【正文】 clock t rain di d not run at al . I t broke down at Fer ngreen stati on and was taken off t he line.39。t hat you are not t el li ng the t rut h. I suggest that you di d not catch t he o39。I suggest, 39。 Of cour se not.39。t not ice anyt hing unusual ?39。 39。 39。 39。 asked t he i nspector . 39。 39。 I must 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。clock tr ain t o London, 39。s home. We shal al r emember Mr Page for his pati ence and under st andi ng and for t he ki ndl y encour agement he gave us when we went so unwil li ngly t o school. A great many for mer pupi ls wi l be at endi ng a far ewel l dinner i n his honour next Thursday. I t i s a curi ous coinci dence that the day befor e his r et ir ement , Mr Page wil l have been teachi ng f or a total of for ty years. Aft er he has r etir ed, he wi l l devote hi msel f to gar dening. For hi m, t hi s wi l be an ent ir ely new hobby. But t his does not mat ter , f or, as he has of ten r emarked, one i s never too ol d t o learn. Lesson86 Out of cont rol 失控 As the man t ri ed to swi ng the speed boat r ound, the steeri ng wheel came away i n his hands. He waved desperat el y t o his pani on, who had been water ski ing f or the l ast f if teen minut es. Both m en had har dly had t ime t o r eal ize what was happening when t hey wer e thr own viol ent 1y int o the sea. The speed boat had st ruck a buoy, but i t conti nued t o move very qui ckl y across the water . Both m en had j ust begun to swi m t owards t he shore. when they noti ced wit h dismay t hat t he speed boat was m ovi ng in a ci rcl e. I t now cam e st rai ght t owar ds them at t remendous speed. I n less than a minute, it r oar ed past them onl y a f ew f et away. Af t er i t had passed, they swam on as quickly as t hey coul d because t hey knew that the boat woul d soon retur n. They had just had enough ti me t o swim out of danger when t he boat agai n plet ed a ci rcl e. On this occasi on, however , it had slowed down consi der abl y. The pet rol had near ly al been used up. Befor e long, the noise dropped pletely and t he boat began to dr if t gentl y across the wat er . Lesson87 A perfect al ibi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù) 39。 to people on t hei r way to work. This wi l r eli eve pr essure on t he tr ains to some ext ent . Meanwhi le, a number of univer si ty students have vol unteered t o dri ve buses whil e the str ike l ast s. Al l the young men are expert dri vers, but befor e they dri ve any of the buses, they wil l have t o pas a speci al test . The st udent s ar e going t o take t he test i n t wo days39。 Leson84 On st ri ke 罷工 Busmen have decided t o go on str ike next wek. The str ike 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 wi l cont inue unti l general agr eem ent i s reached about pay and wor ki ng condi ti ons. Mos t people bel ieve that the str ike wi l l ast f or at least a week. Many owners of pr ivate cars ar e goi ng t o off er 39。 answered Cr awl ey, 39。Mr Lane was defeated i n the electi ons. He has r et ir ed fr om pol it cal l if e and gone t o l ive abroad ! 39。 I told you yesterday and t he day befor e yest er day, 39。s Radical Pr ogressi ve Par ty. Af ter the el ect ions, Cr awley went to the f or mer Pri me Mini st er 39。m onst er s39。s steam hamm er . Though i n those days, tr avel li ng was not as easy as i t i s today, st eam boat s car ri ed thousands of visit or s across the Channel f rom Europe. On ar r i vi ng in Engl and, they wer e taken to t he Cr yst al Palace by tr ain. Ther e wer e si x mi l ion vi si tor s in al l, and the pr of it s f rom the exhibit ion wer e used t o buil d museum s and col leges. Later, t he Crystal Pal ace was moved to South London. It r em ai ned one of t he most f amous bui ldi ngs i n the wor ld unt il i t was bur nt down in 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil led t he guar d, t he pri soner of war qui ckl y dragged hi m into the bushes. Worki ng rapidl y in the darknes, he soon changed i nto t he dead m an39。Cigar et te Sm oki ng and Your Heal th39。s crop befor e the September r ai ns. On t he ri ght, you can see Mrs Br abante her sel f. She has been helping her husband f or t hir ty years now. Mrs Br abante is t al king t o the m anager of t he local f act ory wher e the cr op is pr ocessed. Thi s last scene shows you what wi l happen at the end of the harvest : t he fam ous Cal abr ian macaroni eat ing peti ti on ! Signor Fratel i, t he present cham pi on, has won i t every year since 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull eti n for t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We ar e now r et urning you t o t he st udi o.39。clock t rain di d not run at al . I t broke down at Fer ngreen stati on and was taken off t he line.39。t hat you are not t el li ng the t rut h. I suggest that you di d not catch t he o39。I suggest, 39。 Of cour se not.39。t not ice anyt hing unusual ?39。 39。 39。 39。 asked t he i nspector . 39。clock. My employer wil l conf ir m that I was t her e on t ime. 39。 answered t he man.39。 asked t he inspector . 39。 said t he man. 39。At t he ti me t he murder was mi t ed, I was tr avel li ng on the o39。 ti me. Even so, people ar e going t o fi nd it di f icult t o get t o wor k. But so f ar , the publi c has expressed i ts gr at it ude to t he st udent s in l et er s to the Pr ess. Onl y one or two people have objected t hat t he st udents wi l l dr ive t oo fast! Lesson85 Never t oo ol d t o l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just r ecei ved a let er f r om my old school inf orm ing me that m y f or mer head master, Mr Regm al d Page, wi l be r etir i 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 t hose who have contr ibuted t owar ds the gi ft wi l sign t hei r nam es i n a l ar ge album which wi l be sent t o