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

　　

【正文】 poli ceman. I im medi ately regret ed answer ing i n the way I di d, but I sai d, 39。I enj oy cleani ng wi ndows at night. 39。 39。So do I ,39。 answered t he poli ceman i n the same t one. 39。Excuse my i nt er upt ing you. I hat e to inter rupt a man when he39。s busy worki ng, but woul d you mi nd ing wi th me t o the stat ion ?39。 39。Wel , I 39。d pr efer to st ay her e,39。 I sai d. 39。You see, I39。ve for got ten my key. 39。 Your what ?39。 he cal ed. 39。My key,39。 I shouted.39。 For tunately, t he shouti ng woke up my wi f e who opened t he window j ust as t he pol iceman had st art ed to cli mb t owards me. Leson93 A nobl e gif t 崇高的禮物 One of t he most f amous monument s in the wor ld, the St at ue of Libert y, was pr esented t o the Uni ted St at es of Ameri ca in t he nieenth century by the peopl e of France. The great st atue, whi ch was desi gned by t he scul pt or Auguste Bar thol di , took t en years to plet e. The actual fi gur e was made of copper support ed by a metal f ramewor k which had been especi aly constr uct e d by Eif f el . Bef ore i t coul d be tr ansport ed to the Uni ted Stat es, a sit e had t o be f ound f or it and a pedestal had to be bui lt . The si te chosen was an i sl and at t he ent rance of New Yor k Harbour . By 1884, a statue whi ch was 151 feet tal , had been erected i n Pari s. The f ol lowi ng year , it was t aken t o pieces and sent t o Amer ica. By the end of October 1886, the st at ue had been put toget her again and i t was off icial ly pr esented to the Am er ican peopl e by Bar tholdi. Ever si nce then, t he great monum ent has been a symbol of liber ty f or the mi l ions of peopl e who have passed t hrough New York Har bour t o make t hei r hom es i n Am er ica. Lesson94 Fut ure cham pions 未來的冠軍 Exper iments have proved that childr en can be inst ruct ed in swi mmi ng at a ver y ear ly age. At a special swimming pool in Los Angel es, chi ldr en bee exper t at hol di ng their br eat h under wat er even bef ore they can wal k. Babi es of t wo mont hs ol d do not appear to be r eluctant to enter the wat er, I t i s not long bef ore they are so accustomed t o swi m m i ng t hat t hey can pi ck up weights f rom the f loor of the pool. A gam e that is very popular wi th these young swim mers i s the under water t ri cycle r ace. Tr icycl es ar e l ined up on t he fl oor of the pool seven f et under wat er . The chi ldr en pete against each ot her t o reach the ot her end of the pool. Many pedal t hei r tr icycles, but most of t hem pref er t o push or dr ag them. Some chil dren can cover the whol e length of t he pool wi thout i ng up f or br eat h even once. Whether they wi l ever be e fut ure Ol ympic champions, onl y ti me wi l t el. Meanwhi le, they shoul d encourage those among us who cannot swim f ive yards befor e they are gaspi ng f or ai r. Lesson95 A f antasy 純屬虛構(gòu) When t he Ambasador of Escal opia r et urned home f or lunch, his wif e got a shock. He looked pal e and hi s clot hes wer e in a fr ightf ul st at e. 39。What has happened ?39。 she asked. 39。How di d your cl ot hes get int o such a mes ?39。 39。A f ir e exti nguisher, my dear, 39。 answered t he Ambassador dr il y. 39。Universi ty students set he Embasy on f ir e t hi s mor ni ng.39。 39。Good heavens! 39。 excl ai med his wi f e. 39。And where wer e you at he ti me ?39。 39。I was in my of fi ce as usual ,39。 answer ed the Am bassador. 39。The fi re br oke out i n the basem ent . I went down 國美電 器 guomeidianqi 門 店 工 作 標 準 化 手 冊 mendiangongzuobiaozhunhuashouce 追求卓越，拒絕平凡 si nce hi s defeat, t he ex Pri me Minister had gone abr oad. On t he fol lowi ng day, Cr awl ey went to t he house again. The same pol iceman was just walking sl owl y past he ent rance, when Cr awley asked the sam e questi on. Though a l it tle suspicious thi s ti me, the poli ceman gave him the same answer . The day af ter , Cra wl ey went t o the house once m or e and asked exact ly t he sam e questi on. This tim e, t he pol iceman l ost his t emper .39。 I tol d you yest er day and the day bef ore yesterday,39。 he shout ed, 39。Mr Lane was def eat ed in t he elect ions. He has reti red f rom poli tical li fe and gone to li ve abr oad ! 39。 39。 I know, 39。 answer ed Cr awl ey,39。 but I l ove to hear you say i t ! 39。 Leson84 On st rike 罷工 Busm en have decided to go on st ri ke next week. The st ri ke is due to begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how long i t wi l l ast . The busmen have st ated t hat the st ri ke wil l conti nue unt il gener al agr ement is r eached about pay and worki ng condit ions. Most pe ople beli eve t hat t he st ri ke wi l last for at least a week. Many owner s of pri vat e car s are goi ng to of fer 39。f ree r ides39。 t o peopl e on their way to wor k. Thi s wi l r el ieve pressur e on the t rai ns to some extent. Meanwhil e, a num ber of universit y student s have vol unt er ed to dr ive buses whi le t he str ike lasts. Al t he young m en are exper t dri ver s, but bef ore they dri ve any of t he buses, t hey wil l have t o pass a speci al t est . The st udents ar e goi ng t o take the t est i n two days39。 tim e. Even so, people ar e goi ng to fi nd it dif f icult to get t o work. But so far , t he publ ic has expresed i ts grat it ude t o t he st udents i n l et ter s to t he Press. Onl y one or two people have objected that the students wi l dr ive t oo fast! Leson85 Never t oo old to learn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just r ecei ved a let er f r om my old school inf orm ing me that m y f or mer head master , Mr Regm ald Page, wi l be r eti ri ng next week. Pupil s of the school, ol d and new, wi l be sendi ng him a present t o mar k the occasion. Al l t hose who have contr ibuted t owar ds the gi ft wi l sign t hei r names i n a l ar ge album which wi l be sent t o the headmast er 39。s home. We shal al r emember Mr Page for his pati ence and under st and