【正文】 This i s the Poo and Ee Seed Bir d Company. Good ladies, eveni ng and gent lemen !39。clock t rain did not run at al . It broke down a t Ferngreen stati on and was taken off t he li ne. 39。t hat you ar e not t el li ng the t rut h. I suggest that you di d not cat ch the o39。 I suggest ,39。t not ice anyt hing unusual ?39。 39。At what ti me did you ar ri ve at he stati on ?39。 I suppose i t woul d, but I never catch a l at er t r 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。 answered t he man.39。 asked t he inspect or . 39。 said t he man. 39。At t he ti me the m urder was mit ted, I was tr avel ing on the o39。 ti me. Even so, peopl e ar e goi ng to f ind i t dif fi cul t to get to wor k. But so f ar, t he publ ic has expr es ed it s grati tude t o the students i n let ters t o t he Pr es. Only one or t wo peopl e have obj ect ed that the student s wi l dri ve too f ast ! Lesson85 Never t oo old t o l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just recei ved a let er fr om m y old school i nf orm ing me that my f or mer head master , Mr Regmald Page, wi l l be r eti ri ng next week. Pupil s of the school , ol d and new, wi l be sendi ng him a present t o mar k the occasion. Al l those who have contr ibuted t owards the gi ft wi l sign t hei r nam es in a l arge album which wi l be sent t o the headmast er 39。fr ee ri des39。 but I love t o hear you say it ! 39。 I know,39。Mr Lane was defeated i n t he el ect ions. He has r etir ed f rom pol it ical lif e and gone to l ive abroad ! 39。 I tol d you yester day and t he day bef ore yest erday,39。s Radi cal Progr essive Part y. Aft er t he electi ons, Crawl ey went t o t he form er Pr im e Mi nister 39。m onster s39。s steam hammer . Though i n those days, tr avel ing was not as easy as it i s today, st eam boat s car ri ed thousands of vi sitor s acr oss t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ar ri ving i n England, t hey were t aken t o t he Crystal Pal ace by tr ai n. Ther e were si x mi li on visit ors i n al , and t he prof it s fr om t he exhi bi ti on were used to bui ld museums and coll eges. Lat er , the Cr yst al Pal ace was moved t o Sout h London. I t remained one of the m ost f am ous buil dings in the wor ld unti l it was burnt down i n 1936. Leson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil ed the guard, the pr isoner of war quickly dr agged hi m i nto t he bushes. Wor king r apidly in t he dar kness, he soon changed int o the dead man39。 answer ed t he Am bassador . 39。 39。 excl ai m ed hi s wi f e. 39。 39。 answer ed t he Am bassador dr i l y. 39。 39。 she asked. 39。 For tunately, the shouti ng woke up my wi fe who opened t he window j ust as the pol iceman had st ar ted t o cli mb t owards me. Leson93 A nobl e gif t 崇高的 禮物 One of the most famous monuments i n the wor l d, t he Statue of Li ber ty, was present ed to t he Unit ed States of Amer ica i n the ni enth centur y by t he people of Fr ance. The gr eat stat ue, which was designed by the sculptor August e Bar tholdi, t ook ten ye ar s to pl ete. The act ual f igure was m ade of copper suppor ted by a m et al fr am ewor k whi ch had been especial ly const ructed by Ei f el. Befor e it could be t ranspor ted t o t he United St ates, a si te had to be found f or i t and a pedest al had t o be buil t. The s it e chosen was an island at the entr ance of New York Har bour . By 1884, a st at ue which was 151 f eet t al l, had been er ect ed in Par i s . The f ol l owi ng year , it was taken to pieces and sent t o Amer ica. By the end of October 1886, the stat ue had been put toget her again and i t was of f icial y pr esent ed to the Am er ican peopl e by Bart holdi. Ever si nce then, t he great m onum ent has been a symbol of l iber ty f or the mi l ions of people who have passed t hrough New Yor k Har bour t o make their homes i n Amer ica. Lesson94 Fut ure cham pi ons 未來的冠軍 Exper im ent s have pr oved t hat chil dren can be instr uct ed in swi mmi ng at a ver y earl y age. At a speci al swi mmi ng pool i n Los Angel es, chil dr en bee expert at hol ding t hei r breath under wat er even befor e they can walk. Babies of two months old do not appear to be reluctant to ent er t he water , I t is not long befor e they are so accust omed to swi mmi ng that they can pick up wei ght s fr om the f loor of t he pool . A game t hat i s ver y popul ar wit h these young swi mmer s is t he underwat er tr icycl e r ace. Tri cycles ar e li ned up on the f loor of t he pool seven feet under water. The chil dren pete agai nst each other to r each t he other end of t he pool . Many pedal their t ri cycl es, but m ost of them pr efer to push or drag t hem . Som e chi l dren can cover the whol e length of t he pool wi thout i ng up f or br eat h even once. Whether they wi l ever be e fut ure Ol ympic champions, onl y ti me wi l t el. Meanwhi le, they shoul d encourage those among us who cannot swim f ive yards befor e t hey ar e gaspi ng f or ai r . Lesson95 A f ant asy 純屬虛構(gòu) When t he Am bassador of Escal opi a r et ur ned hom e f or l unch, hi s wi f e got a shock. He l ooked pal e and hi s cl ot hes wer e i n a f r i g ht f ul st at e. 39。My key, 39。Your what ?39。ve f ott en my key.39。 I said. 39。Wel l, I39。s busy worki ng, but would you mi nd ing wi t h me t o the st at ion ?39。 answer ed the poli ceman i n t he same t one. 39。 39。 I looked down and nearl y f el l off t he ladder when I saw a poli cem an. I im mediatel y regret 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, eveni ng and gent lemen ! 39。clock t rain did not run at al . It broke down at Ferngreen stati on and was taken off t he li ne. 39。t hat you ar e not t el li ng the t rut h. I suggest that you di d not cat ch the o39。 I suggest ,39。t not ice anyt hing unusual ?39。 39。At what ti me did you ar ri ve at h