【正文】 pici ous t hi s ti me, the poli cem an gave him t he sam e answer. The day aft er, Cr awley went t o t he house once m or e and asked exactl y t he sam e que st i on. This t im e, t he pol i ceman l ost his t em per .39。 I t ol d you yest erday and t he day bef or e yest er day,39。 he shouted, 39。Mr Lane was defeated i n t he el ect ions. He has r eti red f r om pol it i cal li fe and gone t o li ve abr oad !39。 39。 I know, 39。 answered Cr awl ey,39。 but I love t o hear you say it !39。 Lesson84 O n st rike 罷工 Busmen have deci ded t o go on st ri ke next week. The str i ke i s due t o begi n on Tuesda y. No one knows how l ong i t wil l last. The busm en have stat ed t hat t he str ike wi l cont i nue unti l gener al agr ement i s r eache d about pay and wor ki ng condit i ons. Most peopl e beli eve t hat t he st ri ke wi l l ast f or at l east a week. Many owner s of pr i vate car s ar e goi ng t o off er 39。f ree r ides39。 t o peopl e on t heir way to wor k. Thi s wi l r el ieve pr essur e on t he tr ai ns t o som e ext ent. Meanwhi le, a num ber of uni ver si t y st udent s have vol unt er ed t o dri ve buses whil e t he st ri ke lasts. Al t he young m en ar e exper t dr i ver s, but bef or e t hey dr i ve any of t he buses, t hey wi l have t o pass a speci al t est. The st udents ar e goi ng t o t ake the 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 essed it s gr at it ude t o t he st udents i n l et t er s to t he Pr ess. Onl y one or t wo people have object ed t hat t he st udents wi l dr ive t oo fast! Lesson85 Never too ol d t o learn 活到老學到老 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et t er f r om my ol d school inf or mi ng me t hat m y f orm er head mast er, Mr Regm al d Page, wi l be r et ir i ng next week. Pupil s of t he school, ol d and new, wi l be sendi ng hi m a present t o mar k the occasi on. All t hose who have cont ri buted t owar ds t he gi ft wi l sign t hei r nam es i n a l ar ge al bum which wi l be sent t o t he headm ast er 39。s hom e. We shal al r em em ber Mr Page for his pati ence and under standi ng and f or t he ki ndly encour agem ent he gave us when we went so unwi l ingl y t o school. A gr eat many f or mer pupi ls wi l be at tending a f arewel di nner i n hi s honour next Thur sday. It i s a cur i ous coincidence t hat t he day bef ore hi s r eti r em ent, Mr Page wil l have been teachi ng f or a t otal of fort y years. Aft er he has r et ir ed, he wil devote him sel f to gar deni ng. For hi m, t hi s wi l be an ent i rel y new hobby. But t his does not m at t er , for, as he ha s oft en remar ked, one is never t oo old t o l ear n. Lesson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he m an tr ied t o swi ng t he speedboat 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 water skii ng for t he l ast f if teen mi nut es. Bot h men had har dl y had t im e t o real i ze what was happeni ng when t hey were t hr own vi olent 1y i nto t he sea. The speedboat had str uck a buoy, but it cont i nued t o move very qui ckl y acr oss t he water. Bot h m en had j ust begun t o swim t owards t he shore. when t hey noti ced wit h dismay t hat t he speed boat was m ovi ng i n a ci r cl e. I t now cam e st r ai ght t owards t hem at t r em endous speed. I n l ess t han a m i nut e, it r oar ed past t hem onl y a f ew f eet away. Aft er it had passed, t hey swam on as quickly as t hey coul d because t hey knew that the boat woul d soon retur n. They had j ust had enough t ime t o swim out of danger when t he boat again plet ed a ci r cl e. On thi s occasi on, however , it had slowed down consi der abl y. The pet rol had near ly al been used up. Befor e long, the noise dropped pletely and the boat began to dr if t gent ly across the wat er . Lesson87 A perfect al ibi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。At the ti me t he murder was mi t ed, I was tr avel li ng on the 8. 0 o39。clock tr ain t o London, 39。 said the man. 39。Do you al ways catch such an ear ly tr ai n ?39。 asked the i nspect or. 39。Of cour se I do,39。 answer ed the m an. 39。 I m ust be at wor k at o39。cl ock. My em pl oyer wi l confi rm that I was there on ti me.39。 39。 Would a later tr ain get you to work on t im e ?39。 asked the inspect or. 39。 I suppose i t would, but I never catch a l ater tr ain.39。 39。At what gai ni ng height , when t he plane suddenly t urned r ound and f lew back t o the air port . Whil e we wer e wait ing t o l and, an air host es t old us t o keep calm and to get of f the plane quietl y as soon as i t had t ouched down. Ever ybody on board was worr ied and we wer e curi ous t o f ind out what had happened. Lat er we learnt that there was a ver y i mport ant person on boar d. The pol ice had been told that a bom b had been plant ed on the plane. Af t er we had landed, the pl ane was sear ched thoroughly. For t unatel y, nothi ng was found and fi ve hour s lat er we were able to t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Crystal Palace 水晶宮 Per haps t he most ext raordi nar y buil di ng of the nieenth centur y was the Cr ystal Pal ace, which was buil t in Hyde Par k f or t he Gr eat Exhibit ion of 1851. The Cr yst al Pal ace was di f er ent f r om al ot her buil di ngs in t he worl d, for it wa s m ade of i ron and glass. I t was one of t he biggest buil di ngs of al l t im e and a lot of people fr om m any countr ies cam e to see i t. A gr eat m any goods were sent t o t he exhi bi t i on f rom var ious part s of the wor ld. Ther e was also a gr eat deal of machinery on di spl ay. The m ost wonder ful piece of machinery on show was Nasmyt h39。s st eam hammer . Though in those days, tr avel ing was not as easy as it i s today, steam boats car ri ed thousands of vi si tor s acr oss t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ar ri ving i n England, t hey wer e t aken