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【正文】 hese young swi mm er s is t he under water tr icycle r ace. Tri cycl es ar e li ned up on the f loor of the pool seven feet under water . The chil dren pete against each other to r each t he other end of t he pool . Many pedal t hei r t r icycl es, but most of them prefer t o push or dr ag them. Som e childr en can cover the whole lengt h of the pool wit hout i ng up for br eat h even once. Whet her t hey wil l ever bee futur e Ol ympic champions, only ti me wi l t el l. Meanwhil e, t hey should encour age those am ong us who cannot swi m fi ve yar ds bef ore t hey ar e gaspi ng for air . Lesson95 A f ant asy 純屬虛構(gòu) When the Ambassador of Escalopia r etur ned home f or lunch, hi s wif e got a shock. He looked pal e and his clot hes wer e in a fr ight ful state. 39。What has happened ?39。 she asked. 39。How did your clot hes get into such a m ess ?39。 39。A f ir eexti ngui sher, 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 ning.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 i n 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 i mmediat el y. of course, and t hat f ool , Horst, aim ed a fi re ext inguisher at me. He t hought I was on fi re. I must defi nit el y get that fel ow post ed.39。 The Ambasador 39。s wi fe went on asking quest ions, when she suddenly noti ced a big hole in her husband39。s hat . 39。And how can you e xplain t hat ?39。 she asked. 39。Oh, that,39。 said t he Ambasador . 39。Someone fi red a shot thr ough m y off ice wi ndow. Accurat e, don39。t you thi nk ? Fort unatel y, I wasn39。t weari ng it at the t ime. If I had been, I would not have been able to get hom e for l unch.39。 Leson96 The dead ret urn 亡靈返鄉(xiāng) A Fest ival for the Dead i s hel d once a year i n Japan. Thi s festi val i s a cheer ful occasi on, f or on thi s day, the dead are said to r eturn to t hei r hom es and t hey ar e wel ed by t he li ving. As they are expected to be hungr y aft er t hei r long j our ney, f ood is l ai d out for them. 1 山東省某畜產(chǎn)品有限公司 20 萬(wàn)噸牛肉冷鏈物流工程 資 金 申 請(qǐng) 報(bào) 告 2020年 4月 dr i ve t oo f ast! Lesson85 Never t oo ol d t o l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et er f r om m y ol d school i nf ormi ng m e t hat m y f or mer head m aster, Mr Regm al d Page, wi l be r eti ri ng next week. Pupil s of the school, ol d and new, wil be sendi ng him a pr esent t o m ar k t he occasi on. Al l those who have contr i but ed t owar ds t he gi ft wil 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 rem em ber Mr Page f or hi s pat ience and underst andi ng and f or the ki ndl y encour agem ent he gave us when we went so unwil li ngl y t o school . A gr eat m any f orm er pupil s wil l be at t endi ng a far ewel l di nner i n his honour ne xt Thur sday. It i s a curi ous coi nci dence that the day befor e hi s r et ir em ent , Mr Page wil l have been t eachi ng f or a t ot al of f or ty years. Aft er he has r eti red, he wil l devote him sel f t o gar deni ng. For him, t hi s wi l be an enti rel y new hobby. But thi s does not m at t er , for, as he has oft en rem ar 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 speed boat round, 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 ski i ng for t he l ast f if teen mi nut es. Bot h m en had har dly had t im e to r eal ize what was happening when t hey wer e t hr own vi ol ent 1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had st r uck a buoy, but i t conti nued t o m ove ver y qui ckl y across t he wat er . Both m en had j ust begun t o swi m t owar ds t he shor e. when t hey not iced wit h di sm ay t hat t he speedboat was m ovi ng i n a ci r cl e. I t now cam e str ai ght t owards t hem at t r em endous speed. I n l ess t han a m inute, it r oar ed past t he m onl y a f ew f eet away. Aft er i t had passed, t hey swam on as qui ckl y as t hey coul d because they knew t hat t he boat woul d soon ret ur n. They had j ust had enough t im e t o swim out of danger when the boat again pl et ed a cir cl e. On t hi s occasi on, however, it had slowed down consi der abl y. The pet r ol had near ly al l been use d up. Bef or e l ong, t he noise dr opped plet el y and the boat began t o dr if t gent ly acr oss t he wat er. Leson87 A perf ect ali bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù) 39。At t he ti me t he m ur der was mit t ed, I was tr avel li ng on t he 8. 0 o39。cl ock tr ain t o London,39。 sai d t he man. 39。Do you al ways cat ch such an ear l y t r ai n ?39。 asked the i nspect or. 39。Of cour se I do,39。 answer ed t he m an.39。 I m ust be at work at o39。cl ock. My em pl oyer wi l confi rm t hat I was t her e on tim e.39。 39。 Woul d a lat er t rai n get you t o wor k on tim e ?39。 asked the i nspect or. 39。 I suppose i t woul d, but I never cat ch a later tr ai n.39。 39。At what t im e di d you ar i ve at t he st at i on ?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 the 8. 25 whi ch would sti l get you t o work 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 t rai n di d not r un at al. I t br oke down at Fer ngreen stati on and was taken off t he l i ne.39。 Lesson88 Trapped in a mi ne 困在礦井里 Si x m en have been tr apped i n a mi ne f or sevent en hours. If t hey are not br ought t o t he sur face soon t hey m ay l ose t hei r li ves. However , rescue operati ons ar e pr ovi ng di f fi cult . If expl osi ves