【正文】 s house. When he asked if Mr Lane lived t her e, t he policeman on duty told him that si nce hi s def eat , the exPr im e Mi nister had gone abroad. On t he foll owing day, Crawl ey went t o t he house agai n. The same poli ceman was j ust wal king slowl y past t he ent rance, when Cr awl ey asked t he same questi on. Though a li t le suspi ci ous this t im e, t he pol iceman gave hi m the sam e answer . The day af ter, Cr awley went to the house once mor e and asked exactl y the same quest ion. This t ime, the pol iceman lost hi s temper .39。 which ha ve 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 arely caught out at sea. Som e 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 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 ualy brought t o shor e, i t was found t o be over t hi rt een feet long. I t had a hea d l ike a hor se, big bl ue eyes, shini ng si lver ski n, and a br ight red t ail , The f i sh, whi ch has si nce been sent to a museum where i t is being examined by a scienti st , is cal ed an oar fi sh. Such creatur es have rar el y been seen ali ve by man as they l ive at a dept h of si x hundred f et . Lesson83 Af t er t he electi ons 大選之后 The f or mer Pr ime Mini st er, Mr Wentwor th Lane, was def eat ed in t he recent electi ons. He i s now r et ir ing f r om poli ti cal li fe and has gone abr oad. My fr iend, Crawl ey, has al ways been a f anat ical opponent of Mr Lane39。 Lesson88 Trapped i n a mi ne 困在礦井里 Si x m en have been tr apped i n a m ine f or sevent een hour s. I f t hey are not br ought t o t he sur face soon t hey m ay l ose t hei r li ves. However , rescue operati ons ar e pr ovi ng di f fi cult . If expl osi ves are used, vi br ati ons wi l cause t he r oof of t he m ine t o col l apse. Rescue wor kers ar e theref or e dri l i ng a hol e on t he nor th si de of t he mi ne. They i nt end t o bri ng t he m en up i n a special capsule. If t her e had not been a har d l ayer of r ock beneat h t he soil , t hey woul d have pl et ed the j ob in a few hour s. As i t is, t hey have been dri l i ng f or si xteen hour s and t hey sti l have a long way t o go. Meanwhi l e, a mi crophone, whi ch was l owered i nt o t he m i ne t wo hours ago, has enabl ed t he m en to keep i n touch wit h t he cl osest rel at ives. Though t hey ar e running out of food and dr i nk, t he men are cheerf ul and confi dent that they wi l get out soon. They have been t ol d t hat r escue oper at ions are pr ogres i ng sm oot hly. If t hey knew how dif fi cul t it was to dri l thr ough t he har d r ock, t hey woul d lose hear t. Leson89 A sl ip of t he tongue 口誤 People wi l do anything to see a fr ee showeven i f it is a bad one. When t he news got round t hat a vari ety show woul d be present ed at our local ci nem a by the P. and U. Bir d Seed Company, we al l rushed to see it . We had t o queue f or hour s to get in and t her e must have been several hundr ed peopl e present just be f ore t he show began. Unfor tunat ely, the show was one of the dull est we have ever seen. Those who fai led t o get i n need not ha ve felt di sappoi nted as many of the ar ti st es who should have appear ed did r of t he car came towards hi m. The man obviousl y wanted t o tal k. He was rather elderl y wi th gr ey hai r and cl ear bl ue 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 ckly as 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 seam en, i t i s now known t hat many of these 39。cl ock t r ai n, but t hat you caught t he whi ch would sti l get you to wor k on t im e. You see, on t he m or ni ng of t he m ur der, t he 8. 0 o39。 sai d t he inspect or , 39。 Of cour se not. 39。And you di dn39。 At t en t o ei ght. I bought a paper and wai t ed f or t he tr ai n.39。 39。 asked t he i nspect or . 39。 39。 I must be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。Of cour se I do, 39。Do you al ways cat ch such an earl y tr ain ?39。cl ock t rai n to London,39。s hom e. We shal l al l reme m ber Mr Page f or hi s pat ience and underst andi ng and f or t he ki ndl y encouragem ent he gave us when we went so unwi l i ngl y to sc hool . A gr eat many f orm er pupi l s wil l be at tending a f arewel di nner i n hi s honour next Thur sday. It i s a cur i ous coi nci dence t hat t he day bef ore hi s reti r em ent, Mr Page wi l have been t eachi ng for a t ot al of f ort y year s. Aft er he has r et ir ed, he wi l devot e him self t o gardeni ng. For him , thi s wil l be an enti r el y new hobby. But t hi s does not mat er, f or , as he has oft en r em ar ked, one i s never too ol d to l ear n. Lesson86 O ut of cont rol 失控 As t he m an tr i ed t o swi ng t he speed boat round, t he st eer i ng wheel cam e away i n hi s hands. He waved desperat el y t o hi s pani on, who had been water ski i ng for t he l ast f if teen mi nut es. Bot h m en had har dly had t im e to r eal i ze what was happening when t hey were t hrown vi ol ent 1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but i t conti nued to m ove ver y qui ckly acr oss t he wat er . Bot h m en had j ust begun to swim t owar ds t he shor e. when t hey noti ced wit h di sm ay t hat t he speedboat was m ovi ng i n a ci r cl e. I t now cam e str ai ght t owar ds t hem at r em endous speed. I n l es t han a m i nut e, it r oared past t hem only a few f eet aw