【正文】 the news, because bal oons can be a great danger to ai rcr af t. He said that someone mi ght by spying on t he st at ion and t he pil ot was or der ed to keep tr ack of the str ange object. The pil ot managed t o cir cl e t he bal l oon f or som e ti me. He coul d make out three m en in a basket under i t and one of t hem was holding f iel d glasses. When the bal oon was over t he st at ion, the pi lot saw one of t he men t aki ng phot ogr aphs. Soon af ter wards, the bal oon began to descend and i t l anded near an ai rf iel d. The poli ce were cal ed in, but t hey coul d not ar rest anyone, f or the basket cont ai ned two Members of Parl iament and t he Commanding Of f icer of t he st ati on! As the Comm anding Of f icer expl ai ned later , one half of the st at ion di d not know what t he ot her half was doi ng ! Lesson92 Aski ng for t roubl e 自找麻煩 I t must have been about two in t he morni ng when I ret ur ned hom e. I t ri ed to wake up my wi fe by ri ngi ng the door bel l, but she was f ast asleep, so I got a ladder f rom the shed in the garden, put it against he wal , and began clim bing t owar ds the bedroom window. I was almost there when a sar casti c voi ce bel ow said,39。t think the wi ndows need cleani ng at this t im e of the night .39。I enjoy cleaning wi ndows at night. 39。So do I ,39。Excuse my i nt er upt ing you. I hat e to inter rupt a man when he39。 39。d pref er t o stay here, 39。You see, I 39。 39。 he cal led. 39。 I shout ed.39。What has happened ?39。How di d your cl ot hes get i nt o such a m ess ?39。A f i r e ext i ngui sher , m y dear , 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。Good heavens! 39。And wher e wer e you at t he t i m e ?39。I was i n m y of f i ce as usual , 39。The f i r e br oke out i n t he bas em ent . I went down 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 clot hes. Now, dressed i n a blue unif orm and wi th a r if l e over his shoulder, the pr isoner m ar ched bol dl y up and down i n fr ont of t he cam p. He could hear shout ing i n the camp i tself . Li ghts wer e blazing and men wer e running her e and there: they had just discovered t hat a pr isoner had escaped. At t hat moment , a large 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 cam e near , the pri soner knocked him to 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 someti mes claim t o have seen monst ers i n the sea. Though peopl e have of ten l aughed at st or ies t old by seamen, i t is now known t hat m any of t hese 39。 whi ch have at ti mes been sight ed ar e simpl y str ange f ish. Occasional ly, unusual cr eat ures are washed to t he shor e, but they are rarel y caught out at sea. Some t ime ago, however, a peculi ar f ish was caught near Madagascar. A sm al l fi shi ng boat was car ied mil es out to sea by t he power ful f ish as it pull ed on the l ine. Real izing t hat t his was no or di nar y f ish, the f isher man made ever y ef f or t not to damage it i n any way. When it was event ual ly br ought t o shor e, i t was found to be over thi 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 man 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 poli ti 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 house. When he asked i f Mr Lane li ved there, the poli cem an on dut y tol d him that since his defeat, t he ex Pri me Mi nister had gone abr oad. On t he fol lowi ng day, Cr awl ey went to t he house agai n. The same pol icem an was just walking sl owl y past t he ent rance, when Cr awley asked the sam e questi on. Though a l it le suspicious thi s ti me, the poli ceman gave him the same answer . The day af ter, Cr awley went to the house once mor e and asked exactl y t he same quest ion. This t ime, t he pol iceman lost his tem per .39。 he shouted, 39。 39。 answer ed Crawl ey, 39。 Lesson84 On st rike 罷工 Busmen have deci ded t o go on str ike next week. The str ike i s due to begin on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong it wi l last. The busm en have stat ed that the str ike wi l continue unti l general agreement i s reached about pay and wor king condi ti ons. Most peopl e bel ieve that the str ike wi l l ast f or at l east a week. Many owner s of pr ivate car s ar e going t o off er 39。 to people on their way t o work. This wil l reli eve pr esure on the tr ains t o some ext ent . Meanwhi le, a number of uni ver si ty st udents have volunteered t o dri ve buses whil e the st ri ke last s. Al l the young men ar e expert dr ivers, but befor e they dr ive any of the buses, they wi l have to pas a special test. The student s are going t o t ake t he test in t wo days39。s home. We shal al r emember Mr Page for his pati ence and under standi ng and for t he ki ndly encour agement he gave us when we went so unwi li ngly t o school. A great many for mer pupi ls wi l be at endi