【正文】 s home. We shal al r em em ber Mr Page f or hi s pati 。 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。 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 we ek. Many owner s of pri vat e car s are going to of fer 39。 answer ed Cr awl ey,39。 39。 he shout ed, 39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane li ved t here, the poli ceman on dut y tol d him that since his defeat, the ex Pr im e Mi nister had gone abr oad. On t he fol lowi ng day, Cr awl ey went to t he house agai n. The same poli cem an was just wal king slowl y past t he ent rance, when Cr awley asked the sam e questi on. Though a li t le suspi cious thi s ti me, t he pol i cem an gave him the same answer . The day af ter , Cr awl ey went t o the house once m or e and asked exact ly t he same questi on. This t im e, t he pol iceman l ost his t em per .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。s cl othes. Now, dr essed in a bl ue uni f or m and wi t h a r if le over hi s shoul der , t he pri soner marched boldly up and down in f ront of the camp. He coul d hear shouti ng in t he camp it sel f. Light s were bl azi ng and men were r unni ng here and t her e: t hey had j ust di scover ed that a pri soner had escaped. At that moment, a l ar ge black car wi t h four off icers i nsi de it , st opped at the camp gates. The of f icer s got out and the pr isoner stood t o at ent ion and saluted as t hey passed. When they had gone, t he dr iver of the car came towards hi m. The man obvi ousl y wanted t o tal k. He was rather elderl y wi th gr ey hai r and cl ear blue eyes. The pr isoner f el t sor ry for him , but ther e was not hing else he could do. As t he man cam e near , t he pri soner knocked him to the ground wi th a sharp blow. Then, j um ping i nt o t he car , he dr ove of f as qui ckl y a s he coul d. Lesson82 Monst er or fi sh? 是妖還是魚？ Fi sherm en and sail ors someti mes claim to have seen monst er s i n the sea. Though peopl e have of ten l aughed at stor ies t ol d by s eam en, i t i s now known t hat many of these 39。 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 packet of sweets f r om my pocket. Af ter seven days of t his I went to a par ty. Everybody ar ound me 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 smoked 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 slowl y gaining 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 hostes t old us t o keep cal m and t o 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 cur i 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 t old t hat a bomb had been planted on t he plane. Af t er we had landed, the pl ane was sear ched thoroughly. For tunately, nothi ng was found and fi ve hour s lat er we were able to t ake of f agai n. Lesson80 The Cryst al Palace 水晶宮 Per haps