【正文】 el 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 m ove ver y quickly across the wat er . Both m en had just begun to swi m towards t he shor e. when t hey not iced wi th di smay t hat t he speed boat was moving i n a cir cle. It now came str aight towards t hem at tr em endous speed. I n l ess t han a minut e, i t r oared past t hem only a few f eet away. Aft er 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 ret urn. They had j ust had enough t im e to swi m out of danger when the boat again pl et ed a cir c le. On t hi s occasion, however, i t had slowed down considerably. The pet rol had near ly al l been used up. 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 perf ect ali bi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。clock t rai n to London,39。Do you al ways cat ch such an earl y tr ain ?39。Of cour se I do, 39。 I must be at work at o39。 39。 asked the i nspector. 39。 At what chi l dr en inside i t, cover ing t hem wi th al l t he clothes she coul d fi nd. Dur ing t he night, i t got t er ri bly cold. The woman kept as near as she could t o t he chi ldren and even tr ied t o get i nto t he case herself , but i t was t oo smal . Ear ly , next mor ning she hear d planes passi ng over head and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an i dea. She st amped out t he let er s39。 i n the snow. For tunatel y, a pi lot saw the signal and sent a mesage by radi o to t he near est t own. I t was not l ong bef ore a heli copt er ar ri ved on the scene t o r escue the survivor s of the plane crash. Lesson76 Apri l Fool s Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 sai d the voi ce of t he televisi on announcer ,39。s crop befor e the September r ai ns. On t he ri ght, you can see Mrs Br abante her sel f. She has been helping her husband f or t hir ty years now. Mrs Br abante is t al king t o the m anager of t he local f act ory wher e the cr op is pr ocessed. Thi s last scene shows you what wi l happen at the end of the harvest : t he fam ous Cal abr ian macaroni eat ing peti ti on ! Signor Fratel i, t he present cham pi on, has won i t every year since 1961. And t hat ends our speci al bull eti n for t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We ar e now r et urning you t o t he st udi o.39。Ci garet te Sm oki ng and Your Heal th39。s steam hammer . Though i n those days, tr avel ing was not as easy as it i s today, st eam boat s car ri ed thousands of vi sitor s acr oss t he Channel fr om Eur ope. On ar r iving i n England, t hey were t aken t o t he Crysta l Pal ace by tr ai n. Ther e were si x mi l ion visit ors i n al , and t he prof it s fr om t he exhi bi ti on were used t o bui ld museums and coll eges. Lat er , the Cr yst al Pal ace was m oved t o Sout h London. I t remained one of the m ost f am ous buil dings in the wor ld unt il it was burnt down i n 1936. Leson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil led the guard, t he pr isoner of war quickly dr agged hi m i nto t he bushes. Working r apidly in t he dar kness, he soon changed int o the dead man39。monsters39。s Radi cal Pr ogr esive Par ty. Aft er the electi ons, Crawl ey went to t he for mer Pri me Minister 39。 I t ol d you yest er day and the day bef ore yester day,39。Mr Lane was def eat ed in t he elect ions. He has reti red f rom poli tical li fe and gone to li ve abr oad !39。 I know, 39。 but I l ove to hear you say i t !39。f r ee r i des39。 t im e. Even so, people are goi ng to fi nd it dif fi cul t to get to work. But so far, t he publ ic has expr esed it s grat itude t o the st udents i n let ters t o t he Press. Onl y one or t wo people have obj ect ed that the student s wi l dri ve too f ast ! Lesson85 Never t oo old to l earn 活到老學(xué)到老 I have just recei ved a let ter fr om m y old school i nfor ming m e that my f orm er head m aster , Mr Regmald Page, wil l be reti ri ng next week. Pupi ls of the school , ol d and new, wil l be sending him a pr es ent t o m ar k t he occasi on. Al l those who have contr ibut ed t owards t he gi ft wi l sign their names in a large al bum which wi l l be sent t o t he headmast er39。At the t im e the mur der was m it ed, I was t ravel ing on t he 8. 0 o39。 sai d the m an. 39。 asked the i nspector . 39。 answered t he man. 39。cl ock. My employer wil l conf ir m t hat I was t her e on t ime.39。 Woul d a lat er t rai n get you t o work on ti me ?39。 I suppose it would, but I never cat ch a later t rain. 39。 SOS39。To end our special news bul leti n,39。 we are t aking you to the macaroni fi elds of Calabri a. Macaroni has been gr own in this ar ea for over six hundr ed years. Two of t he leadi ng grower s, Gi useppe Mol dova and Ricar do Brabante, tel me that they have been expecti ng a spl endi d crop t his year and harvesti ng has begun ear li er t han usual. Her e you can see two worker s who, between t hem, have j ust f ini shed cutt ing t hree car t loads of gol den brown m acaroni stalks. The whol e vil lage has been wor king day and night gat her ing and t hreshi ng thi s year 39。 Leson77 A successf ul operati on 一例成功的手術(shù) The mummy of an Egypti an woman who di ed in 800 B. C. has j ust had an oper ati on. The mum my i s that of Shepenm ut who was once a singer in t he Temple of Thebes. As t her e were st range marks on t he X ray plat es t aken of t he mummy, doct ors have been tr yi ng to fi nd out whether t he