【正文】 uppose it woul d, but I never catch a l at er tr ai n.39。 Woul d a l at er tr ai n get you t o wor k on t im e ?39。cl ock. My empl oyer wil l conf ir m t hat I was t her e on t im e.39。 answered t he m an. 39。 asked t he i nspector. 39。 sai d the m an. 39。At t he ti me t he mur der was mi t ed, I was tr avel li ng on t he 8. 0 o39。 ti me. Even so, peopl e ar e goi ng t o f ind i t di f i cult t o get to wor k. But so f ar, t he publi c has expr esed it s grati t ude t o t he st udents i n l et ters t o t he Press. Onl y one or t wo people have obj ect ed t hat t he st udents wi l dri ve t oo fast ! Leson85 Never too ol d t o learn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et t er f r om my ol d school inf or mi ng me t hat m y f orm er head mast er, Mr Regm al d Page, wi l be r et ir i ng next week. Pupil s of t he school, ol d and new, wi l be sendi ng him a pr esent t o m ar k t he occasi on. Al l those who have contr i but ed t owar ds t he gi ft wi l si gn their nam es i n a lar ge al bum whi ch wil l be sent to t he headm aster39。f r ee ri des39。 but I l ove t o hear you say it ! 39。 I know,39。 he shout ed, 39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane li ved t her e, the poli cem an on dut y t ol d him t hat si nce hi s def eat , the ex Pr im e Mi ni st er had gone abr oad. On t he f oll owi ng day, Crawl ey went t o t he house agai n. The sam e poli cem an was j ust wal ki ng slowl y past t he ent rance, when Cr awl ey asked t he sam e questi on. Though a li t le suspi ci ous this t im e, t he pol iceman gave hi m the sam e answer. The day af ter, Cr awley went t o the house once m or e and asked exactl y t he same que st i on. This t im e, t he poli cem an l ost hi s t em per. 39。 Lesson96 The dead ret urn 亡靈返鄉(xiāng) A Festi val f or t he Dead i s hel d once a year i n Japan. Thi s festi val i s a cheerf ul occasi on, f or on thi s day, t he dead are said t o r et ur n t o t hei r hom es and t hey ar e wel ed by t he li ving. As t hey ar e expect ed t o be hungr y aft er t hei r long j our ney, f ood i s l ai d out f or t hem. Speci al l y made lanter ns ar e hung out si de each house to hel p the dead to f i nd t heir way. Al ni ght l ong, peopl e dance and si ng. I n t he e ar ly m orni ng, t he f ood t hat had been l ai d out for t he dead i s t hr own int o a r i ver or i nto t he sea as i t is consi der ed unl ucky f or anyone l iving t o eat i t. I n towns t hat ar e near the sea, t he ti ny lanter ns which had been hung i n the str eets t he ni ght befor e, ar e placed into the wat er when t he festi val is over . Thousands of lanter ns sl owl y dr if t out t o sea gui di ng the dead on thei r r eturn journey t o the ot her wor ld. This i s a moving spect acl e, f or crowds of peopl e st and on the shor e wat chi ng the l ant er ns dri ft ing away unti l they can be seen no mor e. f i sh was caught near Madagascar . A smal f ishing boat was car ri ed mil es out t o sea by the powerf ul fi sh as i t pul l ed on t he li ne. Reali zi ng t hat t hi s was no or di nar y fi sh, t he fi sherm an made ever y ef ort not to dam age it i n any way. When it was event ual l y brought t o shor e, i t was f ound t o be over t hir teen f et l ong. It had a head li ke a hor se, bi g bl ue eyes, shi ning sil ver ski n, and a bri ght r ed t ail , The fi sh, whi ch has si nce been sent t o a museum where i t is bei ng exam i ned by a sci enti st , is cal ed an oar fi sh. Such cr eat ur es have r ar ely been seen ali ve by m an as t hey l i ve at a depth of si x hundr ed f eet . Leson83 Aft er t he el ect ions 大選之后 The form er Pr im e Mi nister, Mr Went wort h Lane, was defeat ed i n t he r ecent el ect i ons. He is now reti ri ng f rom pol it ical li fe and has gone abr oad. My fr iend, Cr awl ey, has al ways been a f anat ical opponent of Mr Lane39。t you t hi nk ? For t unatel y, I wasn39。 sai d t he Am basador . 39。 she asked. 39。s hat. 39。 The Am bassador39。 answered t he Ambasador . 39。 39。 excl aim ed his wif e. 39。 39。 answer ed t he Am basador dri l y. 39。 39。 she asked. 39。 For tunat el y, t he shout i ng woke up m y wi f e who opened t he window j ust as t he poli cem an had st ar t ed t o cli mb t owards m e. Leson93 A nobl e gi f t 崇高的禮物 One of t he m ost f am ous m onuments i n t he worl d, t he Stat ue of Li ber t y, was present ed to t he Unit ed Stat es of Am er i ca i n t he ni eent h cent ur y by t he peopl e of Fr ance. The great st at ue, whi ch was desi gned by t he scul pt or Auguste Bar t hol di , t ook t en years t o plet e. The act ual f i 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 ore i t coul d be tr ansport ed t o t he Unit ed St at es, a si t 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 st atue whi ch was 151 feet al, had been erected i n Par i s. The f ol l owi ng year , it was t aken t o pi eces and sent t o Am er ica. By t he end of Oct ober 1886, t he st at ue had been put toget her agai n and i t wa s off ici al y pr esented t o t he Am er i can peopl e by Bart holdi. Ever si nce then, t he great m onum ent has been a sym bol of li ber ty f or t he mi l i ons of peopl e who have passed t hr ough New Yor k Har bour t o m ake t hei r hom es i n Am er i ca. Leson94 Future cham pi ons 未來的冠軍 Experim ent s have pr oved that chi ldr en can be i nst ructed i n swimm i ng at a ver y earl y age. At a special swimm ing pool i n Los Angeles, chil dr en be e exper t at hol di ng their br eat h under wat er even bef ore t hey can wal k. Babi es of t wo m ont hs ol d do not appear t o be r el uct ant t o enter t he wat er, It i s not l ong bef or e t hey are so accust om ed t o swim mi ng that hey can pi ck up wei ght s fr om t he fl oor of t he pool. A gam e t hat i s ver y popul ar wit h t hese young swim mer s i s t he under