【正文】 we are t aking you to the macaroni fi elds of Calabri a. Macaroni has been gr own in this ar ea for over six hundr ed years. Two of t he leadi ng grower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ri car do Brabante, tel me that they have been expecti ng a spl endi d crop t his year and harvesti ng has begun ear li er t han usual. Her e you can see two worker s who, between t hem, have j ust f ini shed cutt ing t hree car t loads of gol den brown m acaroni stalks. The whol e vil lage has been wor king day and night gat her ing and t hreshi ng thi s year 39。To end our special news bul leti n,39。 SOS39。 39。 asked the i nspect or. 39。 39。 I m ust be at work at o39。Of cour se I do,39。Do you al ways catch such an ear ly tr ai n ?39。clock t rain to London, 39。s home. We shal al r em em ber Mr Page f or his pati ence and under st andi ng and for the ki ndl y encour agement he gave us when we went so unwil li ngl y t o school. A gr eat m any form er pupil s wi l be at ending a far ewel l di nner i n his honour next Thur sday. It i s a curi ous coincidence that the day bef ore hi s ret ir em ent , Mr Page wil l have been teachi ng for a t otal of for ty years. Aft er he has r et ir ed, he wi l devote him sel f to gardening. For hi m, thi s wil 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 to learn. Lesson86 O ut of cont rol 失控 As the m an tr ied t o swing t he speedboat r ound, t he st er ingwheel cam e away in hi s hands. He waved desper ately to hi s panion, who had been wat er ski ing f or the l ast fi ft een minutes. Both m en had har dl y had ti me t o r eal ize what was happeni ng when they wer e thr own viol ent 1y into the sea. The speedboat had st ruck a buoy, but it conti nued t o move very qui ckl y acr oss t he water . Bot h men had j ust begun to swi m t owar ds the s hore. when they noti ced wi t h dismay t hat the speed boat was movi ng in a ci rcle. I t now came st rai ght t owar ds them at t remendous speed. In less than a mi nute, it roar ed past the m onl y a f ew feet away. Af ter i t had pased, t hey swam on as quickly as t hey could because t hey knew that the boat woul d soon r etur n. They had just had enough ti me t o swim out of danger when t he boat agai n pleted a ci rcl e. On this occasi on, however , it had sl owed down consi der abl y. The petr ol had nearl y al been used up. Before long, t he noise dropped pl et el y and the boat began to dr if t gent ly across the wat er. Leson87 A perfect ali bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。 to people on t hei r way to work. This wi l r elieve pr essur e on t he tr ai ns to some ext ent . Meanwhi le, a number of universi ty students have vol unteer ed to dri ve buses whil e the str ike l ast s. Al l the young men are expert dri ver s, but befor e they dri ve any of t he buses, t hey wil l have t o pas a speci al t est . The st udents ar e going t o take t he test i n two days39。 Leson84 On st ri ke 罷工 Busmen have decided t o go on str ike next week. The st ri ke is due t o begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how long i t wil l last. The busmen have stated t hat t he st ri ke wil l cont inue unti l general agr eem ent i s reached about pay and wor ki ng condi ti ons. Most people beli eve that the str ike wi l l ast for at least a week. Many owners of pr ivate cars ar e goi ng to off er 39。 answered Cr awley,39。 39。 he shout ed, 39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane l ived ther e, t he pol iceman on duty t old hi m t hat s ince his def eat , t he ex Pri me Mini st er had gone abr oad. On the f ollowi ng day, Cr awley went to the house again. The sam e pol iceman was j ust walki ng sl owly past the entr ance, when Crawl ey asked the same quest ion. Though a l it tl e suspici ous t his t ime, the poli cem an gave hi m t he same answer. The day aft er , Cr awl ey went to t he house once more and asked exactly the same questi on. Thi s ti me, the poli ceman l ost hi s temper. 39。 which have at im es been sighted ar e si mply st range fi sh. Occasi onal ly, unusual cr eat ur es ar e washed t o t he shor e, but they are r arely caught out at sea. Som e ti me ago, however, a pecul iar f ish was caught nea r Madagascar. A sm al l fi shi ng boat was car ied mi les out to sea by the power ful fi sh as it pull ed on the l ine. Reali zing t hat t hi s was no ordi nar y f ish, t he fi sher man made ever y ef ort not to damage i t i n any way. When it was event ual ly br ought t o shor e, i t was found t o be over t hi rt een feet long. I t had a head l ike a hor se, big bl ue eyes, shini ng si lver ski n, and a br ight red t ail , The f ish, which has si nce been sent t o a m useum wher e it i s bei ng exami ned by a sci ent ist, i s cal led an oarf ish. Such cr eat ur es have r arely been seen al ive by m an as t hey li ve at a depth of six hundred f eet. Lesson83 Aft er the el ect ions 大選之后 The form er Pr im e Mi nister , Mr Went wor t h Lane, was defeated i n the r ecent elect ions. He is now reti ri ng f rom pol it ical lif e and has gone abroad. My f r iend, Cr awley, has al ways been a f anati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。s cl ot hes. Now, dressed i n a bl ue uni for m and wi th a ri fl e over hi s shoulder, t he pri soner marched bol dly up and down i n f ront of the camp. He coul d hear shout ing i n t he camp it self . Lights wer e blazing and m en wer e r unni ng her e and there: t hey had j ust discover ed that a pri soner had escaped. At that moment, a lar ge black car wi th four off icers i nsi de it , st opped at the camp gates. The of fi cer s got out and the pr isoner stood t o at ent ion and sal uted as they pased. When they had gone, the dr iver of the car came t owards him . The man obvi ousl y wanted t o talk. 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 there was not hing else he could do. As the m an cam e nea