【正文】 ave us when we went so unwil li ngl y to school. A gr eat m any f orm er pupil s wi l be at ending a farewel l di nner i n his honour next Thur s day. It i s a cur ious coincidence that the day bef ore hi s ret ir em ent , Mr Page wil l have been teachi ng for a t otal of f ort y year s. Af t er he has r et ir ed, he wi l devot e him sel f to gardening. For hi m, thi s wil l be an ent ir el y new hobby. But t hi s does not mat te r, f or, as he has of ten r em ar ked, one i s never too ol d to learn. Lesson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he man t ri ed to swi ng the speedboat round, t he steer i ng wheel came away in his hands. He waved desperatel y to hi s pani on, who had been water skii ng for the l ast f if teen mi nut es. Both men had har dly had t ime to r eal ize what was happening when t hey wer e t hr own violent1y i nto the sea. The speedboat had str uck a buoy, but it cont inued t o move ver y quickly acr oss t he water. Bot h men had just begun t o swim t owar ds the s hore. when they noti ced wi th di smay that the speed boat was moving i n a cir cle. It now came st raight towar ds them at tr emendous speed. In les t han a mi nut e, i t roared past hem only a few feet away. Af ter it had pased, t hey swam on as qui ckl y as they could because t hey knew t hat t he boat would soon r et urn. They had just had enough ti me to swi m out of danger when t he boat agai n pleted a ci rcle. On t his occasion, however , i t had sl owed down considerably. The petr ol had nearl y al been used up. Bef ore l ong, t he noi se dr opped pl et ely and t he boat began t o dri ft gentl y acr oss t he water . Lesson87 A perf ect al ibi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的 證據(jù) 39。 t o peopl e on their way to wor k. Thi s wi l rel ieve pressur e on the t rai ns t o s ome extent. Meanwhil e, a number of uni versit y student s have volunt er ed to dr ive buses whi le t he str ike lasts. Al t he young m en ar e exper t dri ver s, but bef ore t hey dr ive any of t he buses, t hey wi l l have to pass a speci al t est. The students are goi ng to take the t est in two days39。 Lesson84 On stri ke 罷工 Busmen have decided to go on st ri ke next week. The st ri ke is due to begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how long it wi l l ast . The busmen have st ated that the str ike wi l l conti nue unt il gener al agr ement is r eached about pay and wor ki ng condit ions. Most peopl e beli eve t hat t he st ri ke wil l last for at least a week. Many owner s of pri vat e car s are goi ng to of fer 39。 answere d Cr awley,39。 39。 he shout ed, 39。s house. When he asked i f Mr Lane li ved there, the poli cem an on dut y t ol d him t hat since his defeat, t he ex Pri me Minister had gone abr oad. On the f ol lowi ng day, Cr awl ey went to the house again. The same pol iceman was just walking sl owl y past he entr ance, when Cr awl ey asked the same quest ion. Though a l it tl e suspicious t hi s ti me, the poli ceman gave him t he same answer. The day af ter , Crawl ey went t o t he house once m or e and aske d exact ly t he sam e questi on. Thi s ti me, t he policeman l ost his t emper .39。 which have at t imes been sighted are si mply st range fi sh. Occasi onal y, unusual cr eatur es ar e washed t o t he shore, but t hey are r arely caught out at sea. Some t im e ago, however , a peculi ar f ish was caught near Madagascar . A smal f ishingboat was car ri ed mil es out t o sea by t he powerf ul f ish as i t pul led on t he line. Real izi ng that this was no or dinary fi sh, the f isherman m ade every ef for t not t o damage it in any way. Whe n i t was eventual y brought to shore, it was f ound to be over thir teen f et long. It had a head li ke a horse, bi g blue eyes, shi ning sil ver skin, and a bri ght r ed tai l, The fi sh, whi ch has since been sent to a museum where i t is being examined by a scienti st , is cal ed an oar fi sh. Such cr eatures have rar el y been seen ali ve by man as they l ive at a dept h of si x hundr ed f et. Lesson83 Af ter t he electi ons 大選之后 The f or mer Pri me Mini st er , Mr Went wort h Lane, was defeated i n t he recent electi ons. He i s now r et ir ing f rom poli tical li fe and has gone abr oad. My fr iend, Crawl ey, has al ways been a f anat ical opponent of Mr Lane39。r un m ore fam il ar wi th them . Each week on TV, the Monkes woul d pl ay and sing songs wri tten by other m usi ci ans. However, after a year or so i n whi ch they becam e more seri ous about thei r work, the Monkees started to pl ay and si ng thei r own songs li ke a real band. Then they produced thei r own records and started touri ng and pl ayi ng thei r own m usic. In the USA they becam e even m ore popular than the Beatl es and sol d even m ore records. The band broke up about 1970, but happil y they reuni ted i n the m i d1980s. They produced a new record i n 1996, with whi ch they cel ebrated thei r form er ti m e as a real band. Freddy the frog（Ⅱ） Not l ong after Freddy and the band becam e fam ous, they vi si ted Bri tai n on a bri ef tour. Fans showed thei r devoti on by wai ti ng for hours to get ti ckets for thei r concerts . Freddy was now qui te confi dent when he went i nto a concert hal . H e enjoyed singi ng and al the congratul ati ons afterwards! Hi s m ost exci ti ng i nvi tati on was to perform on a TV program m e cal l ed “ Top of pops “. H e had to go to London, wear an expensi ve sui t and give a performance to a TV cam era. It felt very strange. But as soon as the programm e was over, the tel ephones which were in the sam e room started ri ngi ng. Everybody was aski ng when they coul d see Freddy and hi s band agai n. They were trul y stars. Then thi ngs went wrong. Freddy and hi s band coul d not go out anywhere wi thout bei ng fol owed. Even when they wore sungl asses or beards peopl e recogni zed them . Fans found them even when they went i nto toil et. They tri ed to hi de i n th