【正文】 I looked down and nearl y f el l off t he ladder when I saw a pol icem an. I i mm edi at el y r egr et t ed answe。 I don39。Thi s i s t he Poo and Ee Seed Bi r d Com pany. Good l adi es, eveni ng and gentl em en !39。cl ock t rai n did not r un at al . It br oke down at Fer ngr en st at ion and was t aken off t he li ne. 39。t hat you ar e not tel i ng t he tr uth. I suggest t hat you di d not catch t he 8. 0 o39。 I suggest ,39。t not ice anyt hing unusual ?39。 39。 39。 39。 asked t he i nspect or . 39。 39。 I m ust be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。Of cour se I do,39。Do you al ways catch such an ear ly t r ai n ?39。cl ock t r ai n t o 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 t he ki ndl y encour agement he gave us when we went so unwi l ingl y t o school. A gr eat many f or mer pupi ls wi l be at endi ng a f ar ewel di nner in hi s honour next Thur sday. I t is a curi ous coi nci dence t hat t he day bef or e his r eti rement, Mr Page wi l have been t eachi ng f or a t ot al of f or t y year s. Af ter he has reti r ed, he wil l devot e hi mself t o gar deni ng. For him, t his wi l be an enti r el y new hobby. But t hi s does not m at er , f or , as he has oft en r em ar ked, one is never t oo ol d t o l ear n. Lesson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he m an tr ied t o swi ng t he speedboat r ound, t he st eer ing wheel cam e away in hi s hands. He waved desper atel y to hi s pani on, who had been wat er ski i ng f or the l ast fi ft een m i nut es. Both m en had har dl y had ti me t o r eal ize what was happeni ng when t hey wer e t hr own vi ol ent 1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had st r uck a buoy, but i t conti nued t o m ove ver y qui ckl y across the wat er . Both m en had j ust begun t o swi m t owar ds t he s hor 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 owards t hem at t r em endous speed. I n l ess t han a m i nut e, i t roared past t hem onl y a few feet away. Af ter it had pased, t hey swam on as quickly as t hey coul d because t hey knew t hat the boat woul d soon ret ur n. They had j ust had enough t im e to swim out of danger when t he boat agai n pl eted a cir cle. On t hi s occasi on, however, i t had sl owed down consi der abl y. The petr ol had nearl y al been used up. Befor e long, t he noise dr opped pletel y and t he boat began t o dr if t gent ly acr oss t he wat er. Leson87 A perf ect ali bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù) 39。 t o peopl e on their way t o wor k. Thi s wi l r el ieve pressur e on t he t r ai ns t o som e extent. Meanwhil e, a num ber of uni versit y student s have vol unt eer ed to dr i ve buses whi l e t he str ike l asts. Al t he young m en are exper t dri ver s, but bef or e t hey dri ve any of t he buses, t hey wil l have t o pass a speci al t est. The st udents ar e goi ng t o take t he t est i n t wo days39。 Lesson84 O n st ri ke 罷工 Busm en have deci ded t o go on st ri ke next wek. The st ri ke is due t o begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong i t wil l last . The busm en have stated t hat t he st ri ke wil l cont inue until general agr eem ent i s reached about pay and wor ki ng condi ti ons. Most peopl e beli eve t hat the str i ke wi l l ast f or at l east a week. Many owner s of pr i vat e car s ar e going t o off er 39。 answer ed Cr awl ey, 39。Mr Lane was def eat ed i n t he el ect ions. He has r eti red f r om pol it ical li fe and gone t o l i ve abr oad ! 39。 I tol d you yest er day and t he day bef ore yest er day, 39。s Radi cal Pr ogr essi ve Part y. Aft er t he el ect i ons, Crawl ey went t o t he form er Prim e Mi nist er39。 answered t he Ambasador. 39。And wher e were you at t he t im e ?39。 Good heavens! 39。 answer ed the Am bassador dr ily. 39。 39。 she asked. 39。 Fort unat el y, t he shouti ng woke up m y wif e who opened t he wi ndow just as t he pol i ceman had start ed t o cl im b t owar ds m e. Lesson93 A nobl e gif t 崇高的禮物 One of t he m ost f am ous m onum ent s in t he worl d, the St at ue of Li bert y, was pr esent ed t o the Uni ted St at es of Am eri ca i n t he ni eent h cent ury by t he peopl e of France. The gr eat st at ue, whi ch was desi gned by t he scul pt or August e Bar t hol di , took t en year s t o pl et e. The actual fi gur e was made of copper support ed by a met al f ramewor k which had been especi al l y constr uct ed by Eif f el . Bef or e i t coul d be tr ansport ed t o t he Unit ed St at es, a sit e had t o be f ound for it and a pedest al had t o 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 whi ch was 151 f et tal , had been er ected i n Pari s. The f ol l owi ng year , it was t aken t o pieces and sent t o Am er i ca. By t he end of Oct ober 1886, t he st at ue had been put together agai n and i t was off ici al ly pr esented t o t he Am eri can people by Bar t hol di . Ever si nce t hen, t he gr eat m onument has been a sym bol of li bert y f or t he m il li ons of peopl e who have pas ed t hr ough New Yor k Har bour t o m ake their homes i n Ameri ca. Lesson94 Fut ure cham pi ons 未來(lái)的冠軍 Exper im ent s have pr oved t hat chil dr en can be instr uct ed in swim mi ng at a ver y earl y age. At a speci al swim mi ng pool i n Los Angel es, chil dr en be e expert at hol ding t hei r breath under wat er even bef or e t hey can wal k. Babies of t wo m onths ol d do not appear t o be r el uct ant t o ent e r t he wat er , It i s not l ong bef or e t hey ar e so acust omed t o swimm ing t hat t hey can pi ck up wei ghts f r om t he f l oor of t he pool. A gam e t hat is ver y popul ar wi t h t hese young swimm ers i s the under wat er t ri cycl e race. Tr icycl es are l ined up on t he fl oor of t he pool seven f eet under wat er . The chi l dr en pet e agai nst each ot her t o r each t he ot her end of t he pool. Many pedal their