【正文】 leson70 Red f or danger 危險(xiǎn)的紅色 Duri ng a bul lf ight , a drunk suddenly wander ed i nt o the middle of t he r ing. The crowd began to shout, but the dr unk was unaware of the danger. The bull was busy wit h the mat ador at the time, but it suddenly caught si ght of t he drunk who was shout ing rude r emarks and wavi ng a r ed cap. Apparently sensit ve t o cr it ci sm, the bul l f or got a l about the matador and charged at the dr unk. The cr owd suddenl y gr ew quiet. The dr unk, however , seemed quit e sure of hi mself . When the bul l got clos。 he sai d, in a mournful voice,39。 I conti nued dr iving and after some ti me, the examiner t apped loudl y. Though the sound could be heard clear ly, it took me a l ong ti me to r eact . I suddenly presed the br ake pedal har d and we wer e bot h thrown forward. The examiner l ooked at me sadl y. 39。 lesson69 But not murder! 并非謀殺！ I was being test ed f or a driving l icence f or t he thi rd ti me. I had been asked t o dr ive in heavy traf ic and had done so successf ul ly. Af ter havi ng been i nstr ucted to dri ve out of town, I began t o acqui re confi dence. Sure t hat I had passed, I was almost beginning to enj oy my t est. The exami ner must have been pl eased wit h my perf ormance, f or he smi led and said, 39。s al ways pl enty t o read i n the 39。 he answered. 39。 Then I 39。m going to t he denti st .39。 I l ied, 39。Would you mi nd my ing with you ?39。m going to.. .39。 I answered. 39。r e not busy doi ng anyt hi ng, ar e you ?39。 Bert answer ed. 39。Fancy meti ng you her e ! 39。Hul lo, Bert ,39。t have t o car y hi m. Of cour se, we should ar est hi m, but as he has a good r ecord, we shal l et him off t hi s t ime.39。 said a policeman aft er war ds, 39。 of six pret y gi rl s, he set off down t he main str et of the city r iding a baby el ephant cal ed Jumbo. He, should have known t hat the poli ce woul d never alow t hi s sort of t hi ng. A pol iceman a pproached Jimmy and told him he ought to have gone al ong a si de str et as Jumbo was holding up the traf ic. Though Ji mmy agr ed to go at once, Jumbo r ef used t o move. Fi fteen poli cemen had to push ver y hard t o get hi m off the main st reet . The pol ice had a di f f i cult time, but they were most amused. 39。s hospit al. Dr essed up as Fat her Chr istmas and acpanied by a 39。s home. We shal al l r emember Mr Page f or his pat ience and underst anding and f or the kindl y encouragement he gave us when we went so unwil lingly t o school. A great many f or mer pupi ls wil l be at tending a f ar ewel di nner in his honour next Thur sday. It is a cur ious coinci dence that he day before his r et irement , Mr Page wi l have been t eaching f or a total of f or ty years. Af ter he has r et ir ed, he wil l devote himself to gar dening. For him, this wi l be an ent irely new hobby. But t hi s does not mat er , f or , as he has of ten remar ked, one is never t oo old t o lear n. Leson86 Out of control 失控 As the m an tr ied to swing the speedboat round, the steeringwheel came away in his hands. He waved desperately t o hi s panion, who had been wat er ski ing for the last fi fteen minut es. Both m en had hardly had t ime to r eali ze what was happening when they were t hr own viol ent1y into t he sea. The speedboat had str uck a buoy, but i t cont inued to move very quickl y across t he water. Bot h men had just begun to swi m t owards the shore. when t hey not iced wi th dismay t hat the speedboat was movi ng i n a ci rcle. I t now came str ai ght towar ds t hem at remendous speed. In l ess than a minute, i t roar ed past them only a f ew feet away. Af ter it had passed, t hey swam on as quickl y as t hey could because they knew that the boat would soon r et ur n. They had j ust had enough t i m e t o swi m out of danger when t he boat agai n pl et ed a ci r cl e. On t hi s occasi on, however , i t had sl owed down consi der abl y. The pet r ol had near l y al l been used up. Bef or e l ong, t he noi se dr opped pl et el y and t he boat began t o dr i f t gent l y acr oss t he wat er . Lesson87 A perf ect al i bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù) 39。 t o peopl e on t heir way to work. This wil l relieve pr essure on the tr ai ns t o some extent. Meanwhi le, a number of uni ver sit y st udent s have volunteer ed t o dr ive buses while t he str ike l asts. Al l the young men ar e exper t dr iver s, but bef or e they dri ve any of the buses, they wi l have t o pass a special t est. The students are goi ng t o take t he t est in two days39。 Leson84 On st ri ke 罷工 Busmen have deci ded to go on str ike next week. The str ike is due t o begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong it wi l last. The busmen have st at ed t hat the str ike wil l cont inue until general agreement i s r eached about pay and wor ki ng condit ions. Most peopl e beli eve that t he stri ke wi l last for at l east a wek. Many owners of pr ivat e cars are goi ng t o of fer 39。 answer ed Cr awl ey,39。 39。 he shouted, 39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane l ived t he re, the poli ceman on dut y told him that si nce his def eat, the ex Pr ime Mi ni st er had gone abr oad. On t he f ol lowing day, Cr awl ey went to t he house agai n. The same poli ceman was just walking sl owl y past t he ent rance, when Cr awl ey asked the same quest ion. Though a l it le suspicious this t ime, t he policeman gave him t he same answer. The day af ter, Crawley went to the house once more and as ked exact ly the same question. This ti me, the pol iceman lost his temper .39。 which have at times been si ghted are si mply st range f ish. Ocasional ly, unusual cr eatur es ar e washed to t he shor e, but they ar e rarely caught out at sea. Some ti me ago, however , a peculi ar fi sh was caught near Madagascar. A smal l f ishi ngboat was car ied miles out to sea by the powerf ul fi sh as it pull ed on the li ne. Reali zi ng t hat this was no ordinar y fi sh, t