【正文】 n t his occasion, however , i t had sl owed down consider abl y. Bef or e l ong, the noi se dr opped plet el y and the boat began to dri ft gent ly acr oss t he water. Leson87 A per fect al ibi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù) 39。 t o peopl e on t hei r way to wor k. This wi l r el ieve pressur e on t he tr ai ns to some extent. Meanwhi le, a num ber of universit y student s have vol unt eer ed to dr ive buses whi le the str ike l asts. Al l the young men are exper t dri ver s, but bef ore they dri ve any of t he buse s, t hey wil l have t o pass a speci al t est . The st udents ar e goi ng to take the t est i n two days39。 Lesson84 On st ri ke 罷工 Busmen have decided to go on str ike next week. The st ri ke is due t o begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how long i t wil l last . The busmen have stated t hat t he st ri ke wil l cont inue unt il gener al agr em ent is r eached about pay and worki ng condi tions. Most pe ople beli eve that he str ike wi l last for at least a week. Many owners of pri vat e cars are goi ng to of fer 39。 answer ed Cr awl ey,39。 he shout ed, Lane was def eat ed in the electi ons. He has reti r ed f r om poli ti cal li f e and gone t o li ve 39。s house. When he asked i f Lane l ived ther e, t he pol iceman on duty t old hi m t ha t si nce hi s def eat , t he exPr ime Mini st er had gone abroad. On the f oll owi ng day, Cr awley went t o the house again. The same policema n was j ust walki ng slowly past the entr ance, when Crawl ey asked the same quest ion. Though a lit tl e suspici ous t his t ime, the pol i cem an gave him the same answer . The day af ter , Cr awl ey went t o the house once m or e and asked exact ly t he same questi on. This t im e, t he pol iceman l ost his t em per .39。 which have at t imes been si ghted are si mply st range fi sh. Occasi onal y, unusual creatur es ar e washed t o t he shore, but they are r arely caught out at sea. Some ti me ago, however, a pecul iar fi sh was caught near Madagascar . A smal l f i shing boat was car r ied mi les out to sea by the power ful fi sh as it pulled on the li ne. Reali zing t hat thi s was no or di nar y f ish, t he fi sher man made ever y ef ort not to damage i t i n any way. When it was event ualy brought t o shor e, i t was found t o be over t hi r teen feet long. 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 , t he 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 creature s 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 the el ecti ons 大選之后 The f ormer Pr ime Mini st er, Went wort h Lane, was defeated i n the r ecent elect ions. He is now reti ri ng f rom pol it ical lif e and has gone abroad. My f r iend, Cr awley, has al ways been a f anati cal opponent of Lane39。Her e and t here: they had just di scovered t hat a pr isoner had escaped. At t hat mom ent , a large bl ack car wit h f our of fi cer s inside i t, stopped at t he camp gat es. The off icers got out and t he pri soner st ood to at tenti on and salut ed as t hey passed. When t hey had gone, the dri ver of t he car came t owar ds him. The man obviously want ed to t alk. He was r at her el der ly wi t h grey hair and clear blue eyes. The pri soner felt sorr y f or hi m, but t her e was nothi ng el se he coul d do. As the man came near, the pr isoner knocked hi m t o t he gr ound wit h a shar p bl ow. Then, jumpi ng into the car, he drove of f as quickly as he could. ？ Fishermen and sail or s som etim es cl ai m to have sen m onster s in t he sea. Though people have oft en laughed at stor ies tol d by s eamen, it i s now known that many of these 39。monst ers39。s Radi cal Progr essive Part y. Af t er t he elect ions, Crawl ey went t o the f orm er Pr im e Mi nister39。 I tol d you yest er day and the day bef ore yesterday,39。 I know, 39。 but I l ove to hear you say i t39。f r e r i des39。 tim e. Even so, peopl e are 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 too ol d to learn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just recei ved a let er fr om m y old school i nf orm ing me that my f or mer head master , 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 their names in a large album which wi l be sent t o t he headmast er39。At the t im e the m ur der was m i t ed, I was tr avel li ng on the 8. 0 o39。 said the man. 39。 asked the i nspector. 39。 answer ed t he m an. 39。cl ock. My employer wil l conf ir m t hat I was t her e on ti me. Would a lat er t rain get you t o work on ti me? asked the i nspector . 39。 39。 39。t not ice anything unusual . I suggest, 39。t hat you are not t el li ng the t rut h. I suggest that you di d not cat ch the o39。clock t rain di d not run at al . I t broke down at stati on and was taken of f the l ine.39。 lesson90 f or supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Br azi l is one of the r ichest count ri es in t he worl d, much of i t has not yet been devel oped. It was mai nl y f or t his r eason that the Br azil an gover nment decided to have a new ci ty bui lt 600 mi les nort h west of Ri o de Janeir o. Desi gned by t he great ar chitect Cost a, t he new cit y, Br asi li a, r eplaced Ri o de Janei ro as t he capi tal of i n 1960. Br asi li a has been careful ly pl anned f or moder n li ving. It s wide r oads, which can t ake f ourt en l anes of tr af ic, have been kept away f rom li ving areas. Chi ldr en do not have to cr oss busy st r eet s to go t o school . Housewives can vi sit shoppi ng on foot, f or in t hese speci al ly de