【正文】 i ng. We al know what t he poor man shoul d have sai d, but what he act ual y sai d was: 39。cl ock tr ain, but t hat you caught t he 8. 25 whi ch woul d stil l get you t o wor k on ti me. You see, on t he m or ni ng of t he m ur der , t he 8. 0 o39。 sai d t he i nspect or, 39。 39。 39。And you di dn39。At t en t o ei ght . I bought a paper and wait ed f or t he tr ai n.39。At what t im e di d you ar ri ve at t he st ati on ?39。 I suppose 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。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。s Radical Pr ogressi ve Par t y. Af t er t he el ect ions, Cr awl ey went t o t he f orm er Pr im e Mi ni st er39。 I tol d you yest er day and t he day bef ore yest erday, 39。Mr Lane was def eat ed i n t he el ect ions. He has r et ir ed f rom pol it ical if e and gone to l i ve abr oad ! 39。 answer ed Cr awl ey, 39。 Lesson84 O n st ri ke 罷工 Busm en have deci ded t o go on st ri ke next week. The str i ke i s due to begi n on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong it wi l l ast. The busm en have st at ed t hat the str i ke wi l conti nue unti l gener al agr ement i s r eached about pay and worki ng condit ions. Most pe opl e bel i eve t hat t he st ri ke wil l last f or at l east a week. Many owner s of pri vat e car s are goi ng t o of fer 39。 t o people on t hei r way t o wor k. Thi s wil l reli eve pr esur e on the t rai ns t o som e ext ent . Meanwhil e, a num ber of uni ver sit y st udent s have vol unt er ed t o dr ive buses whi le t he st ri ke l asts. Al t he young m en are exper t dri ver s, but bef or e t hey dri ve any of t he buse s, t hey wil l have t o pas a speci al t est . The st udent s ar e going t o t ake t he test i n t wo days39。s hom e. We shal l al l r em em ber Mr Page f or hi s pati ence and underst anding and f or t he ki ndl y encouragem ent he gave us when we went so unwil li ngl y t o school. A great m any f orm er pupi ls wi l be at endi ng a f ar ewel di nner i n hi s honour next Thur sday. It i s a cur i ous coincidence t hat he day bef or e hi s r et ir em ent , Mr Page wil l have been t eaching f or a t ot al of f or t y year s. Af t er he has r eti r ed, he wi l devot e him self t o gar dening. For him , t hi s wil l be an ent ir ely new hobby. But t his does not m at t er , for, as he has oft en r em ar ked, one is never t oo ol d to l ear n. Lesson86 O ut of cont rol 失控 As t he man t ri ed to swi ng t he speed boat r ound, t he st eri ng wheel cam e away i n hi s hands. He waved desper atel y to hi s pani on, who had been water ski i ng for t he l ast f if teen mi nut es. Bot h men had hardl y had tim e t o r eali ze what was happeni ng when t he y wer e t hr own vi ol ent 1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had st r uck a buoy, but i t cont inued t o m ove ver y quickl y acr oss t he water. Bot h men had j ust begun t o swim t owards t he shor e. when t hey noti ced wit h di sm ay t hat t he speed boat was m ovi ng in a ci r cl e. I t now cam e st r ai ght t owards t hem at t r em endous speed. I n l ess t han a m inute, it r oar ed past t hem onl y a f ew f eet away. Aft er i t had passed, t hey swam on as qui ckl y as they coul d because t hey knew t hat t he boat would soon r et urn. They had j ust had enough t im e t o swi m out of danger when t he boat agai n pl eted a ci rcle. On t his occasi on, h