【正文】 Of fi cer of the stat ion! As the Com mandi ng Of fi cer explained l at er , one hal f of t he stati on did not know wha t the other half was doing ! Leson92 Asking f or trouble 自找麻煩 It must have been about t wo i n the mor ning when I r etur ned home. I tr ied t o wake up my wif e by r inging t he door bel , but she was fast asl ep, so I got a l adder fr om t he shed i n t he gar den, put i t agai nst the wal l, and began cl imbi ng towards t he bedr oom wi ndow. I was al most t her e when a sar cast ic voice below sai d, 39。 Lesson88 Trapped i n a m ine 困在礦井里 Si x men have been t rapped in a mine f or seventeen hour s. I f they are not br ought to t he sur face soon they may l ose t hei r li ves. However , rescue operat ions are pr ovi ng dif fi cul t. I f explosives are us ed, vi br ati ons wi l l cause the r oof of the m ine t o col lapse. Rescue wor kers are theref or e dri l ing a hol e on the nor th side of t he mine. They intend t o bri ng the men up in a special capsul e. I f ther e had not been a har d l ayer of rock beneath the soil , t hey would have pleted t he job i n a f ew hour s. As it i s, t hey have been dr il li ng for si xt een hours and t hey sti l have a long way to go. Meanwhil e, a m icrophone, whi ch was lowered i nto t he mi ne two hour s ago, has enabled t he m en to keep i n touch wi th t he cl osest relat ives. Though they are r unning out of f ood and dri nk, t he men are cheer ful and conf ident that they wi l get out soon. They have been tol d that rescue operat ions ar e pr ogr esing smoothl y. I f they knew how di f icult i t was to dr il l through t he har d r ock, they would lose hear t. Lesson89 A sli p of the tongue 口誤 Peopl e wi l do anyt hing t o se a fr ee showeven if i t is a bad one. When the news got round that a vari et y show would be pr esented at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bir d Seed Company, we al l r ushed t o se it. We had to queue f or hours t o get in and t her e must have been several hundr ed people pr esent just be f ore t he show began. Unf ort unat el y, the show was one of the dull est we have ever seen. Those who fail ed to get i n need not have f elt disappoi nted as many of the art ist es who should have appeared di d not e. The only f unny t hi ngs we hear d that evening came fr om t he advert iser at t he begi nni ng of the progr am me. He was obvi ousl y ver y nervous and for some mi nut es st ood awkwar dly bef ore t he micr ophone. As soon as he opened hi s mouth, ever yone bur st out laughi ng. We al know what the poor man shoul d have said, but what he actual y sai d was: 39。clock t rain, but that you caught t he whi ch woul d sti l get you t o wor k on t ime. You see, on t he morni ng of the mur der , the o39。 said t he inspector , 39。 39。 39。 And you didn39。 39。 39。 asked t he inspector . 39。 39。 I must be at wor k at 10. 0 o39。Of course I do,39。Do you always catch such an ear ly t rain ?39。cl ock tr ai n t o London,39。s hom e. We shal l al l remember Mr Page for hi s pat i ence and under st andi ng and f or the ki ndl y encouragement he gave us when we went so unwil li ngl y to school. A gr eat m any f orm er pupil s wi l be at ending a farewel l di nner i n his honour next Thur sday. It i s a cur ious coincidence that the day bef ore hi s ret ir em ent , Mr Page wil l have been teachi ng for a t otal of f ort y year s. Af t er he has r et ir ed, he wi l devot e him sel f t o gardening. For hi m, thi s wil l be an ent ir el y new hobby. But t hi s does not mat ter, f or, as he has of ten r em ar ked, one i s never too ol d to lear n. Lesson86 O ut of control 失控 As t he man t ri ed to swi ng the speedboat round, t he steer i ng wheel came away in his hands. He waved desperatel y to hi s pani on, who had been water skii ng for the l ast f if teen mi nut es. Both men had har dly had t im e to r eal ize what was happening when t hey were t hrown vi ol ent1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but i t cont inued to move ver y quickly across the wat er . Both men had just begun to swi m towards t he shor e. when t hey not iced wi th di smay t hat t he speedboat was m ovi ng in a ci rcle. It now came st raight towar ds them at tr emendous speed. In less than a mi nut e, i t roared past them only a few feet away. Af ter it had pased, t hey swam on as quickly as t hey could because t hey knew that he boat would soon r eturn. They had just had enough ti me t o swi m out of danger when t he boat agai n pleted a ci rcle. On t his occasion, however , i t had sl owed down consider abl y. The petr ol had nearl y al been used up. Bef ore long, t he noi se dropped pl et ely and t he boat began t o dri ft gentl y acr oss the water . Lesson87 A perf ect al ibi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的證據(jù) 39。 t o peopl e on their way to wor k. Thi s wi l rel ieve pressur e on the t rai ns t o some extent. Meanwhil e , a number of universit y student s have volunt er ed to dr ive buses whi le t he str ike lasts. Al t he young m en ar e exper t dri ver s, but bef ore t hey dr ive any of t he buses, t hey wi l l have to pass a speci al t est. The students are goi ng to take the t est in two days39。 Lesson84 O n strike 罷工 Busm en have deci ded to go on st ri ke next week. The st ri ke is due to begin on Tuesday. No one knows how long it wi l l ast . The busmen have st at ed that the str ike wi l l conti nue unt il gener al agreement is r eached about pay and working condit ions. Most peopl e beli eve t hat t he st ri ke wil l last for at l east a week. Many owner s of pri vat e car s are goi ng to of fer 39。 answer ed Cr awl ey,39。 39。 he shout ed, 39。si nce hi s defeat, t he ex Pri me Minister had gone abr oad. On t he fol lowi ng day, Cr awl ey went to t he house again. The same pol iceman was just walking sl owl y past he ent rance, when Cr awley asked the sam e questi on. Though a l it tle suspicious thi s ti me, the poli c