【正文】 answer。 39。 I looked down and nearl y f el l off t he ladder when I saw a poli cem an. I i mmediatel y regr et ted answer ing i n t he way I did, but I said, 39。 I don39。This i s the Poo and Ee Seed Bir d Company. Good ladies, evening and gent lemen ! 39。cl ock t rai n did not run at al . It broke down at Ferngreen st at i on and was taken off t he line.39。t hat you ar e not t eli ng the t rut h. I suggest that you did not cat ch the o39。 I suggest ,39。t not ice anything unusual ?39。 39。At what ti me did you ar ri ve at the stati on ?39。 I suppose i t woul d, but I never catch a l at er tr ai n.39。 Woul d a l ater tr ai n get you to wor k on t ime ?39。clock. My empl oyer wi l conf ir m that I was there on t im e. 39。 answer ed the man.39。 asked t he inspect or . 39。 said t he man. 39。At t he ti me t he murder was mit ted, I was tr avel ing on the o39。 ti me. Even so, peopl e 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 tude to the student s in let er s t o the Pr ess. Only one or two peopl e have objected t hat t he st udent s wil l dr ive t oo f ast! Lesson85 Never too ol d t o learn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have j ust r eceived a l et t er fr om m y old school i nfor ming m e that my f orm er head m ast er , Mr Regmald Page, wil l be reti ri ng next week. Pupi ls of the school , ol d and new, wil l be sending him a pr esent to m ar k t he occasi on. Al l those who have contr ibut ed towards t he gif t wi l l si gn their names in a large al bum which wi l l be sent to t he headmaster39。fr ee ri des39。 but I love t o hear you say it ! 39。 I know,39。 he shouted, 39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane l ived t her e, t he policeman on duty told him that si nce hi s def eat , the exPr im e Mi ni ster had gone abroad. On the f oll owing day, Crawl ey went t o t he house agai n. The same poli ceman was j ust wal king slowl y past the entr ance, 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 icem an lost hi s temper .39。 which have at ti mes been sighted ar e si m pl y str ange f ish. Ocasional ly, unusual cr eat ures are washed to t he shor e, but they are rar el y caught out at sea. Some t ime ago, however, a peculi ar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al fi shi ng boat was car ied m il es out to sea by t he power ful f ish as it pull ed on the l ine. Real izing t hat his was no or dinary f ish, the f isher man m ade every ef for t not to dam age i t in any way. When i t was eventual y brought to shore, it was f ound t o be over t hir teen feet long. It had a head li ke a hor se, big bl ue eyes, shi ning sil ver skin, and a bri ght r ed tail , The fi sh, which has since been sent to a m useum wher e i t i s bei ng exam ined by a scienti st , i s cal led an oarf i sh. Such cr eat ures have rarel y been seen alive by man as they li ve at a depth of si x hundr ed feet. Leson83 Af ter t he el ect ions 大選之后 The for mer Pri me Minist er , Mr Went wort h Lane, was defeated i n the r ecent elections. He is now ret ir ing f rom pol it ical li fe and has gone abr oad. My fr iend, Cr awley, has al ways been a f anat ical opponent of Mr Lane39。s clot hes. Now, dressed i n a blue uni form and wi th a ri fl e over his shoulder, t he pr isoner m ar ched bol dl y up and down i n fr ont of t he cam p. He coul d hear shouting in t he camp it sel f. Light s were bl azing and m en were r unni ng her e and ther e: t hey had j ust discover ed tha t a pri soner had escaped. At that moment, a l ar 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 passed. When they had gone, t he dr iver of the 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 , the pri soner knocke d him to the ground wi th a shar p blow. Then, j um ping i nt o t he car , he dr ove off as quickly as he coul d. Lesson82 Monst er or fi sh? 是妖還是魚？ Fi sher men and sai lors someti mes claim t o have seen monst ers i n the sea. Though peopl e have of ten l aughed at st or ies t old by s eam en, i t i s now known t hat many of t hese 39。 Fort unat el y, t he shout ing woke up my wif e who opened the wi ndow just as t he poli ceman had star ted to cl im b towar ds me. Lesson93 A noble gif t 崇高的禮物 One of t he most f amous monum ent s in the wor ld, the St at ue of Libert y, was pr esented t o the Uni ted St at es of Am eri ca in t he nieent h cent ury by the peopl e of France. The great st atue, which was desi gned by t he scul pt or August e Bart hol di , took t en years to plet e. The actual fi gur e was made of copper support ed by a met al f ramewor k which had been especi al y constr uct ed by Eif f el . Bef ore it coul d be tr ansport ed to the Uni ted Stat es, a sit e had to be f ound for it and a pedestal had to be bui lt . The si te chosen was an i sl and at t he ent r ance of New Yor k Har bour . By 1884, a stat ue which was 151 f et tal l, had been er ect ed in Pari s. The f oll owing year, it wa s t aken t o pieces and sent to Am eri ca. By t he end of Oct ober 1886, t he st atue had been put together agai n and it wa s off ici al ly pr esented t o t he Ameri can people by Bar tholdi . Ever since then, the great monument has been a sym bol of li ber ty for the m il li ons of peopl e who have passed thr ough New York Harbour to m ake t hei r homes in Am eri ca. Leson94 Future champions 未來的冠軍 Experi ments have proved that chi ldr en can be i nst ructed i n swim ming at a very ear ly age. At a special sw