【正文】 ti me. Even so, people ar e going t o f ind i t di f icult t o get o wor k. But so f ar , the publi c has expressed i ts gr ati ude to t he student s in let er s to the Pr ess. Only one or two peopl e have objected t hat t he st udents wil l dr ive t oo fast! Lesson85 Never too ol d t o learn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have j ust r eceived a l et er f rom my ol d school inf or mi ng me t hat m y for mer head master, Mr Regm al d Page, wi l be r et ir ing next week. Pupil s of t he school, old and new, wi l be sendi ng hi m a present to mark the occasion. Al t hose who have cont ri buted towar ds the gif t wi l sign t hei r names i n a l ar ge album whi ch wi l be sent to the headm aster 39。 but I l ove to hear you say i t ! 39。Mr Lane was def eat ed in t he el ect ions. He has r eti red f rom polit ical li fe and gone to li ve abr oad ! 39。s Radi ca l Progr essive Part y. Af t er t he elect ions, Crawl ey went t o the f orm er Pr im e Mi nister39。s steam hammer. Though in t hose days, t ravel li ng was not as easy as i t is t oday, st eam boats car ied t housands of vi si t or s across the Channel f rom Europe. On ar ivi ng in Engl and, they wer e taken to the Cr yst al Palace by t rain. There wer e six m il ion vi si tor s in al l, and the pr ofi ts f rom the exhibit ion wer e used t o buil d museum s and col leges . Later, t he Crystal Palace was moved to South London. It r em ai ned one of t he most f amous bui ldi ngs i n t he worl d unt il i t was bur nt down in 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil led t he guar d, t he pri soner of war qui ckl y dragged him into the bushes. Wor ki ng rapidl y i n the darknes, he soon changed i nto t he dead man39。s crop befor e the September rai ns. On t he ri ght, you can see Mr s Br abante her self . She has been hel pi ng her husband for t hir ty years now. Mr s Br abante i s tal king t o the m anager of t he local f act or y wher e the crop is procesed. Thi s last scene shows you what wi l happen at the end of the harvest : t he famous Calabr ian macaroni eat ing peti ti on ! Signor Fr atel i, t he pr esent champi on, has won i t every year since 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull etin for t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We are now ret urning you t o t he st udi o.39。 in t he snow. Fort unat el y, a pil ot saw t he si gnal and sent a message by r adi o t o the nearest own. It was not long before a hel icopter ar ived on t he scene to r escue the sur vi vor s of the pl ane cr ash. Lesson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。Wel, I 39。m Rockwal Sli nger and t hi s is Merl in Gr eeves.39。 Look, sheri f , 39。 I 39。t we e more of ten ?39。 I t couldn39。s son, Donald, also set up a wor l d record. Like hi s father , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who play tr uant f rom school ar e unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。 t o peopl e on their way t o wor k. Thi s wil l rel ieve pressur e on the t rains t o some extent. Meanwhil e, a number of uni ver sit y st udent s have volunt er ed to dr ive buses whi le t he st ri ke lasts. Al t he young men ar e exper t dr iver s, but bef ore t hey dr ive any of t he buses, they wi l have t o pas a special test. The st udent s ar e going t o t ake t he test i n t wo days39。 answer ed Cr awl ey,39。 he shout ed, 39。 which have at tim es been sighted ar e si mpl y st range f ish. Occasi onal ly, unusual cr eat ures ar e washed to t he shor e, but they are r arel y caught out at sea. Some ti me ago, however, a pecul iar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A smal l fi shi ng boat was car ied mi les out to sea by t he power ful f ish as it pull ed on the l ine. Real izing t hat t his was no or di nar y f ish, the f isher man made ever y ef ort not to damage i t i n any way. When it was eventualy brought t o shor e, i t was found to be over thi rt en f eet l ong. I t had a head l ike a horse, bi g blue eyes, shining si lver ski n, and a br ight red t ai l, The f ish, whi ch has si nce been sent t o a museum where it is being exami ned by a scient ist, is cal ed an oar f ish. Such creatur es have r ar ely been sen ali ve by man as t hey l ive at a dept h of six hundred f eet . Lesson83 Af t er the electi ons 大選之后 The f orm er Pr ime Mi ni ster, Mr Wentwor th Lane, was def eat ed in t he recent el ect ions. He i s now r eti ri ng fr om poli ti cal l if e and has gone abr oad. My f ri end, Crawl ey, has always been a fanatical opponent of Mr Lane39。 I li t a cigaret e t o cal m m y nerves. I smoked wit h concentr ati on and pl easure as I was sure t hat t his would be my l ast cigaret e. For a whol e week I did not smoke at al and duri ng thi s ti me, my wi fe suf fered t er ibly. I had al the usual symptom s of someone giving up smoki ng: a bad t em per and an enor mous appet ite. My fr iends kept on of feri ng me ci gar et tes and cigars. They made no ef or t to hi de their amusement whenever I pr oduced a packe t of sweets f r om my pocket. Af ter seven days of t his I went to a par ty. Everybody ar ound m e was sm oki ng and I f el t ext remely unf ort abl e. When my old fr iend Br ian ur ged m e to accept a ci gar et te, it was m or e t han I could bear. I t ook one gui lti ly, l it it and s moked wit h sat isf acti on. My wi fe was del ighted t hat t hi ngs had r etur ned t o norm al once more. Anyway, as Br ian poi nt ed out , it i s the easi est thi ng in the wor ld t o give up smoking. He hi msel f has done it l ots of ti mes! Lesson79 By ai r 乘飛機(jī) I used t o tr avel by ai r a gr eat deal when I was a boy. My par ents, used to li ve in South Ameri ca and I used to fl y ther e fr om Eur ope in t he hol idays. An ai rhostess would t ake charge of me and I never had an unpleasant exper ience. I am used to t ravel ing by ai r and only on one occasi on have I ever felt f ri ghtened. Af ter taking of f, we were f lyi ng low over the ci ty and slo