【正文】 r ike wi l l ast f or at least a week. Many owners of pr ivate cars ar e goi ng t o off er 39。f r ee ri des39。 to people on t hei r way to work. This wi l r eli eve pr essure on t he tr ains to some ext ent . Meanwhi le, a number of univer si ty students have vol unteered t o dri ve buses whil e the str ike l ast s. Al l the young men are expert dri vers, but befor e they dri ve any of the buses, they wil l have t o pas a speci al test . The st udent s ar e going t o take t he test i n t wo days39。 ti me. Even so, people ar e going t o fi nd it di f icult t o get t o wor k. But so f ar , the publi c has expressed i ts gr at it ude to t he st udent s in l et er s to the Pr ess. Onl y one or two people have objected t hat t he st udents wi l l dr ive t oo fast! Lesson85 Never t oo ol d t o l earn 活到老學到老 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 al d Page, wi l be r etir i 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 nam es 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 andi ng and for t he ki ndl y encour agement he gave us when we went so unwil li ngly t o school. A great many 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 coinci dence that the day befor e his r et ir ement , Mr Page wil l have been teachi ng f or a total 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 mat ter , f or, as he has of ten r emarked, one i s never too ol d t o learn. Lesson86 Out of cont rol 失控 As the man t ri ed to swi ng the speed boat r ound, the steeri ng wheel came away i n his hands. He waved desperat el y t o his pani on, who had been water ski ing f or the l ast f if teen minut es. Both m en had har dly had t ime t o r eal ize what was happening when t hey wer e thr own viol ent 1y int o the sea. The speed boat had st ruck a buoy, but i t conti nued t o move very qui ckl y across the water . Both m en had j ust begun to swi m t owards t he shore. when they noti ced wit h dismay 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 minute, it r oar ed past them onl y a f ew f et away. Af t er i t had passed, they swam on as quickly as t hey coul d 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 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 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)場的證據(jù) 39。At t he ti me t he murder was mi t ed, I was tr avel li ng on the o39。clock tr ain 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 inspector . 39。Of cour se I do, 39。 answered t he man.39。 I must be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。clock. My employer wil l conf ir m that I was t her e on t ime. 39。 39。 Woul d a l at er tr ai n get you t o wor k on ti me ?39。 asked t he i nspector . 39。 I suppose it woul d, but I never cat ch a lat er t rai n. 39。 39。At what tim e did you ar ri ve at t he st ati on ?39。 39。At t en to ei ght. I bought a paper and wait ed for t he tr ai n.39。 39。And you di dn39。t not ice anyt hing unusual ?39。 39。 Of cour se not.39。 39。I suggest, 39。 said the i nspect or, 39。t hat you are not t el li ng the t rut h. I suggest that you di d not catch t he o39。cl ock tr ai n, but that you caught the whi ch would st il l get you to work on t im e. You see, on the mor ning of the m urder, the 8. 0 o39。clock t rain di d not run at al . I t broke down at Fer ngreen stati on and was taken off t he line.39。 Leson88 Trapped in a mine 困在礦井里 Six men have been tr apped i n a mi ne for seventeen hours. If t hey ar e not br ought t o the surf ace soon t hey may lose their l ive s. However, r escue oper ations are pr oving di f icult . I f expl osi ves ar e used, vibrat ions wil l cause the r oof of t he mi ne to coll apse. Rescue worker s ar e t her ef ore dr il li ng a hole on t he nor th si de of t he m ine. They i ntend to br ing t he men up i n a speci al capsule. I f there had not been a har d layer of r ock beneath t he soi l, they woul d have pl et ed the j ob in a few hour s. As i t is, they have been dri l ing f or si xteen hour s and they sti l have a long way t o go. Meanwhi le, a mi cr ophone, whic h was l owered i nt o t he mine t wo hours ago, has enabl ed the m en to keep in touch wit h the cl osest r elati ves. Though t hey ar e r unni ng out of f ood and dr ink, the m en ar e cheer ful and conf ident t hat t hey wil l get out soon. They have been told that r escue operati ons ar e progr essing smoothly. I f they knew how di f icult i t was t o dr il t hrough the har d rock, they would l ose heart . Lesson89 A sli p of the t ongue 口誤 Peopl e wil l do anyt hi ng to see a f r e show even if i t i s a bad one. When the news got r ound that a var iet y show would be pr esented at our l ocal cinema by t he P. and U. Bi r d Sed Company, we al r ushed to see i t. We had to queue for hours t o get i n and there must have been sever al hundred people pr esent j ust be for e the show began. Unf ort unatel y, t he show was one of t he dul lest we have ever sen. Those who f ai led to get i n need not have felt disappoi nted as many of the ar tist es who should have appear ed di d not 丹江口庫區(qū)及上游水土保持工程 項目區(qū)可行性研究報告 綜合說明 縣位于 省東南部的秦巴山區(qū)， 市境內，