【正文】 ay,39。 he shout ed, 39。Mr Lane was def eat ed in t he el ect 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。 Lesson84 O n strike 罷工 Busm en have deci ded to go on st ri ke next week. The str ike i s due to begin on Tuesday. No one knows how long it wi l l ast . The busmen have st at ed that the str ike wi l conti nue unt il gener al agreement is r eached about pay and working condit ions. Most peopl e believe t hat t he st ri ke wil l last f or at l east a week. Many owner s of pri vat e car s are going to of fer 39。f ree r ides39。 t o peopl e on their way t o wor k. Thi s wi l 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 l asts. Al l 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 wi l l have to pass a speci al t est . The students ar e goi ng to take the t est in two days39。 t im e. Even so, people are goi ng to fi nd it dif fi cul t to get to work. But so far, t he publ ic has expr esed it s grat itude t o the st udents i n l et ters to t he Press. Onl y one or t wo people have obj ect ed that the students wi l dri ve too f ast ! Leson85 Never t oo old to l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just recei ved a let ter fr om m y old school i nfor ming m e that my f orm er head m aster , Mr Regmald Page, wil l be reti ri ng next week. Pupi ls of the school , ol d and new, wil l be sending him a pr esent t o m ar k t he occasi on. Al l those who have contr ibuted t owards t he gi ft wi l sign their names in a large al bum which wi l l be sent t o t he headmast er39。s hom e. We shal l al l remember Mr Page for his pat ience and under st andi ng and for the ki ndl y encour agement he gave us when we went so unwil li ngly t o school. A great m any for mer pupi ls wi l be at endi ng a far ewel l dinner i n his honour next Thursday. I t i s a curi ous coincidence that the day before hi s r et ir ement , Mr Page wil l have been teachi ng f or a t otal of for ty years. Aft er he has r etir ed, he wi l l devote hi msel f to gar dening. For hi m, t hi s wi l be an ent ir ely new hobby. But t his does not m at ter, f or, as he has of ten r emarked, one i s never too ol d to learn. Lesson86 Out of cont rol 失控 As t he man t ri ed to swi ng the speed boat round, the steeri ng wheel came away i n his hands. He waved desperat el y t o his pani on, who had been water skii ng for t he last f if teen mi nutes. Bot h men had hardly had t im e to realize what was happening when t hey were t hrown vi olent1y i nto t he sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but i t cont inued to m ove ver y quickly across the wat er. Both men had just begun to swi m towar ds t he s hor e. when t hey not iced wi th di sm ay t hat t he speed boat was m ovi ng in a ci rcl e. I t now cam e st rai ght t owar ds them at t remendous speed. I n less than a m inute, it r oar ed past the m onl y a f ew f et away. Af ter i t had passed, they swam on as quickly as t hey could because t hey knew that the boat woul d soon retur n. They had just had enough ti me t o swim out of danger when t he boat agai n plet ed a ci rcl e. On this occ asi on, however , it had slowed down consi der abl y. The pet rol had nearl y al been used up. Befor e long, the noise dropped pl etely and t he boat began to dr if t gentl y across the wat er . Lesson87 A perfect al ibi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù) 39。At t he ti me t he murder was mit ted, I was tr avel li ng on the o39。cl ock tr ain t o London, 39。 said t he man. 39。Do you always catch such an ear ly t rai n ?39。 asked the inspect or. 39。Of course I do,39。 answer ed the man.39。 I must be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。clock. My empl oyer wi l confi rm that I was there on tim e. 39。 39。 Would a l ater tr ain get you to wor k on t ime ?39。 asked t he inspect or . 39。 I suppose i t woul d, but I never cat ch a later t rain.39。 39。At what t im e did you ar ive at t he st at ion ?39。 39。At t en to ei ght . I bought a paper and wait ed for 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。 said t he inspect or , 39。t hat you are not tel ling the tr uth. I suggest t hat you did not catch t he 8. 0 o39。clock t rai n, but that you caught t he whi ch would sti l get you to wor k on t ime. You see, on t he morni ng of the mur der , the o39。clock tr ain di d not r un at al l. I t br oke down at Fer ngr een st ation and was t aken of f the l ine.39。 Leson88 Trapped i n a m ine 困在礦井里 Si x men have been tr apped in a mi ne for seventeen hour s. I f they ar e not br ought to the sur f ace soon they may l ose t hei r li ves. However , rescue operat ions are pr ovi ng dif fi cul t. I f explosives are used, vi brati ons wi l l cause the r oof of t he mine t o collapse. Rescue wor kers ar e theref or e dr il ing a hol e on the nor th side of t he mine. They inte nd t o bri ng the men up in a special capsul e. If t her e had not been a har d l ayer of rock beneat h t he soi l , they would have pleted t he job i n a f ew hours. As i t i s, t hey have been dri l ing f or si xt een hour s and they st il l have a l ong way to go. Meanwhil e , a micr ophone, whi ch was lower ed int o the m ine two hour s ago, has enabled t he men t o keep i n t ouch wi th the closest r el ati ve s. Though t hey ar e running out of food and dr ink, t he men ar e cheerf ul and confi dent t hat they wi l get out soon. They have been t old t hat r escue oper ations are pr ogressi ng sm oot hly. If t hey knew how dif fi cul t it was t o dri l thr ough the hard r ock, t hey woul d l ose hear t . Lesson89 A sl ip of t he t ongue 口誤 People wi l do anythi ng to see a f ree showeven i f it i s a bad one. When t he news got r ound t hat a