【正文】 I looked down and nearl y f el l off t he ladder when I saw a pol icem an. I i mmediatel y regr et ted answer ing i n t he wa。 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 stat ion and was taken off t he li ne. 39。t hat you ar e not t eli ng t he t r ut 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。 Would a l ater tr ain 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 ling 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 m e that my f ormer 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 l be sendi ng him a pr esent t o mar k the occasi on. Al l those who have contr ibuted t owards t he gi ft wi l sign t hei r nam es in a l arge album which wi l be sent t o t he headmast er39。f ree r ides39。 but I l ove 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 Pr ogr essive Part y. Aft er the electi ons, Crawl ey went t o t he for mer 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 r iving 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 l ion visit ors i n al , and t he prof it s fr om t he exhi bi ti on were used t o bui ld museums and coll eges. Lat er , the Cr yst al Pal ace was m oved t o Sout h London. I t remained one of the m ost f am ous buil dings in the wor ld unt il it was burnt down i n 1936. Leson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil led the guard, t he pr isoner of war quickly dr agged hi m i nto t he bushes. Working r apidly in t he dar kness, he soon changed int o the dead man39。 I shout ed.39。 he cal led. 39。 39。You see, I 39。d pref er t o s tay here, 39。 39。Excuse my i nt er upt ing you. I hat e to inter rupt a man when he39。So do I ,39。I enjoy cleaning wi ndows at night. 39。t thi nk the wi ndows need cleaning at this tim e of the night .39。 l eson90 What s for supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Brazil i s one of t he ri chest countr ies i n the wor ld, much of it has not yet been developed. I t was mainly for thi s reason that he Br azi lian government deci ded t o have a new cit y buil t 600 mil es nor thwest of Rio de Janei ro. Designed by the gr eat archit ect Lucio Cost a, t he new cit y, Br asi li a, r epl aced Ri o de Janeir o as t he capit al of Br azi f in 1960. Brasil ia has been car ef ul l y pl anned f or m oder n li ving. It s wide r oads, which can take f our teen l anes of tr af ic, have been kept away f rom li vi ng areas. Chi ldr en do not have to cr oss busy st reets t o go t o school. Housewi ves can vi si t shopping centr es on foot, f or in t hese special ly designed li vi ng areas, cars ar e unnecesary. At fi rst , t he gover nm ent had great dif fi cul ty i n persuadi ng peopl e to l eave Ri o and to set tl e in Br asi li a. Si nce 1960, howe ver, t he populat ion has been gr owing al l t he ti me. Brasil ia has quickly establi shed i tself as the capital of the countr y. The i dea t o have the capi tal moved so far i nl and wil l have a gr eat ef ect on t he fut ure of Br azi l. Leson91 Thre men in a basket 三人 同籃 A pi lot not iced a bal oon which sem ed to be maki ng for a Royal Air Force St ation nearby. He i nform ed the stat ion at once, but no one t her e was abl e t o expl ai n t he myst ery. The off icer in t he cont rol tower was very angry when he hear d the news, because bal oons can be a gr eat danger to ai rcr af t. He said that someone mi ght by spying on t he st ation and t he pil ot was or der ed to keep t rack of the str ange object. The pi lot managed t o cir cl e t he bal l oon f or som e ti me. He coul d make out three m en in a basket under i t and one of t hem was holding f iel d glasses. When the bal oon was over t he st at ion, the pi lot saw one of t he men t aki ng phot ogr aphs. Soon af ter wards, the bal oon began to descend and i t l anded near an ai rf iel d. The poli ce were cal ed in, but t hey coul d not ar rest anyone, f or the basket cont ai ned two Members of Parl iament and t he Commanding Of f icer of t he stati on! As the Comm anding Of f icer expl ai ned later , one half of the st at ion di d not know what t he ot her hal f was doi ng ! Lesson92 Aski ng for t roubl e 自找麻煩 I t must have been about two in t he mor ni ng when I ret ur ned home. I t ri ed to wake up my wi fe by ri ngi ng the door bel l, but she was f ast asleep, so I got a ladder f rom the shed in the garden, put it against he wal , and began cli mbing t owar ds the bedroom window. I was almost there when a sar casti c voi ce bel ow said,39。 Lesson88 Trapped in a mi ne 困在礦井里 Six men have been t rapped i n a m ine f or sevent en hours. I f t hey are not brought t o t he sur face soon t hey may lose their l ive s. However , r escue oper at ions are pr oving dif fi cult. I f expl osi ves ar e used, vi brati ons wil l cause the r oof of t he mine t o coll aps e. Rescue wo