【正文】 ly br ought t o shor e, i t was found to be over t hi rt een feet l ong. I t had a head l ike a hor se, big bl ue eyes, shini ng si lver ski n, and a br ight red t ail, The f ish, which has si nce been sent t o a museum wher e it is bei ng exami ned by a sci ent ist, i s cal led an oarf ish. Such creatur es have r ar ely been sen al ive by ma n as t hey live at a depth of six hundred f eet . Lesson83 Aft er the el ect ions 大選之后 The f orm er Pr im e Mi nister, Mr Wentwor th Lane, was def eat ed in the r ecent el ect ions. He is now r eti ri ng fr om pol it cal l if e and has gone abroad. My f ri end, Cr awl ey, has always been a fanati cal opponent of Mr Lane39。s clot hes. Now, dressed i n a blue uni form and wi th a ri fl e over his shoulder, t he pr isoner m ar ched bol dl y up and down i n fr ont of t he cam p. He coul d hear shout ing i n the camp i tself . Lights wer e blazing and men wer e r unning her e and there: they had just discovered t hat a pr isoner had escaped. At t hat moment , a lar ge bl ack car wi t h four off icers insi de it , st opped at the camp gates. The of f icers got out and t he pr isoner st ood t o at ent ion a nd saluted as t hey passed. When t hey had gone, t he dri ver of the car cam e towar ds hi m. The man obviousl y wanted t o t al k. He was rat her elderl y wi th gr ey hai r and cl ear bl ue eyes. The pr isoner f elt sor r y for him , but t her e was nothing el se he could do. As t he man came near , the pri soner knocked him t o the gr ound wi th a shar p blow. Then, j umping i nto t he car , he dr ove off as quickly as he could. Lesson82 Monst er or fi sh? 是妖還是魚？ Fi sher men and sai lors somet imes clai m t o have seen monst ers i n the sea. Though peopl e have of ten l aughed at st ori es t old by s eamen, i t is now known t hat m any of t hese 39。var i ous part s of the wor ld. There was also a gr eat deal of m achinery on display. The m ost wonderf ul pi ece of machinery on show was Nasmyt h39。s steam hammer . Though i n those days, tr ave l ing was not as easy as it i s today, st eam boat s car ri ed thousands of vi sitor s acr oss t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ar r iving i n England, t hey were t aken t o t he Crystal Pal ace by tr ai n. Ther e were si x mi l ion visit ors i n al , and t he prof it s fr om t he exhi bi ti on were used t o bui ld museums and coll eges. Lat er , the Cr yst al Pal ace was m oved t o Sout h London. I t remained one of the m ost f am ous buil dings in the wor ld unt il it was burnt down i n 1936. Leson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil led the guard, t he pr isoner of war quickly dr agged hi m i nto t he bushes. Working r apidly in t he dar kness, he soon changed int o the dead man39。m onster s39。s Radi cal Pr ogr essive Part y. Aft er the electi ons, Crawl ey went t o t he for mer Pr im e Mi nister 39。 I tol d you yester day and t he day bef ore yest erday,39。Mr Lane was defeated i n t he el ect ions. He has r etir ed f rom pol it ica l lif e and gone to l ive abroad ! 39。 I know,39。 but I l ove t o hear you say it ! 39。f ree r ides39。 ti me. Even so, peopl e ar e goi ng to f ind i t dif fi cul t to get to wor k. But so f ar, t he publ ic has expr esed it s grati tude t o the students i n let ters t o t he Pr es. Only one or t wo peopl e have obj ect ed that the student s wi l dri ve too f ast ! Lesson85 Never t oo old t o l earn 活到老學到老 I have just recei ved a let er fr om m y old school i nf orm ing m e that my f ormer head master , Mr Regmald Page, wi l l be r eti ri ng next week. Pupil s of the school , ol d and new, wi l l be sendi ng him a pr esent t o mar k the occasi on. Al l those who have contr ibuted t owards t he gi ft wi l sign t hei r nam es in a l arge album which wi l be sent t o t he headmast er39。At t he ti me t he murder was mit ted, I was tr avel ling on the o39。 said t he man. 39。 asked t he inspect or . 39。 answer ed the man.39。clock. My empl oyer wi l conf ir m that I was there on t im e. 39。 Would a l ater tr ain get you to wor k on t ime ?39。 I suppose i t woul d, but I never catch a l at er tr ai n.39。At what ti me did you ar ri ve at the stati on ?39。 39。t not ice anything unusual ?39。 I suggest ,39。t hat you ar e not t eli ng t he t r ut h. I suggest that you did not cat ch the o39。cl ock t rai n did not run at al . It broke down at Ferngreen stat ion and was taken off t he li ne. 39。This i s the Poo and Ee Seed Bir d Company. Good ladies, evening and gent lemen ! 39。 I don39。 I looked down and nearl y f el l off t he ladder when I saw a pol icem an. I i mmediatel y regr et ted answer ing i n t he way I did, but I said, 39。 39。 answer ed the poli ceman i n t he same t one. 39。s busy worki ng, but would you mi nd ing wi t h me t o the st at ion ?39。Wel l, I 39。 I said. 39。ve f ott en my key.39。Your what ?39。My key, 39。 For tunately, the shouti ng woke up my wi fe who opened t he window j ust as the pol iceman had st art ed to cli mb t owards me. Leson93 A nobl e gif t 崇高的禮物 One of the m ost famous monuments i n t he worl d, t he Statue of Li ber ty, was present ed to t he Unit ed States of Amer ica i n the ni enth centur y by t he people of Fr ance. The gr eat stat ue, whi ch was designed by the sculptor Auguste Bar tholdi, t ook ten year s t o pl ete. The act ual f igure was made of copper suppor ted by a metal fr amework whi ch had been especial ly const ructed by Eif fel. Bef or e i t could be tr anspor ted t o t he Unit ed St ates, a si te had t o be found f or i t and a pedestal had t o be buil t. The sit e chos en was an island at the entr ance of New York Har bour. By 1884, a st at ue which was 151 f eet t al l, had been er ect ed in Par i s. The f ol l owi ng year , it was taken to pieces and sent t o Amer ica. By the end of October 1886, the stat ue had been put toget her again and i t was of f icial y pr esent ed to the Am er ican peopl e by Bart holdi. Ever s