coll apse. Rescue wor ker s ar e t her efor e dr il li ng a hole on t he nort h si de of t he mi ne. They i nt end t o br i ng t he men up i n a speci al capsul e. I f there had not been a har d l ayer of r ock beneath t he soi l, t hey woul d have pl et ed t he j ob i n a f ew hour s. As i t is, t hey have been dr il li ng for sixt en hours and t hey sti l have a l ong way to go. Meanwhil e, a m icr ophone, whi ch was lower ed i nto t he mi ne t wo hour s ago, has enabled t he m en t o keep i n t ouch wi th t he closest r el at i ves. Though t hey ar e r unning out of food and dri nk, t he men ar e cheerf ul and confi dent t hat t hey wi l get out soon. They have been t old t hat r escue operati ons ar e pr ogr essing smo