【正文】 r mar ched boldl y up and down in f r ont of the camp. He could hear shouti ng in t he cam p it sel f. Li ght s were bl azi ng and men were running here and t her e: t hey had just di scover ed that a pri soner had escaped. At that moment, a l arge black car wit h four off icer s inside it , st opped at the camp gates. The off icers got out and t he pr isoner st ood t o at ent ion and 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 r at her el der ly wi th grey hair and clear bl ue eyes. The pr i soner felt sorr y f or hi m, but t her e was nothi ng el se he could do. As t he man came near , the pr isoner knocke d hi m t o the gr ound wit h a shar p blow. Then, jumping i nto t he car , he drove off as quickly as he could. Lesson82 Monster or f ish? 是妖還是魚？ Fisher men and sai lor s somet imes clai m t o have seen monsters i n t he sea. Though peopl e have of ten l aughed at st ori es told by seamen, i t is now known that m any of t hese 39。 whi ch have at ti mes been si ght ed ar e sim pl y str ange f ish. Occasional y, unusual creatures are washed to the shor e, but t hey ar e rar el y 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 power f ul f ish as it pul led on t he l ine. Real izi ng that this was no or dinary fi sh, the f isherman m ade every ef for t not t o dam age i t in any way. When i t was eventual y brought to shore, it was f ound t o be over thir teen f et long. It had a head li ke a hor se, bi g blue eyes, shi ning si l ver skin, and a bri ght r ed tail , The fi sh, which has since been sent to a m useum wher e it i s bei ng exam ined by a sci entist , i s cal led an oarf ish. Such cr eat ures have r arel y been seen al ive by m an as they li ve at a depth of si x hundr ed feet. Leson83 Af ter t he el ect ions 大選之后 The for mer Pri me Minister , Mr 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 Mr Lane39。s house. When he asked if Mr Lane l ived there, t he pol iceman on duty t old hi m t hat since his def eat , t he ex Pri me Mini st er had gone abr oad. On the f ollowi ng day, Cr awley went to the house again. The same pol iceman was j ust walki ng sl owly past the entr ance, when Crawl ey asked the same quest ion. Though a l it tl e suspici ous t his t ime, the poli ceman gave hi m t he same answer. The day aft er , Crawl ey went to t he house once more and asked exact ly the same quest i on. Thi s ti me, the poli ceman l ost hi s temper. 39。 he shouted, 39。 39。 answered Cr awley,39。 Leson84 On st ri ke 罷工 Busmen have decided t o 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 until gener al agr eem ent is reached about pay and worki ng condi tions. Most people beli eve that he str ike wi l l ast for at least a week. Many owners of pri vat e cars are goi ng to of f er 39。 t o peopl e on t hei r way to work. 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 while the str ike l ast s. Al l the young men are exper t dri ver s, but bef ore they dri ve any of t he buses, t hey wil l have t o pass a speci al t est . The st udents ar e goi ng t o take the t est i n two days39。s home. We shal l al remember Mr Page f or hi s pat ience and underst anding and f or the kindl y encouragement he gave us when we went so unwi l lingl y to school . A gr eat many f ormer pupil s wil l be at tending a f arewel di nner in his honour next Thur sday. It i s a cur ious coincidence t hat t he day bef ore hi s reti rement, Mr Page wi l l have been teachi ng for a t ot al of f ort y year s. Af t er he has ret ir ed, he wi l devot e himself t o gardening. For hi m, this wil l be an ent ir ely new hobby. But t his does not m at ter , f or, as he has of ten r emarked, one i s never t oo ol d t o learn. Leson86 Out of cont rol 失控 As the man t ri ed to swi ng the speed boat r ound, the steeri ng wheel came away i n his hands. He waved desper at el y t o his panion, who had been wat er skii ng for t he last f if teen mi nutes. Bot h men had hardly had tim e to reali ze what was happening when they were t hrown vi olent1y i nto t he sea. The speedboat had str uck a buoy, but it cont inued to move ver y quickly acr oss t he wat er. Both men had just begun t o swim towar ds the shor e. when they not iced wi th di smay that the speedboat was moving i n a cir cle. It now came str aight towards t hem at tr emendous speed. In l es t han a minut e, i t roared past t hem only a few f eet away. Af ter it had passed, t hey swam on as qui ckl y as they coul d because they knew t hat t he boat would soon r et urn. They had j ust had enough t ime to swi m out of danger when the boat again pl eted a cir cle. On t hi s oc casion, however, i t had slowed down considerably. The pet r ol had near l y al l been used up. Bef or e l ong, t he noi se dr opped pl et el y and t he boat began t o dr i f t gent l y acr oss t he wat er . Lesson87 A perf ect al i bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。s f oot st eps many year s later , Si r Malcolm 39。s fi shi ng, or eight hour s in a cinema sei ng the same f ilm over and over agai n, i s usual y as far as they get. They have al l been put to sham e by a boy who, whil e playing t ruant, tr avel led 1600 mi les. He hit ch hiked t o Dover and, towar ds evening, went i nto a boat to f ind somewhere t o sleep. When he woke up next mor ning, he discovered t hat t he boat had, i n the meanti me, tr avel led to Calais. No