【正文】 awkwardly bef or e the microphone. As soon as he opened hi s mouth, everyone bur st out laughing. We al know what he poor man shoul d have sai d, but what he actualy sai d was: 39。clock t rain, but t hat you caught the whi ch would st il l get you to work on time. You se, on t he morni ng of the mur der, the o39。 sai d the inspect or , 39。 Of course not. 39。t notice anything unusual ?39。 39。 39。 I suppose it woul d, but I never cat ch a l at er tr ai n. 39。 Would a l at er tr ai n get you to wor k on t ime ?39。clock. My empl oyer wi l confi rm t hat I was there on time.39。 answered the man.39。 asked the inspect or . 39。 sai d the man. 39。At the ti me the m ur der was mi t ed, I was travel ling on the 8. 0 o39。 t ime. Even so, people are going to fi nd i t di fi cult t o get to work. But so f ar , t he publ ic has expresed its grati tude t o the students i n leters t o the Pr ess. Only one or two people have obj ected that the st udent s wil dri ve t oo f ast! Lesson85 Never too old t o learn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have j ust r eceived a l et ter f rom my old school i nf or ming me that my f or mer head master, Mr Regmal d Page, wil l be reti ri ng next wek. Pupi ls of t he school, ol d and new, wil be sendi ng him a pr esent to mark t he occasi on. Al l those who have contr ibuted towar ds t he gif t wi l si gn t heir names in a lar ge album whi ch wi l be sent to t he headmaster39。f ree rides39。 but I love to hear you say it ! 39。 I know, 39。 he shout ed, 39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane li ved ther e, t he pol iceman on duty t ol d him t hat since hi s defeat , t he exPri me Minister had gone abr oad. On t he f ol lowing day, Cr awl ey went to t he house again. The same pol iceman was j ust walking slowly past he entrance, when Cra wley asked the same question. Though a lit tl e suspicious t hi s time, the poli ceman gave him the same answer . The day af ter, Crawley went to t he house once mor e and asked exactly t he same questi on. This t ime, t he policeman lost his t emper.39。The f i r e br oke out i n t he basem ent . I went down f i sh was caught near Madagascar . A smal fi shingboat was car ri ed mi les out t o sea by t he power ful fish as i t pulled on the line. Real izing that t hi s was no or di nary f ish, the fi sherman made eve ry ef or t not to damage i t i n any way. When i t was event ual y brought t o shore, i t was found t o be over thir teen f et long. It had a head li ke a hor se, bi g bl ue eyes, shining sil ver skin, and a bright r ed tai l, The f ish, which has si nce been sent to a museum wher e it is bei ng exami ned by a scient ist, is cal ed an oar fish. Such creatures have r ar el y been seen ali ve by man as they live at a depth of si x hundr ed f eet. Lesson83 Af ter the el ecti ons 大選之后 The former Pr ime Mi ni st er , Mr Wentwort h Lane, was defeat ed in t he r ecent elect ions. He i s now r et ir ng f rom polit ical li fe and has gone abroad. My fr iend, Crawley, has always been a fanat ical opponent of Mr Lane39。I was i n m y of f i ce as usual , 39。And wher e wer e you at t he t i m e ?39。Good heavens! 39。Uni ver si t y st udent s set t he Em bassy on f i r e t hi s m or ni ng. 39。A f i r e ext i ngui sher , m y dear , 39。How di d your cl ot hes get i nt o such a m ess ?39。What has happened ?39。 I shout ed.39。 he cal led. 39。 39。You se, I39。d prefer to stay here,39。 39。Excuse my inter upti ng you. I hat e to inter upt a man when he39。So do I ,39。I enjoy cl eaning windows at night.39。t think the windows need cl eaning at this t ime of t he night. 39。 lesson90 Whats f or supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Brazi l i s one of t he r ichest countri es i n the wor ld, much of it has not yet been developed. I t was mai nly for this reason that t he Br azil an government decided to have a new cit y buil t 600 mil es nor thwest of Ri o de Janeiro. Designed by the gr eat ar chit ect Lucio Cost a, the new cit y, Brasil a, replaced Rio de Janeir o as t he c apit al of Br azif i n 1960. Brasi lia has been carefully planned for modern l iving. It s wide roads, which can take four teen l anes of tr af fic, have been kept away f rom l iving ar eas. Children do not have to cross busy st reet s to go to school . Housewives can visit shoppi ng centr es on foot, for in these speci al ly designed l iving ar eas, car s ar e unnecessary. At f ir st , t he government had great dif ficulty i n per suading people to l eave Ri o and to set tl e i n Brasi lia. Si nce 1960, however , the popul ati on has been gr owi ng al the ti me. Brasi li a has quickly es tablished i tself as the capi t al of t he countr y. The i dea to have t he capit al moved so far i nl and wil l have a great ef ect on t he f ut ur e of Br azil. Lesson91 Thre men in a basket 三人同籃 A pi lot noti ced a bal oon which seemed to be maki ng f or a Royal Air For ce Station nearby. He i nf or med the stati on at once, but no one there was able to expl ain t he mystery. The of fi cer in the contr ol t ower was ver y angry when he heard the news, because bal loons can be a gr eat danger to aircraft . He sai d that someone mi ght by spyi ng on the st at ion and the pilot was ordered to keep tr ack of t he str ange object . The pi lot m anaged to circle t he baloon for some time. He coul d make out thr e men in a basket under i t and one of t hem was holding fi el d glases. When the bal oon was over t he station, t he pil ot saw one of t he men taking photogr aphs. Soon afterwards, t he bal loon began to descend and i t l anded near an air fi el d. The police were cal ed i n, but t hey could not ar est anyone, for the basket cont ai ned two Member s of Parli ament and the Commanding Of ficer of the st at ion! As the Commandi ng Of fi cer expl ai ned lat er , one half of the st ati on di d not know what the ot her half was doing ! Leson92 Asking f or t roubl e 自找麻煩 It must have been about two in t he mor ni ng when I r et ur ned home. I t ri ed t o wa